A lot of times they don't realize that the part/labor are out of warranty. I can't speak for Honda, but I had a Subaru Forrester once, it was about 4 1/2 years old, and had 70K miles on it. One of the cats went, and the CEL came on. Took it into the dealer I bought the car from, and he told me the cat had to be replaced, and I'd have to pay. After talking to my brother (a Subaru mechanic), I mentioned to the service manager at my dealership that I thought the cat was covered for 5 years/80K miles. Well, he looked it up, and confirmed I was right. So, they did the work under warranty. If I hadn't said anything, they would have charged me for the parts/labor.
Viggy On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:57 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > Dealers get money from the factory for warranty work so doing a cheap fix > makes them money by submitting they suits the head when they didn't. Or, > maybe the techs bike was our if warranty and he needed your head. > Jason King > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "BoonesDaddy" <[email protected]> > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Replacing cb250 cylinder head > Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2012 3:46 pm > > > Just an update. I had a buddy contact his friend that works at a > different Honda shop. He looked up my VIN and told me that the > cylinder head IS under warranty until August 2012, despite being told > the opposite by the Honda dealer that I got the bike from. Basically, > I should have a working bike right now. Instead, I have a bike with JB > weld and an exhaust leak that was created by the Honda dealer, as well > as a used cylinder head that I didn't have to buy in the first place. > I have already spent $200 on something that was under warranty to > begin with. I am calling Honda customer service today and getting this > straightened out and taking it to a different Honda dealer. > > My question now is, why would they bother trying to drill out the > cylinder head and risk screwing it up, when the whole thing is under > warranty? Are they just trying to get my $$ for labor? Crazy. At least > I am off the hook for swapping the head out myself. Phew. > > > > On Jan 6, 11:33 am, BoonesDaddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I had a bolt from the exhaust shear off in mt cylinder head. It was > > drilled out by the honda dealer, but it required a "helicoil." > > Unfortunately, there ended up being a crack that has resulted in an > > exhaust leak. I have acquired a used (but in good condition) cylinder > > head for replacement. The question is this: should I try replacing the > > cylinder head and swapping valves myself, or have the honda dealer do > > it. He estimates the labor at $600, which is steep. Is replacing the > > head a tough job? > > > > Thanks, > > Brandon > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
