14 years of great service, then this year … . - Skittles
14 years of great service, then this year … . 4 services in total on 2 separate cars, 2 poor jobs. Can’t trust them anymore to do a proper job the first time, or not cause other issues that did not exist before and blame everything else but…
1) routine oil change. Not so routine when it leaks 1 week later. In shop for 2 days then to figure out gasket got kinked. What car mechanic cannot cleanly change oils without cause several trips, and few days without the car?
2) steering key ignition broke, cannot turn key to start the car, stranded me at the mall. Towed to dealer to fix. Part took 4 weeks and finally fixed. Picked up car and on the way home noticed new red flashing on the display under drive letters, as well as burshing noise when turning, and car hood felt jammed. Service advisor tried to dismiss/lie the light.. ‘is just a service warning’, the hood latch is old and dirty, and then forcefully and quickly yanks the steering wheel side to side and says he heard no noise. Car was in great shape always serviced at that dealer for 15 years.
After I loudly insisted nothing is as before, had a tech look at it overnight. Turns out the clockspring in steering is bad, but of course not their fault from dismantling the steering to fix the key way ignition cylinder… separate issue just went bad. The red flashing is some gear shift position sensors, again not their fault for throwing it in neutral to move the car from their back parking, but was damaged because tow truck guy popped leather gear shift cover to look for a switch. Hood latch you guessed it, not their fault, car is just old and dirty, $1400 ignition cylinder repair, but quoted another $3400 to get the car back to the shape it was before getting stranded at the mall.
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