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Honda Marine Outboards - Honda Marine 130 HP Outboard Motors
Defective Design - Complaint
Review by Consumer on 2012-06-24
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SOUTH CAROLINA -- Bought a Honda 130 HP outboard boat engine 10 years 3 months ago. This engine has 50 hours or less total operating time. Started having problems with the engine this month when I took my boat out of storage to get it ready for vacation. Took it in for service and the tech said there were numerous technical service bulletins on the motor all major problems - cracked blocks being one of them. Honda to their credit did extend the warranty from 5 to 10 years however, 3 months out of the warranty period and have to buy a new motor. Guess what, it definitely will not be a Honda.
All outboard boat motor purchasers might want to seriously consider this post when considering Honda Outboard motor purchases. Julian King email address for additional info: [snip]
All outboard boat motor purchasers might want to seriously consider this post when considering Honda Outboard motor purchases. Julian King email address for additional info: [snip]
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Posted by trmn8r on 2012-06-24:
I'm sorry about what happened to you. I can see both sides of this - the motor is over 10 years old, but there was a serious problem with the product identified early on.
We had both Mercury and Johnson motors on our boat. My memory is the Merc was more reliable than the Johnson.
We had both Mercury and Johnson motors on our boat. My memory is the Merc was more reliable than the Johnson.
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