My car is dead .Stealership giving me the run around
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Simple, it's an easy way to get customers to spend more money for the "piece of mind" of a new clutch since the engine is out anyway. They are just trying to "save YOU money".
All dealers/retailers do it in one way or another.
All dealers/retailers do it in one way or another.
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Update:
So guess what everybody...after the dealership installed my engine yesterday and test drove it.The engine bay completely caught on fire. The fire department had to come down and stop it.WTF. This sucks
Got the word this morning when i called them. I haven't got to see it yet, but they pretty much told me its totaled.
So guess what everybody...after the dealership installed my engine yesterday and test drove it.The engine bay completely caught on fire. The fire department had to come down and stop it.WTF. This sucks
Got the word this morning when i called them. I haven't got to see it yet, but they pretty much told me its totaled.
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Yea sounds like they maybe got oil on the exhaust and or didn't connect the oil cooling lines properly. Some of the dealers seem to do a half **** job on putting in reman. The cars need to be treated like they are there own imo*. If your belts hoses and lines are old they should tell you / show you not just throw them back on and not say a word. This is what happens when things are rushed too fast.
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wait, what? your car CAUGHT ON FIRE while at the dealer and you didnt get a call? you found out when you called them?
name of the dealer please. you're at http://www.libertychevrolet.com/ou/wakefield-mazda/ right? you need to write an email to MNAO right now and tell them you didnt get a call when your car caught on fire.
name of the dealer please. you're at http://www.libertychevrolet.com/ou/wakefield-mazda/ right? you need to write an email to MNAO right now and tell them you didnt get a call when your car caught on fire.
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Thanks for tip i'll get that hose. Just got a used 04 with fresh reman. They seemed to have just shoved it in there too it was very dirty and had original hoses. The belts where ok.
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wait, what? your car CAUGHT ON FIRE while at the dealer and you didnt get a call? you found out when you called them?
name of the dealer please. you're at http://www.libertychevrolet.com/ou/wakefield-mazda/ right? you need to write an email to MNAO right now and tell them you didnt get a call when your car caught on fire.
name of the dealer please. you're at http://www.libertychevrolet.com/ou/wakefield-mazda/ right? you need to write an email to MNAO right now and tell them you didnt get a call when your car caught on fire.
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It probably get's brittle with age from heat / cooling cycles. I am just getting into Rx-8's but on old Rx-7's lot of plastic would just snap after 6+ years like the solenoid tubes. It prob has steel liner but maybe it dripped out a crack? Sorry im assuming it has polymer?