WARNING TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE WARRANTY OF HONDA

I've had a S2000 2001, i have 30000km on the car, monday the engine blow off, and i go to Honda Retailer
then yesterday they call me to ask me all the invoice to proof that i have made all the oil change appropriate,
i only found for now 2 invoice, 9000km and 18000km, they said that they will not honor the warranty until i proof
that i've made the oil change at 6000km 12000km 18000km 24000km, i didnt know that i have to keep all the invoice this is the first
time i had problems with engine, and only to say how i drive my car, i've made 30000km on the original tire, than im not a crazy driver, i'me 35 years old, i'm very disapoint with honda warranty and how they trust their customer.


Anyone have idea to resolve this matter?

some said that i will need to take lawer!!!
we paid all the winter to have a sport car and i will lost all that because of 2 invoice lost, this is very bad.....

 

Where did you get your oil changes done? They usually have a log on what services they did for your car. They have to keep records of any transactions you had for at least a year. They usually just reference your license plate.

Good luck.

 

What if we change our own oil??

 

keep a log and have two witnesses sign it each time you change it (or whatever your state law is). it should help out if it goes to court.

bassem

 

Anybody know the price that will cost if i have to paid for that, appoximatively?

 

You only need to prove that you did what was required under the "normal" schedule.

I looked at your recorded mileage, and converted it to miles (what I'm familiar with). Even if you didn't change your oil at those intervals, you would have still changed your oil often enough.

To deny you warranty coverage is BS!

 

S2K-Repgentigny, how awful.

Here is a thread about engine failures. It will lead you to lots of information, much of which you probably don't want to hear:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...ock+replacement

Was your oil okay when the engine failed? American Honda Motors has denied warranty replacement of some engines when the engine was extremely low on oil when the engine failed, perhaps only one quart left out of five.

I think you need to document oil changes somehow, but if you maintain that you did the correct changes, and if you were okay on oil when it failed, I think you will get it fixed under warranty.

The cost is horrible otherwise. Replacing the short block costs about USD$11,000. If it also needs a new head, that is a couple of thousand dollars more.

I think the thread I posted above gives good evidence that the F20C can be defective.

Keep us posted on exactly what failed and how the Canadian Honda folks respond.

By the way, I now have a 7 year/70,000 mile warranty on mine and I plan to have all the oil changes done by the dealer, just to be sure. One unlucky board member had his engine fail after a dealer damaged an oil filter during an oil change. The dealer had to share the cost for the engine repair with AHM.

Barry in Sheridan, Wyoming

 

I confirm to all of you that the dealer as inspect the engine and this is the porblem of #4 cylinder, but i've not lost any oil, whatim afraid
if there change the engine , is the problem fix or it will come back in the future???

 

Thanks for the response.

You are the FIRST PERSON to report that your warranty claim was being questioned based on documenting the recommended oil changes. Others here have had their claim questioned based on low oil at time of failure, but not on undocumented changes.

It seems likely to me that the #4 cylinder failure has to do with a manufacturing problem. Most likely this affected a group of engines that were built during the summer of 2000 and put into late 2000 and early 2001 S2000s. I believe that there are two different piston part numbers and the newer piston number part goes into a newer short block that does not have the problem the early ones do.

No one has had the short block replacement and then had another failure. However, our list only includes 26 short block replacements and the failure rate, as far as we know, is below 1%. However, I think all the replacement short blocks are the newer version and are not likely to fail.

Your problem will be covered by warranty. Get the documentation of oil change if you can. However, if you can't, I think this list gives you plenty of ammunition to show Honda of Canada or the courts that this is a manufacturing problem. Don't forget. Mine failed at 650 miles with the same problem as yours. Mine was not low on oil, like yours.

I would like to see Honda provide a "hidden warranty" beyond the 36 month 30,000 mile warranty, to cover this specific failure.

Barry in Sheridan, Wyoming

 

Thanks for you advise, i would like honda also give another warranty on this issue