chia-pet
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THE PROBLEM
I drive a 2001 Honda Civic. One day the electric passenger-side lock stops working. Because of this and a recall for the signal-lever, I decide to take my car in to the Honda Dealership get it fixed up.
I get the car back and the lock works now! However, the entire passenger-side door is now falling apart. The speaker keeps falling out, the plastic panel is falling out, the entire interior is pulling apart from the metal door. But I don't notice this until I'm already home. And the recall was never done--stupid cos that's the main reason I even took it in!
So then a few weeks later the driver-side door lock craps out. I take it into Honda again and tell them to fix it. Then I tell them to fix the door that's falling apart as a result of them removing it to fix the passenger-side lock. And I emphatically, explicitly tell them to fix it! I get my car back, and the locks are perfect now. The recall was also performed, hoorah! However, the door is still falling apart!
What the hell?! A lot of b*tching ensues. They tell me to bring it in Sunday (5/21/06) and they'll correct their wrongs.
I come back Sunday, and leave my car with them for an hour. I come back and they tell me they need to order an entirely new passenger-side interior. Luckily I don't have to pay for it!
The Question
Is it possible that the two electric locks are interconnected? Is it possible Honda messed up the driver-side electric lock while working on the passenger side lock? Or are they completely independent of each other? What I'm getting at is, should I bitch at Honda for even charging me to fix my driver-side lock? Is it just pure coincidence that weeks later my driver-side lock burns out also? My reasoning is that they did such a terrible job even putting a damn door back, that their incompetence extended to other areas.
Sigh...
I drive a 2001 Honda Civic. One day the electric passenger-side lock stops working. Because of this and a recall for the signal-lever, I decide to take my car in to the Honda Dealership get it fixed up.
I get the car back and the lock works now! However, the entire passenger-side door is now falling apart. The speaker keeps falling out, the plastic panel is falling out, the entire interior is pulling apart from the metal door. But I don't notice this until I'm already home. And the recall was never done--stupid cos that's the main reason I even took it in!
So then a few weeks later the driver-side door lock craps out. I take it into Honda again and tell them to fix it. Then I tell them to fix the door that's falling apart as a result of them removing it to fix the passenger-side lock. And I emphatically, explicitly tell them to fix it! I get my car back, and the locks are perfect now. The recall was also performed, hoorah! However, the door is still falling apart!
What the hell?! A lot of b*tching ensues. They tell me to bring it in Sunday (5/21/06) and they'll correct their wrongs.
I come back Sunday, and leave my car with them for an hour. I come back and they tell me they need to order an entirely new passenger-side interior. Luckily I don't have to pay for it!
The Question
Is it possible that the two electric locks are interconnected? Is it possible Honda messed up the driver-side electric lock while working on the passenger side lock? Or are they completely independent of each other? What I'm getting at is, should I bitch at Honda for even charging me to fix my driver-side lock? Is it just pure coincidence that weeks later my driver-side lock burns out also? My reasoning is that they did such a terrible job even putting a damn door back, that their incompetence extended to other areas.
Sigh...
