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Hey guys,
This past Saturday, an IMA Warning popped up on my screen when I was driving in town. I took it to a near by Autozone to see what code popped up and it was the P1448 code. I did some research and found out some of you had the same issue with the battery fan. Afterwards, I was driving it to Honda to have them take a look and then I noticed, the IMA Warning was gone. I thought "Oh crap, now they won't know what's wrong.", but I took it there anyways.
The guy at Honda asked what was wrong and I told him the code and that my battery fan was always on full blast. I also smelled like a burning wire smell.
He said "It'll be 115.00 to look at and diagnose." "Um what? I told you where to look, it's the fan. It's obviously the fan." "Well, we just want to make sure." he said.
Eff it. I paid the 115.00 and dropped it off.
4 hours later, the guy I was dealing with called me and I quote "Do you listen to the radio without your car running?" "Maybe like once in a blue moon, why?" I said. "Ah, I was hoping you'd say that." He said. He basically told me my issue was that I drained the battery too quick and to not listen to my radio when my car isn't running. So he cleared the code and he said I should be fine. Cool.
The next day, the IMA warning came back on. REALLY?
I called Honda and chewed them out. So the guy told me to bring it in at no charge and they'll look at it again. *This time, the IMA warning was still on.
I made it to Honda and the guy asked me if I was going to drop it off. Before I could even answer, he said, you should probably stay, it won't take long.
4 hours later, he comes back to tell me a code came up. And guess what code it was? Yep, you guessed it. P1448. He said it was the fan. Wow.
So another guy comes out to talk to me since the guy I was working with left for the day. Tells me that the new fan and labor is going to be $745.00. Then he tells me once I fix that, THEN we can test the fan module to see if that is working. So basically, fix the fan and THEN possibly fix the module since one of the two aren't working. So just pay to fix both. Yeah, no.
"Well, if you can't afford the parts now, today's total will be 115.00" he says. I then got frustrated and told him off. In the end, I didn't pay the 115.00.
"If you don't fix the fan, your car battery could explode when you're driving around, so we want to fix it asap." I thought to myself, "I'll just go to the forums and ask the guys at the forum to see what they think".
After all of that crap, he then tells me about the survey and that he reaaaaally needs a perfect score. "If you give me a perfect score, i'm not saying we'll give you special treatment...but we'll give you special treatment."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Why aren't you giving me special treatment now so I have INCENTIVE to give you a perfect score?
I'm so done with Honda Service.
TLDR;
P1448 code came up and they want $745.00 to replace the fan.
Any thoughts?
PS.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to be as descriptive as possible.
Thanks fellas.
This past Saturday, an IMA Warning popped up on my screen when I was driving in town. I took it to a near by Autozone to see what code popped up and it was the P1448 code. I did some research and found out some of you had the same issue with the battery fan. Afterwards, I was driving it to Honda to have them take a look and then I noticed, the IMA Warning was gone. I thought "Oh crap, now they won't know what's wrong.", but I took it there anyways.
The guy at Honda asked what was wrong and I told him the code and that my battery fan was always on full blast. I also smelled like a burning wire smell.
He said "It'll be 115.00 to look at and diagnose." "Um what? I told you where to look, it's the fan. It's obviously the fan." "Well, we just want to make sure." he said.
Eff it. I paid the 115.00 and dropped it off.
4 hours later, the guy I was dealing with called me and I quote "Do you listen to the radio without your car running?" "Maybe like once in a blue moon, why?" I said. "Ah, I was hoping you'd say that." He said. He basically told me my issue was that I drained the battery too quick and to not listen to my radio when my car isn't running. So he cleared the code and he said I should be fine. Cool.
The next day, the IMA warning came back on. REALLY?
I called Honda and chewed them out. So the guy told me to bring it in at no charge and they'll look at it again. *This time, the IMA warning was still on.
I made it to Honda and the guy asked me if I was going to drop it off. Before I could even answer, he said, you should probably stay, it won't take long.
4 hours later, he comes back to tell me a code came up. And guess what code it was? Yep, you guessed it. P1448. He said it was the fan. Wow.
So another guy comes out to talk to me since the guy I was working with left for the day. Tells me that the new fan and labor is going to be $745.00. Then he tells me once I fix that, THEN we can test the fan module to see if that is working. So basically, fix the fan and THEN possibly fix the module since one of the two aren't working. So just pay to fix both. Yeah, no.
"Well, if you can't afford the parts now, today's total will be 115.00" he says. I then got frustrated and told him off. In the end, I didn't pay the 115.00.
"If you don't fix the fan, your car battery could explode when you're driving around, so we want to fix it asap." I thought to myself, "I'll just go to the forums and ask the guys at the forum to see what they think".
After all of that crap, he then tells me about the survey and that he reaaaaally needs a perfect score. "If you give me a perfect score, i'm not saying we'll give you special treatment...but we'll give you special treatment."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Why aren't you giving me special treatment now so I have INCENTIVE to give you a perfect score?
I'm so done with Honda Service.
TLDR;
P1448 code came up and they want $745.00 to replace the fan.
Any thoughts?
PS.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to be as descriptive as possible.
Thanks fellas.
