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[Evox787]

Yeah... I'm sure there are some competent techs out there but I haven't found any and don't feel like looking. Plus if they are actually competent then that implies they are above par relative to their peers and thus will eventually be very likely to move on anyway.

I've just had absolutely enough with the dealer shenanigans after I tried to get them to investigate the infamous "wastegate rattle" last year and after keeping my car for 3 days (twice) with no loaner, I had to ride with them to acknowledge there was even a noise (this is also after I offered to ride with them when I first brought it in and they declined), just for me to tell them I think it's the wastegate actuator and them to agree with me and do actually nothing.

Then a few weeks later to discover my traction control button was left disconnected and half the clips inside are missing or broken, leading to MANY more noises.

Seriously, fuck them. For anything outside of warranty, they are sadly, embarrassingly, shockingly and hilariously bad at their jobs.

Yeah and even that they are not worth it either the sad part in my end I also fall like a idiot when I bought the car for the extended warranty. All because I didn’t want to deal with the same hassle with that happen with my EVO so now I will be paying for it and will not be using it at all. But I learned my lesson from this, will not fall again for this mistake.

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[Evox787]

They don't like to work on an unfamiliar problem because warranty work doesn't pay well. Regular maintenance items are clear cut so they can get paid book time and do it faster (make more money). Recalls don't pay well but they can learn to do most of them faster. Things like this they spend a lot of time finding the problem but it doesn't turn into money for them. If you were paying hourly rate for the diagnosis, they'd be more willing. That's not an excuse for them, but it is part of the reason they're usually not extra willing to be helpful.


That said nearly every dealer of nearly every brand is like this. Some dealers from brands like Porsche look after old cars and modified cars because their owners keep them around, and there's a lot of knowledge in the community to figure out these problems. You pay for that in the service cost. Honda isn't set up for that because 99% of their clientele doesn't want to pay for it. Type-R is the .01%

Hope you can find a better dealer to work with, though if the damage was related to the warranty/recall work, you might have to stick with this one a little longer. I can believe they didn't require an alignment because of the cost on such a high volume issue, but if your steering isn't tracking straight that is a big problem, particularly on this car. Interestingly, if you got an alcantara steering wheel dealer installed, it requires an alignment in the instructions. They did it begrudgingly, probably since I already paid all that markup.

Yeah I probably will gone to pass on them and as recommended will cut my losses and just pay for it myself, but this service as a lesson for me that doesn’t matter if the car is brand new or not the quality of the vehicle isn’t the same as a car of before the world ended or even before that. My experience with my 06 scion XA has been way different than any other newer car that I bought right after an hasn’t been many. It has 180k never have been a recall never have warranty issues and was treated worst I was young and stupid when I bought it the only thing I changed was a knuckle on 2021 for a faulty wheel bearing because I didn’t want to change just the bearing and the starter otherwise it has been oil changes, brake pads an tires. Now is the car I’m using because I trust it more than my brand new Type R.​

 

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Yeah and even that they are not worth it either the sad part in my end I also fall like a idiot when I bought the car for the extended warranty. All because I didn’t want to deal with the same hassle with that happen with my EVO so now I will be paying for it and will not be using it at all. But I learned my lesson from this, will not fall again for this mistake.

You can cancel the extended warranty and get a prorated refund

 

[Evox787]

You can cancel the extended warranty and get a prorated refund

Really I didn’t know I will look into the paperwork work as soon I get home. Will do that thanks for letting me know that was possible.

 

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FYI some Brembo cars do the click, the rotor adjust on the hub when you turn at low speeds

 

[Evox787]

FYI some Brembo cars do the click, the rotor adjust on the hub when you turn at low speeds

Thank you I appreciate the input will look into that as well.

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