Hey guys,
so heres my problem and hopefully someone can make me keep the truck.
I bought my xrunner last sept '10. fine and dandy, blah blah, i take it to my boys shop to show off.
He pops open the hood, goes ahhh oooh..supercharger. yeah uh huh, then he notices my pulley. Im not to knowledgeable about s/c, turbos and all the components that accompany it. So the first question he asks..."did this pass smog?"
Ok, so 3-4 weeks later, check engine light comes on. I go hmm, maybe gas tank cover... I take it to the dealership (still under warranty), they check it and say oh i think the sensor just got rocked a little. i go ok.
a week later, check engine light comes back on, i go back to good ole dealership, they find the catalytic has gone bad and replaced it free due to warranty. cool ok.
holidays come and gone, Feb 2011, check engine light comes on. Im too busy to take it to the dealership, parents are out of town so i take thier car and leave the truck alone, dont want to bother.
march, i finally say **** it, ill take it to the dealer.....call back, saying the gaskets on the other catalytic are bad, and it was welded by the previous owner (bought used) which voided the warranty. ok whatever replaced... 300 bucks. blah. i Pick up the truck last saturday, sunday i go to get some groceries, and bam....check engine light comes back on....
so i take it back, they say the cat where they replaced the gaskets needs to replaced and they'll refund the 300 bucks. from earlier. i go ok....after doing that, i get a phone call (they lent me a camry as a loaner) "you have a problem, the original owner, cut the flanges that connects to the rear catalytics, which is another cause to the light coming on, but with the flanges cut, we cannot cover by warranty, and it will cost $1250 for each cat, plus labor"
at this point im heated, the service advisor tells me, that they'll replace the cats up front and see what happens, but if the light comes back on...then the next step is the rear ones.
my question is.... do i have the right to take it to the original dealership i bought it from and ask for a refund/replacement. my buddies are telling me i should ask for smog certificate due to the pulley.
i traded my accord for this truck, and was hoping to at least get what the trade in value was.
even if the dealership is willing to replace the other cats for free..i know there will be more problems so i plan to trade it in no matter what..
i just need more input.
so heres my problem and hopefully someone can make me keep the truck.
I bought my xrunner last sept '10. fine and dandy, blah blah, i take it to my boys shop to show off.
He pops open the hood, goes ahhh oooh..supercharger. yeah uh huh, then he notices my pulley. Im not to knowledgeable about s/c, turbos and all the components that accompany it. So the first question he asks..."did this pass smog?"
Ok, so 3-4 weeks later, check engine light comes on. I go hmm, maybe gas tank cover... I take it to the dealership (still under warranty), they check it and say oh i think the sensor just got rocked a little. i go ok.
a week later, check engine light comes back on, i go back to good ole dealership, they find the catalytic has gone bad and replaced it free due to warranty. cool ok.
holidays come and gone, Feb 2011, check engine light comes on. Im too busy to take it to the dealership, parents are out of town so i take thier car and leave the truck alone, dont want to bother.
march, i finally say **** it, ill take it to the dealer.....call back, saying the gaskets on the other catalytic are bad, and it was welded by the previous owner (bought used) which voided the warranty. ok whatever replaced... 300 bucks. blah. i Pick up the truck last saturday, sunday i go to get some groceries, and bam....check engine light comes back on....
so i take it back, they say the cat where they replaced the gaskets needs to replaced and they'll refund the 300 bucks. from earlier. i go ok....after doing that, i get a phone call (they lent me a camry as a loaner) "you have a problem, the original owner, cut the flanges that connects to the rear catalytics, which is another cause to the light coming on, but with the flanges cut, we cannot cover by warranty, and it will cost $1250 for each cat, plus labor"
at this point im heated, the service advisor tells me, that they'll replace the cats up front and see what happens, but if the light comes back on...then the next step is the rear ones.
my question is.... do i have the right to take it to the original dealership i bought it from and ask for a refund/replacement. my buddies are telling me i should ask for smog certificate due to the pulley.
i traded my accord for this truck, and was hoping to at least get what the trade in value was.
even if the dealership is willing to replace the other cats for free..i know there will be more problems so i plan to trade it in no matter what..
i just need more input.