Truthfully mouse, the best are generally out on their own rather than a dealership. They are well trained and experienced techs who value their ability to do the job right more than a dealer values them. Some dealerships are excellent and some private shops are lousy so either way the trick is to find one that is actually good. Honda and Nissan generally have better dealer shops than the rest but a dealership is never cheap. A good independent will be a bit less but they have no one to blame but themselves if they can't find the problem.

Even with all the diagnostics on board availability, there can be problems that will mystify the best. Sometimes the result of all their hard work is zero and then they stumble onto it. At least they were stumbling in the right alley! Sometimes they need to see the problem happen and diagnose it then and some cars seem to be like us.....they get better when they're at the doctor's office.

Twisting wrenches is about an 18th class profession......until you have a significant problem. Doctors get a lot more respect and its true they have more formal education. But there are only two models of the human body and they haven't changed much over the years plus they can speak and tell the doctor where it hurts. Your car would like to do that too but you need to find the guy who speaks the language of that particular series/brand/model/etc. and has the ability and tools to have a conversation with your Honda.


Spaw