Some background; bought my 3.5RL used in 2007 after doing some research on the RL's. One of my neighbor's in Columbus OH had a white 2000 that looked incredible and he always said it was an amazing car. Moved to Chicago in late 06 and decided to look around. Found a Black/Black RL: 47K no Nav but in great shape. Car did me no wrong and I took it in for service on schedule for the year and a half I have had it. Took it in two weeks ago for a 67,500 service before I rolled out for a vacation. Got a call from the service advisor that the head gaskets were blown. Unbelievable for this car right? I couldn't even believe what I was hearing.

Got on the horn with Acura care and the thing has no warranty (even though previous owner had certified). After three hours of story telling about how I take care of the thing and what happened (I took it in for a freaking oil change) they said they'd get back to me the following week regarding goodwill consideration.

I authorized tear down and had them do the timing belt/water pump since the engine was torn apart as it was. Acura agreed to a 50/50 split on the head gasket repairs which softened the $3k repair. End of the day my wallet is lighter and I still don't think an engine should be blowing at 67k, much less a Honda/Acura product. They also did an SRS sensor fix under warranty and a loaner for the two weeks it was out of commission. Glad to have my car back, happy that I didn't have to pay for a full repair, and disappointed that it happened at all.

 

That is tough considering it was a 2002 and the same basic engine from 96 onward....

 

Weird.. the C35 motor almost never has problems.

 

C32 C35 always blows gaskets once it gets within 10 yr range

 

And youre getting your statistics from where?

 

I never heard that before, this is a first.

So would the bill have been $3,000 total and you paid half? Or, did your cost end up being 3k?

If you only had to pay $1500, that's not bad considering the tb and WP.