Importing a Honda from USA to Canada

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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <Xns99B3DEC7050F3tegger DeleteThis @207.14.116.130>,
> Tegger <tegger DeleteThis @tegger.c0m> wrote:
>
>> Generally speaking, the American Honda factory warranty will be honored by
>> Honda Canada Inc.
>
> No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
> honored by American Honda.
>

Anything to back this up? It would seem to me that you're saying that
if I buy a Honda in upstate NY and then move to Ontario when there's,
say, 15,000 miles on the car after 16 months, I'm screwed if something
goes wrong if I try to have it remedied by Honda in Canada.

Doesn't sound correct.
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Say What? wrote:
> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>
>> In article <Xns99B3DEC7050F3tegger.DeleteThis@207.14.116.130>,
>> Tegger <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>>
>>> Generally speaking, the American Honda factory warranty will be
>>> honored by Honda Canada Inc.
>>
>>
>> No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
>> honored by American Honda.
>>
>
> Anything to back this up? It would seem to me that you're saying that
> if I buy a Honda in upstate NY and then move to Ontario when there's,
> say, 15,000 miles on the car after 16 months, I'm screwed if something
> goes wrong if I try to have it remedied by Honda in Canada.
>
> Doesn't sound correct.
>
Hi,
They know the origin of car by serial number. Then you go back down to
U.S. for warranty service. Very inconvenient.
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Tony Hwang wrote:
> Say What? wrote:
>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>
[snip]
>>>
>>> No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
>>> honored by American Honda.
>>>
>>
>> Anything to back this up? It would seem to me that you're saying that
>> if I buy a Honda in upstate NY and then move to Ontario when there's,
>> say, 15,000 miles on the car after 16 months, I'm screwed if something
>> goes wrong if I try to have it remedied by Honda in Canada.
>>
>> Doesn't sound correct.
>>
> Hi,
> They know the origin of car by serial number. Then you go back down to
> U.S. for warranty service. Very inconvenient.

No debate there, Tony. I realize they can tell which market the car was
made for/delivered to.

Do you know for a fact that Honda Canada will send you packing back to
the States? For that matter, what will they do if I take my American
delivered Honda up to Montreal on a business trip and the transmission
fails? Tell me to go back to an American dealer? Doubt it.
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"Jamco" <Homer DeleteThis @jamco.com> wrote in news:5sfJi.89590$bO6.3862@edtnps89:

> With the Canadian dollar being stronger then the US dollar right now,
> and the Civic SI costing about $23K US in the States and 33K Canadian
> in Canada I'm thinking it might be worth the effort to buy one from
> the states. Anyone have any experience or suggestions on doing this?
>
> My understanding is I won't have to pay duty as the SI is made in
> North America. I will just have to pay GST at the border and get some
> sort of Insepection done to the vehicle? Sounds like a small amount
> of work to do to save $10 000
>
>


Here y'go. Straight from the horse's mouth:
http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html

RIV is the Canadian government agency that handles vehicle importations
into Canada.

Generally speaking, the American Honda factory warranty will be honored by
Honda Canada Inc.


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On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 22:28:19 -0500, Say What? <NotMe.DeleteThis@NotYou.com>
wrote:

>Tony Hwang wrote:
>> Say What? wrote:
>>> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>>
>[snip]
>>>>
>>>> No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
>>>> honored by American Honda.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Anything to back this up? It would seem to me that you're saying that
>>> if I buy a Honda in upstate NY and then move to Ontario when there's,
>>> say, 15,000 miles on the car after 16 months, I'm screwed if something
>>> goes wrong if I try to have it remedied by Honda in Canada.
>>>
>>> Doesn't sound correct.
>>>
>> Hi,
>> They know the origin of car by serial number. Then you go back down to
>> U.S. for warranty service. Very inconvenient.
>
>No debate there, Tony. I realize they can tell which market the car was
>made for/delivered to.
>
>Do you know for a fact that Honda Canada will send you packing back to
>the States? For that matter, what will they do if I take my American
>delivered Honda up to Montreal on a business trip and the transmission
>fails? Tell me to go back to an American dealer? Doubt it.

Not the same situation, visiting is not the same as importing. I
would expect under visiting you would 'pay' the Honda dealer to repair
and then be reimbursed by Honda US.

With respect to the original question, there is likely to be minor
differences between US and Canadian models and you need to submit the
vehicles for inspect and certification at an approved centre. When I
imported a Volkswagen Golf into Canada (Halifax) I took it to a
Volkswagen dealer to find out what was required then took it to the
approved centre (Chrysler Dealer) for inspection and certification. In
my case there was nothing required, off hand I can't remember the fee
but it was not significant.
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"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop.DeleteThis@nastydesigns.com> wrote in
news:elmop-E0869D.22095022092007@nntp1.usenetserver.com:

> In article <Xns99B3DEC7050F3tegger.DeleteThis@207.14.116.130>,
> Tegger <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>
>> Generally speaking, the American Honda factory warranty will be
>> honored by Honda Canada Inc.
>
> No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
> honored by American Honda.
>


Yes it will. Both ways, too.

A guy I know moved across the border with his Canadian market car. There
was no problem whatsoever with the warranty.

The problem is the dealer may refuse to sell you the car in the first
place. Honda takes a dim view of cross-border selling. If it becomes
prevalent enough, Honda will issue prohibitory notices to the dealers,
telling them not to sell to non-residents. I have seen these notices
myself.

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Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article <Xns99B4595A7F8F2tegger.DeleteThis@207.14.116.130>,
> Tegger <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>
>>> No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
>>> honored by American Honda.
>>>
>>
>> Yes it will. Both ways, too.
>
> Nope. Not at all.
>
this doesn't seem logical. if i drive my car to brazil [long adventure
vacation], and it breaks down within the warranty period, the local
factory agents won't cover it? i find that hard to believe. a friend
of mine drove an audi through europe, middle east, and had a suspension
arm break somewhere in north africa. it took a while, but he got that
warrantied. if audi can manage that there, it seems unlikely honda
can't/won't cope with the wild uncivilized natives of canadia.
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"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop.DeleteThis@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop-
83FAC5.09453923092007.DeleteThis@nntp1.usenetserver.com:

> In article <Xns99B4595A7F8F2tegger.DeleteThis@207.14.116.130>,
> Tegger <tegger.DeleteThis@tegger.c0m> wrote:
>
>> > No, it won't--not any more than the Honda Canada warranty will be
>> > honored by American Honda.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Yes it will. Both ways, too.
>
> Nope. Not at all.
>


Cite your source.

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