Hi All,
Got to the dealership at 8am, and sat there until 12.
They will order me a new speak- result.
And they have fixed the alarm, and the unlra sonic sensors. I showed them print out from the forum, and the Service manager was VERY helpful.
He rung Honda, and explained the problem, after they got a bit stuck, and Honda advised them to reset the alarm system, and remove the battery. They left it all unplugged for 20 mins, and hay presto.
I will continue to monitor it, to make sure it works.
Little tip - I took my flip key with me, and they woulnt touch the car, until I had the original key. had to back for the spare.
Paint problems - The service manager advised he had recently been on a 'Paint Issue' course organised by Honda. he showed me the device to test the thickness of the paint, and then tested pretty much every car in site, and recorded the reading on different parts of the bonnet.
The outcome was, that min was the same as all the other cars there, so no joy. His only advise was that Honda had stated they now remove all the Solvents from the paints they use, which thins the paint??
He advised I talk to a sprayer to see if I could get it resprayed thicker. But he admitted they had alot of compliants with the paint, and he felt it was down to the bad design of the sloping bonnet.
COMPO - YES, a full tank of fuel, and another umbrella.