Title: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 11, 2009, 06:08:12 PM
i went to my local dealership to get the transmission fluid changed. as a result i was really happy with the newly formulated fluid. but was disappointed when i noticed an oil stain on my driveway. so i look under neath the car and noticed that the sub-frame on the driver side is drenched in oil. my first assumption was do i have an oil leak??? but being that i just got the tranny fluid changed, i have reason to believe that its the tranny leaking. so either they didnt clean up the oil that was left from draining or they didnt tighten up the fill plug tight enough! 
i sprayed brake clean on the area to clean it up abit. but when i got home today i noticed its still abit dirty. i have placed a piece of cardboard underneath now. lets see if she leaks.
would it help if i left the car running abit to test for a leak?
i sprayed brake clean on the area to clean it up abit. but when i got home today i noticed its still abit dirty. i have placed a piece of cardboard underneath now. lets see if she leaks. would it help if i left the car running abit to test for a leak?
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: Mike on November 11, 2009, 06:46:43 PM
Use white cardboard, and you will be able to tell if its the transmission by the color.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 11, 2009, 07:14:57 PM
for fuck sakes! i went out right now to clean my maf sensor, and when disconnecting the negative terminal on my battery i noticed that the mechanic also broke the cover on the positive battery terminal. im am soo furious right now. i know it doesnt affect anything, but the fact that i try to maintain my car as best as i can and then someone else just comes and brake shit, just pisses me off. good thing he is not here right now!
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: thisaznboi88 on November 11, 2009, 08:22:09 PM
damn that sucks.. See this is why I dont like taking it to a mechanic unless its 100%, and if I do I take it to my uncle that works at the honda dealership. But for the most part I work on my own car. I don't even let other people wash my car for the most part let alone work on it.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: CrackerTeg on November 11, 2009, 08:39:45 PM
+1. Nobody touches my car unless I'm hovering over them and I don't have the means to do the job myself.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 11, 2009, 09:45:00 PM
i know, but i didn't have the equipment to do the manual transmission fluid change
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: Rich01 on November 11, 2009, 10:02:21 PM
Fucking people, this same shit happened to me this summer. Went to the dealership got tranny flushed and replaced, oil changed and some other stuff. Went to Toronto the following day and after I arrived I saw oil on the floor. They didnt tighten the oil filter correctly. I lucky it made it to Canada. Dude I would bring the car back and have them double checked and clean that shit up
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: mitchigan on November 11, 2009, 10:09:59 PM
I hate when these things happen to me as well. It's almost as if they do it on purpose. You spend so much time taking care of your car, and then some lazy ass jerk just goes in and quickly does the bummest amount of work he needs to do to get the job done no matter what gets broken in the way.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: thisaznboi88 on November 11, 2009, 10:50:37 PM
Quote from: "fabulous010"
i know, but i didn't have the equipment to do the manual transmission fluid change
damn that sucks man. I did my tranny fluid yesterday. Took 12in extension, 6in extension, 18in breaker bar, , and 2 guys. The fill bolt was the second hardest bolt to remove on this car *first being crankshaft*. WTF MAN. First I had to take out the intake box. Then it took 2 guys pushing that shit to break it looose. I fuck up the bolt head pretty bad. Need to go honda soon and get a new 1, but hey at least I know what broken and can fix it. I just put it back hand tight.
But it was definitely worth doing. The car shift like butter and 3rd and 6th gear shift are effortless now. *Redline FTW*
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: timot_one on November 11, 2009, 10:52:58 PM
Is this the same dealership that said your CAI (which works fine on everyone else's cars) was giving you a P0171 CEL and told you to use a spark plug defouler on the O2 sensor to get rid of it?
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: thisaznboi88 on November 11, 2009, 11:09:48 PM
Quote from: "timot_one"
Is this the same dealership that said your CAI (which works fine on everyone else's cars) was giving you a P0171 CEL and told you to use a spark plug defouler on the O2 sensor to get rid of it?
+1 on that I hope you still have warranty. Get ready to start milking that dealership for a new tranney / motor. lol But seriously, you need to talk to the service manager or something because that is ridiculous. What if you didn't make it to where you wanted to go and your tranny blew up?
