Alpine Head Unit Defect
It has been a month since I spoke with my case manager and my dealership that "ordered" me a new HU and I haven't heard anything back. This week I called the dealership and left messages asking the status of my HU. No one called met back. I finally got someone on the phone today and was told it's not in and they don't know when it's coming in and they will call me when it comes in. yeah right, i bet they never even ordered it.
I called my case manager and she was shocked I didn't have it. Hopefully she can light a fire under their a$$.
This is so frustrating.if I treated my customers like this I would be in the unemployment line.
I called my case manager and she was shocked I didn't have it. Hopefully she can light a fire under their a$$.
This is so frustrating.if I treated my customers like this I would be in the unemployment line.
It has been a month since I spoke with my case manager and my dealership that "ordered" me a new HU and I haven't heard anything back. This week I called the dealership and left messages asking the status of my HU. No one called met back. I finally got someone on the phone today and was told it's not in and they don't know when it's coming in and they will call me when it comes in. yeah right, i bet they never even ordered it.
I called my case manager and she was shocked I didn't have it. Hopefully she can light a fire under their a$$.
This is so frustrating.if I treated my customers like this I would be in the unemployment line.
I called my case manager and she was shocked I didn't have it. Hopefully she can light a fire under their a$$.
This is so frustrating.if I treated my customers like this I would be in the unemployment line.
I just got off the phone with my dealership again.... my new unit still is not here. I'm glad I made them put the"defective" one back in. If it's not here by friday I am calling scion corp back...
My Scion Corp lady just called me again expecting that I would have heard from the dealer by now to no avail still...she was really surprised and said she would call them right now again lol...
Dealer called me today, and i have an appointment to install the new HU in about 30 minutes, i'll update when i get back
UPDATE:
Got the new HU installed, it took them about an hour and a half to put it in.
Before the update i was forced to keep the music in the "hear" mode if i wanted to use tC mode and not have rediculous rattle.
Now with the new unit i can use any mode in the tC mode and max out all the settings with no rattle except for the occasional rattle from the back when there is REALLY heavy bass and the volume is loud, but thats to be expected.
Overall im 100% satisfied
UPDATE:
Got the new HU installed, it took them about an hour and a half to put it in.
Before the update i was forced to keep the music in the "hear" mode if i wanted to use tC mode and not have rediculous rattle.
Now with the new unit i can use any mode in the tC mode and max out all the settings with no rattle except for the occasional rattle from the back when there is REALLY heavy bass and the volume is loud, but thats to be expected.
Overall im 100% satisfied
Last edited by Enzie; Jun 23, 2011 at 06:08 PM.
my 6x9 speakers had no problems but my stock factory radio sound used to cut off.. i replace my with a avic-z130bt n i haven't had any problems with my sound or 6x9s. NEED A BETTER head united for better sound...
Ya, dealers could care less about us, because they make their money off selling the cars, not servicing them. Once the car is sold we're just another person in the world to them, thankfully Scion Corp actually gives a crap and does the best they can to help us out...unfortunately they can only do so much so fast :/
Hate to burst your bubble... But there is only a $700 profit in selling a Scion, $150 of which goes to the sales person for commission... leaving only $550 in profits for the dealership...
For you to service your car at the dealership even for just the length of a regular 60 month loan is more than that... average service cost is $125(just for the regular maintenance, but if you include warranty items, and failed parts that number drastically increases), so after 5 years thats $1500 that the dealership will see... Plus, dont think that warranty claims and the Scion Service Boost(2 years of complimentary service) go unpaid... Toyota still pays the bill for you...
In all honesty, I would rather sell a car to someone who says that they will service the car with us, instead of those who say that they have thier own mechanic...
Hate to burst your bubble... But there is only a $700 profit in selling a Scion, $150 of which goes to the sales person for commission... leaving only $550 in profits for the dealership...
For you to service your car at the dealership even for just the length of a regular 60 month loan is more than that... average service cost is $125(just for the regular maintenance, but if you include warranty items, and failed parts that number drastically increases), so after 5 years thats $1500 that the dealership will see... Plus, dont think that warranty claims and the Scion Service Boost(2 years of complimentary service) go unpaid... Toyota still pays the bill for you...
In all honesty, I would rather sell a car to someone who says that they will service the car with us, instead of those who say that they have thier own mechanic...
For you to service your car at the dealership even for just the length of a regular 60 month loan is more than that... average service cost is $125(just for the regular maintenance, but if you include warranty items, and failed parts that number drastically increases), so after 5 years thats $1500 that the dealership will see... Plus, dont think that warranty claims and the Scion Service Boost(2 years of complimentary service) go unpaid... Toyota still pays the bill for you...
In all honesty, I would rather sell a car to someone who says that they will service the car with us, instead of those who say that they have thier own mechanic...
I know this is totally off topic about the radio, but the dealership who scratched my bumper and forced me to go through Scion (who is sending me a check for the total repair of $500+/-) ...that kinda makes me smile. I figure someone either is or was being yelled at.
I got my radio finally about 3 weeks ago, now everything sounds good. i wanna know that fix for the rattle in the doors now. i know its the window switches that rattle but i wonder what the fix could be.
3 weeks later my dealer finally contacted me and asked me to bring my car in so they could get the part number off the HU to order a new one. For gods sake I hope they don't order another defective one lol





