Because I don't bring my car in often as I am retired and do not drive my care often, it seems that you are loosing on making money with me so you'll try to find anything to change that will cost a lot. I had a 1998 honda civic when I was working and brought it in regularly as I was travelling for work. They never changed the cabin filter in the 15 years In my 1998 civic but they changed it in my 2012 civic which cost me almost $100.
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Reply from: Palladino Honda 8 years ago
Hi Lorraine,
Cabin Air Filters were not implemented on the Honda Civic Model until 2001. This would be why we never changed it.
The price you were quoted and paid was for your Engine Air Filter and Cabin Air filter.
I was a little stuck for money, and so I decided to buy the part separately and have a friend assemble it. They said no problem, gave me tips to get it done and saved some money. The customer service was wonderful :)
As usual, there was an attempt to 'upsell' service which was not due for 8000 more kms. I find the persistent upselling of service annoying. Also reported that the Nav system fails often 'DVD Failure' message on the screen. Service said I would need to bring the Ridgeline back in when the error was on the screen to 'prove it' (which is a quote). This may come as a surprise but I actually have other things to do than wait for a message to pop up and run to the Honda dealer. The message seems clear: there is obviously a problem with the nav dvd, or the dvd player. So essentially I have no Nav system for approx. 50% of the time and I must simply accept that on a 2 year old ridgeline. I made this point to the service representative who smiled nicely and simply ignored the comment. Love my Honda: will not lease or purchase from Paladino again. When the lease expires on my Ridgeline, I will buy it out, then sell it, and get a new Ridgeline elsewhere.
Reply from: Palladino Honda 8 years ago
Chris,
This is definitely not the type of service you should expect to receive at Palladino Honda. I would like to invite you call me so I can offer you a resolution plan to get this DVD player fixed.
Ray Duguay
Service Manager