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so bloke came around last night and said ,yes condenser is goosed(being sat in front of main rad with very little protection from road debris being thrown up ) but there is very little chance Honda could have give it a full examination with in 30 min , his advice was buy a new condenser (£100) and get it re gassed ,90percent confident this will solve it

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My experience with main dealers service departments is that they employ very low skill mechanics these days and their knowledge is very thin when it comes to anything a bit out of the ordinary. Honda seem to be particularly bad. I believe they train their mechanics by sending them on a series of short courses. That is becoming the way the industry is moving now  

Had a similar story with a distant family member's Honda Jazz. The automatic gearbox had a pronounced judder. Honda quoted for a new gearbox  which was more than the car was worth. Took it to somebody I knew, who flushed the gearbox and put in new fluid. Fixed for £300  

There is an air con specialist near me who seems to be able to fix any problem with very little fuss and at a reasonable cost. Trouble is he is close to retirement age now, when he is gone all that knowledge and experience will be lost. 

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11 minutes ago, Vince Green said:

My experience with main dealers service departments is that they employ very low skill mechanics these days and their knowledge is very thin when it comes to anything a bit out of the ordinary. Honda seem to be particularly bad. I believe they train their mechanics by sending them on a series of short courses. That is becoming the way the industry is moving now  

Had a similar story with a distant family member's Honda Jazz. The automatic gearbox had a pronounced judder. Honda quoted for a new gearbox  which was more than the car was worth. Took it to somebody I knew, who flushed the gearbox and put in new fluid. Fixed for £300  

There is an air con specialist near me who seems to be able to fix any problem with very little fuss and at a reasonable cost. Trouble is he is close to retirement age now, when he is gone all that knowledge and experience will be lost. 

I had the exact same issue on my first 55 plate Jazz, the main dealer to their credit recommended a gearbox oil change with the correct Honda oil at not a lot of money to be fair but I simply bought the oil from them and had a gearbox chap do it for me for pocket change. It did fix the problem. 

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1 hour ago, Vince Green said:

My experience with main dealers service departments is that they employ very low skill mechanics these days and their knowledge is very thin when it comes to anything a bit out of the ordinary. Honda seem to be particularly bad. I believe they train their mechanics by sending them on a series of short courses. That is becoming the way the industry is moving now  

Had a similar story with a distant family member's Honda Jazz. The automatic gearbox had a pronounced judder. Honda quoted for a new gearbox  which was more than the car was worth. Took it to somebody I knew, who flushed the gearbox and put in new fluid. Fixed for £300  

There is an air con specialist near me who seems to be able to fix any problem with very little fuss and at a reasonable cost. Trouble is he is close to retirement age now, when he is gone all that knowledge and experience will be lost. 

if they charge £100 per hour for  labour id expect a ******* miracle worker ,but yes everything is plug into a pc these days and when "computer says no " that's it

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