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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 03:49 AM
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Awesome... so I went to Elmhurst Scion this evening. One of the service guys rode with me and confirmed that the bearing is shot. I told him straight up that there are hub spacers and he said "I don't really think that's gonna be an issue."

He told me that they will take care of it under warranty. Basically, what he said was "I don't mind doing it as a warranty repair, but if it DOES start making noise again after the repair, I don't want you coming back complaining. If the manager gets involved, he's going to wonder why we did it in the first place."

I told him that I just want em to fix it up. After that, I'll be a ghost. They ordered the part and told me not to worry about the $65 diagnostic. The guy who wrote me up said "we'll let you know if the warranty isn't going to cover it, but if Dave said you're cool, you'll be alright."

Sweet deal.
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 05:25 AM
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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 07:02 AM
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SEE.. and you were worried..
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congrats, asshat, now find someone that will fix my leaking windshield
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jct
^^yeah, that.
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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at least you got to play with fire....that and bacon 2 greatest things known to man
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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at least you got to play with fire....that and bacon 2 greatest things known to man

WTF? we all know that Bacon severely rates higher than fire. sure fire is the second greatest thing ever, but guess what, nothing ever come close to Bacon
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RedneckwithanxB
WTF? we all know that Bacon severely rates higher than fire. sure fire is the second greatest thing ever, but guess what, nothing ever come close to Bacon
agreed
Old Aug 29, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Good to hear that Ian. Too bad we won't be seeing any 'splosions though....
Old Aug 30, 2009 | 11:49 PM
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Haha, oh man. I was driving home today and my VSC, Trac, ABS and Brake light came on. Awesome. Glad I'm getting this friggin thing taken care of this week.
Old Aug 31, 2009 | 05:36 AM
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Good luck with the lights hope u dont get the 012 code =VTTI controller hope its something simple
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Yeah, almost anything is better than 012.
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Im still fighting P0172. Best of luck to ya!
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The lights went off today. I scanned with the lights on and it didn't pull any codes. I should be taking it in on Monday. My guess is with the hub going bad, it's throwing off the ABS sensor or something.
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
The lights went off today. I scanned with the lights on and it didn't pull any codes. I should be taking it in on Monday. My guess is with the hub going bad, it's throwing off the ABS sensor or something.
maybe it is time to extend your use of fire.....
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I dont see anything...
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 12:46 AM
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pics
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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Lights back on, lights back off... it can't decide.
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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when is your car gonna get ♦fixered uped
Old Sep 1, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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Part should be in soon. They'll probably call me tomorrow morning.



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