The results of my dealership trip...

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TCrazy

Discussion Starter · Oct 22, 2004

ZEROOOOOOO

Well once again I'm amazed at how incompetent a dealer can be. I wasted three hours of my life at that place, for nothing. I took the test drive with the tech, he aknolwedged the sunroof noise but wouldnt even show me a bumpy road in the area to take him on to let the real demons of the hatch (rattles) out of the cage!.

After 3 hours, I got my car back......supposedly they performed the TSB on the sunroof (riiiiiiight) what a joke. As soon as I got into my car the thing popped, and then it popped as i pulled out of the dealership....popped and rattled as i drove further away.........then it really started to let lose on my return trip to speak with the service manager about 5 minutes later.

So now I'm stuck with this rattlebox that the dealer has absolutely no clue how to fix, so basically a $20,000 version of a Ford Focus. Sorry that im venting right now, its just that I refuse to vent on the workers because i am a worker and I know how it feels to have a customer get pissed off. So instead I smile and walk away nicely......and come on here to annoy you people

. End of post. -t

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QuadinScionTC

· #2 · Oct 22, 2004

^^^^ hey T, Im taking mine tommorrow to the dealer. Ive got 3 problems.

1. Moonroof and other rattles...

2. Drivers side vent will close by itself... its really annoying on a hot day

3. Transmission. Thats right, it wont shift into 5th or reverse with out significant manipulation. Its like theres a wall at the point between them.

Wish me luck everyone!

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SilverX

· #3 · Oct 22, 2004

Oh my.... hope this isn't for all tC's. It'll mar it's record.

zoltiz

· #4 · Oct 22, 2004

Sunroof TSB takes 2 minutes to perform and it's bascially applying loctite to a screw...

TCrazy

Discussion Starter · #5 · Oct 22, 2004

Originally posted by zoltiz@Oct 21 2004, 11:24 PM
Sunroof TSB takes 2 minutes to perform and it's bascially applying loctite to a screw...

thats what i thought too

-t

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DemonEyez

· #6 · Oct 22, 2004

next time you go to the dealer, as your leaving say you know if it isn't fixed and i return, i can consider it a lemon and get anew one.

zoltiz

· #7 · Oct 22, 2004

I wonder if "3 strikes and it's a lemon" rule applies to a sunroof.

DemonEyez

· #8 · Oct 22, 2004

Originally posted by zoltiz@Oct 21 2004, 07:48 PM
I wonder if "3 strikes and it's a lemon" rule applies to a sunroof.

why not?

it never hurts to try anything.

TCrazy

Discussion Starter · #9 · Oct 22, 2004

I dunno, im not like that I guess. Ill bet money that they have to pull the entire sunroof frame structure out and put a new one in. They obviously cant tigthen the screws that are lose which means that the threads are stripped.....and aluminum is hard to re-thread i think. Dammit. -t

wolo

· #10 · Oct 24, 2004

That sucks ass.

Is there another dealership you can take it to that may be slightly more competent?

TCrazy

Discussion Starter · #11 · Oct 24, 2004

No Wolo...i tried going to a different dealership a couple weeks ago with horrible results. When I got my car back there was a minor crease in the front driver side quarter panel.....and the bottom of the left side/front ground effects was alllllll scrathed up. Evidently they dropped it from 1/2 - 1 foot off the lift while raising the car but never told me. Ive been waiting patiently for a call back from my dealership about this situtation with the sunroof..........about to lose it in a few days if my $20k dollar car turns out to be a rattle-box like my Mustang i traded in. -t

wolo

· #12 · Oct 24, 2004

Damn, man. I can't believe the garbage you're going through.

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TCrazy

Discussion Starter · #13 · Oct 24, 2004

Well at least I expected it.......i KNEW i shouldnt have bought a first year production run but i was so anxious to get rid of my Mustang. Stupiddddddddd. -t

barrypii

· #14 · Oct 25, 2004

Is every car your driving full of rattles and shakes?

Time to upgrade... the camry's dont' have any of the same rattles and pop's that the TC has... I hear mine on occasion but only when its either really cold, & I drive over the huge speedbumps at my apt.

barrypii

· #15 · Oct 25, 2004

OH, and there are some super deals on The Camry's right now.... like an extra grand off!

kinda wish I would have waited... could have gotten a pretty tight camy for like 21k

moogoo

· #16 · Oct 25, 2004

camrys are nice but the tC is unique. everyone's got the camry !! i havent had any rattles or anything.. but my tC is pretty new.. only 1500 miles on it so maybe it'll come later..

bu thopefully i wont have any of the problems everyone else is having..

maybe my tC had all those issues fixed when it was built?

sucks u have to go throgh all that crap T

basilisk4

· #17 · Oct 25, 2004

Other than some rattles I had early on, I haven't had any noise problems for about 2,000 miles.

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