RE: One Hot V8

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> > I told him in no uncertain terms that was EXACTLY why I 
> brought the car
> >  in. After about 30 minutes of some vigorous discussions, 
> he shoved the
> >  service order in front of me and said, " sign 
> HERE.......no charge". At
> >  least I avoided a well overpriced thermostat, but still had my
> >  overheating problem.
> 
> This makes me wonder if the dealer was pulling my leg when he 
> told me that my 
> airbag was already broken when I bought the car in to the 
> dealer for a 
> recall.  Told me that the recall fix the problem but the 
> recall also told the 
> dealer that the airbag was dead.  Hm......

... I would tend to doubt it myself in your situation.  It is not as though
the recall would have cost you (or even the dealer) anything.  What I
learned when I took my car in was that the recall does not replace the
explosive unit(s), but the control box(es) that trigger them or the coiled
spring in the steering column.  I don't know why the dealer told you that
the recall would fix your problem ... perhaps they thought it was the
control box that was at fault.  What probably happened is that when they did
the recall they then found that the airbag itself is bad.  

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)