Think 4-5 faults for a new car is pretty bad? try TWENTY-SEVEN

[chylld]

chylld - I don't particularly think that overseas Honda TSB's are relevant for cars sold here, especially if they haven't been reproduced by Honda Australia. Perhaps that's why you are being 'fobbed off' when you refer to them?

That is the sort of attitude I just dont get. I have seen the same thing happen on other vehicle makes with the same sort of response. The construction method of the vehicle (whether it was made for the Australian market or elsewhere) is exactly the same and in my opinion 99% of the time the fix prescribed in an overseas TSB will work here.

different markets can get different spec levels, suspension tunes, trim details so its not always a universal fix..

i browse the 8thcivic.com forums quite a lot, so i've seen my fair share of pics of US civics - their sedan is very similar to ours, except of course for the rhd/lhd thing. the trim pieces and locations of the clips etc. are pretty much identical.

i recognise the fact that they might not apply exactly to our cars, but hey, if the symptom is the same, the fix is simple and quick and the diagrams match up exactly to our car, then i thought it was relevant.


my exchange with the district manager on this topic however went like this:

Me: Ok, I've done all this research on some american forums and have found these TSB's published by Honda america, in this one here you'll see...

Tony Martin, District Manager (interrupting): Look, look... I don't care what kind of research you've done on your internet or forums or whatever, they're published by Honda America, and we're in Australia, so that material, all the work you've done, is irrelevant.

Me: ... but given that the symptoms are the same and the diagrams match up to my car, will you not at least consider these fixes?

DM: (stupified look) ... errmmm....


and that was all he said on the matter. i didn't get a complete verbal response from him.