So it has been extremely hot around Indianapolis this past two weeks, and appears that it will continue to be for a while. Taking this into consideration, I decided that it was time to take my '94 NSX in to the dealership for an A/C recharge. The car would blow cold air while driving, but when sitting stopped the car blew only warm air.
So I go in for an evac and recharge to the system ($209) and they call me a few hours later and I can tell from the way the guy is kind of beating around the bush that this is not a good call. It turns out that two of the pipes involved in my air conditioning have cracks in them that make it impossible to charge the system and have it hold the freon in, and that one of the fans in front is not working. The first estimate that they gave me was huge....somewhere in the $1,500 or more range, and I said, 'Sorry...I just cannot do that now, but thank you,' and was going to just deal with it later. I advised them that I get 25% off parts from other sources, including a friend who works for Honda, so paying list price for the parts was not in the cards unless they wanted to match my discount. They checked with their Parts Manager, who graciously agreed to match the price 'one time only' to get the service business. I had mentally given myself a 'stop spend' at $1,200 for this repair, and the number they came back with was around $1,282. I informed their Service Writer of this, thanked them for their kindness, but said I really have to stick to my guns on this one. He agreed to make it $1,200 out the door (taxes and all) if I agreed to the work, to which I did, figuring that I need to have the work done, I want my car to be perfect, and the job is expensive enough that I want a dealership to be responsible if anything goes wrong.
Reason for posting? Besides just being sad that a simple maintenance stop turned into a wallet draining endeavor, I am curious how many other people out there have had these issues with the air conditioning. My car is 1994 with over 183,000 miles, so I do not blame the car, but I am wondering about other owners experiences with their air conditioning durability. So if you have a similar experience, please share so that I can compare notes. Thank you!
Oh! Side note. The one pipe has to come from Japan and will take 3 weeks to get during one of the hottest times of the year. LOL!! Awesome.
So I go in for an evac and recharge to the system ($209) and they call me a few hours later and I can tell from the way the guy is kind of beating around the bush that this is not a good call. It turns out that two of the pipes involved in my air conditioning have cracks in them that make it impossible to charge the system and have it hold the freon in, and that one of the fans in front is not working. The first estimate that they gave me was huge....somewhere in the $1,500 or more range, and I said, 'Sorry...I just cannot do that now, but thank you,' and was going to just deal with it later. I advised them that I get 25% off parts from other sources, including a friend who works for Honda, so paying list price for the parts was not in the cards unless they wanted to match my discount. They checked with their Parts Manager, who graciously agreed to match the price 'one time only' to get the service business. I had mentally given myself a 'stop spend' at $1,200 for this repair, and the number they came back with was around $1,282. I informed their Service Writer of this, thanked them for their kindness, but said I really have to stick to my guns on this one. He agreed to make it $1,200 out the door (taxes and all) if I agreed to the work, to which I did, figuring that I need to have the work done, I want my car to be perfect, and the job is expensive enough that I want a dealership to be responsible if anything goes wrong.
Reason for posting? Besides just being sad that a simple maintenance stop turned into a wallet draining endeavor, I am curious how many other people out there have had these issues with the air conditioning. My car is 1994 with over 183,000 miles, so I do not blame the car, but I am wondering about other owners experiences with their air conditioning durability. So if you have a similar experience, please share so that I can compare notes. Thank you!
Oh! Side note. The one pipe has to come from Japan and will take 3 weeks to get during one of the hottest times of the year. LOL!! Awesome.
