06-068 pulling or drifting 99-07 models

dohcivtec said:

asian boy, you got yours from bp honda? Could you tell me how it goes when u take your car in and how long it takes? i gotta take mine in to do it, but i might do it at downey honda. my cigarette lighter doesnt work in my mom's accord. i dont like buena park's service. we CAn take it to other dealerships for warranty work correct?

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i might just take in my car this thursday since one of my professors is out of town. i'll definitely keep you and others posted when i do take it in. but i do have one question, i read the TSB above, and it looks like there are a lot of equipment to measure steering wheel angle and the likes. princess, or anybody, do you think they have all the necessary equipment to make a diagnosis? since i got my accord at BP honda, i've been taking it there ever since. but for service, i always take it in the morning at 7 so i'm the first few people there. there's this one old guy there, really REALLY pushy, in fact, pushiest of them all. i agree, service at that place isn't exactly the greatest, but i can gaurantee it's not the worst, i think Spirit honda (formerly Nelson) is the worst. if you come in for regular service, the techs are really nice, but ask them to look into a rattle, and they'll try to shove you off back into your car claiming it's normal. but i guess a good portion of dealer, honda or otherwise, is like that. as for warranty work at other places, you can definitely take it to other dealerships, just so as long as you're under the coverage (mileage or years, whichever). i just go to BP honda because, that's where i got my car (i notice they're more nice to you if you get it serviced from where you got the car, but it might be my imagination), it's like 3 miles from my house, and i like their service hours 7AM to 10PM (for maintenance work, i don't think they want to do warranty work past 4 in the afternoon). as for the cigarette lighter, take it back to where you got it installed (i'm guessing BP honda was the place). if that fails, then look elsewhere. i got my honda pilot 3 years ago at OC hondaworld in westminster, their service tech are really nice (best of the three i've experienced in terms of service department, sales is different). hope that helps

There's other stuff the CAN use to do the same job... lower tech. The point here is that there is a way to measure so there's no reason to have asteering wheel that's TOO crooked. I can handle a bit of a tilt, but I wouldn't want a sideways H in the center!! I don't use the symbol to know if I'm going straight. I don't really let go of the steering wheel much when driving... I do know that SO FAR mine seems to go where I aim it & that's a good thing!! If it didn't, I'd be making an appointment!

It's weird how bulletins are misread. When they have dates or VINS that's the KNOWN flawed cars out of production, that doesn't mean there's not more. If a car is under warranty they are a way to speed up the diagnosis for the shop, not the "gospel".

We went to Buena Park Honda when shopping for the Ridgeline on one of our trips to D-land. They didn't have our model/color choice & were too firm on the price. They did search for what we wanted & gave us the location (Oxnard). We didn't go there. Too much time involved. I liked the sales dept better when we bought the Pilot at Corona. I don't know anything about either service dept. :dunno:

If you don't like a service dept. let them know & move on. You can have warranty work done at any Honda dealer. :yes: ALWAYS fillout the questionaire, good or bad. That's the corp. office's only way to know how the dealer is doing!