Roadside Assistance with HondaCare on all your Honda's
 

When I bought my GK, I opted to buy HondaCare.

Now I knew the 2015's came with roadside assistance as part of the standard warranty, but today I received a letter from HondaCare that stated because I bought HondaCare, now ALL the Honda's in my household (mine and my family members) will get roadside assistance because I have HondaCare. You just have to go online and register the cars on the website.

So I signed up my mom's '11 Accord Coupe, dad's '10 Ridgeline, and stepbro's SI.

Not a bad deal. We'll probably never use it, but cool to have just in case.

What is the cost of HondaCare?

It was like $1400 for 7 year, 80,000 mi.

Being a new model, in a new factory, and with the cvt, i figured I better. And I can always cancel it later.

Since the car comes with a 5-year, 60,000 mile drivetrain warranty, the real term of the Hondacare warranty is 2 years, 20,000 miles.

If you drive a typical 15,000 miles per year, you're going to be beyond the mileage limit of Hondacare about four months into the first year after the factory warranty runs out.

Invest that money at 5% and you'd have $2000 in your own pocket after 7 years. A repair would therefore have to cost that much within that time window to make Hondacare worthwhile. Not very likely to happen.

Roadside service? Get AAA and it covers you, not the car. You can use it for any car you are in, even a friend's car.

I drive much less than that.

And HondaCare covers much more than drivetrain. It covers everything the 3 year/36,000 new car warranty does. So electronics, interior stuff, etc...

We'll see how it goes. I can always cancel it without much loss.

err... i got the same letter in the mail yesterday. i can use it for my honda, acura or any honda motorcycle blah blah...

I DID NOT PAY FOR IT though... :confused: i will probably never use it, but i sure as sh!t didn't pay for it. :wiggle:

I paid $1200 for 7 year 100,000 miles for mine. I played it right with them though. Since I've had the 2005 and 2009 fit with no problems I knew I wouldn't need it. They get a nice cut for you purchasing anything outside of the agreed car price. I got them to drop the actual price of the car but then agreed to purchase the care, service and maintenance plan on the back end. Once the financing was approved and I the paperwork at home. I went back to the dealer about two weeks later and got a refund for all three services I purchased. Essentially getting the car EX-L Navi for just over $19,000. Check the refund policy for your state, in California you have 60 days.

USE THIS TACTIC IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO PURCHASE A HONDA FIT.

My fear is that, once signed up, the dealer will make it nearly impossible to cancel. I've been stung by this sort of tactic.

"Only the manager can issue refunds (and he's not in today)," paperwork is "lost," "mistakes" are made, etc. Lots of tactics can be used to discourage people from cancelling.

I bought the Honda Care sentinel service when I signed my lease. A few weeks later, after confirming that it was not worth it, I contacted the Honda Care people (not Honda America) and they were able to fax/email the cancellation form needed to cancel the service. It was within the 60(?) day period where they will give 100% refund. I basically was able to avoid even dealing with the dealer. Honda Care sent me a letter confirming cancellation.

The only catch for me was that I didn't receive the refund directly. The dealer stuck the sentinel service charge into my financing, which meant the money was turned into a "security deposit" on my lease, and I will get it back when I turn the car in. Annoying, but I understand that this what happens with the finance guy gets creative and sticks things into the lease numbers.

How could the HondaCare premium be a deposit on an existing lease that is only refundable at the end? That sounds like sort of dealer shenanigans that I was worried about. Sounds like they wanted to put the money someplace where they still have a chance of getting it.

And, how long is the lease to make HondaCare viable at all?

The finance guy tacked on the price of the sentinel service (which covers oil changes and tire issues, depending on what state you are in, for the three-year lease term) on added to the capitalized cost. I paid for ttl and lease acquisition fee out-of-pocket, but he essentially tacked on the $350 price to what was financed. Because I technically didn't pay out of pocket for that (Honda Financial "paid" for it) the refund goes to Honda Financial, which holds until the lease is done. I could probably explain it better, but the dealer had nothing to do with it. I never even talked to them about canceling, and just went through corporate. The only way they aren't giving me $350 back at the end of the lease is if they can document enough wear and tear to "hold" what is now a $350 security deposit.

Had the deal been arranged in such a way that the lease contract was silent on the sentinel service, and I instead contracted for the service separately, I would've had a check a few days after canceling. Hopefully that makes sense.

Bottom line, if you are within the 60 day period, you should be able to get a 100% refund (assuming you didn't need any service). If its outside the 60 day window, then they will prorate the refund. Just call Honda Care directly and ask them to send you the cancelation form. The literature indicates that you should get the cancellation form from your dealer, but you can bypass that.

The buying and then cancelling stuff to get a better showroom deal sounds to me like it might be made up. The high margin add ons are things the dealers love to sell, especially the sales managers, but if you bargain for the lowest price of the car first and then have them add stuff that you will "return" for refund, it only gets you back to the price you negotiated.

If the dealer drops the price of the car purportedly as an incentive for you to buy the high margin add on items (items that the dealer is perfectly aware you can return for a refund) then you simply hadn't finished negotiating to the dealers lowest price. I always ask the cursory question "if I buy this stuff, how much will you drop the price of the car," and the answer when I have asked has been "we've already discounted the car as much as we are going to." I realize someone can easily say "yeah but it worked for me," which is why it's so easy for me to also say it MIGHT be a made up story.

I paid $1,200 for the 7 year, 80,000 mile warranty. This price included wheel locks, splash guards, all weather mats and cargo tray. After the amount of money I put into my last car post warranty, I feel comfortable with this.

Probably a little late for the people here but Saccucci Honda is the place to go for Honda Care Warranty. Extremely reputable. Check them out through google. Sell for cost. Honda rewards them for quantity sold. I get no kickback from this but got ripped off once myself. The dealer denied you could get it online. It is my 3rd now.




Vehicle Information
Make: Honda Model: Fit Year: 2015 Mileage: 19
VIN: 3HGGK5H88FM742072

Warranty Information
Plan Code: D82
Service Months: 96
Service Mileage: 120000
Honda Care Plan Price: $1065
Sentinel or Maintenance Plan Price: None
Commerical Surcharge: $0
Total Charge: $1065

Thanks for this price quote, I was curious how much it was going to be. I will say though, we bought it for our '13, decided to cancel and it's had to be towed twice...

That price was good until the end of the month. Honda Care Plan Information for a current quote. Takes about 5 minutes.

HondaCare cost
 

When purchasing a new Fit, you need to do your homework and shop Honda dealers online for the best HondaCare Extended Warranty prices. I did just that and my local Honda dealer, where I purchased our new Fit, honored the online price I had found. I purchased 8yr/120,000 mile for $1065. If your local dealer won't honor the online discount price, just purchase it thru the online Honda dealer giving you the best quote. Good Luck
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Does anyone know the fee for repurchasing an extended care plan after cancelling once?

Did you gat a refund? I know you have up to 6,000 miles purchase a plan. Call (855)-SACCUCCI(722-2822). They are very helpful and will let you know if you can do what you want

The plan was rolled into financing so it was applied to principal. I read somewhere last year, I don't know which Honda forum it was on, but some who bought the plan when they bought their car ended up cancelling and repurchasing from Sacucci. They mentioned a fee for cancelling once, but I don't remember what it was.