Stealerships

So according to the article, in month 1 her car had issues and went in.. MBSA and dealership says nothing wrong and she just left it there for 6 months?? I smell a rat............................
 
I can’t wait to see the tsunami of customer complaints such as these when their Chinese piece o crap starts to break and the Ching Chong Cha refuse to honour the warranty
 
I helped a mate on his Q7 to replace the front and rear brake pads . This was done around the end of december.
I also measured all 4 disks and all with in spec.

Anyway Mid January the car goes for its service. ( now in the time i replaced all the pads front and rear and the time the car went for a service the car had only done about 500km)

He gets a call from the vag service center telling him that all 4 disks are shot and the pads are finished.
Mate told him to F.O and he want to see the brakes and they must do nothing till he is there to see the car.

The guy phoned back and said they made a mistake.
 
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qscwbt said:
I help a mate on his Q7 to replace the front and rear brake pads . This was done around the end of december.
I also measured all 4 disks and all with in spec.

Anyway Mid January the car goed for its service. ( now in the time i replaced all the pads front and rear and the time the car went for a service the car had only done about 500km)

He gets a call from the vag service center telling him that all 4 disks are shot and the pads are finished.
Mate told him to F.O and he want to see the brakes and they must do nothing till he is there to see the car.

The guy phoned back and said they made a mistake.
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Chancers..
People working at stealerships are just as bad and devious as ANC scumbags
 
When an acquaintance (tech) looked to change jobs to a different brand, I found out that the techs were encouraged to upsell work "needed". The brand they were applying to had much less of this commission scheme.

During one of my last visits to a branded stealership (changed to a Chinese brand 3 months later), for a 160k km service, I had to actually demand they do the timing belt service (horse expensive and not a fun job) while they were tearing down the engine bay to replace a plastic coolant piece that had split. Of course they quoted for additional works that I could easily do at home (engine mounts and bonnet/tailgate gas struts). Mildly surprised they didn't quote for DCT oil service or brake fluid change, which is a quick job, minus the warm-up time to recheck the oil level. Unfortunately every time I've let my car be worked on by the branded "pros" to do the less fun jobs, I've found pipes not tightened, fasteners missing or not torqued anywhere near spec and plastic covers just missing -- literally less car is returned to me after 10's of thousands spent of each time.

I still need to strip the top of the engine bay to find the oil leak after the timing job. :rolleyes:
 
I think I need to start learning the basics (disc pads etc.) just so I have some "ammo" one day when I take in a car to be serviced, if the stealership is talking k@k.
 
SHL said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1978723834057429076
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If the car is within the main warranty period, its claimed under the manufacturer, if its in the extended warranty period, its claimed under the extended policy. Not sure why this is a issue.

Need to take my car in for a recall at a dealership, lets see if they try tack on more crap than the required recall work.
 
Kosmik said:
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If the car is within the main warranty period, its claimed under the manufacturer, if its in the extended warranty period, its claimed under the extended policy. Not sure why this is a issue.

Need to take my car in for a recall at a dealership, lets see if they try tack on more crap than the required recall work.
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Took my 2018 CR-V for fuel pump recall couple months ago. Went smoothly. Never had a single problem/issue with the dealership and car thank goodness.
 
SHL said:
Took my 2018 CR-V for fuel pump recall couple months ago. Went smoothly. Never had a single problem/issue with the dealership and car thank goodness.
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I took my previous vehicle ( the toyota accelerator recall ) and it went fine but the dealership really fished for more work etc as the car was not being serviced by them.
 
Kosmik said:
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If the car is within the main warranty period, its claimed under the manufacturer, if its in the extended warranty period, its claimed under the extended policy. Not sure why this is a issue.
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Trying to pass the buck (cost) onto the 3rd party warranty first I guess?
Scammy sales commission for the F&I, as a warranty can be bought at a later date / mileage.

But then again, I guess some clients ask or prefer to finance the cost of added warranty.

gotta drive that TSI/GTI but eating toast and beans for dinner
 
So this one is funny.

Took my car for the Toyota airbag recall this morning.

1.

- Oh sorry, we don't have stock of the part for your particular model, will have to get it and let you know.
* I did book it through the Toyota website a week ago? Surely the dealership should know to have the part on hand or contact me before?

So I took my car home again until they get the part later this week ( spent about 10mins in the queue in the service center )

2. Ring Ring....

- Hi Sir, our technician noticed that your headlights are a bit foggy, we offer a polishing service for R700, would you like to do it while your vehicle is here
* Ah, my vehicle is not there as you guys don't have the part right now?
- Oh , they didn't tell me , so sorry.

And the number called from was a "central" number vs the dealerships number/area code.

:ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL: :ROFL:
 
Kosmik said:
If the car is within the main warranty period, its claimed under the manufacturer, if its in the extended warranty period, its claimed under the extended policy. Not sure why this is a issue.
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the issue is basically that you're paying for something you don't need while it offers no benefit to you

3rd party "extended warranty" is just an insurance policy, one that will never pay out until you are out of warranty, they're generally worthless anyway, but if you really want one you can spend the money on it at the point of the manufacturer's warranty expiring

it's the equivalent of buying a wheelchair despite your legs working just fine, sure you might need it someday, but who the hell buys it when there's no reason to yet?
 
Paid R9k to replace rear break pads and discs (cause they said the discs had to be done) on a VW Kombi. I must stop being lazy and replace the front pads myself.

Btw the brake warning came on a week after doing the rear pads, and was told the front pads is the cause.
 
kolaval said:
Paid R9k to replace rear break pads and discs (cause they said the discs had to be done) on a VW Kombi. I must stop being lazy and replace the front pads myself.

Btw the brake warning came on a week after doing the rear pads, and was told the front pads is the cause.
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Why, the parts can't cost more than R2500 for quality aftermarket parts?
Even the oem stuff can't be that much more
 
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