Re: One Hot V8

[PlyBoyDoct@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/18/99 11:07:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com writes:

> Bob is spot on here.  As a matter of fact it has been posted here in the
>  past that Audi has done studies on the airbags as they have aged and they
>  have decided to increase the replacement interval to either 12 or 15 years.
>  
>  
>  Keep in mind that it is difficult to know exactly how any new device will
>  hold up over time.  I'm sure that Audi (and the other manufacturers) took a
>  conservative line in estimating how long the bags will last.  
>  
>  Steve Buchholz
>  San Jose, CA (USA)
>  

Thank you for all the replies.  But the dealer is now refusing to do any 
fixing of the car until the airbag is fixed.  Someone suggested to me that 
there is a metal ring that the contacts might have been downhill.  Asked the 
dealer about this and got a "replace the airbag and we will see".  WTF is 
that suppose to mean?  WE will see?  

Same thing happened to my sister's Altima, her speedo died and took it in the 
dealer and they replaced the speed sensor on the tranny(which they TOLD my 
sis that she must pay for the part UPFRONT, before they can do any work).  
Came back out and said that it didn't fix it, but it was broken too, so you 
had to do it anyways.  I was so pissed that they told her that.  And she 
believed it.  Turns out she had a bad speedo, which I found and I never 
touched a nissaN b4.

My family has been a "Certified __Put car here__" only.  Is it that easy to 
get certfied to fix a car?  Doesn't that require skill of some sort?  Sorry 
for the rant, but have no bag now.

Jason