Honda Civic

"A/C system has been almost completely ineffective for past several years. Previously I was able to fix the problem by recharging refrigerant, but this is no longer effective."

"AC compressor was corroded and would not engage, requiring replacement"

"The AC cooling began to happen only intermittently which is a problem in a heating world. This symptom seemed to baffle the repair guys, who called several times over several days to ask questions. Finally they said they recharged the system and I was set. Assured me it has been sniff tested and there were no leaks. Got it home fine, but the very next time I commuted to work it was apparent they hadn't corrected the issue. Awaited a new appointment and this time they did discover the problem and repaired it- leak? condenser? I don't know because they'd got hacked and didn't have all the details when I got to pay again. This is a 22 year old vehicle, so I suspect this breakdown is merely attributable to age- had never had an AC or heating problem prior to this, and I think the difficulty they had diagnosing it is because they aren't set up to service their older models any longer."

"The dustboots were split when I bought the car so planned to have a shop with the right tools replace the balljoints along with the front wheel bearings as I had done on another car but with a different shop because the previous one beat things up. This one was much worse. A powerbrake and steering shop I had overhaul my steering rack gave it back with splines chewed up that were fine when I dropped it off. I'm a retired helicopter mechanic and expect automotive standards are lower but seems if you can beat it back together enough to drive out the door it's good? These were independent shops."

"When I bought it I knew all the suspension rubber was old so planned to replace it all. While I was still shopping for replacement parts a near miss on the freeway, nearly a year ago ended up ripping enough apart that I felt it unsafe to drive since then. I'm in the process of rebuilding it now, replacing all rubber bushings, balljoints and shocks with new. I'm a retired helicopter mechanic and have always done the maintenance on my cars."

"I told you in the other question about problems with the paint."

"The edges of the roof that are constantly exposed to the sun one layer of paint is peeling for the second time again since 5-8 years ago. Other small parts in a few places that are in the sun constantly. It isn't real bad yet. It has not been garaged in the last 5 years. The doors material right below the windows in the front on the inside came unglued just at the top."