Engine Rod #3 Bent 2013 Scion FRS

[Clipdat]

I have a tow hook mount on my tC and every time I took it to the dealer (warranty covered water pump replacement and follow up) they managed to bend my plate out, not this extreme though.

Maybe it's something about Toyota dealerships being dumb fucks?

[Brandond15]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

I have a tow hook mount on my tC and every time I took it to the dealer (warranty covered water pump replacement and follow up) they managed to bend my plate out, not this extreme though.

Maybe it's something about Toyota dealerships being dumb fucks?

I was thinking it could be when they wash the car? Since it sticks out a bit on the side, maybe something in the car wash gets stuck and it bends but I don't know.

[Spartarus]

With the way it's mounted, I'd bet it was a shop tech's pants that caught on and bent your plate.

I've watched it happen.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Brandond15

So now that I've had more time to look at my car closer, I've noticed a few things..............

I know these are little things but still, I believe I should have received my car the way it was when I took it in (well, except with a new engine of course).

DANG! ....... @Brandond15 ........

Get a grip ....... bend the plate back and get another valve stem cap......

If you keep worrying about stuff like that ....... you're gonna wind up in ICU with tubes down your throat, an IV in each arm and listening to the doctors discuss how they are going to put a bottom back into your stomach .....

Ol humfrz has been there .......

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Spartarus

With the way it's mounted, I'd bet it was a shop tech's pants that caught on and bent your plate.

I've watched it happen.

And that is why I am not an auto tech (or anything else dealing with other people's stuff) since while doing an engine swap after the 3rd or 4th time I bumped or got caught on that sticking out it would end up ripped off the car and whipped across the shop.

I doubt the shop had anything to do with the missing cap since they general do not need to mess with the tires to swap engines.

[Brandond15]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I doubt the shop had anything to do with the missing cap since they general do not need to mess with the tires to swap engines.

Well they had to check the tire pressure before giving it back to me... It's in the receipt/documents they gave me.

[Spartarus]

Originally Posted by Brandond15

Well they had to check the tire pressure before giving it back to me... It's in the receipt/documents they gave me.

Whyyyy? The car has a federally mandated failsafe system to do it for them. With an idiot light! They shouldn't need to touch the wheels.

TPMS. Sigh.

[Brandond15]

Originally Posted by Spartarus

Whyyyy? The car has a failsafe system to do it for them. With an idiot light! They shouldn't need to touch the wheels.

TPMS. Sigh.

It's part of Toyota's "necessary inspection"

[Packofcrows]

if you think thats bad, took to TOY dealer contracted shop to check stuttering long time ago, they 'checked my tires,' but when I got home and double checked em, I found my back driver side at 57PSI, whereas, the rest were 33-35psi.