I've definitely hit a record with the wife's Mazda now. Coming up on 1 month here.
I blahged about my tire/wheel issues last month That was repaired in three days by the Mazda dealership. Still things to be settled there with Jiffy Lube causing the damage, but will know my court date by the 12th of Feb.
Anyways, the car was at the dealership when that secondary issue happened for what I assumed was a thermostat issue. It was not. Turned out to be a warped cylinder head. Or so they say. Have not got the car back running again to test it to make sure. They said thermostat at first, but were wrong, so who knows if they're right with this. The warped cylinder head was diagnosed on 12/22. It's a used car, so I have an after market warranty that requires inspection for any repair over 2K, which didn't happen until 12/24.
We got screwed on holiday shipping for parts with both Xmas and NYE holidays, but even at that we're still waiting for the final parts to come in tomorrow. Apparently when you replace a cylinder head, the valve spacers often need to be replaced as well and that can't be determined until you put the head on to check it against the factory cam shaft?
So yeah, closing in on one month. FINALLY they gave us a loaner today until the car is back on the road. I would like to think that if we bought the car there new, they would've extended us a loaner a lot sooner.
What's the longest you've ever had a car in a shop for a mechanical reason?
We're being told that we'll get the car back on Thursday. That will be exactly one month since we brought it in for the first time. Wonder if they'll fork over the payment for that month? I mean after all, we make a car payment during that month for a vehicle we never used.........:lol:
I blahged about my tire/wheel issues last month That was repaired in three days by the Mazda dealership. Still things to be settled there with Jiffy Lube causing the damage, but will know my court date by the 12th of Feb.
Anyways, the car was at the dealership when that secondary issue happened for what I assumed was a thermostat issue. It was not. Turned out to be a warped cylinder head. Or so they say. Have not got the car back running again to test it to make sure. They said thermostat at first, but were wrong, so who knows if they're right with this. The warped cylinder head was diagnosed on 12/22. It's a used car, so I have an after market warranty that requires inspection for any repair over 2K, which didn't happen until 12/24.
We got screwed on holiday shipping for parts with both Xmas and NYE holidays, but even at that we're still waiting for the final parts to come in tomorrow. Apparently when you replace a cylinder head, the valve spacers often need to be replaced as well and that can't be determined until you put the head on to check it against the factory cam shaft?
So yeah, closing in on one month. FINALLY they gave us a loaner today until the car is back on the road. I would like to think that if we bought the car there new, they would've extended us a loaner a lot sooner.
What's the longest you've ever had a car in a shop for a mechanical reason?
We're being told that we'll get the car back on Thursday. That will be exactly one month since we brought it in for the first time. Wonder if they'll fork over the payment for that month? I mean after all, we make a car payment during that month for a vehicle we never used.........:lol: