Finally settled with Concord Honda (California) on an 80% replacement of my softtop under the TSB. I bought my '05 new and have put 62k miles on. It's always parked outside in the Bay Area sun. I fixed a passenger side tear myself about a year or so ago.

Concord Honda initially offered me 50% (~$1k) replacement. Since '02 I've purchased 4 new Hondas from either Concord or Walnut Creek Honda, and 3 other new vehicles from local dealers (Ford, Saab, VW). After thinking about it, I realized my new car purchase history deserved more Honda contribution, and they agreed.

Given my proven track record for making poor financial decisions to satiate an obsessive need for brand-spanking new cars, I perhaps could have gotten even more, but that's not my personal style. Getting warranty work 25k miles and a year out of warranty is not a bad deal.

 

Which TSB are you refering to?

 

woah, is there finally a TSB for the top??

 

good job! hope i can do that in the future if it happens to me

 

There's a TSB for soft top tears starting with '05 model year. It came out a month or two ago.

 

do you have a link?

 

Soft Top TSB

 

awesome. i have a few months left on my full coverage from certified pre owned, so i am going to go plead my case some time this week. my tear is in the exact right rear corner being referred to.

 

Yea wtf, just for 05+? I'm pretty sure my 04 is having the same problem. The latches are starting to notch tiny divits inthe top. What can I use as a temp patch from the inside?

 

^ Seriously right? At least do it for the first year of ap2 too. :/