Alignment not included in new car warranty???
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Alignment not included in new car warranty???
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I've had my GSR since mid summer and I now have like 4k miles on it. I took it in for it's first oil change at the dealer. While there, I also asked them to check the alignment as it has seemed a bit off since day one. They just called back to confirm that they drove the car and it seems off to them as well. BUT the alignment is not covered under warranty???
My last car was a Ford and they included alignments under my warranty for the first several months so I just assumed Acura would be the same. My bad?
- Mark
I've had my GSR since mid summer and I now have like 4k miles on it. I took it in for it's first oil change at the dealer. While there, I also asked them to check the alignment as it has seemed a bit off since day one. They just called back to confirm that they drove the car and it seems off to them as well. BUT the alignment is not covered under warranty???
My last car was a Ford and they included alignments under my warranty for the first several months so I just assumed Acura would be the same. My bad?
- Mark
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Markus)
My bad?
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Shmeek)
alignments are in ford warranty. The acura dealer here is a ****** ripoff, i bring my car to the honda dealership now, i cant get warrenty there but all my service checks are done there.
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Markus)
While there, I also asked them to check the alignment as it has seemed a bit off since day one.
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Muckman)
The fact is if you bought it like that they should fix it in good faith. Jesus, a friggin simple alignment to keep a customer happy so they wont go somewhere else next time they buy a car.
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Markus)
Nope, they refused to do the alignment. Oh well, I'll take it to a shop by me that I know does top-notch work then.
That's the thing about buying a car - you get stuck with the crap dealership. So maybe Ford did the alignment, hopefully the Acura won't have to go back so many darn times and it will even out!!!
- Markus
That's the thing about buying a car - you get stuck with the crap dealership. So maybe Ford did the alignment, hopefully the Acura won't have to go back so many darn times and it will even out!!!
- Markus
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Muckman)
The fact is if you bought it like that they should fix it in good faith. Jesus, a friggin simple alignment to keep a customer happy so they wont go somewhere else next time they buy a car.
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (98SILVERGSR)
i have to side on the dealership about this one. if you knew you had a problem why did you wait four months to take it to the dealer? im a computer salesman and i hate when people call me up and say, "you didnt give me my windows 98 cdrom!" and then it turns out she bought the computer 6 months to a over 3 years ago.
what am i supposed to do? drop $129 and give you a cdrom? yea right!
moral of the story: if something isnt right dont wait around ya lazy bastards!
what am i supposed to do? drop $129 and give you a cdrom? yea right!
moral of the story: if something isnt right dont wait around ya lazy bastards!
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Markus)
The selling dealer is supposed to align it as part of their dealer prep. If it's not done right, they should fix it within the first week or so. However, after four months I think you are on your own. For all they know, you could have hit a curb or something.
When I bought my first new Integra, it was from a dealer in Michigan. I then drove it to my home in Florida. The steering wheel was turned about 20° to the left when I was going straight. I took it to a local Florida dealer to have it fixed under warranty as the car was less than 2 weeks old. They balked at fixing it because it was the selling dealer's responsibility. They did end up fixing it for free, but it was only to appease me as I know that it wasn't reimbursed as a warranty claim. They made that perfectly clear.
BTW, this was in 1986.
When I bought my first new Integra, it was from a dealer in Michigan. I then drove it to my home in Florida. The steering wheel was turned about 20° to the left when I was going straight. I took it to a local Florida dealer to have it fixed under warranty as the car was less than 2 weeks old. They balked at fixing it because it was the selling dealer's responsibility. They did end up fixing it for free, but it was only to appease me as I know that it wasn't reimbursed as a warranty claim. They made that perfectly clear.
BTW, this was in 1986.
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (FuknGSR)
what am i supposed to do? drop $129 and give you a cdrom? yea right!
moral of the story: if something isnt right dont wait around ya lazy bastards!
moral of the story: if something isnt right dont wait around ya lazy bastards!
[Modified by 98SILVERGSR, 5:31 PM 11/29/2001]
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty???
Hey, I admit it's partially my fault. Part of the reason I waited was because I could do that with Ford. I didn't want to take it in for the alignment, wait a bit then take it back for an oil change. I thought it would be easier to do all at once. I did say "my bad" already...was just on here to verify that what the dealership told me was correct.
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Re: Alignment not included in new car warranty??? (Markus)
Hey, I admit it's partially my fault. Part of the reason I waited was because I could do that with Ford. I didn't want to take it in for the alignment, wait a bit then take it back for an oil change. I thought it would be easier to do all at once. I did say "my bad" already...was just on here to verify that what the dealership told me was correct.
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