Packing on my 18month old car

matg · 3rd November 2007, 11:45

After reading the new car check list I though I'd apply it to my used civic and sure enough I found the packing still on the jacking points! How can a car that supposedly passed its PDI (I have the original paperwork) and also been serviced so probably been on a ramp still have the packing in place!

angie4m · 3rd November 2007, 11:59

Oh my! You would have thought that someone would have picked this up at a service, but then they probably would have hit you with a bill for removing them!

FWH · 3rd November 2007, 12:47

Put them in a little bag and take them down to your dealer and say "these just fell of my car! it is under warranty! how quickly can you put them back?"

loon1x · 3rd November 2007, 15:46

I asked a mechanic at my dealer here at Greece and said they are to be left there...
Didn't explain why and i don't see any reason to leave them there...
Anyway...
Have to mention though that i don't trust my dealer that much..

matg · 3rd November 2007, 16:30

well they were soaking wet as they are a foam like packing so I doubt very much they should be left on.

Korkut Varol · 3rd November 2007, 18:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by loon1x

I asked a mechanic at my dealer here at Greece and said they are to be left there...
Didn't explain why and i don't see any reason to leave them there...
Anyway...
Have to mention though that i don't trust my dealer that much..

My dealer told me just the opposite.. No need for them from the moment you were handled the car. Still doesn't explain why they weren't taken off before, but that's no big deal. Just leaves a question mark in your mind for some minutes until you get the reply.
I guess your mechanic was too lazy to bend down and take them off...

Jack The Lad. · 3rd November 2007, 18:50

Tis "The Dream Of Honda".
Take them off, coz they should not have been left on the car.

3rd November 2007, 11:45	#1 (permalink)
matg Supporter Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 23rd September 2007 Location: Near Cambridge Posts: 152 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Packing on my 18month old car After reading the new car check list I though I'd apply it to my used civic and sure enough I found the packing still on the jacking points! How can a car that supposedly passed its PDI (I have the original paperwork) and also been serviced so probably been on a ramp still have the packing in place!

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3rd November 2007, 11:59	#2 (permalink)
angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,391 Thanks: 8 Thanked 12 Times in 12 Posts	Oh my! You would have thought that someone would have picked this up at a service, but then they probably would have hit you with a bill for removing them!

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FWH Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 3rd June 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,744 Thanks: 2 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts	Put them in a little bag and take them down to your dealer and say "these just fell of my car! it is under warranty! how quickly can you put them back?"

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loon1x Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 24th August 2007 Location: Piraeus/Greece Posts: 48 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I asked a mechanic at my dealer here at Greece and said they are to be left there... Didn't explain why and i don't see any reason to leave them there... Anyway... Have to mention though that i don't trust my dealer that much..

3rd November 2007, 16:30	#5 (permalink)
matg Supporter Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 23rd September 2007 Location: Near Cambridge Posts: 152 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	well they were soaking wet as they are a foam like packing so I doubt very much they should be left on.

3rd November 2007, 18:50	#7 (permalink)
Jack The Lad. Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 28th August 2007 Location: ENGLAND Posts: 1,396 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Tis "The Dream Of Honda". Take them off, coz they should not have been left on the car.