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Oct 30, 2008 | 11:19 PM

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oh i was writing all that when you posted this...
And to answer your question about why it took 8 hours.
All dealers have "shop manuals" that say how many hours they charge for doing all the repairs and blah blah... Chances are they finished the work in a lot less than 8 hours but they still get paid the 8 hours coz thats what the book says, its called "flat rate", and thats how technicians that work for dealers make their money, by beating the flat rate they still get paid the 8 hours but they finish the work in a lot less... if the technician is good at his job he could make 30 hours a day doing only 8 hours of actual work...

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i had the same problems, about 3 times, but it was a simple fuse. check under your dash and pull out a white 25Amp fuse in the corner. that was the funfor me.

Funny you say that. I got a call today from the dealership. They tell me they finally found what was wrong. It was 3 fusses that where causing a short. well that is great, problem finally found . But here is the shocker.

Alt, new tensioner plus 8 Hours labor = $1,120

Yea I did call Scion Corp again. I wanted to know why this took 8 hours to fix. When I dropped the car off to them, I explain what should be replaced and what should be checked. Alt, Fuses and relays. If this was done this car should not have taken 8 hours to be fixed. Well the guy at Scion Corp said he is waiting on a call from the service manager.

I'm super ____ed right know. I guess i'm more ____ed that I could have fixed this my self. If I didn't have a messed up shoulder and Had a free time and transportation to go back and frother from the parts store to get what I needed.

Oct 30, 2008 | 11:26 PM

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Mac what the hell? All this from a cig lighter. I hope you get it fixed and hope it doesn't cost alot. If your not at meets no more I'ma be sad.

Not to thread jack ya but I finally got a resonator!!!!!! No more WWII Fighter Plane sound!

yea I think I might be done with scion. I really don't want to drive this car anymore right now. but i'm happy you got that loud ___ exhaust fixed

Oct 30, 2008 | 11:35 PM

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did you put in the right size fuse in when you replaced it initially?
some people will put a higher amp fuse when their 10 amp fuse (or w/e) keeps popping... doing that is very very bad for your electrical components as you have just got rid of your circuit protection (fuse), and if something in the circuit is drawing too much amperage and you have no fuse or protection, you can fry the whole circuit... but if you put the right size fuse then i dunno what the problem could be...

1 tip for everyone though: when a fuse pops, if you put another fuse in and it pops again, you got a bigger problem. Lets say you got a 10amp fuse, and something in the circuit is making the current spike to 15 amps, your fuse will pop to create an open in the circuit thus not allowing the high current to reach the components... your fuse is what protects all the components in that circuit, DO NOT put a higher amp fuse in to correct the problem coz all youre gonna do is fry everything that fuse is protecting...

The more you know... haha

I know some of you already knew all that but this is for the people that didnt know...

I know this. trust me I'm not new to cars. I would have towed this to one of my uncles shops, and work on this myself. But I moved a good 30 miles away from them. I have had major should pain that is keeping me from be able to move under the dash the right way to get to everything. This all started from changing a cig light fuses this was the only one that was changed or touched. Then everything went wrong from there.

Oct 31, 2008 | 03:37 AM

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Mac any updates? I hope your not done with Scion but if so what cars you leaning towards?

Oct 31, 2008 | 10:08 PM

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no update as of right now. I called Scion Corp again. They person handling my report, Was out to lunch, he hasn't called So as of right now my car is still at the dealership.

i think I'm going to go old school if I get another car. I'm just really ____ed about this whole thing right now.

Nov 1, 2008 | 04:02 AM

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I hear ya bro. No one wants headaches with their car. Well if you get a new whip I gotta check it out.

Nov 1, 2008 | 10:45 PM

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Mos def J .. today my anger has just turned into I want my car back. Looks like the soonest I'll get my car back will be Wensday.

Nov 1, 2008 | 11:56 PM

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So did they call and tell you what exactly is wrong with the car?

Nov 2, 2008 | 04:24 PM

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no they didn't call me this weekend. Sucks for me cause I'm going another weekend with out my ride. and not answer as to why they fixed something on my car with out giving me the price of the repair before it was done.

I have a bad feeling this is going to get ugly. I have started emailing them my complaint so I have written record of what is going on.