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Old Aug 8, 2002
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GETTING HOSED AGAIN!!!!

well some of you read my post about a week ago on how a "rodent" chewed through one of my fuel injector lines, causing the PCU to fry and the wire harnes needed to be replaced... 1300 bucks... i got the car back TWO days ago, and what happens this after noon when I get in the car??? same vibration and rumbling.....
The dealership looks at it and says that a "rodent" chewed through a DIFFERENT fuel injector line!!!! can you believe it,>????? I have not heard another estimate, but I'm for god damn sure Im going to raise all holy hell when I get in there in about a half an hour....

What do you think - rodent or faulty manufacturing...???? I think FAULTY MANUFACTURING!!!!

-ps- sorry to rant, but its the only thing keeping me sane right now...
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Damn, that sucks. You either have a bad rodent problem or a crappy dealer. I'm going with the second one. Sounds like a bunch of BS to me. I suppose the dealer figures that the rodents were just waiting for you to get your car back, so they could chew through it some more. I would definitely raise hell.
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Man, since when do rats chew FI lines? I don't think they like the taste of gasoline. You are getting the proverbial D*ck up the a$$. Don't let them fvck you like that. You got to stick it to'em....not the other way around.
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Why the heck are there rodents in your garage in the first place?
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d@mn man, i feel sorry for you...whats your address so i can send you some vaseline b/c it must be getting rough!!!
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OMG......that sucks........Like I told you last time.......put a dam rat trap in that biatch!!!!!!!![IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
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Dood, you should really start seriously considering getting a Honda mediator involved to look at your problem...I sure as he11 would not have paid the first $1300. If mediation does not work, take Honda to court--do not be intimidated.
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I don't buy the rodent BS. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/IMG]
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ill see if i can make a DIY on how to kill a rat or something. maybe its alien rats that eat hondas?
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the only rat problem you have is your dealer[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]


edit: sorry, that was pretty corney. seriously try a new dealership. animals are not atracted to gas...
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gaw dang man, you just cant win!! i would trade in the car!! lol and get a new one!
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Ask them to show the chewed up lines. It sounds like BS
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ya i agree, sounds like ur getting hosed! at the toyota dealership i wrk at we've replaced a wireing harness under warany because of rats eating through it before. try another dealer n c wut they say! ya and get the old harness back from them! another way is to call the honda head office n biatch, trust me a company like honda will want to keep thier customers happy n may pay ur bill for u, or cover it under warranty, but u gotta biatch! ok! otherwise u may as well go get a tube of vaseline and hand it to the service manager n tell him that'll make it easier for u!!!
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rodents my ***! go postal on them, then they will give in...remember, they have to prove that that is the actual cuz of the problem, which i dought they can.
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[hr]-ps- sorry to rant, but its the only thing keeping me sane right now...[hr]
Yo.. didn't you once say in another thread that you were a Psychologist or something? I remember cause I was like yo, what kind of Pyschologist would have a pic of a kid screaming in agonny over seeing the Dead Grave of Santa Clause. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG] Well anyway, I hope you lay the smack down and smoothen out that roughness for real bro, good luck!

Gosh, awesome replies in this forum, way to go guys!!!

Whats that mediator thing though, never quite heard of that before.
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this is the first rodent trouble with cars my whole life so i pick cruddy manufacturing
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lets think about this a rodent climbs to the top of the engine bay to chew threw a fuel injector line, now that is not the first line of ne thing on the way to the top, and then for it to happen again to the same thing, i think NOT, 1300 bucks and then it happens again, the dealer is robing u blind dont pay them again, dont take it to them again til u see what the chew looks like more than likely its gunna look like a straight cut mark when the mechanic was told to do that in order to get another 1300 bucks in the dealers pockets, i smell scandolous here, pay the lawyer 1300 bucks before u pay the dealer to fix something they broke
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