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: Mike on November 12, 2009, 10:09:43 AM
I don't want to excite anyone but, when I had my tranny rebuilt they forgot to tighten something, and 2500 miles later the tourque converter had to be replaced. While they claim they received a faulty torque converter from the manifacture I'm pretty sure that driving the car while it was dumping fluid all over the ground didn't help the situation.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 12, 2009, 07:38:48 PM
i forgot to check the peice of cardboard that i left under my car last night. but am happy to report that after work i noticed that there is no oil under neath my car in the spot i parked. i also talked to the manager and he was really apologetic and told me to bring in my car whenever i can and they will check everything over and will replace that battery terminal cover. damn straight you are! and not only will you replace and check everything over you will also reimburse me for my own personal time that i wasted having to come back here. wither it be a free oil change or car wash. i dont care!
the only thing im still upset about is the fact that i spent $150 on getting it diagnosed and on a defouler to end up in the same confused state of mind.
the only thing im still upset about is the fact that i spent $150 on getting it diagnosed and on a defouler to end up in the same confused state of mind.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: lilmalu on November 12, 2009, 07:42:00 PM
which dealer was this. ill try to avoid going there in the future
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 12, 2009, 07:50:35 PM
richmond hill honda. the service was great and all. i was really impressed by their service. but in the end there still human. i think he just forgot to clean up the access oil. but the fact the you broke something and didnt tell me about it, pisses me off. but on top of checking everything over and all they offered to come and clean up my driveway! lol so we'll see how this plays out
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: thisaznboi88 on November 12, 2009, 08:37:46 PM
hey are least they admit they were wrong and are willing to make up for it. Get the free oil change. Don't let them wash your car...
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: InFuMoUs on November 12, 2009, 11:32:29 PM
Well that's good that they were apologetic and willing to fix the issues at hand, but a word to the wise try not to OD on exploiting them to get free stuff for your own personal gains cuz karma will come back to you in some fashion or form. The service advisor dont know per say what the tech did, just knows what the tech tells em and that's pretty much the job was done.
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 13, 2009, 05:42:10 PM
Quote from: "thisaznboi88"
hey are least they admit they were wrong and are willing to make up for it. Get the free oil change. Don't let them wash your car...
i dont even know if i trust them changing my oil. lol maybe i will settle for a t-shirt! lol "hey you know how you can make it up to me, is if you give me a cool honda shirt" hahha
Title: Re: if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Post by: fabulous010 on November 15, 2009, 11:38:52 AM
i went back to the dealership yesterday after work. the service manager personally looked at the car himself. he also told me that the fact that they broke something and didnt tell me about it was unacceptable and that he would speak to that mechanic. my transmission fill plug was tight he just cleaned the extra fluid on my sub frame. he also ordered the battery terminal cover and tightened my rear end links as a favor for me. (no more ticks coming from the back!!!) so all in all he took care of me and i would go back if i had to. (hopefully not) lol i will just make sure that mechanic never touches my car!
also that cm upgrade they did on my car... skip do you know anything about this. i noticed that after i got the upgrade my car ran abit better and also picked up better. but on friday while driving on the freeway for the first time i noticed that she revs higher!!! i used to cruise going 120km reving under 3000 (cant remember exactly but i think it was something like 2800rpms) but now my car was cruising at 3050rpms! wtf this has to be because of the upgrade. its great for pick up when driving around. but im worried about fuel economy... i am going to call honda corp on monday to find out more on what this upgrade was.
also that cm upgrade they did on my car... skip do you know anything about this. i noticed that after i got the upgrade my car ran abit better and also picked up better. but on friday while driving on the freeway for the first time i noticed that she revs higher!!! i used to cruise going 120km reving under 3000 (cant remember exactly but i think it was something like 2800rpms) but now my car was cruising at 3050rpms! wtf this has to be because of the upgrade. its great for pick up when driving around. but im worried about fuel economy... i am going to call honda corp on monday to find out more on what this upgrade was.