Maybe it is just me, but I am getting tired of people
e-mailing about problems with their CR-V’s and not providing sufficient
information to help properly diagnose the problem. If people are visiting their
dealerships and explaining the problem to the service writer in the same manner
that they display here, it is no wonder that nobody’s problems are getting
fixed.

 

Everything that we touch nowadays is technically more
complex. The days of being ignorant about how things work are long gone. People
have to take their heads out of the preverbal sand and take some kind of responsibility
for their interaction with electro-mechanical devices. A fine example of this
is computers.

 

Take the Dell laptop that I am writing this letter on,
I had to contact Dell about 15 times about some operating issues about this
bloody thing. Can you imagine taking a screwdriver to a $4000.00 laptop and
removing the memory cards before sending back to a service depot? That’s
what you get from buying a computer “on-line”.

 

I digress; you have to listen to your vehicle. You
have to know the sounds it makes when it starts in the morning, when you shift
gear, or when it is shifting gears. You have to know that your actions are
going to cause a reaction from your vehicle.

 

Having recently gone through some personal issues
with Doctors lately, I am overwhelmed by the number of people that just accept the
fact that Doctor, or even a specialist, does not have all the answers. But, when
they take their car into the Dealership they flip
when the problem does not get fixed the first time. Automotive mechanics is not
a pure science! ?

 

Here, let’s try a couple together, “When
I put my CR-V vent controls onto defrost, the engine seems to hesitate”
or “When I shift gears, I hear a clicking sound coming from the
transmission”.—Turning the de-frost on,
turns the A/C on, which puts a physical load on the engine. The A/C clutch is
activated, and the compressor function is started.

 

I think the last two sentences sum up what is going on here....{This is the beauty of this forum. Pure information exchange!} Everyone here is not mechanically inclined nor adept at describing  their vehicle's issues. Some are, and others are extremely skilled at reading between the lines to help.  A forum such as this shouldn't be limited because some get tired of reading about insufficiently illustrated problems...even on computers ordered on-line if you can type an e-mail the DELETE key should work just fine on those CRV e-mails that wad you so.
 
The more info exchanged the better, IMHO. Not all of it will be helpful, but I for one have been impressed with the willingness and knowledge of fellow V owners to give input to those in need. I've been just as impressed with owners bringing their issues to the table for discussion. It is not a personal affront to anyone here if a CRVIX member posts as issue with their V, and it is not a slight on the V's reputation as one of the most reliably crafted vehicles to date. So if a problem isn't explained sufficiently, ask the right questions to get more detail, or send me your address and I will happily send you one of the extra keyboards that I have around with Delete key in proper working order.
 
 
-michael-
 

That was as well said as I have heard or read in some
time. People do have to realize that just telling a
service person that "it's broke" just isn't going to
get the job done. It's amazing in this day and age
what people take for granted or don't even think
about.