I got my V last November and have been loving it ever since. I wish I'd known about this forum when I first got it, but at least I did find it this summer. You guys (combined with the faq) have been a great help learning about my car and I want to thank you all.
I have a few mods on the wish list, but it just went into the dealer for the first one that I was very grateful to find out about here. The factory wheel hop fix. I'd been getting ready to spend the money on BMR, but after reading about the factory fix here decided to start with that. After reading some of the stories about the various ways dealers were reacting to people asking about it, I was at least a bit more prepared for the different reactions I could expect from my dealer.
About a week ago I went in to ask about jetting Lojack installed since that just became available in my area, and asked about the wheel hop tsb at the same time. The person I talked to knew nothing about it but said they'd talk to the service manager as soon as they came in and get back to me that day. Here it was a week later and no response at all. Today I get a call that the factory reps from Lojack are going to be here on Thursday and they want to use my car to show the dealer techs how an install is to be done. At least if I'm going to be a gunea pig it's better to be the one the dealer techs are taught on than the first one they do without the lojack reps watching over them, right? Anyhow I'll let you know how that all goes later if anyone is interested. Well since I was taking the car in anyhow I printed a copy of the TSB on the wheel hop and took that in with me. After getting everything arranged for the lojack install I told them I wanted this TSB taken care of as long as they had the car. After glancing at the TSB the service manager didn't even bat an eye and said that would be no problem, no charge, and would be done by the time they'd already promised me the car would be ready after the lojack install. After seeing some of the stories here about dealers questioning driving habits and trying to charge for the fix I quite pleased with the response I got. I'm looking forward to seeing how much of a difference there is, and hopeful that future mods will be as graciously accepted by my dealer.
Thanks again, and keep that great info coming. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute as well as things progress with my car.
Dave
I have a few mods on the wish list, but it just went into the dealer for the first one that I was very grateful to find out about here. The factory wheel hop fix. I'd been getting ready to spend the money on BMR, but after reading about the factory fix here decided to start with that. After reading some of the stories about the various ways dealers were reacting to people asking about it, I was at least a bit more prepared for the different reactions I could expect from my dealer.
About a week ago I went in to ask about jetting Lojack installed since that just became available in my area, and asked about the wheel hop tsb at the same time. The person I talked to knew nothing about it but said they'd talk to the service manager as soon as they came in and get back to me that day. Here it was a week later and no response at all. Today I get a call that the factory reps from Lojack are going to be here on Thursday and they want to use my car to show the dealer techs how an install is to be done. At least if I'm going to be a gunea pig it's better to be the one the dealer techs are taught on than the first one they do without the lojack reps watching over them, right? Anyhow I'll let you know how that all goes later if anyone is interested. Well since I was taking the car in anyhow I printed a copy of the TSB on the wheel hop and took that in with me. After getting everything arranged for the lojack install I told them I wanted this TSB taken care of as long as they had the car. After glancing at the TSB the service manager didn't even bat an eye and said that would be no problem, no charge, and would be done by the time they'd already promised me the car would be ready after the lojack install. After seeing some of the stories here about dealers questioning driving habits and trying to charge for the fix I quite pleased with the response I got. I'm looking forward to seeing how much of a difference there is, and hopeful that future mods will be as graciously accepted by my dealer.
Thanks again, and keep that great info coming. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute as well as things progress with my car.
Dave
