JBond <James.Bouchard@gmail.com> wrote:
> in order to safe on yearly costs. Having no car while I wait for a
> warranty part to make it's way over from Japan, over a 6 week period

They didn't give you a loaner while waiting for warranty parts? The fact
that it had to come from Japan might be a clue as to how many are being
replaced. If the dealer had three in stock, that might be a cause for
post-warranty concern.

> maintenance inexpensive, and never a major problem. All parts were
> always available same day, until very recently,

Expected parts are stocked by a dealer. Most anticipated parts are stocked
regionally.

My 2003 Civic Hybrid has 75,000 miles on it. I had an SRS air bag
controller fail at about 2,000 miles. Fixed on the same day I took it in.

I just received notice that the warranty on the CVT transmission has been
extended to 100,000 miles because of some problems that have been occurring
out of warranty, but prematurely by Honda standards.

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