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From: OzOne on 3 Jun 2010 08:00 On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:05:10 +0800, "Clocky" <notgonn(a)happen.com> wrote: > >Too right. Unless there is a noise there is little reason to go around >checking every bolt... well unless it's a Triton that is ;-) > Mmmmmm make you wonder why the book was ever written... OzOne of the three twins I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace.
From: hippo on 3 Jun 2010 08:30 OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: > > On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:42:50 +1000, D Walford > <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote: > > >On 2/06/2010 10:28 PM, OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: > >> On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:14:44 +1000, D Walford > >> <dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote: > >> > >>> On 2/06/2010 9:46 PM, OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com wrote: > >>>> On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:06:39 +1000, "Milton"<millame23(a)yahoo.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message > >>>>> news:iis906lafdmovhtrik3ie6b71i4je3ochv(a)4ax.com... > >>>>>> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:29:03 +1000, John_H<john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> atec7 7<""atec77\"@ hotmail.com"> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> http://fat.ly/977x8 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> You'd have to suspect sabotage (GM being the likely culprit). ;-) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> You'd have to suspect that every one of these was picked up in the > >>>>>> first service.....If the dealers actually did a first service... > >>>>>> > >>>>> That would be a first. Maybe Mitsubishi dealership services are different to > >>>>> all the others? > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards > >>>>> > >>>>> Milton > >>>> "If the dealer actually DID a first service" > >>> > >>> Even on the off chance they did do the service as per the book its > >>> highly unlikely they would pick up an incorrectly torqued bolt or 2. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Daryl > >> > >> If they indeed did the service per the book, they would have picked up > >> a loose bolt. > >> "The official recall notice filed with the Australian Government > >> claims: "Bolts may become loose in service resulting in excessive > >> suspension noise (knocking) and in the worst case the ball joint may > >> become detached from the suspension arm resulting in the vehicle being > >> unable to be driven." > >> > >> Vehicles go back to Oct 2006. > >> > >> However it is unlikely that the services involved more than an oil > >> change and a top up of washer fluid .... > > > >More than likely. > >The trained eye of an experienced mechanic could see a loose bolt from a > >long way off but since its more than likely that if anything at all was > >done its very likely that it was done by an inexperienced first year > >would couldn't spot a loose bolt if it hit him on the head when it fell out. > > > > > >Daryl > > Yep, and the reason for my original comment...They get paid to do work > that isn't done. > > > > > OzOne of the three twins > > I welcome you to Crackerbox Palace. > > So the upshot of this would seem to be that for the last four years at least, people who took Tritons (and for all we know anything else) to authorised Mitsubishi service agents were possibly being defrauded and it's only come to light now because a bunch of bolts decided to become whistle blowers. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Noddy on 3 Jun 2010 08:26 <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:go5f06d306jog5dmab5a39jotp5gr80nch(a)4ax.com... > Yep and one would be hard pressed to call a 1500km inspection a > service. Oh. So what would *you* call it? -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 3 Jun 2010 08:29 <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:5u5f061s26iom77e82pc15b53fi3f09jco(a)4ax.com... > Indeed that's why I made my original comment. No it's not. You made your original comment in some pissweak apologist attempt to hose the problem down because it's a "Mitsubishi issue". If it was a Holden fault you'd be falling all over yourself to tell everyone how bad it is. Your original comment *also* showed everyone how little you know about what goes on when it comes to servicing cars. Be it by the book or otherwise. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 3 Jun 2010 08:32
<OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:c06f06lk3vgh02ft2uj1kfphec2lolh4p2(a)4ax.com... > And if they actully DID the first service as they are supposed to, and > charge for, then the problems would have been found. Total, complete and utter bullshit :) As someone who ran a dealership service department for a couple of years with a staff of 10 and servicing between 30 and 50 cars a day I can categorically tell you that there is *no way* a ball joint bolt problem would be picked up on *any* service unless the ball joint was about to fall out of the car or the technician had been specifically instructed to look for it. -- Regards, Noddy. |