Hi,
I'd demand refund or
different car. Talked to Handa regional rep?
That car is not new any more. messed up pretty good. Maybe you have
a bum dealer. Try other one. Let them take it back(even as a trade-in)
and get different car or '04 model. Sounds like the car is cursed.
Tony

Scott MacLean wrote:

> Nov 17 - Called Dawn Morris, told her what happened. Told her I was tired of
> being a guinea pig for their attempts to fix the transmission, and that I
> wanted a new (not a remanufactured) transmission ordered and installed in
> the car. She agreed, and said she would talk to Vic (service adviser) and
> have him call me. Vic calls at 10:30 am and says they have ordered a
> transmission from Montreal and expect it to arrive sometime tomorrow.
>
> Nov 18 - Vic calls at 11:30 am, says the transmission is in. Book
> appointment for Wednesday morning, says it will take "a day or two."
>
> Nov 19 - Take car in at 8:00 am. Mention the alignment problem.
>
> Nov 20 - Vic calls at 11:30 am, says the car is done and ready to go. I
> arrive at 2 pm to pick it up, Joe (shop foreman) says he wants to take a
> test drive with me to make sure everything is OK. Dawn Morris comes along
> too, she introduces herself and says "glad to meet you" despite the fact I
> have met her three times before and talked to her on the phone probably ten
> times. As we start out, I can't get car into first gear, it goes past the
> synchro, but not into gear. Letting the clutch out makes a grinding noise
> and it pops back to neutral. I look at Joe, try it again, and it works fine.
> Go out for a test drive, everything seems fine. Get back to the dealership,
> Dawn wants me to sign a paper to say that everything was done correctly. She
> leaves, saying, "it was nice to finally meet you." Joe leaves. I get in the
> car to leave, and the problem with first gear happens again. I sit there and
> get it to repeat three more times. I go inside to get Joe. He comes out to
> the car, I demonstrate it to him three more times. He says it might be just
> that the transmission is brand new out of the crate and needs to "seat" and
> that if it continues for any length of time, to bring it back.
>
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