Here are two articles talking about a new feature for 2015 Honda Fits

2015 Honda Fit sets industry standard, inclusive roadside assistance feature - Torque News

http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-...e-2015-models/

 

That is an awesome addition to buying the car!

 

That's awesome! Just solidifies my reasonings to get a new Fit now even more, especially being in Alaska where being 100 miles away from home is quite common

 

On the actual Honda page, sometimes they use the term "driver" and sometimes "owner" so I am curious about that as we share cars. Also, if reimbursement requires you to be at least 100 miles away from your primary residence, I wonder if some of the other services require that too. That is the rule on the roadside assistance that came with my credit card. The main part I do not like is you have to be towed to a dealership. I would not pay dealership prices for a repair. Also if I was in the middle of nowhere I wouldn't want my car towed all the way to a dealership, I'd want it repaired as close by as possible.

But, hey, it's free

 

I wonder if this is because we're gonna need it a lot? lol

 

That's the only way Japan agreed to begin sales of unreliable Mexican fits.

 

Strange Honda is announcing this today when Fit's were supposed to go on sale 2 months ago. Wonder if they took them back to install the OnStar like software and or hardware, especially since this is for all 2015 models.

 

There is no on-star or similar hardware. The service works off you making a 1-800 call from your cell phone. But it is not like on-star with a built in indenpendant wireless communicator.

 

It doesn't seem much different than the AAA coverage that many folks already have. I wonder if it has some sort of "after three years we start bleeding your credit card" clause attached?

I'm not really interested in warranties and roadside assistance. I want a car that doesn't need these!

 

Exactly. Maybe because it's a new version built in Mexico it needs roadside assistance. I hope not.

 

With my car stuck in sand yesterday in the Anza Borrego desert, I thought I'd give Honda Roadside Assistance and their free offer on my 2 month old Fit a try. You get what you pay for. Though the agent was cordial enough on the phone they would only send a tow truck that I had to pay for, being on a residential dirt road and all. I gave up and called AAA, and even though they had to dispatch a truck from fifty miles away, there were no issues and no cost. Honda Roadside Assistance? Never again.

 

Lol you are right! When I purchased my car last night, the finance officer tried to sell me that roadside assistance add on to which I declined. I'm good with my Premier Membership with AAA.

 

I used their Roadside Assistance for the first time a couple of weeks ago for a dead battery (the interior light had remained on for a couple of days while car was parked in my driveway). The service was prompt, efficient, and hassle-free - happy camper.