Sunroof gap. Update in original post.

[BrandonSmith]

I am not sure but since roof is part of safety I do not think a major roof repair is allowed, I would ask for a buy back as any roof repairs may affect structural integrity, just my 2 cents. It is one thing to paint a roof panel, another to modify it

It is only the roof skin, not structure.

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[justasimpleman]

Final update, for anyone that cares....

Honda will fix it at a honda certified body shop. I had to bring it into the dealership one last time so the honda rep can look at it before making his report.... talked to sales, and after coming out of pocket (don’t ask, I don’t want to talk about it. It’s more of a piece of mind thing for me), I’m walking out with the exact same car, just brand new(er). Is what it is... decision I’ll have to live with...

 

[xbbnx]

Final update, for anyone that cares....

Honda will fix it at a honda certified body shop. I had to bring it into the dealership one last time so the honda rep can look at it before making his report.... talked to sales, and after coming out of pocket (don’t ask, I don’t want to talk about it. It’s more of a piece of mind thing for me), I’m walking out with the exact same car, just brand new(er). Is what it is... decision I’ll have to live with...

I don't care that you said you didn't want to talk about it, why the hell would you agree to come out of pocket for a factory defect on a brand new car covered under warranty?? Must have some money to throw away, if so I've got some "charity" in my name you can donate to.

Edit: Or are you saying that you lemoned your car and it was replaced with a new one but you had to come out of pocket for the swap?

 

[Gruber]

I don't care that you said you didn't want to talk about it, why the hell would you agree to come out of pocket for a factory defect on a brand new car covered under warranty?? Must have some money to throw away, if so I've got some "charity" in my name you can donate to.

Edit: Or are you saying that you lemoned your car and it was replaced with a new one but you had to come out of pocket for the swap?

Ah...... I guess that's it. The OP didn't want to have a molested car, even though the fix would be free, and he preferred to swap for a new(er) one.

That's a great outcome to all 3 parties. Everybody wins. He has a virgin car, the dealer got some profit, and whoever buys the repaired roof will never know their car was violated....

 

[civicmanic]

A simple problem like that shouldn't have been a problem for the model year 2020. This generation of civic is its 5th year for god sake.

It's not an inherent issue. Mine is a '16 and doesn't have it. Something on the assembly line was off and the quality control guy missed it.

 

[justasimpleman]

Ah...... I guess that's it. The OP didn't want to have a molested car, even though the fix would be free, and he preferred to swap for a new(er) one.

That's a great outcome to all 3 parties. Everybody wins. He has a virgin car, the dealer got some profit, and whoever buys the repaired roof will never know their car was violated....

this is basically it right here. Honda was going to fix it for free... I just didn’t want potential issues down the road being that they’d have to take my car apart to fix the issue. We talked numbers, and they were Ok enough for me to say screw it, and have, as you said, a virgin car... new one had only 6 miles on the clock when I took it. Other one had 50 something when I bought it, and had just over 1400 when I left it.

It's not an inherent issue. Mine is a '16 and doesn't have it. Something on the assembly line was off and the quality control guy missed it.

Was definitely something off the assembly line. No damage to paint, or sunroof molding.

 

[PEPSIFLAME]

After the update, don't worry man. My car was T-boned 3 days after purchase. $17k in damage. 3 months in the shop.

 

[justasimpleman]

After the update, don't worry man. My car was T-boned 3 days after purchase. $17k in damage. 3 months in the shop.

$17k in damage, and they didn’t total it?!

anyway... ended up trading it in, paying a some out of pocket, and getting a brand new one.

 

[PEPSIFLAME]

$17k in damage, and they didn’t total it?!

anyway... ended up trading it in, paying a some out of pocket, and getting a brand new one.

Nah, by the time they had the final quote, the work was done.

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