Cinderpop
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- Cindy
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- 2021 Honda Civic Type R, 2012 Honda Civic Si
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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! Does anyone know a good lawyer in Maryland or Pennsylvania?! I know I am going to need one!
I bought used 2021 Honda Civic Type R last February with 22,000 miles on it. It was still under manufacturer’s warranty, had an additional 2-year dealer warranty through Hyundai (where I purchased the car), and also purchased an additional 5 year warranty through Assurant for $4,500! I purchased a carfax and reviewed all the services on the carfax before purchasing the car(not that it made a difference at all). I overpaid for this car at $49,000 because it is my dream car and all the warranties that came with it!
I started having issues in September. My clutch pedal kept going soft. I had it diagnosed and Honda told me it needed a new clutch, so I paid $3,000 for them to replace the clutch, as it was not covered under warranty because it is a “wearable part”.
I pick up my car from having the clutch replaced, and that very same day, the clutch pedal went soft again, as well as a brand new issue I have never had before. Now, when driving-my car would just randomly pop out of gears and my shifter would go back into neutral and I couldn’t get into the gear it popped out of. I took it back in to Honda, I was then told that it needed a new master/slave cylinder and hose of some sort, so I paid $750 for them to replace that because once again, it was not covered by warranty because that too, was a “wearable” part.
I drove my car from Honda to work and from work and back home and then put it in my storage unit because the weather was getting bad where I live at.
A month later, I got my car from the storage unit, it was making a very weird noise when I doling, but soon after-the noise went away, so I figured it may of been making the noise because it was so cold outside and in the storage unit. I got on the highway, ran into some traffic, and I lost EVERY GEAR in stop and go traffic on the highway! The noise started back up again at this time. I noticed that the noise went away when I pressed the clutch pedal in. I called Honda at that point and the mechanic I spoke to said that it sounded like a throwout bearing, which should have been replaced with that $3,000 clutch, right?! I had to have my car towed back to Honda because it was not safe to drive at all! After the tow truck got my Type R, I got a ride back to my storage unit to pick up my Civic Si and noticed a puddle of transmission fluid on the floor where the Type R was parked after being serviced by Honda for the clutch & master.
NOW, Honda is saying I need a new transmission because there is a crack in the transmission case and it is $10,000! At first, they told me that the transmission was covered under warranty, then they said that it was not covered because they seen “Honda bond” on the casing, which means someone was inside the transmission.
I can assure you that I was NEVER inside my transmission, as I am woman, who is not a master mechanic. I don’t have $10,000, so I was researching what “Honda bond” is. I stopped by another Honda and asked them for a copy of all the services ever done on my car. On the list is: a synchronized and another service date of a gear box or something like that, which was done before I got the car. It also had a transmission fluid leak that the previous owner refused the service repair on 1 month before I purchased the car. NONE of these things were listed on the original carfax service history report I received when I purchased this car!
Anyways, under those services, it had “Honda bond” as a part that was used! So HONDA is the one that put the Honda Bond on my car that they are stating as their reason for not covering my transmission?! That makes no sense at all, so I call to have a chit chat with Honda!
After I proved that point to them, their newest excuse for no covering the transmission was: “the crack looks like it came from an outside source”. What outside source? I have barely driven the car since Honda “fixed” the clutch, and then the master/slave cylinders and charged me $3,750 to mess my car up worse than it was originally!
I put in a complaint through Honda and NOW they are saying they will not cover it because I have a Hondata Flash Pro on it, which I can not seem to understand exactly how a flashpro would cause a clutch, master cylinder/slave cylinder, and a hose to suddenly go to shit, but whatever, they are just making excuses at this point. I should, at minimum be refunded the $3,750 for a clutch, master/slave cylinder, since my car was not properly diagnosed and there is STILL not anything related to my transmission showing on any of the diagnostics I am paying $150 each for!
Do these issues sound similar to what anyone else has experienced? What was actually wrong with your transmission? Do you know anyone else that had similar experiences? I know my flashpro did not cause because I had ZERO transmission issues with my car until Honda “fixed” my clutch & master/slave cylinders! Could they have done something to my transmission while “fixing” my clutch or master/slave cylinder and hose replacement ?
And before I hear a blast about “maybe you don’t know how to drive a clutch”…please just don’t. I feel judged enough already for being a woman throughout this entire ordeal, so I don’t need any more of judgements. I know how to drive a clutch, as it is all I have ever owned. I have a 2012 civic si with 100,000 miles on it and still on the original clutch, which is working just fine. There is no way it was my driving that destroyed a car when I have put less than 7,000 miles on the car.
Silly me, I didn’t realize I was supposed to visually inspect the clutch, master/slave cylinder, and the inside of a transmission before purchasing a vehicle that has 3 separate warranties on it!
Someone PLEASE help!
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