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Hopefully one of you guys can help me out I was talking to the service guy at my local dealership about the vibrations I get in the rain. I gave him the number listed above(sb631006-sb631014), but he said that it isn't a Honda TSB number. It looks like it is a NHTSA.com number. Does anyone know what the Honda number is?
Originally posted by PlasmaGT Hopefully one of you guys can help me out I was talking to the service guy at my local dealership about the vibrations I get in the rain. I gave him the number listed above(sb631006-sb631014), but he said that it isn't a Honda TSB number. It looks like it is a NHTSA.com number. Does anyone know what the Honda number is?
Originally posted by Ronin Print this out: http://www.nhtsa.gov/TSBScans/sb631006-sb631014.pdf and show it to him. It's not the actual TSB, but there there is a short paragraph telling dealers how to solve this problem.
Yeah, I actually faxed that over to them. They told me that since that only applies to 2001 civics(mine is an '02), they would have to diagnose the problem in my car specifically before they did any work. I also faxed over the TSB about the door panel rattles, and they said the same thing. Fortunately my car is still under warranty, so I shouldn't have any problems.
Originally posted by HondaLuver dam, i didn't know that much stuff was wrong with my car... don't let the ford people know this!!!!
It's Coold man, I'm and old Ford guy myself and I'm still a lover of my Civic regaurdless. I do hate that CEL light though- Ive turned it off a hundred times, even got a O2 Sim ulator and nothing -what works for you all?
I'm at honda right now. I have the suspension problem, do I have to print out the TSB for them to do it for free? Also, can someone please send me the link to that one, cause I only have it linked at home. Thanks.
For example, the 2nd gear TSB (popping out, grinding, whatever) only works for 2001. If you own a 2002 or 2003, forget about it, this thread won't help you.
Originally posted by thirdhonda For example, the 2nd gear TSB (popping out, grinding, whatever) only works for 2001. If you own a 2002 or 2003, forget about it, this thread won't help you.
Not really. If you read my posts in this thread you can see that I was having a problem that was listed for a 2001(Rain Vibration) while I drive a 2002. I used the information found here to get my car fixed for free. So this thread helped me a lot
Re: Re: Don't forget: TSBs only work for certain cars
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Originally posted by PlasmaGT Not really. If you read my posts in this thread you can see that I was having a problem that was listed for a 2001(Rain Vibration) while I drive a 2002. I used the information found here to get my car fixed for free. So this thread helped me a lot
Awesome, I'm glad this thread helped, but many of the posts on this site imply that the TSB is automatic, and judging from my own experience (and the threads on unresponsive dealers), any dealer can just say "no". The same goes for any warranty work: if you think otherwise, then please explain why so many folks write in about dealers who couldn't (or wouldn't) diagnose a problem.
I've been to three dealers about my 2nd gear issue, and I brought the TSB each time: all of them, including the one I bought it from, have said "what problem?" If you search this forum, you'll see that there is a new 2nd gear post every month, and many say that the dealer couldn't replicate it. I doubt that every one of those cars has suffered from abuse.
It does seem, however, that if your car is covered by a TSB, then it is automatically fixed, which is why I wish that Honda would issue a tranny TSB for 2002s and 2003s. The only way this will happen is if enough people complain to their dealers. Honda's only incentive for issuing a TSB is to satisfy their dealers, not us, because a dealer will only be compensated by Honda for warranty work if it is approved by Honda -- that's why they agree to fix TSB issues so readily.
