Re: Routine Service Maintenance

[collinsk@sprintmail.com (Kevin Collins)]

On 2/16/98 7:57PM, in message <5b39dd19.34e90ac9@aol.com>, Bunmar@aol.com 
wrote:

> Do dealers follow the maintenance schedule word for word?  Or do they do more
> than is listed (ya know, do they use a different list of checks)?

I don't think they do ANYTHING word for word!!!

Example: my last dealer visit I had the ABS <finally, 4th attempt> fixed.  They had to 
disconnect the battery.  I've seen the tech procedures for hooking back up - it includes 
making note of the customer's radio presets, then when everything is hooked back up 
again, they are to be reset and the clock is supposed to be set too.  Hell I'd settle for 
the clock being reset, just to show the guy's awake.  Did they do either?  Nope, none of 
the 3 visits where I had the battery disconnected did they make any effort to reset 
anything...

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Kevin Collins
collinsk@sprintmail.com
'97 GTI VR6