TinSnips
Polish all the things...
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2010
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- Location
- Hills District, Sydney
- Website
- www.drivencolour.com.au
- Members Ride
- VF SSV Ute
Hello hello,
It's no secret that the ute has been at the dealers seemingly as much as it's been with me over the last 6 months. There's been a number of issues, mostly centred around the driveline, and without going into mundane details of all the issues, suffice to say that the gearbox, clutch, diff, dash, aircon, paint on the front bar, suspension and bluetooth have all been mentioned in at least one conversation up there. The gearbox, clutch and aircon compressor have all been replaced, MANY hours of work have gone into solving the creaking dash, bluetooth has been flashed, strut top bushes and upper control arm bushes have been replaced, front bar has been partially resprayed - and after all that - the aircon works fine and the suspension doesn't knock. :hmmm:
Today was the day that the service manager was assessing the car to approve any more work done under warranty. Luckily (poor choice of words there), the car displayed all the issues it shouldn't for the assessor and work has been approved. As for what is actually the problem - still no idea. It's booked in for a week of exploration, in two weeks time, to (hopefully) suss everything out. Also, as an aside, according to the techs, the faults are not only still present, but have become worse over the past couple of weeks - not sure if that's a good thing.
So in a nutshell, I have no idea what is wrong with my car. And for someone who regards patience as a card game rather than a personal trait, it's a little frustrating. Oh well.. fingers crossed (again).
I do have to say, the guys at the dealer do seem to be doing the best they can and are almost as frustrated with it as I am.
To be continued - with any luck.
It's no secret that the ute has been at the dealers seemingly as much as it's been with me over the last 6 months. There's been a number of issues, mostly centred around the driveline, and without going into mundane details of all the issues, suffice to say that the gearbox, clutch, diff, dash, aircon, paint on the front bar, suspension and bluetooth have all been mentioned in at least one conversation up there. The gearbox, clutch and aircon compressor have all been replaced, MANY hours of work have gone into solving the creaking dash, bluetooth has been flashed, strut top bushes and upper control arm bushes have been replaced, front bar has been partially resprayed - and after all that - the aircon works fine and the suspension doesn't knock. :hmmm:
Today was the day that the service manager was assessing the car to approve any more work done under warranty. Luckily (poor choice of words there), the car displayed all the issues it shouldn't for the assessor and work has been approved. As for what is actually the problem - still no idea. It's booked in for a week of exploration, in two weeks time, to (hopefully) suss everything out. Also, as an aside, according to the techs, the faults are not only still present, but have become worse over the past couple of weeks - not sure if that's a good thing.
So in a nutshell, I have no idea what is wrong with my car. And for someone who regards patience as a card game rather than a personal trait, it's a little frustrating. Oh well.. fingers crossed (again).
I do have to say, the guys at the dealer do seem to be doing the best they can and are almost as frustrated with it as I am.
To be continued - with any luck.
