The car literally quit at 70 MPH in the middle of an expressway. There were no Honda dealers within 150 miles and it was 11:00 PM. We had the car towed to a local motel and found a local repair shop with a good reputation. They towed it to their shop and looked it over and could not figure out what the problem was. We rented a minivan to get us home (a 5-hour one-way drive). We picked up my truck and my car trailer, loaded up the rented minivan and drove the 5 hours back to return the minivan and get our car.
After towing it home, I called the nearest Honda dealer (36 miles away) and they said that it would cost a minimum of $250 to diagnose the problem, but that they could not guarantee that they would be able to find out what was wrong. I kept the car at home and studied as much as I could. In the end, on a distant, lonely, little owner's site, I found someone that had had the same problem. It turned out to be 2 relays that were hidden behind a kick panel. The relays cost me $30 delivered and after installation, the car seems to be just fine. I told the dealer what I had found and the service manager said he had never seen anything like that before. I was just about to junk the car when I found the information on that little owner's chatroom site.
The car literally quit at 70 MPH in the middle of an expressway. There were no Honda dealers within 150 miles and it was 11:00 PM. We had the car towed to a local motel and found a local repair shop with a good reputation. They towed it to their shop and looked it over and could not figure out what the problem was. We rented a minivan to get us home (a 5-hour one-way drive). We picked up my truck and my car trailer, loaded up the rented minivan and drove the 5 hours back to return the minivan and get our car.
After towing it home, I called the nearest Honda dealer (36 miles away) and they said that it would cost a minimum of $250 to diagnose the problem, but that they could not guarantee that they would be able to find out what was wrong. I kept the car at home and studied as much as I could. In the end, on a distant, lonely, little owner's site, I found someone that had had the same problem. It turned out to be 2 relays that were hidden behind a kick panel. The relays cost me $30 delivered and after installation, the car seems to be just fine. I told the dealer what I had found and the service manager said he had never seen anything like that before. I was just about to junk the car when I found the information on that little owner's chatroom site.
- Gino T., Gilbert, AZ, US