The New York Times reports:
As she drives her 2002 Honda CR-V on hot days in Southern California, Joan Giglione is steamed. The problem is her car’s air-conditioning — or rather, its lack of air-conditioning.
“The fan works,” Ms. Giglione said.
But that’s it.
Ms. Giglione, of Tarzana, Calif., who said her compressor failed at about 80,000 miles, shares a problem with many overheated owners of 2002–4 CR-Vs. The compressor in the air-conditioning system tends to fail, damaging much of the system. Like many other owners, she was told it could cost $3,000 to repair...
Oh, and the BEST part...
"Honda is not offering help beyond the normal warranty of three years or 36,000 miles, a company spokesman, Chris Naughton, said. He noted that many of the failures happened several years after the warranties had expired, and that as vehicles age components sometimes fail..."
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