Importing a Honda from USA to Canada

I have to contradict this, the Honda dealer in Grand Forks will not service
vehicles with out of country tags.

What would be the best way to proceed?

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And that was the question which I had which may have prompted (at least
in part) this "I'm from Missouri, show it to me!" discussion. I can
understand how the concept of buying what is essentially gray market
goods, i.e. US produced/warrantied auto by a non-resident who
immediately heads back across the border, might impact on ones warranty
work. Similarly, I fail to see how a legitimate change of residency
would defeat the warranty owed to an otherwise bonafide purchaser.

 

Call American Honda Motor Manufacturing, either the customer relations
line or your local zone office:

http://www.odyclub.com/customer.html

They'll straighten the dealer out.

I had them straighten a local dealer out back in, oh, 1988 or so.
Dealer's service manager didn't like it, and told me so. I gave her a
big "so what? Do your job."

 

I'd call American Honda.

I'm just relating what the Honda Canada reps (two of them, independently)
told me.

Perhaps it's just that dealer. Have you tried another one?

 

not much choice unless you drive way farther....

 

I have some theories about that Grand Forks dealer:

1) they are unaware of American Honda's warranty policy;
2) they have a personal animosity against out-of-country vehicles;
3) they don't see the point of spending their warranty budget, or the
time and trouble of applying for reimbursement, for somebody who will
never be a regular customer.

 

4) warranty reimbursement is nowhere near as profitable as the fully
loaded, fully marked up price that can be obtained by bullshitting the
gullible and uninformed.

 

Utterly cynical, and yet somehow compelling...

 

Interesting development.....

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/09/26/classaction.html