Originally Posted By: Hootbro
I like a good stealership story myself. In this case though, I am not inclined to believe you got the "Gotcha" crime of the century here. Quite frankly, $440 would be about 2 man hours worth of dealership shop labor with shop supply fees and parts cost rolled in. About what I would expect for a job like this.
Sure you can argue after the fact but the truth is you were pig ignorant on the procedure yourself until you perused the internet. I am sure the service advisory deals with a bunch of different designs and would give him the benefit of the doubt on getting it wrong of the switch being external instead of internal.
Others telling to write the BBB, State Attorney General and talk to the service manager will be a waste of time. BBB will do nothing nor does anybody under the age of 40 every consult BBB rating before hand. State Attorney General will do nothing because it is small potatoes and the dealership service manage will fein concern to placate you and move you along the way.
I agree with you. I'm not going to pursue it any further. I just chalk it up as another reason I do my own work. The ONLY reason I had them check it, is it happened to start blinking on the way there. I've never had good experience with any local dealer's service department since I started driving.
I like a good stealership story myself. In this case though, I am not inclined to believe you got the "Gotcha" crime of the century here. Quite frankly, $440 would be about 2 man hours worth of dealership shop labor with shop supply fees and parts cost rolled in. About what I would expect for a job like this.
Sure you can argue after the fact but the truth is you were pig ignorant on the procedure yourself until you perused the internet. I am sure the service advisory deals with a bunch of different designs and would give him the benefit of the doubt on getting it wrong of the switch being external instead of internal.
Others telling to write the BBB, State Attorney General and talk to the service manager will be a waste of time. BBB will do nothing nor does anybody under the age of 40 every consult BBB rating before hand. State Attorney General will do nothing because it is small potatoes and the dealership service manage will fein concern to placate you and move you along the way.
I agree with you. I'm not going to pursue it any further. I just chalk it up as another reason I do my own work. The ONLY reason I had them check it, is it happened to start blinking on the way there. I've never had good experience with any local dealer's service department since I started driving.