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From: kevin@beesvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Honda Prelude noise
Message-ID: <243@beesvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Nov-83 14:52:52 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 11 14:52:52 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 14-Nov-83 02:39:10 EST
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If the dealer claims some problem is 'normal' then call the Service Rep
for your area (in this case the Honda rep). The Service Rep has solutions
to many so called 'normal' problems. I have experienced surging problems
in a 1982 Accord LX. Three different dealerships said that the surging
was 'normal'. The Honda Service Rep gave a technical description of the
problem and asked to have the car brought to the Regional Zone Office
so they could solve the problem. The Service Rep said that the problem
was a marginally defective EGR valve (the dealers said it was good).
However, the Honda Rep said that he couldn't tell me this, but if it was
his car he would put a golf tee in the vacuum line leading to the EGR
valve. Works great !!! (and I avoided the trip to the Regional Zone
Office).

The moral to the story is that if your dealer gives you 'crap' then
request the phone number of the regional service rep. Most dealers are
required to give you the phone number.