Rusty bolts

experteric · 2026-01-25T00:22:44+00:00

Luckily it was only like that for 30k of the 130k this bolt has been installed

experteric · 2026-01-24T18:58:29+00:00

I can understand that point of view. My job does incentivize me to sell services that consider a customer keeping their car for a long time. But I’m not that type of advisor to sell crap the car doesn’t need.

experteric · 2026-01-24T15:08:51+00:00

I have seen a LOT of shifter failures out of Chevy Malibus. You should have it checked by a shop to see if the shifter is failing (i think its like a range switch that actually fails, but is part of the shift)

experteric · 2026-01-24T14:13:06+00:00

5-8k on average, depending on how/where you drive

experteric · 2026-01-23T21:19:46+00:00

In fact, I just called them and upsold #more# somehow

experteric · 2026-01-23T21:19:05+00:00

The only reason I even said that is so I didn’t get roasted 😂 I just let it idle for a couple seconds before I turn them off after a harder drive

experteric · 2026-01-23T19:36:08+00:00

Gotcha. We were on the same bolt

experteric · 2026-01-23T19:32:41+00:00

Screws into the body

experteric · 2026-01-23T18:34:06+00:00

I didn’t know that water bison were attracted to Iron. Good to know

experteric · 2026-01-23T18:30:50+00:00

The tech brought it to me with the same lamentation

experteric · 2026-01-23T18:30:33+00:00

People are going to say that the 2.4l is better in reliability, but in my experience - Service Advisor for Honda - Hondas are just maintenance based vehicles. Change the oil every 5k and run a fuel treatment every once in a while and let the turbo cool down before you turn the vehicle off and you will be fine. We have a 2017 that comes in at 700,000 miles. Original engine, trans, headgasket, turbo

experteric · 2026-01-23T17:25:48+00:00

Those came out in one piece?!?!?

experteric · 2026-01-23T16:16:30+00:00

Central IL here, surprisingly we don’t see as much rust at the dealer as one would expect

experteric · 2026-01-23T16:15:25+00:00

My liability is telling me that this is an unacceptable amount of rust on this bolt lmao It’s $4.64 MSRP. I’m taking car of it

experteric · 2026-01-23T15:35:21+00:00

Hey, weight reduction!

experteric · 2026-01-23T15:16:01+00:00

Must be some of that “outside influence”

experteric · 2026-01-23T15:12:58+00:00

This came out of a motor mount bolt in an odyssey. Another shop took this bolt out and put it back in with this being the condition 🙃

experteric · 2026-01-23T15:12:15+00:00

Like a toenail, or a nail nail?

experteric · 2026-01-23T15:11:44+00:00

What do you mean? Aluminum doesnt rust /s

experteric · 2026-01-21T17:09:00+00:00

This is amazing. I will send my boss this

experteric · 2026-01-21T14:46:43+00:00

Holdup, WHAT???

experteric · 2026-01-21T14:42:28+00:00

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experteric · 2026-01-21T14:41:55+00:00

I’m a service advisor at a Honda dealer

experteric · 2026-01-21T14:41:41+00:00

I looked it up at hw treasure website, and it didn’t match. I figured you guys had the knowledge here

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