Fucking car dealerships / service departments

NortheastOfMostOfYa · 08-15-2003, 09:21 PM

We bought a new car in May and now the dealership is saying that not using a Mopar (for Chryslers) oil filter will void the warranty. That's just a load of horseshit, I'll have to dig out the damn warranty and look it up. The articles I found on the net suggest that only if they think the filter is inferior can they claim that it voids the warranty. I claim Mopar filters are the inferior ones! Not only that, we brought Mobil1 synthetic to put in the car (just like last time, which they did with no problem, using the filter I brought with me) and they "forgot" and put regular oil in. then they convinced the mrs that it was ok to switch back to dino oil when that's bad for the car! So now we've convinced them that they need to change to the synthoil which they will tomorrow. Frigging idiots. The dealership, not my wife..

Stag · 08-18-2003, 05:58 PM

That's why I never use the dealership service department unless I absolutely have to...

Sirgets · 08-18-2003, 06:21 PM

same here.... i was glad in a way when the warranty went off my car then we can do the repairs in the backyard and save money

Stag · 08-18-2003, 06:22 PM

Yeah, that's what I do, except in my driveway not the backyard.

Pencil Monkey · 08-18-2003, 11:34 PM

See... it's all easier for me.. when my "vehicle" gets all shittyy.. I toss em out, and buya new pair of shoes... NEENER NEENER!!!

... I'm such a loser

Bean · 08-19-2003, 03:29 AM

*meh* I just don't put oil in my car unless I absolutley HAVE to. And then I just buy the cheapo grocery store stuff

NortheastOfMostOfYa · 08-19-2003, 05:04 PM

We took the car to the local mechanic. Got the service we wanted and according to law they can't gig us for using a 3rd party oil filter or another service department. The mechanics are ASE certified so they can't argue they're not qualified. In fact one of them used to work at that dealership and he told us a few stories that pretty much guaranteed we won't go back there.

Brikar · 08-21-2003, 02:12 PM

I don't even know if my car came with a warranty, hehe. Lasted a long time, the old gal...

Cymro · 08-30-2003, 12:17 AM

My car doesn't need a warranty, it's never given me any problems whatsoever, except that it doesn't have an an alarm system which meant it got broken into last year but it's not the car's fault it was made in 1991.

08-15-2003, 09:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
NortheastOfMostOfYa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: New Hamster Posts: 162	We bought a new car in May and now the dealership is saying that not using a Mopar (for Chryslers) oil filter will void the warranty. That's just a load of horseshit, I'll have to dig out the damn warranty and look it up. The articles I found on the net suggest that only if they think the filter is inferior can they claim that it voids the warranty. I claim Mopar filters are the inferior ones! Not only that, we brought Mobil1 synthetic to put in the car (just like last time, which they did with no problem, using the filter I brought with me) and they "forgot" and put regular oil in. then they convinced the mrs that it was ok to switch back to dino oil when that's bad for the car! So now we've convinced them that they need to change to the synthoil which they will tomorrow. Frigging idiots. The dealership, not my wife.. __________________ From the state where death is mentioned on its license plate "Everybody Wang Chung tonight!"

08-18-2003, 05:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	That's why I never use the dealership service department unless I absolutely have to... __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

08-18-2003, 06:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sirgets AKA SIRGETS Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: CANADA EH! Posts: 1,118	same here.... i was glad in a way when the warranty went off my car then we can do the repairs in the backyard and save money __________________ Abandoning your fears is your first step on the road to enlightenment, and giving Stag a blowjob----cymro

08-18-2003, 06:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
Stag It's me again Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Florida Posts: 3,286	Yeah, that's what I do, except in my driveway not the backyard. __________________ "I want to do a motorboat on Shatner's manboobs" - Sam Cogley

08-18-2003, 11:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Pencil Monkey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: A tall tree Posts: 284	See... it's all easier for me.. when my "vehicle" gets all shittyy.. I toss em out, and buya new pair of shoes... NEENER NEENER!!! ... I'm such a loser __________________ Pencil Monkey "I'm as lonely as a fat girl at a school dance"

08-19-2003, 03:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bean The Awesome One Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Canada eh! Posts: 5,036	meh I just don't put oil in my car unless I absolutley HAVE to. And then I just buy the cheapo grocery store stuff __________________ "I haven't faced death. I've cheated death. I've tricked my way out of death and patted myself on the back for my ingenuity. I know nothing." --James T. Kirk

08-19-2003, 05:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
NortheastOfMostOfYa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: New Hamster Posts: 162	We took the car to the local mechanic. Got the service we wanted and according to law they can't gig us for using a 3rd party oil filter or another service department. The mechanics are ASE certified so they can't argue they're not qualified. In fact one of them used to work at that dealership and he told us a few stories that pretty much guaranteed we won't go back there. __________________ From the state where death is mentioned on its license plate "Everybody Wang Chung tonight!"

08-21-2003, 02:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
Brikar The Dude Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,585	I don't even know if my car came with a warranty, hehe. Lasted a long time, the old gal... __________________ "A million monkeys typing until the end of time will produce the complete works of William Shakespeare. Ten thousand monkeys typing for ten thousand years will write a Hemingway. Ten monkeys typing over Columbus Day weekend will give you a Dan Brown." http://olympusmans.blogspot.com http://benforrealz.blogspot.com

08-30-2003, 12:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
Cymro Religious Fanatic Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: Shitsville, CF63 Posts: 4,912	My car doesn't need a warranty, it's never given me any problems whatsoever, except that it doesn't have an an alarm system which meant it got broken into last year but it's not the car's fault it was made in 1991. __________________ "Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working. "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon."

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