I purchased a 2005 car a few weeks ago.
I took the car home with 35 miles on the odometer. Here are a few bugs I took the car back for last week.
1) Driver's side window leaked front lower corner (claim it is normal I have to live with it)
2) Shift boot thread was unraveling (repaired)
3) Steering mis-aligned (repaired)
4) Stereo had a bad crackle/popping sound from right front side, especially when listening to high vocals or talk. I showed it to the dealer on a Friday and reproduced the problem with service advisor in the car. They waited til the following Thursday to order a new door speaker. I think they should have done this the first day I brought the car in but that's a whole other issue. They replaced the driver door speaker but problem is still there. Now they are replacing the center sub/speaker. The svc. rep tells me there is no separate amp. it is a powered center sub. They cannot order a new head unit until they try this step. So fat the car has spent 7 service days in the shop. I am going to go through a few days without the car, waiting for them to figue out the problem.
5) Rattle in driver side door and wind noise. (Can't re-produce)
Now I know this is a hand built car so I can live with all of this as long as it gets repaired within reason. I know that some parts will not be perfect cosmetically, and the car will have a little "character" of it's own as it is a hand built super car. What I am having a hard time understanding is why it took 35 miles of "test driving" to diagnose a few of the items on my punch list. The dealer General Manager claims this is normal and also claims this is also acceptable to Acura.
Anyone out there think this is acceptable? I am a novice when it comes to this but 35 mi. seems unnecessary high to listen for a rattle, wind noise and bad alignment. The window leak is visible when you spray water on the car, and the stereo meeses up at a standstill. I did put new exhausts on the car, but do not think you need 35 miles to check if they are on right or to see a shift boot unraveled.
I took the car home with 35 miles on the odometer. Here are a few bugs I took the car back for last week.
1) Driver's side window leaked front lower corner (claim it is normal I have to live with it)
2) Shift boot thread was unraveling (repaired)
3) Steering mis-aligned (repaired)
4) Stereo had a bad crackle/popping sound from right front side, especially when listening to high vocals or talk. I showed it to the dealer on a Friday and reproduced the problem with service advisor in the car. They waited til the following Thursday to order a new door speaker. I think they should have done this the first day I brought the car in but that's a whole other issue. They replaced the driver door speaker but problem is still there. Now they are replacing the center sub/speaker. The svc. rep tells me there is no separate amp. it is a powered center sub. They cannot order a new head unit until they try this step. So fat the car has spent 7 service days in the shop. I am going to go through a few days without the car, waiting for them to figue out the problem.
5) Rattle in driver side door and wind noise. (Can't re-produce)
Now I know this is a hand built car so I can live with all of this as long as it gets repaired within reason. I know that some parts will not be perfect cosmetically, and the car will have a little "character" of it's own as it is a hand built super car. What I am having a hard time understanding is why it took 35 miles of "test driving" to diagnose a few of the items on my punch list. The dealer General Manager claims this is normal and also claims this is also acceptable to Acura.
Anyone out there think this is acceptable? I am a novice when it comes to this but 35 mi. seems unnecessary high to listen for a rattle, wind noise and bad alignment. The window leak is visible when you spray water on the car, and the stereo meeses up at a standstill. I did put new exhausts on the car, but do not think you need 35 miles to check if they are on right or to see a shift boot unraveled.