I have bought my last Honda

I have bought my last Honda

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Hasbeen

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2,073 posts

222 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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It is now exactly 6 months to the day that the hood & the passenger window on my S2000 stopped working.

It stopped working due to the failure of a module that controls them expired. My auto electrician tells me Honda have twice sent the wrong part.

Yes it is getting on a bit, but I can still get all the bits for my Triumph TR7 & TR8, with out many problems.

For a hero model, that Honda sold in Australia for A$70,000 this is just not good enough.

Add the fact that one seal in my daughters Prelude power steering rack was not in the kit, & was not even listed in their parts book. Honda once my favourite is now on the don't touch list. Pity they don't adequately support their great cars.

Hasbeen

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2,073 posts

222 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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Read the post again. I am not worried if a few things fail, but having waited 6 months, & still not able to get a replacement is too much for me.

Hasbeen

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2,073 posts

222 months

Wednesday 19th July 2017
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My main complaint is that Honda did not have the decency to tell us they no longer supported the car, & were unlikely to ever supply the part. It was only when after 6 months waiting, I tracked down a manager I found out.

I today received my second hand unit, from a US company who souse them from the Japan used parts market. Cost A$240. I have been a real Honda fan, buying pumps & even mowers because of their Honda engine.

No more.

Hasbeen

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2,073 posts

222 months

Sunday 13th August 2017
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Yep, I'll have to stick to my 1980 & older Triumphs.

Not any where near as much stuff I can't get for them.

Hasbeen

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2,073 posts

222 months

Monday 14th August 2017
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I can go to Triumph specialists, & get what I want. I can not go to a Honda specialist, as there aren't any.

Apparently you are better off owning an orphan than a car from an existing manufacturer.