I got a letter in the mail for a recall notice, (engine compartment fire), and I scheduled it last week. The appt. was for 8:30 in the morning, and I went there. Not having another car, I waited for well over two hours until finally I called a friend to pick me up. I left my number, and told them to call me when it was finished.
If was 2:00 PM when my friend (who works at a sister lot), told me he thought my car was finished. I got a ride across town, went in, and they claimed it was good to go. I hopped in the car, started it, checked the gauges and left.
It didn't take long to realize the car had no power when it would normally be under boost. Then I noticed a smell. I was only half a mile from the dealership when I pulled over to take a look. Here's where it gets good. The first thing I notice is a big, red, oil-soaked rag laying on the biggest part of my headers. It was smoking and close to catching fire. Then I noticed a plastic piece they had left off laying on the radiator support.
I still didn't know why it wasn't running right. I knew part of the recall was a spark plug wire separator, (they took off my separators and put on ones that that put the wires right up behind the fan), so I assumed they put a wire on wrong. Then I saw the SC belt wasn't routed right. They had it on the SC pulley and the crank pulley but it was caught in the tensioner, ruining my belt. I called the service desk to chew some ass and went back. When I arrived, one lady from the service desk said sorry...and it wasn't her fault.
Then some dumb bastards in polo shirts come out there staring at it, and are convinced my tensioner is the problem. They spend 30 minutes pulling it off...and I told them all I needed was a new belt. Then I said the belt was shorter because the SC pulley was smaller. To no avail, they continued to prod at my engine like 'tards. Finally, they found a belt that seemed tight enough, (even though I think it's slipping now), and I left. The only thing they accomplished was changing a front valve cover gasket.
Long read...but gawd I was ticked off.
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