This month, December 2006, marks the official expiration of my Acura extended warranty.

The strangest thing replaced under warranty was probably the replacement of the rear hatch struts, with technicians openly noticing that the car had shoe polish on the glass and blue tape residue on the doors.



If they only knew.

 

Was it transferable to engines?

 

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Something tells me...uhhh.... No.

 

$1000 hatch struts?

what else was replaced?

 

RIP George's warranty

I think my hatch struts may not last too much longer. Does it begin to take less effort to close the hatch towards the end of their life?

 

you should take it back one more time before the warranty expires to have them see if there's anything "out of the ordinary"

 

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Yeh, it's got some big cracks in the door panels. Never saw anything like it due to normal wear and tear.

 

We don't need warranties! We've got Hondas!!

&lt;--went to the dealer with a list of stuff to check out a few weeks before warranty expired. Everything was fine or within acceptable tolerances so they said.

 

best thing warrantied for me was axles. but than i had to get them replace a year after. they wouldn't cover the axles again.

 

can the technicians not figure it out by the roll cage?

 

How much was the warranty, originally?

 

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made me smile

 

That stinks. If I still had an ITR, it would still be covered under warranty. =p

 

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I think it just had the coverd Autopower bar at the time. Still had full interior, too.

Whatever was visibly done to the car at the time, it didn't have much to do with the hatch struts. As I recall, it ended up being kind of a good time for everybody, joking about it.

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You know, I really don't remember. It was in the purchase price. Len might be able to find out, because the car came from Baranco in December 1999.

It seemed expensive, but in those days 200 HP out of a 1.8 litre car was a <u>LOT</u>, and I just wanted some extra protection.

When I got the car, it was to have been used as a fun commuter car. And it was.

 

When I purchased my car in April of this year, the owner had a extended transferable warranty on the car. Mine expires in January 2008 or 110k miles. Haven't had to use it yet but I will make sure to have it checked out before it expires.

 

LOL

 

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Now you're starting to make me feel old, George. In "those days"....

 

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Now everything starts breaking, it never fails

 

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Now everything starts breaking, it never fails </TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't think there's much left that hasn't been replaced for some reason or another.

 

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I think they charge just to take a look at it. I still have the extended warranty on my R but it ends soon. I wanted to have my car checked but they said they'd charge and then if there's a problem they charge to diagnose it. Anyone else heard of this? I mean I understand if they have to charge a fee but over $100 to just check things out. I think that's a bit much. I'm going to bring my R over to my mechanic to make a final inspection before the warranty expires.

 

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I think they charge just to take a look at it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you don't have any real complaint, but you want to make sure everything is OK, then they are going to charge you.

If you have the extended warranty, they are not going to charge you for fixing something that involves a complaint associated with an item that is covered by the warranty.

I do not think it is a good idea to show up at the service department with shoe polish, blue tape and a roll cage unless you have a good relationship with the personnel and they already know that you are NOT there to take advantage of them.

 

Thanks for the info George.

 

Do you have any interior pics of your car. Was your dealer ever trying to void your warranty at any time.

 

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There was a very minor to-do at Pohanka early in the car's life, but Acura more than made up for the problem.

No one ever tried to void the warranty, but there was probably also an inherent understanding that as the years wore on there would be relatively little on the car that would be covered by the warranty, and that I understood that.

The hatch struts were probably the only thing on the car that had been untouched by modifications one way or another!!

The service departments at Crown in Richmond, and Radley in Baileys Crossroads and Woodbridge have all been great, as has the parts department and support staff at Barranco.

 

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There was a very minor to-do at Pohanka early in the car's life, but Acura more than made up for the problem.
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I live right across the street from Pohanka! One of the techs there is a friend of mine.