Al said

> I lucked out, my wife came in a few months ago and said the radio light
> was out. I knew exactly what the problem was from other posts to this
> newsgroup, so I went and checked the odometer - 35,961. Went to the
> dealer next day and got the failure acknowledged with 35,985 miles.

That was close!

So far that's three that failed in the 35,000 - 40,000 mile range.

> This radio failure is so common that there is no excuse for them not
> extending the warranty on that component. I asked if the repaired unit
> included upgraded components - they couldn't answer the question. I
> asked if the repaired unit had a new 36,000 mile warranty - answer no,
> only covered until the car has 36,000 or three years. In 1980 Honda
> replaced the headgasket on my 1976 Civic with 87,000 miles because they
> were having many failures. This is obviously not the same Honda company.

If they don't cover this, I have purchased my last Honda ... and this
is my eighth. It's not like this cost a $100 or so to fix.

Maybe they don't really care. My experience on the phone today was
disappointing to say the least. The person I talked was on the fence
between incompetent and completely untrained. Every question I asked
resulted in being on hold for 5 minutes - and her informed advice was
to take it to the dealer and pay to have it fixed.

And this post is coming from a guy who is (was?) a very loyal Honda
customer.


Casey