so i went to the dealer to get my 75000 mile maintenance checkup and they reset the maintenance required light. so a few hours later i decide to open my sunroof which i had used in the morning before dropping the car off at the dealer...well as I was opeing it i noticed the motor sounding substantially louder and the sunroof itself moving a lot slower. I know that when they were trying to reset the light it wasn't working so what i think they may have done is disconnect the battery or something at somepoint cuz my clocks time was off. Has this type of thing happened to anyone before? I will be taking it back to the dealer on Monday and when i called to tell them what had happened he said well there is no reason why it should be different cuz they had no reason to touch the sunroof, but i know that something is askew! if anyone has any knowledge as to why this is happening could you please enlighten me!

 

ok so now besides that problem with the sunroof, after coming home from working at the bar about a mile away from my house the friggin' check engine light comes on! Has anyone had any issues such as these after taking the car in for the scheduled maintenance? Could they have messed soething up in the computer while resetting the it to stop the maintenance required light from flashing?

 

Bump

 

well for one i dont waste my money on the scheduled maintanacne for 2, to get teh main light to stop, its just a matter of pressing and holding the trip and rest buttons then turn the key to the run position and hold the buttons for 10 sec. there is no reason from doing that that the sunroof should be going slower. as for the check engine light? bring it back to the dealer

 

well typically I don't waste my time with that either but it was to be my first check since purcahsing the car in feb. And I tried that technique to reset the maintanence light but it didn't work so the service guy took my car round back and had one of the techie look into it and gave it back saying it was fixed but I noticed the clock was now really off, so they must have done something besides holding that button in to reset the light.

 

about the only reason the clock would have been off is if they adjusted teh time or they disconected the battery

 

whatever it is I still believe te dealer dd something to all of a sudden have these 2 issues...will be taking it back tomorrow am.

 

ok so by the replies on this thread I see no one really is interested....but I feel like writing this stuff anyways. the reason for the engine light coming on is that apparently my catalytic converter is deteriorating, which they said will cost 1473.00 parts and labor, the sunroof is fine.

is that quote about right for that or too much? I bought the car from a honda dealership and that is the same place I got the service done and the quote from. Acura dealership is not close to eiter my work or home so there is no convenience.

 

How many miles on your TL? Looks like your dealer does not know what they are doing?

 

about 81000 miles.

 

just called acura of boston and they quoted me a price of 1150.00 parts and labor.

 

Damn! Could have used that $$ for mods.

 

tell me about it

 

hey man, i've brought my car to them ACURA OF BOSTON on a couple of occasions

1- to replace a tire with a bubble and they put the new tire on the wrong wheel...

2- to replace rotors and they loosely connected the battery causing the car to stall in the middle of kenmore square that same day.

i haven't been back there since...

BTW where in Mass do you live?

 

Yeah that's the other thing that keeps me from going to acura of boston, i went there a couple times and the people that work there look really sketchy......

I live in medford, work in lexington...the honda dealership(herb chambers) I bought my car from s just a few exits down 95 for me thats why it easier for me to get stuff done there.

 

call around to different exhaust shops and see what they charge

 

does anyone have an idea of how much I should be expecting to pay to replace the converter?

 

depends where you go. the dealers prices you already know. you can buy aftermarket ones for acouple hundred. then you have install. i was quoted 600 for a highflow performance one installed acouple years ago

 

ooooooo.....i like that price better...I'll have to check that out.

 

well I called Lou's custom exhaust, a reputable custom exhaust place in the boston area. and they qhoted me 225.00 including install for a hogh flow cat converter (magnaflow)...this will probably be the way I'll be going....

 

now can anyone tell me if the quality of the magnaflow will be anything like the one from the dealership(whoever that one is made by)? quality of parts?

 

Can anyone help with the above question/s?