Hello,

I am trying to convince Honda Canada to perform repairs to my car based on an American TSB to fix a problem with the transmission popping out of 2nd gear.

Wondering if there are any Canadian owners out there who have successfully convinced Honda to perform this TSB.

I considered posting this in the Canadian forums but I'm not sure how many people frequent those.

Here is the TSB, found in a post on this board:

TSB#05-009:

Service Bulletin

 2005 American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

 

More than you think. You need to get opinions from those in your area. It doesn't matter if someone in Calgary got it done. The eastern Honda region will treat you differently. You would be best to post this in the TO or Ottawa forums.

 

I've never experienced this problem on mine but that doesn't mean that the problem isn't on Canadian cars. I think it's really going to depend on your relationship with your Honda dealer. It's a matter of opinion. Imo Waterloo Honda and Olympic Honda dealerships are dinks. I deal exclusively with Kitchener Honda and have done so for 18 years.
I just had my '02 CR-V serviced to correct a "drift or pulling to the right" symptom that has existed since new. It, too, was a U.S. TSB that was never issued in Canada but even out of warranty Kitchener Honda followed the instructions on the TSB and fixed it without cost to me.
The big difference between the CR-V and S2000 is that there is only one factory that supplys S2000's to all markets and several plants that supply CR-V's.

Good luck!