Don’t you love Dealership Maintenance Shops?

[Kei Yuuki]

I got a Service Manager that just gave me such a warm fuzzy at the Local Ford Dealer after keeping my 24V 2004 Ford Taurus SES for 4 days. I go to pick it up and this is what he said. ” I suggest getting rid of that car as soon as possible, as we couldn’t figure out why your car is having throttle bucking and hesitation issues at various speeds”.

I just love that kind of professionalism almost as much as rash that wont go away. :sick:

I thought I woudl relieve some steam and post this as it seems in my area, this is all I get to choose from when it comes to a “Professional Diagnostic” on my car.

I posted the details of the issue in the Girls in the Garage section if anyone feels like they could offer me a bit more hope than the dealership did.

Thanks

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[Lorrin Barth]

They were probably telling you the truth, they couldn’t fix it. That doesn’t mean it can’t be fixed. Take it elsewhere. Ford dealers are everywhere but expert mechanics may be less common.

[Steven Cummings]

We did have a similar “dealer” issue with my mom’s Chrysler 300M. I didn’t have time nor desire to work on it. We knew it was having overheating issues and she took it to the dealer. They told her that the compression test showed it was a cracked engine (the invoice said this too!). It would be about $3K to fix, but advised against it due to the high mileage.

Because I’ve watched soo many ETCG and Briansmobile videos, I was suspect about that. Doing diagnostics did confirm coolant/combustion problems. Removing engine pieces did confirm a warped cylinder…NO CRACKS, and the engine was in beautiful condition (perhaps the coolant was cleaning it, except it was all six cylinders).

I am almost done putting it together because of little things…like breaking the heater-core pipe, or stripped timing belt tensioner threads. I don’t believe the mechanic was stupid, he didn’t want to work on it because it has been a huge PITA, and he knew this. This gets somewhat into one video Eric did about certain jobs don’t really make the employee money. I don’t know if this one was that type of job, but clearly it has been labor intensive and there are things that likely would have cost them time and money to fix because of weak/brittle plastics.

That said, I agree that quality mechanics are hard to come by, whether the dealer or private shops. If you find one, cherish them.

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