Babylon Honda - Service Center

We have a 2002 Ody bought at Babylon Honda. Except when we've had problems on the road we've had all work done there. We've always kept up with normal maintenance. They did repairs after the car was re we've had problems on the road we've had all work done there. We've always kept up with normal maintenance. They did repairs after the car was rear-ended. Paint work was sloppy, rear hatch struts keep failing - things seem just a bit out of line. We've had assorted dash light failures - sometimes they work, sometimes not. When the dealership has worked on it, they always leave something undone, or something new gets broken. They are very bad at follow up on parts not in stock. And then there is our transmission. For those who don't know, Ody trannies are designed to burn out. The first one may last 80 to 90 k miles - in our case 90k, but several months after the extended warranty ran out. Not knowing better, we had them replace it with a Honda rebuilt. What we didn't know is that the rebuilds are meant to not even last as long as a set of tires. Several causes - in our 2002, no replaceable filter. It runs hot - an decent external cooler (after market about $50) would help a lot. There is also a defective valve that robs the clutch engagements of enough fluid pressure under some circumstances and that causes the clutches to wear out. The shredded parts then circulate through the trannie (since there's no viable filter) and help shred other parts and also clog up the trannie making the pressure problem on the clutches even worse. The problem with the dealer is that they won't tell the truth about it. Reason is simple - replacing trannies is very profitable. We asked them about putting in a cooler, they told us not needed. Better fluid (before Honda changed theirs) - not needed. Etc. Lies up on lies upon lies. These guys are not to be trusted. More

Do NOT EVER bring your car here for service. They recommend unnecessary maintenance and repairs. Their routine maintenance packages include unneeded services too. DO NOT approve any of their recomm recommend unnecessary maintenance and repairs. Their routine maintenance packages include unneeded services too. DO NOT approve any of their recommendations without first researching it yourself. More