Levimax
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- First Name
- Dave
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- Aug 29, 2022
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- Location
- San Diego
- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Honda Civic Sport Touring
They claimed that the "vacuum machine" detected a leak and would not let them charge the system. My understanding is that a leak that could be detected under vacuum would be "huge" which doesn't make sense as there was still some Freon in the system when I took it in. Since I live in California Honda probably wants to make sure I don't come back twice for the same issue or they are exposed to the "lemon law" which makes then liable to buy back the car.How did they determine the evaporator was leaking? Did they add dye to the system and get you to go back on n a couple of weeks?
My dealer told me my condenser and compressor were leaking just based on a visual. They wanted $2000. I charged the system 3 months ago and so far its held the charge. How can such a small a/c leak be determined based on a visual? It can't! Poor diagnostic. Dealers just throw the parts bin at us and are too lazy to determine the exact cause.
Having said that I can't really blame the dealer as they did not make the faulty AC system and they are trying their best to save the goodwill of their customers built up over decades and cover for Honda. My car is low miles and fairly new and I plan to keep it for a long time but it is technically out of warrantee and I chose not to buy the extended warrantee. I can't say that $800 for a new condenser, evaporator, and Freon charge is unfair but it is frustrating. I did check prices at other shops in my area and the dealer was cheaper for the AC work which was a surprise to me.
Hopefully some day I will get my money back from Honda from this class action suit. I hope you continue to have good luck with you AC system.
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