# Honda Pilot has been at the repair shop since Feb **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** pilot, honda\ **Created:** [April 8, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240 "2018-04-08T15:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jp10558](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@jp10558](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jp10558)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/21 "2018-04-12T13:06:15Z")
I’ve never had any issues with Geico myself, but I also haven’t had major repairs needed either. I would pick the body shop myself and have the Insurance company pay them. This has worked out well - though there may be disagreement over time vs materials - my body shop wanted to buy a new panel to save time in repairing a dent - Geico told them to fix the dent. They did, it took a couple days extra but looked like new afterwards so I didn’t really care. That said, apparently it “saved” Geico $100. Which makes no sense to me as I would have thought the labor charge would have eaten it up, but I don’t set the prices or contracts the body shop has with various insurance companies. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/22 "2018-04-12T23:25:21Z")
> [@jp10558](#): > > I’ve never had any issues with Geico myself OP has progressive ---
**Author:** ![jp10558](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@jp10558](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jp10558)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/23 "2018-04-13T13:01:45Z")
I know the OP has progressive, I was just commenting that maybe the reason I haven’t had issues is that I picked the bodyshop rather than going to the one Geico “recommended”. At least in NY you have the legal right to go to whatever shop you want. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/24 "2018-04-13T13:47:43Z")
I’ve had GEICO for decades, and never had a problem with the repair shops they recommend. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/25 "2018-04-13T19:16:49Z")
In OK one has the right to use any body shop they choose. Granted, most incidents won’t be problematic but when there’s a conflict of interest it’s best to avoid that conflict. I’ve used one of the companies mentioned and after they hosed me on a homeowner’s claim they were gone. ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/26 "2018-04-14T18:42:14Z")
I assume the book value on a 2015 is still over $20000 so they arent going to total it unless the cost to fix it is more than what its worth on the books . It’s a tough situation to be in, i know I would never feel comfortable in it again if it took that much to fix it and it is still having issues . ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240/27 "2018-04-14T18:50:36Z")
The repair cost does not have to exceed book value to declare a total. It varies by state but generally speaking if the repair costs run 60 to 80% of the value the car is a total. Here in OK it’s 60%. So if the repair costs were 12 grand on a 20 grand car value it would be a total loss. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/honda-pilot-has-been-at-the-repair-shop-since-feb/115240.md?page=1)