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Yoda · 03-15-2016, 07:57 PM

Here is the short version. This is the third time I am taking my car into the dealership for the clicking sound coming from the rear axle. The first time they heard the noise and tq the nut down. Well it came back a month later so I took it in again but they could not hear the noise and I was not able to repeat it with them in it so nothing could be done apparently.

Fast fwd 3 months later I was completely annoyed by it and said I will see for my myself. When I took the wheel off I was shocked to see that the axle nut was not staked. I was coming up on my 40k service so back in I went armed with this new information figuring they must acknowledge there is a problem now.
Nope they took it for a drive and heard nothing then I told the Service advisor about the nut not being staked and he said if I mean the cottin pin... I described it to him and said he will inform the mech. Just got a call back and he said they can't see anything wrong. So I asked for his email and sent them a picture of what it's suppose to look like.

So now I wait to hear back from them tomorrow. Now that you have a little of the backstory what are my options going fwd with them if they still do not want to replace the nut. I would rather not have to go to another dealership.

03-15-2016, 07:57 PM	#1
Yoda Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: Crystal Black BRZ(Sophia) Location: Greenacres, FL Posts: 284 Thanks: 266 Thanked 118 Times in 75 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Axle nut and dealership...need your 2cents Here is the short version. This is the third time I am taking my car into the dealership for the clicking sound coming from the rear axle. The first time they heard the noise and tq the nut down. Well it came back a month later so I took it in again but they could not hear the noise and I was not able to repeat it with them in it so nothing could be done apparently. Fast fwd 3 months later I was completely annoyed by it and said I will see for my myself. When I took the wheel off I was shocked to see that the axle nut was not staked. I was coming up on my 40k service so back in I went armed with this new information figuring they must acknowledge there is a problem now. Nope they took it for a drive and heard nothing then I told the Service advisor about the nut not being staked and he said if I mean the cottin pin... I described it to him and said he will inform the mech. Just got a call back and he said they can't see anything wrong. So I asked for his email and sent them a picture of what it's suppose to look like. So now I wait to hear back from them tomorrow. Now that you have a little of the backstory what are my options going fwd with them if they still do not want to replace the nut. I would rather not have to go to another dealership.