A Tale of Diagnostic Woe
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What a bunch of shenanigans. Damn dude. “Heme reliability - twice the bolts it needs to run”
When I removed my passenger valve cover I bumped the AC lines and that’s all it took to break the connection at the evap core. Any smell of refrigerant?
When I removed my passenger valve cover I bumped the AC lines and that’s all it took to break the connection at the evap core. Any smell of refrigerant?
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I am happy for you that you are now working with a capable dealer. Congrats on that, anyway!Reloaderguy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2018 9:31 pm
For guys in the greater Seattle area that need a solid dealer, I have a contact for a good one now.
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Uh, they put known bad parts back in a customers vehicle and lied to the customer on the paperwork? Hmm, who else did they lie to?
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FCA
Here's a wild hypothesis: My RO was open for a month and they wanted to close it so they had me bring the truck back and reused old parts...or just didn't feel like finishing the work.
Here's a wild hypothesis: My RO was open for a month and they wanted to close it so they had me bring the truck back and reused old parts...or just didn't feel like finishing the work.
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Think I would be lawyering up. For 2 reasons. To go after the first dealer and to get my ass out of jail after I choked the living shit out of someone.
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Re: A Tale of Diagnostic Woe
Hard enough to find an "honest" dealer.
Next up....find an "honest" lawyer.
Next up....find an "honest" lawyer.
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Yea. Ok.
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Word on the street is the MDS lifters are what's going out. If you have loud lifters get a friendly dealer to warranty them because they take the cam out. Also, there's no lifters available for warranty because they're BO'd.
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....I remember some guy named RickEF or something similar saying the MDS lifters were trash.........
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The new lifters should be in tomorrow. They are on national backorder so the dealer called a dozen different dealerships and purchased one at a time.
I mentioned I was going to take legal action to recover the cost to fix the damages the last dealer caused. The dealership that has my truck contacted the owner of the local dealership and they are going to pay for the repairs. I'm still out well over $500 in transportation as well as 8 weeks of the truck being out of my possession. They claimed they were going to call me directly to apologize but I seriously doubt it.
I mentioned I was going to take legal action to recover the cost to fix the damages the last dealer caused. The dealership that has my truck contacted the owner of the local dealership and they are going to pay for the repairs. I'm still out well over $500 in transportation as well as 8 weeks of the truck being out of my possession. They claimed they were going to call me directly to apologize but I seriously doubt it.
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Every time I think about purchasing a lifetime warranty, I look at all the frustration I've had and others have experienced with dealerships for minor issues. I had to go up to RAM Corporate, posting pictures on RAM's social media to even get a headlight replaced during my bumper-to-bumper coverage, as the dealership wasn't going to place a matching set of headlights on my $50,000 truck. They thought one chrome and one black trim headlight was perfectly acceptable, and wanted me to pay for the other (new) chrome headlight assembly to match. I just don't have the patience for that kind of stupidity anymore.
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Lifetime warranty be like: the transmission is supposed to not function. All is according to schedule. Thanks for contributing to my bottom line. Have a nice day.
Save yourself money and headaches, just fix it yourself or spend the time finding a competent mechanic regardless of where they work.
Save yourself money and headaches, just fix it yourself or spend the time finding a competent mechanic regardless of where they work.
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I'm right there with you. If an extended warranty was a good deal, FCA wouldn't hound me night and day to buy one. Further, unless I'm willing to drive three hours minimum, I basically don't have a warranty now. If I purchased an extended warranty I'd be in for the same fight plus being out $2k.Sweet5ltr wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:13 amEvery time I think about purchasing a lifetime warranty, I look at all the frustration I've had and others have experienced with dealerships for minor issues. I had to go up to RAM Corporate, posting pictures on RAM's social media to even get a headlight replaced during my bumper-to-bumper coverage, as the dealership wasn't going to place a matching set of headlights on my $50,000 truck. They thought one chrome and one black trim headlight was perfectly acceptable, and wanted me to pay for the other (new) chrome headlight assembly to match. I just don't have the patience for that kind of stupidity anymore.
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So the question of the day is, Is this a design flaw of just a bad run of lifters?
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No, it’s just injector echoes, caused by aftermarket suspension components reflecting the sound waves.
Does Oregon have a bureau of automotive repair for reporting bad service departments? Let them feel your wrath young strapping lad!
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FCA is reopening and escalating the case from May.Retired BLM Rig wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:37 pmNo, it’s just injector echoes, caused by aftermarket suspension components reflecting the sound waves.
Does Oregon have a bureau of automotive repair for reporting bad service departments? Let them feel your wrath young strapping lad!
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Lmao!Retired BLM Rig wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:37 pm
No, it’s just injector echoes, caused by aftermarket suspension components reflecting the sound waves.
Does Oregon have a bureau of automotive repair for reporting bad service departments? Let them feel your wrath young strapping lad!
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I literally woulda lost my shit on the service manager if they even thought about uttering that absurd phrase out loud with a straight face...olyelr wrote: ↑Fri Jun 29, 2018 12:33 pmLmao!Retired BLM Rig wrote: ↑Thu Jun 28, 2018 4:37 pm
No, it’s just injector echoes, caused by aftermarket suspension components reflecting the sound waves.
Does Oregon have a bureau of automotive repair for reporting bad service departments? Let them feel your wrath young strapping lad!
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Fixed. Now for the open complaint with FCA. They called me this morning, I sounded lik Les Grossman.
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Is the UN working on that binding resolution yet?
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Reloaderguy wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:05 pmFixed. Now for the open complaint with FCA. They called me this morning, I sounded lik Les Grossman.
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We'll see, the local dealer reinstalled used parts and billed FCA. The only thing FCA likes doing less than honoring it's warranty is paying fraudulent warranty claims.
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FCA just added a free service contract to my truck and acknowledged that the local dealer is no longer a viable solution for warranty work. There is more to come...
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