Friday, June 10, 2016
Friday
I took our Subaru Outback to the dealership on Wednesday. The A/C has been working only sporadically for probably a year now. The car blows cold for a bit, then hot. Sometimes I hear a gurgling sound. Sometimes I don't. Once on the highway warm fog started blowing through the vents. It's hot here in Savannah. I'd like to fix it.
The first shop I took it to last summer said there was plenty of Freon. Just in case there was a leak in the system, they injected a dye that shows up under black light and told me to bring it back when it started acting up. Not fixed. Issue not resolved. Also, bring it back when it starts acting up? Wasn't it already acting up? Wasn't that why I brought it in to begin with?
But that place was too busy anyway. You have to call them to make an appointment for a week in advance. I feel anxious about how much time they have to spend on my car. Are they so busy that they aren't as attentive as they should be? Are they just pushing cars out the door to make room for the ones coming in? So when the A/C went out again in March I went to the Subaru dealership instead.
The dealership said said there wasn't any Freon in the car at all. That makes sense, I guess, if there was a leak. But they weren't able to find any trace of the dye they other place put in; which doesn't make sense because if there was a leak, where did it go? So they filled the car back up with dye and Freon and sent me home with the same instructions; bring it back in when it starts acting up.
When I brought it in this time, they told me that the Freon was full, and they couldn't see any traces of the dye. It was probably the Evaporator Core that was causing the issue. They'd recommend we pull the dash out and replace the core for around $1,500.
Here's where I made a mistake. I said, out loud, to an employee of the car dealership, "Oh man. $1,500 hundred bucks! I could just use that money for a down payment on something instead." I'm sure there is a button on that guys desk that sounds an alarm in the sales office. The service guy told me he'd let Antwon, his salesman know.
This morning Ana drove me over to pick up my car. Antwon was waiting for us.
The first shop I took it to last summer said there was plenty of Freon. Just in case there was a leak in the system, they injected a dye that shows up under black light and told me to bring it back when it started acting up. Not fixed. Issue not resolved. Also, bring it back when it starts acting up? Wasn't it already acting up? Wasn't that why I brought it in to begin with?
But that place was too busy anyway. You have to call them to make an appointment for a week in advance. I feel anxious about how much time they have to spend on my car. Are they so busy that they aren't as attentive as they should be? Are they just pushing cars out the door to make room for the ones coming in? So when the A/C went out again in March I went to the Subaru dealership instead.
The dealership said said there wasn't any Freon in the car at all. That makes sense, I guess, if there was a leak. But they weren't able to find any trace of the dye they other place put in; which doesn't make sense because if there was a leak, where did it go? So they filled the car back up with dye and Freon and sent me home with the same instructions; bring it back in when it starts acting up.
When I brought it in this time, they told me that the Freon was full, and they couldn't see any traces of the dye. It was probably the Evaporator Core that was causing the issue. They'd recommend we pull the dash out and replace the core for around $1,500.
Here's where I made a mistake. I said, out loud, to an employee of the car dealership, "Oh man. $1,500 hundred bucks! I could just use that money for a down payment on something instead." I'm sure there is a button on that guys desk that sounds an alarm in the sales office. The service guy told me he'd let Antwon, his salesman know.
This morning Ana drove me over to pick up my car. Antwon was waiting for us.
# posted by joel @ 1:14 PM 
