Exactly. I have a Honda Prelude. It's WAY past it's warranty.

I believe you are missing the point I was making. You suggest I said that
companies should fix any problem that occurs within or outside of the warranty.
I actually said that I think, IF ITS A DESIGN DEFECT, common to all of the
products made, that companies would be better served to go the extra mile and
fix it. I believe Compaq did that several years ago on one of its laptop AC
adaptors (but possibly only because they could catch fire, and catch Compaq in
a lot of liability).
And wasn't it Firestone who could avoid liability for faulty tires? I don't
expect companies to fix problems beyond the warranty unless its some thing like
an actual design flaw or fraud that they are reasonably responsible for.

Dale