Civic DX 1.6L

• Automatic transmission
• 59,000 miles

Pulled into my parking spot and turned off the engine to my car I noticed a loud noise. I thought "Was that my car"? So I tried restarting the car and nothing it would not start or crank at all !.... later headed back out to the car to give it another try. This time it started but it kept wanting to kill. I could at least, confirm that the noise was my car! had the car towed to a dealership (Royal Honda in Metairie, LA) and was told I needed a water pump, a tensioner assembly, a pulley, a belt and some coolant and it would cost $740!! Called Honda cause I remembered something about having a tensioner replaced when they replaced the engine block (another prob I documented here) They said it was under warranty and some was under a RECALL and would be repaired for no cost to me. Royal Honda WOULD NOT HONOR THAT!! So....I paid $170 to have the car towed 40 miles to Honda of Covington...whne the tow truck arrived at Royal ...the windows were down and the keys were in the iginition. The driver and the servicemen needed to push the car out so it could be placed on the flat bed. I mentioned the windows needed to go up. When the driver tried to roll them up he found the battery was dead. I was like"oh man! I didn't have a dead battery when I brought it in!! They put the battery on the charger and within a minute or so were able to get the windows up. This just further urked me as I realized they had probably left the ignition on all night and drained the battery!! Car arrived at Honda of Covington where they repaired my car within 24 hours UNDER RECALL and Warranty!! They had taken the time to learn of a recall that was for a bolt that backed out of a pulley. (hmmm?)