IsolatedSnail
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Hopefully this is an OK forum to post this in. Just wanted to rant to some people who might sympathize with my frustrations. My car has been in the shop since Thursday. This is the 3rd time with AC problems. It is concerning at best and greatly, greatly worrying at worst. I bought this car with hopes of keeping it as a recreational vehicle for years to come. Anyone else dealing with these problems?
* Visit 1. Car started having inconsistent blower speeds. You could hear the fans slowing down and speeding back up while at levels 4-6. Called the dealership told them I thought my blower was failing. Took it in. They gave it back 2 days later saying it was a bad capacitor. Blower was tested fine. I felt uneasy as the tech originally said they would replace the blower and cap, and they didn't. They assured me, sent me on my way.
* Visit 2. About a week out from visit 1, blower starts dipping in and out again. I call back quite annoyed. They have me bring it in, give me a loaner, send me on my way. I ask for updates throughout the whole process. It's 1 year old and has only 12k miles, I'm quite annoyed. They call me and tell me the capacitor is showing varying voltage. They replace it again. Doesn't fix it. They tell me that the voltage going into the bezel in the cab of the car is off (apparently the bezel has wiring ran through it) so they replace a bezel. I'm baffled by this still. It doesn't fix anything. They call and tell me a specialist is coming to look at it from another dealership. They replace the bezel again, no luck. Reprogram, no luck. Specialist says to replace blower "just to see", issues goes away. Oy... like I originally said, bad blower.
* Fast forward maybe 3 weeks, more like 2.5. Car isn't cooling well. I start messing with the AC to see what is happening and try to diagnose. Determine that dual zone basically keeps faulting and sending hot air through one side or the other randomly. Only way to fix it to turn the car off and on. Numerous forum posts confirm this is a bad actuator. Car went back Thursday, didn't get looked at until late Friday, still haven't heard if I'll get it back Monday.
* This is all on top of me being already beyond annoyed that the "cooled" seat design in these cars is utter, worthless, horse poop that only works 50% of the time.
Rant over. Anyone have any kind words to share? Mutual stories? Fun jokes to tide me over another day without my car?
* Visit 1. Car started having inconsistent blower speeds. You could hear the fans slowing down and speeding back up while at levels 4-6. Called the dealership told them I thought my blower was failing. Took it in. They gave it back 2 days later saying it was a bad capacitor. Blower was tested fine. I felt uneasy as the tech originally said they would replace the blower and cap, and they didn't. They assured me, sent me on my way.
* Visit 2. About a week out from visit 1, blower starts dipping in and out again. I call back quite annoyed. They have me bring it in, give me a loaner, send me on my way. I ask for updates throughout the whole process. It's 1 year old and has only 12k miles, I'm quite annoyed. They call me and tell me the capacitor is showing varying voltage. They replace it again. Doesn't fix it. They tell me that the voltage going into the bezel in the cab of the car is off (apparently the bezel has wiring ran through it) so they replace a bezel. I'm baffled by this still. It doesn't fix anything. They call and tell me a specialist is coming to look at it from another dealership. They replace the bezel again, no luck. Reprogram, no luck. Specialist says to replace blower "just to see", issues goes away. Oy... like I originally said, bad blower.
* Fast forward maybe 3 weeks, more like 2.5. Car isn't cooling well. I start messing with the AC to see what is happening and try to diagnose. Determine that dual zone basically keeps faulting and sending hot air through one side or the other randomly. Only way to fix it to turn the car off and on. Numerous forum posts confirm this is a bad actuator. Car went back Thursday, didn't get looked at until late Friday, still haven't heard if I'll get it back Monday.
* This is all on top of me being already beyond annoyed that the "cooled" seat design in these cars is utter, worthless, horse poop that only works 50% of the time.
Rant over. Anyone have any kind words to share? Mutual stories? Fun jokes to tide me over another day without my car?
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