Buddies,
Last weekend, the driver side inner door lock-unlock button malfunctioned resulting in the auto lock-unlock feature not working. Had gone to the ASC Crown Honda, Noida and ordered the part (A cable) by paying an advance of Rs. 100 (although part cost with tax is around 80 Rs.). The part arrived on Sunday afternoon and got that fixed today. Had to pay a labor charge of Rs. 250 + taxes that amounted to Rs. 289/-.
I was surprised to note that the part cost is Rs. 80 but the labor charge and taxes are almost 4 times the part cost. Apart from that, I was told that the central locking that was fixed by ACE Honda in my car at the time of purchase is
not approved by Honda.
The actuator and the remote of the locking system isn't approved by Honda as I am told and the same has been fixed by dealer from their accessory tie ups. Since my I-vtec City is base model 2011 make, so at that time, Central locking etc did
not come as standard/OEM fitment. So, the dealer placed an Autocop central locking system which is not in line with the requirements of the car. However, so far it had worked fine since past 5.5 years and for the 1st time this malfunctioning happened. Anyways, this adds one more point in my list of reasons to
AVOID ACE HONDA! Attaching the bill for the repairs done today.
Regards
Akash