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I've got 51,000 miles on my truck and took it in for warm or no air on the passenger side and a rear drive shaft that sounds like it's just rolling around in the carrier when coming to a stop.
A little history:
-rear driveshaft completely replaced last fall for the same, except it shuddered under power then as well as stopping
-direction doors worked on twice for heat/defrost
-alternator bracket replaced
This service department has always been very good to me. I'd drop the truck off in the morning with a few complaints, they'd call in the afternoon and tell me I could pick my truck up and they'd order parts. In a day or 2 they'd call, say the parts were in, I'd drop it off the next morning and that afternoon, they'd call saying it was done. Pretty seamless and smooth I thought.
back to the story ... ... .
So I take it in on Monday for the driveshaft vibration and air problem thinking all is gonna be fine. I was told that morning that there was a TSB on carrier location and it needed shiftet to the passenger side.
I get a call that afternoon quoting a $4,000. 00 fix from some new service writer whom I've only briefly met that morning. I just laughed :-laf
It appears that the freon is 1/4 lb low, needs emptied and recharged with dye and the ATC or ATS or something needs reprogrammed for $300 or $400 something... .
1 u-joint in the front axle needs replaced
both front wheel bearings need replaced, at $400 something a side
all u-joints in the rear driveshaft need replaced
both diffs need flushed and filled because the rear is 1/2" low, $290 something
tires need replaced, $1800 and change
carrier needs realigned, $45
now I'm really laughing :-laf
I said "I've got 70,000 on drivetrain, you've already worked on the drivetrain and climate control and I can get the tires for $800 less.
Well, he called me back. got it down to 590 something.
Air not covered because it is now a freon/program problem and not mode doors. Which still baffles me cause it works fine on the drivers side.
Alignment of the carrier not covered because ... ... ... . well just because, lol. 70,000 mile protection and TSB, still not covered. I said cool, I'll get a whole new drive shaft next spring cause I only want the warranted work done.
I'm going on a big trip loaded next month, so I'll change the oil and diff fluids myself. A tech told me what the TSB on the carrier was all about, I'll do that. And, I'm holding out on tires as long as I can before this trip and winter! (I'm always find myself having new tires in spring and junk through the winter, not this winter and not for $1800, lol)
My point is, either the dealer has changed position, or it's the fact that the truck has 50,000 miles on it.
I've got 51,000 miles on my truck and took it in for warm or no air on the passenger side and a rear drive shaft that sounds like it's just rolling around in the carrier when coming to a stop.
A little history:
-rear driveshaft completely replaced last fall for the same, except it shuddered under power then as well as stopping
-direction doors worked on twice for heat/defrost
-alternator bracket replaced
This service department has always been very good to me. I'd drop the truck off in the morning with a few complaints, they'd call in the afternoon and tell me I could pick my truck up and they'd order parts. In a day or 2 they'd call, say the parts were in, I'd drop it off the next morning and that afternoon, they'd call saying it was done. Pretty seamless and smooth I thought.
back to the story ... ... .
So I take it in on Monday for the driveshaft vibration and air problem thinking all is gonna be fine. I was told that morning that there was a TSB on carrier location and it needed shiftet to the passenger side.
I get a call that afternoon quoting a $4,000. 00 fix from some new service writer whom I've only briefly met that morning. I just laughed :-laf
It appears that the freon is 1/4 lb low, needs emptied and recharged with dye and the ATC or ATS or something needs reprogrammed for $300 or $400 something... .
1 u-joint in the front axle needs replaced
both front wheel bearings need replaced, at $400 something a side
all u-joints in the rear driveshaft need replaced
both diffs need flushed and filled because the rear is 1/2" low, $290 something
tires need replaced, $1800 and change
carrier needs realigned, $45
now I'm really laughing :-laf
I said "I've got 70,000 on drivetrain, you've already worked on the drivetrain and climate control and I can get the tires for $800 less.
Well, he called me back. got it down to 590 something.
Air not covered because it is now a freon/program problem and not mode doors. Which still baffles me cause it works fine on the drivers side.
Alignment of the carrier not covered because ... ... ... . well just because, lol. 70,000 mile protection and TSB, still not covered. I said cool, I'll get a whole new drive shaft next spring cause I only want the warranted work done.
I'm going on a big trip loaded next month, so I'll change the oil and diff fluids myself. A tech told me what the TSB on the carrier was all about, I'll do that. And, I'm holding out on tires as long as I can before this trip and winter! (I'm always find myself having new tires in spring and junk through the winter, not this winter and not for $1800, lol)
My point is, either the dealer has changed position, or it's the fact that the truck has 50,000 miles on it.
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