Nightmare from the Dealership

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Animal

Yeah, it's been on my to-do list for awhile. I do like the piston 86 badges on the sides, but I'm rocking Toyota badges on the body, and Scion badges on the steering wheel and key fob. Plus that false GT86 badge which now feels like a poison on my baby.

See, Clipdat's in the majority style-wise. His ride is DOPE. Tcoat and I roll stock-ish but we're old farts.

With respect to DI sounds, you'll notice it kick in after it idles steadily for a few seconds. It switches over to make it super clean and efficient. Squirts just enough to keep the engine running.

[Clipdat]

But with the incompetence level of this dealer in the high to extremely high range, do we really want them attempting to replace the HPFP? Honestly I wouldn't want them touching anything regarding the fuel delivery system, if they couldn't even not overfill the engine oil.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Looks like he may not (or may based on the people that have had it done without success it is not a given) get to experience the companionship and soothing resonance of the crickets.

LOL, what the hell? Have you ever even seen my car?! HAVE YOU BEEN STALKING ME?!?!?

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

See, Clipdat's in the majority style-wise. His ride is DOPE. Tcoat and I roll stock-ish but we're old farts.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

See, Clipdat's in the majority style-wise. His ride is DOPE. Tcoat and I roll stock-ish but we're old farts.

With respect to DI sounds, you'll notice it kick in after it idles steadily for a few seconds. It switches over to make it super clean and efficient. Squirts just enough to keep the engine running.

It is funny that the wife's 17 Impreza uses almost the exact same engine with Subaru's DI instead of the Toyota DI/PI system and it is one of the quietest engines I have ever heard.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

But with the incompetence level of this dealer in the high to extremely high range, do we really want them attempting to replace the HPFP? Honestly I wouldn't want them touching anything regarding the fuel delivery system, if they couldn't even not overfill the engine oil.



LOL, what the hell? Have you ever even seen my car?! HAVE YOU BEEN STALKING ME?!?!?

One oil change lackey screw up does not put the whole service department in question. Do you really think that the actual techs are changing oil? I don't know about the US but here the techs are all licenced and have spent up to 5 years getting it. They are expensive labour and are not doing oil changes. At the very most some first year apprentice making minimum wage is changing oil. At the other end of the scale it is the owners 16 year old child. From the sounds of things the actual techs did a great job of finding and correcting the issues.

[Clipdat]

Well I appreciate your optimism, but if his car bursts into flames we will know it's because they botched the HPFP replacement.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

One oil change lackey screw up does not put the whole service department in question. Do you really think that the actual techs are changing oil? I don't know about the US but here the techs are all licenced and have spent up to 5 years getting it. They are expensive labour and are not doing oil changes. At the very most some first year apprentice making minimum wage is changing oil. At the other end of the scale it is the owners 16 year old child. From the sounds of things the actual techs did a great job of finding and correcting the issues.

[Capt Spaulding]

In the dealer's defense, they did put in for a replacement fuel pump. That seems a bit above the call. Most of us just have to learn to love the soothing sounds of insects under the hood.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

Well I appreciate your optimism, but if his car bursts into flames we will know it's because they botched the HPFP replacement.

More guys have screwed up their own car than have ever been screwed up by trained techs.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Clipdat

LOL, what the hell? Have you ever even seen my car?! HAVE YOU BEEN STALKING ME?!?!?

Haha... I saw the pics of your superbly-executed widebody work. Unless installed on a dedicated track car, I find the exposed fasteners of the regular RB kit childish and tacky.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

One oil change lackey screw up does not put the whole service department in question.

Disagree. They know exactly the consequences of overfill yet they can't be bothered to do a quick quality check on the noob/lackey? Have an expensive mentor pull the goddamn dipstick, FFS. Oh, wait. That's too much trouble. Let the noob make potentially catastrophic mistakes on the second most expensive asset I own? Never in a million fucking years. Fuck those clowns.

Instead of responding defensively, they should have rushed to correct the issue and apologized profusely for their oversight.


Oh, and another thing.... grrrr....

[Animal]

So I got my baby back from the dealer...

They have placed a claim for a new transmission from Scion and a new high-pressure fuel pump... However... they were NOT able to find the issue. So they basically fill out a form saying that while I can find the issue, they can't. Going to be a rejection from Scion. Pretty easy to come to that conclusion.

They can't and won't push the car. Too much of a liability to them to see if they can replicate the issue where I'm stating it's happening.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Out of curiosity, which dealership did you get it from? I'm assuming you're in NorCal.

[Animal]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

Out of curiosity, which dealership did you get it from? I'm assuming you're in NorCal.

Purchased from Hansel Acura, however, Hansel BMW are the ones that bought the car from the previous owner so they are the ones that work on it. I asked Hansel Acura and was told that a lot of their cars go to Hansel BMW because that building actually has the full blown shop. Not sure how the internal communication works with Hansel and wasn't too picky on who worked on the car, as long as it was worked on.

Hansel Acura Service Dept has been incredibly helpful on the front end, I don't post this with the intent of calling them out or anything.

[Ultramaroon]

1. Oil in the FA takes a long time to drain out of the heads, especially when cold. If the drain-plug swap was done quickly, it might help explain.

2. The dipstick enters the engine at a pretty shallow angle so the extra height of the oil is less than it appears.

If the engine was filled with the specified quantity of oil without considering point-1, that would explain the overfill. Point-2 makes it embarrassing for the honda guys but that's all.

They should be used to that feeling anyhow.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Animal

Going to be a rejection from Scion. Pretty easy to come to that conclusion.

They can't and won't push the car. Too much of a liability to them to see if they can replicate the issue where I'm stating it's happening.

Haha... They're not allowed to speed. Don't cross it off yet. They aren't denying the issue.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

I know that auto group has a Toyota. Wonder why they don't use them????