blofgren wrote:
You definitely have to love the quality of work at dealerships. I try to do as much as I can myself and just cringe when I have to take any of my vehicles in to a dealership. Thankfully I have a buddy who has a heavy truck shop that can handle most things I can't; and he's fussier than I am so it's all good! :C
True story.
I’ll qualify with I do the vast majority of my own work too. But here’s a quick rundown of the last few years dealer visits.
Wife’s new charger. Radiator replacement under warranty. Got car back, 2-3 qts low on coolant, air intake clamp not tightened and lower rad hose clamp only half on the fitting.
New, well 60k mile 2 year old Chevy pickup. Trans had issue from day 1. Dealer “no issue, can’t duplicate “. At 60k the trans lets loose. 3 repair attempts and almost 10 weeks later, I get the truck back with a new trans, after 2 failed repair attempts and me racking up over 10k miles on their loaner trucks! Lol. And a service writer that got fired….(He was a dipchit but he was not the mechanics so his contribution to the incompetence stopped at the service desk))
This new truck. First lifter replacement fine except only did 50% of the job. Second half is what started this thread.
So aside from the trans (which eventually went how I told them it was going to when I brought it in) the other 2 repairs are pretty simple, straightforward repairs, both botched up with potentially expensive and time consuming repercussions.
I think snakes, car dealer repairs and my wife when she’s mad are the 3 things that scare me the most in life! Lol.
