ok here goes bare with me im gona make this as short as possible, about 4 weeks ago my old ladies 2012 civic would not start the battery was dead, got it jumped off then i checked out everything,well my meter is showing that the car is only putting out 12.2 volts so that tells me there is something up with the charging system, so i took it back to the dealer and let them know bc its still got a year warranty left on it and its only got 12k miles on it. well they kept it for the day called me back said they couldnt find a thing wrong with it, well 2 days later it does it again, this time i noticed that with the headlights on its putting out 14.5 volts but when everything is off and the car is just running its still only putting out 12.2, so take it back to the dealer they said they couldnt do anything so i prove to them that its only putting out 12.2, so they keep the car again, this time they tell me they fixed it that the ecu needed to be re flashed, and sure enough that seemed to have fixed it bc it was putting out 14.5 with lights on and off, fast forward to yesterday, dead again jump it off and sure enough meter says back to 12.2. so took it back, they kept the car until this morning, they said yet again it was fixed that it was just the battery, i told them that had nothing to do with it putting out only 12.2 he replied with well its fixed come get it, so i get up there check the car before i even leave the lot, same thing 12.2 told them to bring the tech out so i could show the tech this time. showed him and we went back and forth for about an hour of total bs. he made the comment let me get my machine, so he does and his machine says the same thing, then he made the comment let me get another 2012 civic we have on the lot to prove to me that all will put out different volts and that its suppose to be only 12 volts until load is on it bs, i said fine, he pulls the other car up and yup that car is putting out 14.5 and mine is only 12.2, i then said now what? he said well let me take both of them in the back and figure out why one car is good but the other is not. calls me back later and tells me he called honda corporation for advise and he told me they said they dont go by volts they only go by amps to run these set of test and if that checks good theres nothing we can do. so all the test he done checked out good. but my meter is still saying 12.2 so i called honda corp myself and right in the middle of me telling them the problem the guy says well theres your problem its only putting out 12.2 volts i said youre correct but honda dealer will not believe me and said honda corp dont go by volts, the guy then said thats bull if its only 12.2 it will just die again. this i know. he advised me to get a second option at another dealer. then go from there. but where do i go from there ? bc im pretty sure they will not find nothing either.all i have is my little meter and the car dieing every few weeks.so do i lawyer up or what. sorry for the long read lol.