I had some interesting things to write about and in a couple of days I'm sure I will feel like writing them but right now I am as it used to be said 'bummed out'. Driving to drill on Saturday the dreaded check engine light came on while I was sitting at a red light in the Jeep. 'Drat and annoyance' I thought because I would have to take it to the dealer to have whatever it is corrected under warranty. Imagine my shock today when the dealership called to say that a wire to an oxygen sensor was cut and the repair was not under warranty. The repair cost? $290!!!!!!!!!!! Needless to say I was not happy. In fact I was steaming. I went to the place after work and kept my best concerned yet not crazy psycho face on while I talked to the service writer and mechanic. Yes the wire was cut (but not all the way through). No, they had no idea how it could happen but it wasn't under warranty. No, they have never seen this before and doubt they will ever see it again. Yes, the wire does look funny even if you leave the cut out of the discussion, in fact the replacement wire was not the same as the original wire. No, we can't do anything else for you. After much discussion the service writer agreed to show the part to the manager and see what he says which was a way to get me to leave. I looked at the Jeep tonight when I got home and the placement of everything and there is no way in creation that any rock or road debris could reach the wire. My theory is that the wire was bad when I bought the vehicle and has been waiting for the opportune time to fail.
So, after I got home I turned on the TV to catch the evening news only to see that the picture was pixelated and freezing up. A call to ATT brought an acknowledgment that there are major problems with our digital frammis which is attached to the holoscopic flux capacitor. Too bad for us because a technician will have to come between 4 and 9 p.m. on Wednesday to look at it.
Grrr!
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First, I have to say that you don't seem to have good luck with Jeeps. My professional recommendation is to purchase a Range Rover next time. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteAnd secondly, I can wholeheartedly commiserate with the TV issue. Last summer was one long string of internet and TV issues for me, full of phone calls to Time Warner Cable. Even better is that when my internet goes down, so does my phone, so how is one supposed to call to complain if your phone doesn't work and you have limited cell phone minutes??
We had someone come out to fix our stuff 3 separate times before it finally got fixed. And since it was all due to a lightning strike no refund for us. So sad, too bad!
I hope your TV will be fixed right away on Wed. Maybe in the meantime you can see if Doc Brown can come over to help.
I hope your jeep gets better soon. Probably they figure they have to charge you because they need to get money from somewhere. Think positively: you just saved Jeep from Chapter 11 for another week!
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