[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]

RE: Auto Repair WWW

Jimmy-
Sorry! Didn't realize that a reponse was required, but I went and 
looked at this site right away.  I have been having arguments about my 
SO's 89 Honda Accord seatbelts with the dealership since new.  I went 
to this site, requested the full report on a recall notice, took 
copies of service requests, illustrated that it still wasn't replaced 
as the recall and my requests required , and made several calls to the 
regional rep. (the car now has 160K miles).  Meanwhile, I also took 
advantage of the other notices on the car. Happy ending: $1200 to the 
dealership later, the Honda has new seatbelts and a number of other 
repairs.  Thank you for the reference!  Although I can't take 
advantage of this list for any of the other cars, I believe the $10 or 
so that it took to get the notices was worth it.  I think it would be 
a good idea that if someone can request this information as a normal 
part of their automotive business and post it on the FAQs, everyone 
would benefit.  I talked to the club officers about subscribing to the 
service, but we have a regional tech. rep. in the chapter that 
receives all the notices and I was shot down (shame too, I never see 
these notices and thought that as the editor it would be smart to have 
a small area dedicated to notifying ownership of potential problems). 
It is a good idea, hope someone agrees enough to try it.
Brian
BTW, has anybody else heard that dealerships are no longer delivering 
E36 manual transmission cars to owners due to the recall?  2 of our 
Board members have had there M3 deliveries held up (cars are on the 
lot, they just can't have them).  This is the kind of issue that would 
have been perfect for a chapter newsletter or for the list. -b