Originally Posted by
big john
Mitigate? No, but the dealer technician is the only person who is going to see that hitch. Nobody is going to put anything in writing, either.
The last 30 years of my job was at new car dealers as a technician. For a warranty claim to be denied for something like a bike rack hitch would be unheard of and any dealer who did that would have to be a vengeful prick.
I agree and have found Honda to be very accomodating.
2003 Honda Accord V6 had a lubrication issue in the automatic gearbox causing wear and failure.
Mine failed almost a year out of warranty. It took asking nicely & twice, but Honda agreed to replace the known faulty transmission for free.
Way to step up Honda !
YMMV
Barry