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5/24/2007 Escape to the DealerIt's been two and a half weeks.
I took my truck to the dealer to have a squeal fixed.
The squeal started around early march.. at 4000 rpm.
The dealer diagnosed it as the alternator and the belt.
They showed me the alternator that had overheated.. the housing had cracked in half.
I paid.. and as I was leaving the parking lot.. I heard the same squeal.... *groan*
I went once around the block and back into the dealership.
They gave me a rental and told me to take off.. they'd fix it.
Two days later.. I called... No worries. "it's all covered under an environmental warranty" they said.
"The parts are on order" they said.
Five days later I called them up. The truck had been in there a week and I wanted to head north.
"go up north, the parts still aren't in yet" they told me.
Well, it has been 17 days.. I'm still driving the rental.. paid for by the dealer.
No word on my truck.
I like the rental.. a Ford Fusion. But I miss my truck..
I think they ought to just give me a new one. 10/26/2006 more tired...Winter is on the way...
So as a good Son I offered to put on my mothers winter tires today.
 Here's the Corrolla before winter tires...
 I Had to dig the bloody things out of the garage first...
I took it over to Jacks since he bought the cordless impact gun.
 THe rims had seized onto the hubs and had to be banged off.
It was an great day to work on the tires.. Jack even soaked up some sun in the driveway.
Here's the proof that I changed the tires.
Voila.. ready for the snow. Now my mom will be safe. Me = Good Son 9/26/2006 Gone to the dealer to get a fix...Today I took my truck to the dealer.
It turns out I have a warranty on the truck until December.. Yay.
The check engine light had come on after I got gas at PetroCan.
Luckily it was all covered under the warranty.
While it was in I decided to replace the windshield that has been cracked in multiple locations for about 2 years now.
The Ford dealer called up Apple AutoGlass to come replace the windshield.
I took a picture.. but the windshield is so clean you can't see nothing. 6/3/2006 New car, not mine...Mom has gotten a 2006 RAV 4 for the weekend.
It's a company car.. so I'm not allowed to take it out for a spin.
I hope she has fun filling it with groceries and stuff...
Whatever, I didn't want to drive it anyways.. I got my own truck.
Mine is already dirty and broken in.
Although the Rav has all sorts of storage and the new V6 engine. One of the reasons I bought the Escape was because the RAV4 wasn't available in a 6 cylinder at the time.
I bet it would get dirty real good if I could take it off roading. 3/11/2006 My Day at the DealerWednesday night I went out.. I noticed my truck was making rubbing noised when I turned.
Rubbing noises when you turn is bad.
I woke up real early on Thursday and took my truck into the dealer. I asked the dealer to check the steering noise out and to check the transmission which was feeling a bit rough.
I called the dealer at 6pm but unfortunatly they closed. That really sucked.. My truck was trapped at the dealer..
I called back in the morning on Friday.. they said the transmission was fixed but I probably wouldn't get it back since they just started the steering problem.. this was a problem since I needed to get to work on Friday night.
I gave her my credit card, and she charged me $57 after tax..
Yay!
Thats what the deductible on my extended warrenty is.
I paid it and left happy with the low price and a smooth running truck.
I just wonder who bought me an extended warrenty.
My KM's just passed 100k, and I declined to buy the extended warrenty when I bought my truck about 4 years ago.
Don't tell Ford... |
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