Here's a comment I made on another message board and got no responses. Thought maybe it would stir up some discussion here.
I've told myself a dozen times since I bought my latest trike, not from a Honda dealer by the way, that if Honda gives me problems with a non-trike related warranty issue I'll really be upset. But then I stop and think about it for a minute. Think of this:
What if you purchased a brand new Chevrolet pick up truck, took it to an after market conversion company and they disassembled the back half of the truck to put a dump truck bed on it and part of that conversion included removing the drive shaft and differential to install a different differential and the original drive shaft. And then at some point down the road, but still within the original GM warranty, you developed drive shaft issues. Do you really think that GM would welcome your problem with open arms and pay under warranty to fix your problem? Really?
Thank goodness I haven't had to find out yet what will really happen. I am hoping that if it is not trike conversion related, that Honda would honor the warranty work. But then again, I haven't figured out how Honda's warranty works anyway. My experience is you have to take your problem to them, they will decide if there have been prior instances of the same problem and if so, the will fix it under warranty, if no prior issues, they won't pay for it. Not the same thing as that GM warranty that with the exception of normal wear and tear, they fix it, whatever it is, provided you are with in the time or mileage limitations.
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Terry H
I've told myself a dozen times since I bought my latest trike, not from a Honda dealer by the way, that if Honda gives me problems with a non-trike related warranty issue I'll really be upset. But then I stop and think about it for a minute. Think of this:
What if you purchased a brand new Chevrolet pick up truck, took it to an after market conversion company and they disassembled the back half of the truck to put a dump truck bed on it and part of that conversion included removing the drive shaft and differential to install a different differential and the original drive shaft. And then at some point down the road, but still within the original GM warranty, you developed drive shaft issues. Do you really think that GM would welcome your problem with open arms and pay under warranty to fix your problem? Really?
Thank goodness I haven't had to find out yet what will really happen. I am hoping that if it is not trike conversion related, that Honda would honor the warranty work. But then again, I haven't figured out how Honda's warranty works anyway. My experience is you have to take your problem to them, they will decide if there have been prior instances of the same problem and if so, the will fix it under warranty, if no prior issues, they won't pay for it. Not the same thing as that GM warranty that with the exception of normal wear and tear, they fix it, whatever it is, provided you are with in the time or mileage limitations.
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Terry H