ANHC owners from Apex Honda

normally_crazy · 16th May 2009, 14:26

This concerns ANHC's bought from Apex Honda in Mumbai.

Apparently there is a problem of engine over heating from the cars majorly bought from Apex Honda. The Honda guys are looking into it and they might be visiting Apex Honda next week.

Anyone who has bought his ANHC from Apex here confirm ?

Also the face lifted Civic coming in Nov will have more ground clearance.

loving_alaap · 16th May 2009, 14:37

that's surprising?

how many cars you have observed of having the problem?

StarVegabond · 16th May 2009, 14:43

Hi, Is it possible to decribe the problem a bit more in detail ?, Is by default the engine gets over heated or after some drive ? Pardon me, i not able to understand the meaning over-heating

JayD · 16th May 2009, 15:03

What is the relation between engine overheating and the dealership? They do not do any work on a new car's engine right?
It could be a certain batch maybe.

arin_12 · 16th May 2009, 18:17

Thats surprising man... Is that Apex started building Inhouse component for ANHC

Gagan.js · 16th May 2009, 19:30

Obviously they sold cars with fake parts like Skoda and now the company has noticed :o

palioman · 16th May 2009, 19:35

Orthey have probably put some dinitrol coating in the engine compartment perhaps ?

GTO · 17th May 2009, 11:52

NC, if you state that the problem affects only cars from Apex Honda, that obviously points toward dealer malpractices with this dealer. Has he been swapping parts (a la Skoda)?

The difference between Honda & Skoda will be the manner in which Honda handles this case. Please keep us updated. I know for a fact that Honda can put a lot of heat on the dealer when things go wrong (my Ichibaan experience).

normally_crazy · 17th May 2009, 12:48

The news that I have from Honda is that - there are cases of engine over heating in Mumbai reported (they didn't give me the actual figures) and 90% of the time when this problem was reported - it was from Apex Honda. (Gasket issues were also mentioned which my trained ear picked up

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Honda have taken note of this and their team will be visiting Apex Honda to sort out the issue.

f50xj13 · 19th May 2009, 03:01

It depends on the batch of cars that Apex may have picked up ( for New vehicles ). in that case it may as well be a case of bad luck if the entire allotment of cars is faulty.
If it pertains to cars brought to them for service, then a case similar to skoda may be true.
But remember Apex is a new dealer in mumbai, it has to dislodge both Linkway( Autohangar ) and Arya( Team Shaman ) to generate sales. IMHO they must be just as worried about this problem as Honda.
P.S. In my experience of 3 Hondas till date, overheating has never been as issue.

16th May 2009, 14:26	#1
normally_crazy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,369 Thanked: 528 Times View My Garage	ANHC owners from Apex Honda This concerns ANHC's bought from Apex Honda in Mumbai. Apparently there is a problem of engine over heating from the cars majorly bought from Apex Honda. The Honda guys are looking into it and they might be visiting Apex Honda next week. Anyone who has bought his ANHC from Apex here confirm ? Also the face lifted Civic coming in Nov will have more ground clearance.
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16th May 2009, 14:37	#2
loving_alaap BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ahmedabad Posts: 808 Thanked: 9 Times	that's surprising? how many cars you have observed of having the problem?
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16th May 2009, 14:43	#3
StarVegabond Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,891 Thanked: 42 Times	Hi, Is it possible to decribe the problem a bit more in detail ?, Is by default the engine gets over heated or after some drive ? Pardon me, i not able to understand the meaning over-heating
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16th May 2009, 15:03	#4
JayD Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cochin! At last Posts: 3,236 Thanked: 2,568 Times View My Garage	What is the relation between engine overheating and the dealership? They do not do any work on a new car's engine right? It could be a certain batch maybe.
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16th May 2009, 18:17	#5
arin_12 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 627 Thanked: 84 Times View My Garage	Thats surprising man... Is that Apex started building Inhouse component for ANHC
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16th May 2009, 19:30	#6
Gagan.js BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mumbai Posts: 227 Thanked: Once	Obviously they sold cars with fake parts like Skoda and now the company has noticed :o
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16th May 2009, 19:35	#7
palioman BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 53 Thanked: 2 Times	Orthey have probably put some dinitrol coating in the engine compartment perhaps ?
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17th May 2009, 11:52	#8
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,512 Thanked: 300,688 Times View My Garage	NC, if you state that the problem affects only cars from Apex Honda, that obviously points toward dealer malpractices with this dealer. Has he been swapping parts (a la Skoda)? The difference between Honda & Skoda will be the manner in which Honda handles this case. Please keep us updated. I know for a fact that Honda can put a lot of heat on the dealer when things go wrong (my Ichibaan experience).
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17th May 2009, 12:48	#9
normally_crazy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 4,369 Thanked: 528 Times View My Garage	The news that I have from Honda is that - there are cases of engine over heating in Mumbai reported (they didn't give me the actual figures) and 90% of the time when this problem was reported - it was from Apex Honda. (Gasket issues were also mentioned which my trained ear picked up ) Honda have taken note of this and their team will be visiting Apex Honda to sort out the issue.
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19th May 2009, 03:01	#10
f50xj13 BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: delhi Posts: 113 Thanked: Once	It depends on the batch of cars that Apex may have picked up ( for New vehicles ). in that case it may as well be a case of bad luck if the entire allotment of cars is faulty. If it pertains to cars brought to them for service, then a case similar to skoda may be true. But remember Apex is a new dealer in mumbai, it has to dislodge both Linkway( Autohangar ) and Arya( Team Shaman ) to generate sales. IMHO they must be just as worried about this problem as Honda. P.S. In my experience of 3 Hondas till date, overheating has never been as issue.
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