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First off, my car had 50,000 miles on it. Its an 08 GT
Back in March, I was driving down the highway (400 miles away from home) and the car completely shut down and went into limp mode. I was able to get it to a dealer and they said the MAF went bad. I was charged $160 in parts and $160 in labor (yes its BS just to undo 2 screws but I had no tools and was in a hurry). They assured me the problem was fixed and I went on my way thinking I was good.
Fast forward to a few days later on my trip home. The car did the same exact thing and I was able to make it to another dealership. They said it was my injectors that were clogged and needed to be clean. I knew that this was a TSB so I went ahead and spent another $170 on that. Then they assured me that it was fixed.... It wasnt. This visit was on a Tuesday. To top it off, 10 miles down the road I got a flat. NEVER USE THE POS THAT THEY CONSIDER A SPARE REPLACEMENT. Not only did it ruin the TPS Sensor, it ruined the tire so that it could not be patched, only replaced (the shop was closing and didnt have time to clean and dry the tire)
Now 4 days later I took the car out because I had a feeling it wasnt fixed. And I was right. The problem only happens on long drives over 100 miles. Of course when it happened the dealership I normally go to was closed. They checked it out the next morning and kept it for a few days. They put over 250 miles on the car and said that they could not recreate the problem. They gave me all the codes it threw from the history in Miami and Melbourne (im in Jacksonville) and said that they did not want to work on the car and not know the proper fix which I admire that. They said that cylinders were running lean, rich and misfiring but they had no idea what was causing it. Another $120 down the drain.
Now a month later, the car is still running rough, mpgs are down by about 3 and I have not had a chance to put another constant 150 mile drive to check it out. I was running 87 the entire time (my dad took it to Orlando using 93 and didnt have an issue). I notified GM Customer Service and they concluded that "the issues are all separate and I would not be getting a refund. If I wanted to further investigate the issue, he would gladly set up an appointment with a dealership to get the car fully checked out... on my dime with a slight chance it would get refunded" the representative had no knowledge on cars whatsoever (didnt know what a MAF was or did). Also they closed my claim for now since it seems my car is working perfectly fine... They basically said my car fixed itself.
So basically Ive spent over $600, still have a broken car that was never fixed and cannot trust my car to drive clients (and that was my main reason of getting this over a Corvette)
:soapbox: done
Back in March, I was driving down the highway (400 miles away from home) and the car completely shut down and went into limp mode. I was able to get it to a dealer and they said the MAF went bad. I was charged $160 in parts and $160 in labor (yes its BS just to undo 2 screws but I had no tools and was in a hurry). They assured me the problem was fixed and I went on my way thinking I was good.
Fast forward to a few days later on my trip home. The car did the same exact thing and I was able to make it to another dealership. They said it was my injectors that were clogged and needed to be clean. I knew that this was a TSB so I went ahead and spent another $170 on that. Then they assured me that it was fixed.... It wasnt. This visit was on a Tuesday. To top it off, 10 miles down the road I got a flat. NEVER USE THE POS THAT THEY CONSIDER A SPARE REPLACEMENT. Not only did it ruin the TPS Sensor, it ruined the tire so that it could not be patched, only replaced (the shop was closing and didnt have time to clean and dry the tire)
Now 4 days later I took the car out because I had a feeling it wasnt fixed. And I was right. The problem only happens on long drives over 100 miles. Of course when it happened the dealership I normally go to was closed. They checked it out the next morning and kept it for a few days. They put over 250 miles on the car and said that they could not recreate the problem. They gave me all the codes it threw from the history in Miami and Melbourne (im in Jacksonville) and said that they did not want to work on the car and not know the proper fix which I admire that. They said that cylinders were running lean, rich and misfiring but they had no idea what was causing it. Another $120 down the drain.
Now a month later, the car is still running rough, mpgs are down by about 3 and I have not had a chance to put another constant 150 mile drive to check it out. I was running 87 the entire time (my dad took it to Orlando using 93 and didnt have an issue). I notified GM Customer Service and they concluded that "the issues are all separate and I would not be getting a refund. If I wanted to further investigate the issue, he would gladly set up an appointment with a dealership to get the car fully checked out... on my dime with a slight chance it would get refunded" the representative had no knowledge on cars whatsoever (didnt know what a MAF was or did). Also they closed my claim for now since it seems my car is working perfectly fine... They basically said my car fixed itself.
So basically Ive spent over $600, still have a broken car that was never fixed and cannot trust my car to drive clients (and that was my main reason of getting this over a Corvette)
:soapbox: done