Honda of America A Model of Unreliability and disgusting treatment of customers Nationwide

 You're right. My expectation that a car last more than a year without having multiple episodes of $1000 plus repairs because of some garbage that's conveniently not covered under this ridiculous warranty for a supposedly reliable automobile is completely outrageous. Why don't you include your full name so that we can all see that you work for Honda?

Your dissatisfaction with the 30,000-mile manufacturer’s warranty is an indication of buyer’s remorse. A vehicle with one component failure in 50,000 miles is not a lemon.

Your expectation of free service on a vehicle that is 20,000 miles beyond the warranty period is outrageous and unreasonable. You do not deserve the same privileges as the customers that paid for an extended warranty.

The staff in the dealer’s service department expects a paycheck so they need to charge for an evaluation and estimate. They should not be expected to rely on someone else’s evaluation.

You stated that you don’t intend to pay for the repair so go to AutoZone, buy the $370 part and fix your car.

 My wife drives a lot. That's why bought a supposedly reliable Honda. But you tell me. Between the lemon of a crv, the ridiculous service reps I spoke to, and these shills from Honda that pretend to be regular people, you don't feel I've been ripped off? You feel that this is all completely acceptable. If you sincerely feel like this is the height of consumer expectation that we can expect out of Honda, well that pretty much seals the deal on whether anyone should be a Honda customer doesn't it? It's also telling, as a pure shill, how you conveniently neglect the entirety of the point of this post, let me unpack it for you: all I wanted was a straightforward answer as to whether if I took it to Honda, and everything I said was true, if I could get some relief. Given that actuators are not supposed to he going bad at all, nevermind within a shade north of a year, I felt that it wasn't too big a chore to give me just a smidgen of clarity as to what I could expect to happen. Instead, they wanted to live in the land of blind trust, and raise your hand if you blindly trust faceless corporations with CEO's that you'll never meet and a bottom line only mentality. That's all I was asking. Clarity. Obviously you think consumer transparency is a bad thing. Which makes you what kind of person? Take all the time you need. The only possible way that you could think that the way I was treated is the common human standard would be it you are a paid shill for Honda. If you actually think that treating customers with legitimate issues in this way is acceptable, either you're on acid or you need to go take a look in a mirror and re examine your life.

You bought a car with a specified warranty. If you had a problem with their "chintzy" 36K(not 30K) warranty then why did you buy the car? A warranty with any company is basically a document that says we expect the part to last for only a limited time, after that you are on your own.

You have driven about 14,000 miles OVER the original warranty and did not buy an Extended Warranty(or this would be a NON-ISSUE). If you get "technical" by your definition you could call just about everything in the car part of the "PowerTrain". But I can just about guarantee you that what they consider the PowerTrain is what EVERY OTHER manufacturer calls the Power Train. Yes, I expect your next update to say how you went to 10 other dealers of other manufactures and told them your horror story. Where they "Assured" you that they would cover it that they would take care of their customers. Yea and if you believed them, that and $2 would get me you a cup of coffee.

The biggest issue is that your posted facts are a direct contradiction to your assertion that this happened the "instant" your warranty expired. The amount you are OVER the warranty is more than the average person drives in a single year. Since you can't even get past the first paragraph without an exaggeration(at best) to outright lie(at worst) the rest of your "report" comes into question.

Right now on autozone, you can buy an actuator, and install it yourself for $370.
- So? I could cook a nice Steak dinner for under $10, or go to a restaurant where they do all of the work and pay them $50. So what's your point that they shouldn't charge you more than you can do it for yourself Yea..good luck with that.  If you were trying to make any other point then it is just more "fluff" that has nothing to do with your report.

As for the diagnosis. Sure the minimum wage lackey at Autozone may have enough smarts and know enough about cars where they are 100% right that it is the Actuator. Of course it could be something totally different, and what would you do IF you replaced the Actuator and it didn't fix the problem? Would you go back to Autozone and tell them that they were wrong and need to refund your money?

Now in closing let me say that since this only happened yesterday as you work through the "system" they MAY actually end up covering it and if they do...great.  But if they don't it is NOT a RipOff.