Feb 01, 2016 04:03 PM
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Honda Cars. Fleecing in the open daylight - buy now and pay later!:-)
When I went to buy my Honda City in 2012, and referred 20 others to buy, I used to say only one thing; don't look at the interiors.look at the body and soul as in its Drive train and the Honda Engine; that costs 9 lacs and the rest is only 1 lac when you cough up to 10 lacs odd to get a Honda city with very crude looking interiors. BUT WHAT I GOT IS A LEMON THOUGH!
Clutches they have provided on these cars get rusty once you do 30 K…. and behaves worse than the cheapest of cars of the past. Clutch pressure plate is a wear and tear part; my problem is not the clutch pressure plate itself; it is something else. The clutch is rusty and makes a noise like a Mee-Mee Duck SQUEEZE TOY when I press THE PEDAL. FUNNY ENOUGH! People often turn back and see my car at signals to see what is this freak sound, when the engines are off LOL :-)
It started becoming rusty(full of friction) and noisy after I did about 32 K; now I am managing using anti rust spray every now which is sprayed near fork but it will just last for a week. I don't have a power train issue such as shuddering(associated with wear of clutch plate); I believe, it is A CHEAP COMPROMISED MATERIAL THAT HAS RESULTED IN THIS PROBLEM; So for no fault of mine, THEY ARE forcing me to address clutch problem indirectly now paying for the entire assembly’s cost which is 40K by visiting a dealer! A good properly driven car will at least do 60-65 K before the clutch plate issues crop.
SINCE MY ISSUES IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH RELEASE BEARING OR FORK THEY SAY, I AM ONLY ASKING WHY OTHER COMPONENTS ARE UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE LIFE OF CLUTCH PRESSURE PLATE FACING THE REAL WEAR AND TEAR FROM TRANSMISSION. THEY CANNOT BLAME CITY DRIVING AND ALL THAT CRAP! IT'S HONDA "CITY" MAN for god's sake.
When you ask the dealer to consult HONDA, they will tell you, means it will have wear and tear ‘like a parrot’ even before you complete.
It is a shame that Honda talks so much but will not support; I had to follow up several times to get emails back and they will only say. please go to the dealer. I don’t need that advice.
Honda's founder's "Mr. Soichiro Honda's" quote -> “What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher.” YES. WHY NOT SIR, Honda is strengthening themselves with customer's money. And it is tough on us anyway after buying, will not know what to do! We get tough on the company in return. Sorry, with due respect to your achievements, this is the meaning, I could derive from my own experience, once a loyal and brand ambassador of Honda Cars telling all t buy it. My friends are looking down at me for referring this car. They have same rusty clutch at lesser mileage.
I WILL NEVER TRY A HONDA PRODUCT AGAIN IN MY LIFE, and inform people how they fleece you keeping the initial price low; I have owned Suzuki and Hyundai cars in the past - they play it much straight. much more reasonable.
And I laugh at the mad rush; the customers are having to line up to buy Honda cars and lose their money! I have done my bit to save such people.
