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So I get a call from the dealership saying that the oil pan bolt keeps turning so theyll have to install a new one...So theres no way for me to get it to my house cause the oil pan would leak. I okay them to change the oil pan and they say that ill have to pay for the labor 134 dollars. WTF Is there anyway out of this, cause they were the ones that turned the bolt not me. PLEASE HELP HURRY

 
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Tow the car home, which is probably almost as much and install the oil pan yourself. 134 for the oil pan doesn't sound too bad. Thats 2 hrs to drop the exhaust, swap the pan, seal it back up etc....
Doesn't sound like rapage to me. Why is the drain bolt stripped in the first place?

 
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sorry

 
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Ive had all my maintenance done by the dealership so if anybody it would be there fault.
OH yea and when ur already paying 350 for a 60,000 mile service, I believe u are being raped

 
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when will people learn that bolts do not need to be turned as tight as possible.

 
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Well then find a way to plant the stripped bolt on them. You're getting raped for the 60K service. Thats your fault. There's nothing in it that you can't do DIY style with a little time. If you can prove they broke it, then nail them on it (example: it wasn't leaking when they unscrewed it). Ask them to produce the drain bolt. If they just stripped it, there should be gold coating missing from the threads, and there's probably a ribbon of metal caught in the threads (which are the threads from the pan).

 
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Boilermaker1 thanks for the idea i was already thinkin about it...To update u, i called the dealership the guy tried to plant it on me, saying it was normal wear and that the bolt shouldnt strip the pan when they took it off so when they put it back on it just kept turning. I broke it down for him, I told him that Ive had all my maintenance done there and as long as they stayed within the torque parameters then there shouldnt be any problem with having stripped bolts and oil pans. He tried to pin the "extended warranty" pretty funny guy. I told him that the warranty covered normal wear of the car, not actual maintenance done by there mechanic. So he said he'll call me back but Im gonna bring my dad in when I get my car cause its under his name and hopefully shove it up the dealerships ****. Anybody else have an idea??? Thanks for the feedback guys

 
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I know it sounds lame, but if you start yelling loud in the service dept so that people are looking at you, 99% of the time it will get your problem solved by them fixing it. I've done this a couple of times and while it's embaressing, it has saved me mucho money.

 
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tow you car home and then sue them in the small claims court. very simple. just tell the judge when you brought the car in it was fine but they did something and now its f*cked up. it happened to one of my friends. he brought his car for an oil change or something and then the car wouldn't start. so the dealership checked it out and for some reason the computer burned out. well any ways he won the case and the dealership had to pay for towing, parts, labor and etc. or you can just fix it yourself.

 
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ill pass on small claims court, ill probable follow the smuggler and yell at those dealership guys if they try to screw me. Im no push over. Oh and they are holding my car overnight cause they are having a hard time putting the new oil pan in. Probably the same moron that overtorqued the bolt in the first place. Oh well as long as I dont pay for it I dont care.

 
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Wierd question, but why where they even doing anything with the oil pan?

 
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hahaha thats funny they have to keep it over night. i got mine of in about 2 hours. that's including me not knowing what i'm doing and having an auto tranny, where you have to take off a bunch of covers for the shifter cable. oh well those guys are a bunch of morons. i find this hilarious. don't get me wrong it sucks total ***** for you but it is a funny story about the good old kids that work at the honda dealerships if I was you I'd di this to whoever messed up your car.
and then do this and then and then walk out of there with your car fixed saying

 
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Major service includes oil change, they probably overtorqued and stripped oil pan, but 2 oil changes ago oil pan was already leaking from who knows, but dealership has done all my servicing therefore, its not my fault cause i dont work on my car. So Ill blame their mechanics.^^^^^Thats f'n hilarious man, thats the storyboard for today my friend i loved it. Anywho, update on this disaster, Honda is flippin the bill boys, they f'd up and they are paying for it. Close this thread down, Im finished (Spot light fades)
Thanks for the help guys and thanks for keepin the laughs goin.

 
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woooooohoooooo so the kick in the old ***** worked that's awesome!!!!!!!!! someone finalling took my advice, lol j/k awesome though that there paying for it. congrats