car shop surprises me with a report that my distributor is dead?

[cocoy_01]

Brought the car early saturday morning (8am) to this well known suspension specialist. Had my suspension problem estimated, i left the car and went to sm to have a facial because the manager told me that it would take around 7 hours.
Went back to the shop at around 3 o'clock, yung mga kasabayan ko and mga nauna na, tapos na, yung akin, naiwan pa. After hours of waiting, alas! Tapos na! As always, wala ako reklamo sa service nila, ang husay trumabaho. The mechanics suggested me to have the oil seal also repaired dahil may tulo na daw, at pati yung cv joint ko may play na daw though wala naman toktotok when having wide turns suggested me to repack the grease, ika nga prevention na din from future gastos.

[cocoy_01]

Here’s the problem, early morning I brought the car (lancer itlog ‘93) for the said complaints to the well respected shop. Repacking of the cv joint and repair of the oil seal. I left the car sa talyer knowing and trusting the shop. This afternoon, the manager texted me quoted “Your car wont start, sira distributor”

How would that happen? My complaint is purely mechanical and then they’ll surprise me that my distributor is dead? Brought to them the car in good condition, one click lang start agad tapos ngayon nasira daw? How could that happen? Can a distributor just fail without any symptom?

[jim]

nope it would not fail unless may nagalaw or sinadya nilang sirain....

[1D4LV]

tama si jim. baka may nagalaw lang.
OT: kainggit ka bro...nakakapag pa facial ka pa....

[cocoy_01]

napapamura na ako! %^$&$&^% that shop! I wont divuldge the name of the shop, kawawa naman. Trabaho wise, wala naman ako reklamo. Could it be an isolated case? Or impossible talagang masira yun, knowing the car is in tip top shape and walang kahirap hirap i-start yun.

tsk..tsk..tsk..

[1D4LV]

it could be an isolated case, imho.

[orly_andico]

They Done Something (TM).

Now best of luck to you getting them to admit it.

One day, in a galaxy far, far away, I went to a car repair shop in Banawe which is affiliated with a well-known Mazda parts dealer. I wanted them to replace the clutch and timing belt. They found out that there was oil all over the clutch plate. Some gasket in the tranny had to be replaced. As this $%^%$!! gasket was on the bell-housing side of the tranny, THEY HAD TO DISMANTLE THE TRANNY to replace that gasket. "Tranny overhaul" agad yun. I paid up without complaint.

Next big problem... after they put everything together, the car wouldn't start. At all. And the A/C cooling fan would turn even if the ignition was off! but otherwise, total blackout. No dash indicators, no annoying "door open" bell.

Long story short --- they eventually discovered that in the course of their mechanical ministrations, THEY HAD ACCIDENTALLY SHORTED THE AIRCON RELAY. Now that $%^%!! relay is DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THE ECU.

Guess what happens next --- busted ECU (computer box).

But they strenuously denied any wrongdoing, even if it was patently obvious it was their fault the ECU exploded. I mean, I couldn't have PUSHED my car to Banawe if it had a faulty computer box, right?

In the end, I had to cough up ANOTHER 10,000 for a surplus computer box. The extent of their "customer support" was not to charge me for the labor of fixing all the electricals they ****ed up.

I'm never going back there again.

Do you see the parallels with your case?

[artpogi]

cocoy,

you should divulge the name of the shop, baka dati nang ganyan yan, pero ngayon ka lang nadali, catch my drift?

[cocoy_01]

can i insist that the car should be repaired without paying anything?
Kasi ang punto ko ay ang pinagawa ko ay suspension, paano mangyayaring masisira ang distributor eh electrical yun!
IMHO, mechanical parts(suspension) is definitely different from electrical parts(distributor). WTF!

[artpogi]

Kasi ang punto ko ay ang pinagawa ko ay suspension, paano mangyayaring masisira ang distributor eh electrical yun!

kaya dapat i-post mo kung ano ang pangalan ng shop na yan, kasi baka dati na nilang gawain yan or whatever, pero ngayon ka lang na biktima.