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From: Noddy on 3 Jun 2010 08:37 <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:f56f06p1dqtercj7b8ilojprnhgkfr0vau(a)4ax.com... > Hey clown...the manual actually says that the suspension and > balljoints are checked....Is that not specific enough! What kind of "check" do you think that entails Einstein? I'll give you a tip for free: *If* they bothered to do the checks as outlined in the service schedule, it'd be for operation and wear. That *doesn't* mean they visually sight every nut and bolt holding the car together. > If this was actually done then the LOOSE bolt would have been found. Maybe in your world pal, but then you're not a mechanic, right? How would you know? :) > The fact that you and I both know that the work is NEVER done by the > book is the problem! Work is often done by the book, but the book itself is often the problem. If checking for loose ball joint bolts was part of the normal service schedule as you apparently think it is then there'd be no need for a recall in the first place. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 3 Jun 2010 08:40 <OzOne(a)Crackerbox-Palace.com> wrote in message news:9a6f065am5o6p9o3hse7t5gtlfo3vvqlue(a)4ax.com... > Mmmmmm make you wonder why the book was ever written... To make idiots like you think that you're getting value for money when you take your car in for a service :) I'll give you another tip for free here Ozliar. What the service manual that comes with the car claims is done at each service and what the factory's service procedure instructions advise to do for that given service are not necessarily one and the same thing. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 3 Jun 2010 08:44 "hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in message news:hu878v$ha8$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > 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. Lol :) It would seem that Mitsubishi's dealers are no better at servicing cars than MMAL was at building them :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: D Walford on 3 Jun 2010 08:58 On 3/06/2010 10:30 PM, hippo wrote: > 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. > The problem with that theory is the same applies to almost all dealerships regardless of what brand they sell. If this recall is like any that I was involved with when I worked for Ford they most likely found only a very small number of vehicles worldwide with loose bolts but since they can't determine precisely when the problem first occurred they correctly decided to check all vehicles. Its entirely possible that they will only find a very small number of Tritons with the actual fault so the chances of it being seen at a service is next to nil. Daryl
From: Clocky on 3 Jun 2010 09:36
Noddy wrote: > <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? Free inspection which is what a few actually call it since that is in fact all it is. |