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It's been a couple years since I got my 2005 cobalt, but the issues are the same: I have a 2005 Cobalt - bought new with a 10yr/100k warrantee. Issues: * High Beam and EBrake indicators coming on and off very sporadically. * CD player giving ERROR or LOCKED message until I restart car. *** My key keeps getting stuck in the ignition. while the car is off, I have to shift it into Reverse then back into park to hear the 'click' releasing my key. ~ I found the TSB for almost all these issues but won't pay for subscription so can't see details. My dealership's kinda dickin me around & wants to charge me $100 to tell me what is/isn't wrong when I've already had it seen by a mechanic. * Who else has these issues and how are you handling it? Anyone give me more info on how to use/read the TSBs? |
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It's been a couple years since I got my 2005 cobalt, but the issues are the same: I have a 2005 Cobalt - bought new with a 10yr/100k warrantee. Issues: * High Beam and EBrake indicators coming on and off very sporadically. * CD player giving ERROR or LOCKED message until I restart car. *** My key keeps getting stuck in the ignition. while the car is off, I have to shift it into Reverse then back into park to hear the 'click' releasing my key. ~ I found the TSB for almost all these issues but won't pay for subscription so can't see details. My dealership's kinda dickin me around & wants to charge me $100 to tell me what is/isn't wrong when I've already had it seen by a mechanic. * Who else has these issues and how are you handling it? Anyone give me more info on how to use/read the TSBs?
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Replying to: leannemarie (Jun 17, 2008 7:55 am) |
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I mentioned earlier that I have a rear glass leak in my Cobalt and that my rear window shelf gets wet when I wash the car. I took the car back Tuesday to the dealership, and they had the local auto glass guy come out to fix the leak. The guy sealed my rear window gasket from the inside of the car and believes he has the leak fixed. The service manager thought the glass guy was going to remove the window and put in a whole new gasket, and he is willing to have him come back and do that. That's what I thought the guy would do, too, replace the old gasket and reseat the window. I think I am going to take the Service Manager up on his offer to have the whole gasket replaced, since this is a brand new car. I feel like I have a "patch job" now, instead of a proper fix. I called the glass guy, and he has confidence that the leak is fixed the way he did it, but the service manager is upset that a whole new gasekt was not installed. You gotta love a Service Manager who gets just as upset, or even more upset, than the customer when something is not right with the new vehicle. Instead of trying to convince me that I should be happy with this patch job that he already paid $25 for, he wants me to let him have the guy come back for a total replacement of the gasket. I think I will go ahead and tell him to set that up for me. This is why six of my last seven new cars have been purchased at Browning Chevrolet (was Boggess Chevrolet) in Madisonville, KY. (I caught the old sales manager on a bad day when I tried to buy a new 96 Cavalier Z24 there, or else it would have been seven out of my last seven cars. He tried ot play hardball with me and would not give me the deal that I knew I should be able to get, so I went to a competing dealership and bought the car the next day.) Do you guys agree that I should let them replace the gasket, or, since the glass guy is confident that he has fixed the leak, should I just let it ride like it is? Tom
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Replying to: tsjay (Jun 19, 2008 3:35 am) Tell the glass that he can put his confidence where the sun don't shine and that you want your rear glass re-installed properly. The way he did it is "botching" the job. He might be scared of braking the glass while taking it off and having to replace it at his expense? Don't accept that scum job.
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Replying to: grosloup (Jun 19, 2008 3:49 am)  I'm going to have them replace the whole thing. Like I said, the Service Manager had intended for it to be done that way to begin with and still wants me to let him have the guy come back and do it that way. There are probably a lot of dealerships where they would be telling me to accept what has been done, but Browning's Service Department has my best interest in mind, and they want the job done right. Like I said, this is why they get my business when it's time to buy a new car. Tom
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Replying to: tsjay (Jun 19, 2008 3:58 am) The best thing for you in this case is that they remove the rear glass, strip and clean everything up and re-install the glass, then you'll be more certified that the job has been professionally done. You're car is still on warranty right? If so, it should be repaired the right way.
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Replying to: grosloup (Jun 19, 2008 9:30 am) I am going to have them do just what you said, and that is exactly what the Service Manager wanted the glass guy to do to start with, but I guess he forgot that, unlike front windshields, which the glass people can fix without parts, back glasses have to have new gaskets. The Service Manager already told me he was going to order a new gasket and have the glass guy come back to re-install that back glass for me. I was thinking about telling him to just forget it, based on the glass guy saying he was confident that the leak is fixed, but you are exactly right, the gasket needs to be replaced, not just "patched." It IS a brand new car, after all. I just want to emphasize again how the Service Manager has been right on top of this and actually encouraged me to let him get a new gasket and have the back glass re-installed. You hear so much negative stuff about dealerships' service departments, but I do business with one that treats the customer right. Tom
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Replying to: tsjay (Jun 19, 2008 10:11 am)
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Replying to: poncho167 (Jun 19, 2008 11:05 am) I was kind of thinking that if they messed up the gasket at the factory in one place, it might be messed up somewhere else, too. It might develop a leak in that place sometime. Taking the back window out and putting in a whole new gasket is the only way to be sure that I won't have leaks in the future. Tom |
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