Thread: I'm seriously unhappy at the moment.

Pat that sucks I am continually finding mistakes that well respected mechanics have made

Better to do it yourself

It's bull**** is what it is. Pat

That’s it,do the job yourself or it never ever gets done ****ing properly.


But if it’s warranty,then you are not allowed to do it yourself,so then you trust someone to do it and they stuff it up.☹️

See this all the time😩😩

Originally Posted by scarry

That’s it,do the job yourself or it never ever gets done ****ing properly.


But if it’s warranty,then you are not allowed to do it yourself,so then you trust someone to do it and they stuff it up.☹️

See this all the time😩😩

Scania ( won't say which one, but local to me ) replaced the compressor in my V8. Driving to Brisvegas I lost all air coming down Cunningham's Gap. Turns out, they don't use splines or keyways or gears to drive them, they use a special bonding substance. Seems the "technician" overlooked this minor step. 24 hours later.....

You've nailed it Pat. I found myself in a similar position but from the outside looking in when we sold our 10 yo bought new D2a TD5 to our son. We used it for touring and it was ALWAYS serviced and had ALL work done from new at the local dealership from which we brought it. This was SWMBO's (nurse/midwife shift worker) daily commute and my reasoning was 'don't mess with it', leave it to the professionals (at vast stealership expense). It's OK for me to work on the non vital transport but leave the seriously important vehicle to the professionals. In hindsight this turned out to be a major mistake. Ultimately, after two episodes of having to explain to the dealership 'service consultant' that there was more to a service than an oil change (I kid you not) and not one but two episodes where the oil filter had become 'unscrewed' I gave them the flick, unfortunately 10 years too late.

Where we had used the vehicle for touring and SWMBO's daily commute no.1 son is more into serious off road and push it to the edge 4WD'ing. The D2a properly configured is perfect for this but for a 10 yo 250k Km vehicle in factory std. condition as rebuilds of various components became necessary the totally incompetent dealership workmanship became obvious. Whether it was stripped threads poorly helicoiled in the oil filter assembly or incorrectly fitted bolts in the gearbox/TC fouling the gears or stripped and broken bolts in the rear diff housing to highlight a few examples of the 'quality' of dealership servicing the end result was a lot of unnecessary damage to the vehicle. Fortunately no.1 son is mechanically competent and does his own work including engine/gearbox etc rebuilds (I told you he works it hard) so expense was minimised. Not all are this fortunate.

'Once upon a time' dealership maintenance was a 'plus' when selling a vehicle but from this and other experiences I would now call it the 'kiss of death' and wouldn't touch a dealer maintained vehicle with a forty foot pole.

Deano

Originally Posted by johntins

Scania ( won't say which one, but local to me ) replaced the compressor in my V8. Driving to Brisvegas I lost all air coming down Cunningham's Gap. Turns out, they don't use splines or keyways or gears to drive them, they use a special bonding substance. Seems the "technician" overlooked this minor step. 24 hours later.....

I got heaps of stories like this,extremely annoying.

Unfortunately Pat's story is similar to what i have had happen at the LR stealers around here,hence i never use them.

Yet the Jap dealers where our work vans go,no issues.

Very frustrating,and this sort of thing happens all day,in all trades

I had a new transfer box fitted under warranty to the 110 Puma and asked the service foreman at the stealers to ensure the output shaft got greased..... "dis is not a service item" he advised me in a curry take-away accent.
I've since had that shaft replaced by and independent and it was thick with red rust.
I'm trying to sell it now and have been for a while, it's been over serviced with all things like this shaft and axles replaced etc., but I think buyers are going for the "dealer serviced" vehicle rather than one that's been properly looked after.
Good luck to them.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by johntins

Scania ( won't say which one, but local to me ) replaced the compressor in my V8. Driving to Brisvegas I lost all air coming down Cunningham's Gap. Turns out, they don't use splines or keyways or gears to drive them, they use a special bonding substance. Seems the "technician" overlooked this minor step. 24 hours later.....

Ha, Gets your attention doesn’t it.
I did a Beta descent into a tight little valley in PNG in a Twotter to find that the power for Window heat had been removed.
Nothing like trying to line up with the runway on short final with the window fogged up(head out the window,****ing rain,.......glory days indeed!).
Ginger beers forgot to enter into maintenance log that they’d removed power lead(hadn’t collared C/B so everyone was unaware).