wheels go round and well, they don't go

[n2mlq]

The saga of the Focus has reached the point where I'd be laughing if it wasn't so painful in many ways

Comments

[mama_pipa]

It amazes me that so much of life now involves someone plugging a computer in, and reading what the computer says. Obviously, it can't be anything else, because a computer said its "foo". *sigh*

Sorry about your ride.

[n2mlq]

We're well past the plug in and see what's wrong stage I'm afraid. This had the dealer stumped and kind of grumpy cause they can't bill me for about 10 of the hours they've spent on it already

[deguspice]

That sounds annoying.

I went through two alternators in a very short period of time before the current dealership decided that the remote start that another dealer installed was causing the problem.

p.s. How's the new car doing?

[voxwoman]

I used to eat alternators very quickly (in an old, *mechanical* car). It was the voltage regulator that was the real culprit.

[n2mlq]

Ya. I got to the point where I could change an alternator in my 77 rabbit in about 20 minutes hood down to hood down.

Think I did six of them in a year, it was endemic for some reason, I never traced down, but they were cheap rebuilt (that could have been the problem) and kept getting swapped under warranty.

[n2mlq]

New wheels are quite fine. I expect you'll see it next weekend. Had it's first oil change today, would have been nice if the speedy lube had the right filter in stock, they discoverd they were out after draining it. Oh well, it was 20 minutes instead of thier usual 10

[cellio]

How frustrating! I hope the expert figures it out on Monday.

[vettecat]

Ugh! Hope they figure it out soon, and you can reach a reasonable compromise on the cost. You shouldn't have to pay for their wrong diagnosis.