I live in a rural area about 10 miles south of Albany NY. I am retired and am not employed, so most of my driving is done in the daytime. However, last November I was driving home in the dark from a medical appointment. I encountered heavy wet snow as I left a suburban area (Glenmont, NY) where there are street lights on the main highway, Route 9W. My headlights were on and I could see fine UNTIL I left Glenmont, and entered my home area Selkirk, NY. I was still on route 9W, but Selkirk at this point only has street lights at main intersections.
The snow had become wet and heavy and it was difficult to see. I realized my headlights WERE NOT ON in this extremely slippery, heavy snow which now was coming down more heavily. Rte 9w is a 2-lane NYS highway which eventually turns into a 4-lane highway again with limited street lighting. I drove about 5 miles with the only lighting I had from the pickup truck which was in front of me. There is no place to safely turn off on Rte 9W once I am in Selkirk.
When I reached my turnoff from Rte 9W I was again on a 2 lane, unlit road to my home for approximately 2 miles. How I got home safely was short of a miracle. My car was only a year old at this point.
Honda will do nothing about this. I paid short of $45,000 for this Honda CRV Touring model. I tell everyone I know NOT TO BUY A HONDA. The dealer doesn't stand behind their product nor does the company. This is the first and only Honda I have ever owned.
I also had a problem with my car battery this year. The car at that point only had 9,000 miles on it. Four times
I tried to pull out of my garage an my battery was dead. I had to call my husband to come home from where he was each time because I had important medical problems. I have an incurable GI problem and leukemia and each of my appts were related to one of these medical conditions.
AAA was called 3 times and we were told we would exhaust our 4 road calls if we called them again. My husband went to the dealer with my car because typically they do not listen to women's car problems. He explained the problem to the mechanic and he insisted there was nothing wrong the battery. This was the Wed before Labor Day weekend. My husband left the car for overnight at Rensselaer Honda to see if the battery would charge. The battery would hold a charge for a short time, but we didn't go back to pick up the car until the Tuesday after Labor Day. The car was there for 5 nights and what do you know---the car battery was dead when my husband returned to pick my car up. They replaced the battery..
If you live in the Capital District I urge you to NOT go to Rensselaer Honda. They are about making the bucks and not customer service. I tell everyone I know about our experiences. There were more issues involving the screw job they pulled when we bought the car, and Honda cutting numerous corners on this supposedly high-end car.
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I live in a rural area about 10 miles south of Albany NY. I am retired and am not employed, so most of my driving is done in the daytime. However, last November I was driving home in the dark from a medical appointment. I encountered heavy wet snow as I left a suburban area (Glenmont, NY) where there are street lights on the main highway, Route 9W. My headlights were on and I could see fine UNTIL I left Glenmont, and entered my home area Selkirk, NY. I was still on route 9W, but Selkirk at this point only has street lights at main intersections.
The snow had become wet and heavy and it was difficult to see. I realized my headlights WERE NOT ON in this extremely slippery, heavy snow which now was coming down more heavily. Rte 9w is a 2-lane NYS highway which eventually turns into a 4-lane highway again with limited street lighting. I drove about 5 miles with the only lighting I had from the pickup truck which was in front of me. There is no place to safely turn off on Rte 9W once I am in Selkirk.
When I reached my turnoff from Rte 9W I was again on a 2 lane, unlit road to my home for approximately 2 miles. How I got home safely was short of a miracle. My car was only a year old at this point.
Honda will do nothing about this. I paid short of $45,000 for this Honda CRV Touring model. I tell everyone I know NOT TO BUY A HONDA. The dealer doesn't stand behind their product nor does the company. This is the first and only Honda I have ever owned.
I also had a problem with my car battery this year. The car at that point only had 9,000 miles on it. Four times I tried to pull out of my garage an my battery was dead. I had to call my husband to come home from where he was each time because I had important medical problems. I have an incurable GI problem and leukemia and each of my appts were related to one of these medical conditions.
AAA was called 3 times and we were told we would exhaust our 4 road calls if we called them again. My husband went to the dealer with my car because typically they do not listen to women's car problems. He explained the problem to the mechanic and he insisted there was nothing wrong the battery. This was the Wed before Labor Day weekend. My husband left the car for overnight at Rensselaer Honda to see if the battery would charge. The battery would hold a charge for a short time, but we didn't go back to pick up the car until the Tuesday after Labor Day. The car was there for 5 nights and what do you know---the car battery was dead when my husband returned to pick my car up. They replaced the battery..
If you live in the Capital District I urge you to NOT go to Rensselaer Honda. They are about making the bucks and not customer service. I tell everyone I know about our experiences. There were more issues involving the screw job they pulled when we bought the car, and Honda cutting numerous corners on this supposedly high-end car.
- angelobracco, Selkirk, NY, US