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Car trouble - getting fleeced.

  • 15-09-2016 10:15pm
    #1
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭


    My car is in for a wiper motor repair and I think I'm being stung for add ons by the garage, I got to the garage late this evening, as they held on to the car for what seemed like a very long time for such a simple task, and their technician had a computer hooked up to the car scanning the ECU when I arrived there, and couldn't start the car, I asked him about it and he gave it the whole "never seen it before" jib.


    So I think they are trying to make some easy money or could changing the wiper motor fry the ecu. The car is turning over but the ignition is not firing up like the immobiliser is blocking it.

    Should I get the car out of there asap tomorrow ? and just get someone else to fix it.


Comments

  • #2
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,507 ✭✭✭cml387


    What was the problem with the wipers?


  • #3
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    It wasn't the wipers it was the wiper motor, the wipers started to go slow this morning so i left the car into them, and they said the motor was gone/going.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My cousin brought his qashqui, or as I call him the "gash guy" in to the dealers for a broken wiper linkage.
    They wanted 400+
    He got the parts on ebay for 7 quid


  • #5
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    BrownFinger wrote: »
    My cousin brought his qashqui, or as I call him the "gash guy" in to the dealers for a broken wiper linkage.
    They wanted 400+
    He got the parts on ebay for 7 quid

    Be didnt get a wiper linkage on ebay for €7. Maybe a few clips that will do as a temporary solution.


  • #6
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,466 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    JohnBoy26 wrote: »
    Be didnt get a wiper linkage on ebay for €7. Maybe a few clips that will do as a temporary solution.

    Or maybe a few clips that will be a perfectly adequate long term fix and should perhaps be offered by the dealer as a repair kit.
    I'm not familiar with the qashqai fix but the primera had a linkage problem that was very repairable with a little kit.


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  • #7
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    So could it have been the linkage that was repaired on my car, would that interfere with the ECU.


  • #8
    shietpilot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,881 ✭✭✭shietpilot


    What car is it? What engine?


  • #9
    audi12
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 890 ✭✭✭audi12


    shietpilot wrote: »
    What car is it? What engine?

    Ive an Audi A4 doesnt give much trouble get a guy I know well to do any work needed best way to go about these things


  • #10
    wonski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,685 ✭✭✭✭wonski


    audi12 wrote: »
    Ive an Audi A4 doesnt give much trouble get a guy I know well to do any work needed best way to go about these things

    Problem solved :)

    I don't have an Audi A4, but it seems like a good idea now. I know well a guy, too. Best way to go...

    Seriously?


  • #11
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    wow...random replies...


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  • #12
    rex-x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,893 ✭✭✭rex-x


    OP there is a chance that the garage have messed something up but there is also the chance it is a coincidence! I had a 2009 Corsa dropped to me for a blower motor and it wouldn't start when I went to move it into the workshop, ecu had blown a transistor and despite the fact I hadn't touched the car at this point it "looked bad". Owner was cool about it but you need to be sure what situation you are dealing with before you go in all gun ho


  • #13
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Cheers, yeah exactly want to get my information correct, but the last thing i need is a big bill at the moment, the wiper motors were purchased from a breakers yard, could they have a fault that would trigger this.


  • #14
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    wonski wrote: »
    Problem solved :)

    I don't have an Audi A4, but it seems like a good idea now. I know well a guy, too. Best way to go...

    Seriously?

    He picked just about the worst thread to extol the virtues of the A4, they are notorious for wiper seizure! :D


  • #15
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    This was magically resolved this morning.


  • #16
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    Cheers, yeah exactly want to get my information correct, but the last thing i need is a big bill at the moment, the wiper motors were purchased from a breakers yard, could they have a fault that would trigger this.

    Anything is possible.

    If it's electrical the garage may be stumped. Diagnostics often don't point them in direction of small problems.

    It's likely a small issue if it's cranking and turning over... they'll probably have a network of contacts... I'd ask them what their plan is.


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