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#245 of 317 Re: Rattlying noise [curious54] by navguy Sep 14, 2006 (3:34 pm)
Replying to: curious54 (Jul 29, 2006 11:26 am) My wife has an 07MY tC and the hood prop rattles since the plastic clip is loose.
#246 of 317 Check out the warranty BEFORE you buy. by sdm69 Sep 15, 2006 (9:18 am)
Everyone knows the Scion experience is you make a Scion your own by adding Accessories to the base car. But, be warned, if you ever have a problem with an “Accessory”, you will run into the most bizarre warranty issue I ever saw. I had a rattle, which was diagnosed by a Scion Dealer as a bad security system install job by the Scion dealer I bought the car from, and he wouldn’t fix it. I was told to bring it back to the dealer who installed it! After complaining to Scion Corp about it I got the following official response. -- "Dealerships are independently owned franchises who will warrant Scion supplied accessories that become necessary due to a manufacturers defect. However, they are not required to warrant another dealerships work. If you are experiencing concerns on your dealership installed alarm, I would recommend taking your vehicle to the dealership where you had the alarm installed.. ." Unlike a Toyota where you get factory options delivered with your new car, Scion makes you have a lame dealer install them. Then you can end up arguing with the dealer service manager about who did what if you have another dealer install any accessories.   – Wake up Scion! – I’ve already sold my Scion if you didn’t guess. Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 15, 2006 9:47 am) sdm69 (Sep 18, 2006 7:10 am) Mr_Shiftright (Sep 18, 2006 7:59 am) awooster (Nov 28, 2006 2:41 pm)
#247 of 317 Re: Check out the warranty BEFORE you buy. [sdm69] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Sep 15, 2006 (9:47 am)
Replying to: sdm69 (Sep 15, 2006 9:18 am) Actually (don't kill the messenger) I think that's a pretty fair response from Scion. The factory didn't install it, the dealer did and should stand behind his work.   However, as a good will gesture I think the other dealer should have fixed it, since it was a factory accessory and not (I presume) an aftermarket product like a Viper system, etc.   The fixing dealer could probably have wrangled a good-will adjustment from Scion.   But if Scion intended to stiff the fixing dealer, or if you couldn't get back to the original dealer, then there's not much to be done but eat it and pay the other dealer to repair it. Replies to this message: sdm69 (Sep 18, 2006 7:10 am) Mr_Shiftright (Sep 18, 2006 7:59 am)
#248 of 317 Re: Check out the warranty BEFORE you buy. [Mr_Shiftright] by sdm69 Sep 18, 2006 (7:10 am)
Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 15, 2006 9:47 am) It’s just stupid. When a customer buys a brand new factory fresh car from any dealer in today’s market the customer expects the (Scion) equipment delivered with that car to be covered under the same warranty. I don’t care who installed it wrong – an idiot in the assembly line in Japan, or an idiot dealer in the USA – that’s Scion’s issue, not mine. Check out the Mazda 3 brochure for their warranty. Dealer installed Mazda accessories delivered with your new car are covered by the same 4 year warranty as the rest of the car. Everyone I’ve told this story to has the same opinion, it’s stupid. Asking customers to “police” Scion’s poor dealer service workmanship issue is stupid marketing. And, it must happen a lot, or Scion wouldn’t be so hard-nosed about it. Replies to this message: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 18, 2006 7:59 am)
#249 of 317 Re: Check out the warranty BEFORE you buy. [sdm69] by Mr_Shiftright HOST Sep 18, 2006 (7:59 am)
Replying to: sdm69 (Sep 18, 2006 7:10 am) The problem is you are asking one dealer to warranty another's dealers labor. Dealers aren't like Best Buy, etc....they are franchisees. Let's say you bought Goodyears tires and Goodyear shop A bent your alloy wheel when putting the tire on. Since it's not the tire but the workmanship that is at fault, another Goodyear dealer isn't going to fix it for free, and Goodyear isn't going to pay for it.   Now if the PART were defective and not the installation, that might be a different story---then you'd get the part replaced for free but the 2nd dealer would probably still charge you for the labor.   Maybe you can work out some kind of 50-50 split and just get past this problem by compromise? Hope so. Good luck with it.
#250 of 317 Discount Scion OEM online dealers (w/install instructions) by dwynne Nov 21, 2006 (3:53 pm)
I am looking for something like H&A in the Honda world. A Scion dealer that sells online for a nice discount and has the install instructions (PDFs, usually) online as well.   The idea is that BEFORE you order you see how much trouble it is to install the item. Maybe that dealer installed price is not so high after all?   AllScion has some good prices and some instructions, but they do not sell OEM stuff.   Thanks, Dennis
#251 of 317 Re: Check out the warranty BEFORE you buy. [sdm69] by awooster Nov 28, 2006 (2:41 pm)
Replying to: sdm69 (Sep 15, 2006 9:18 am) How much did you sell your scion for?
#252 of 317 After market body kits by lbuero Jan 18, 2007 (10:02 am)
Well i have a 06 TC auto. I am am looking for a body kit. i did a little research so far and i so far o heard not to go through Krazy kustomz online. Does anyone else have any thoughts of who to go through or not?????
#253 of 317 Re: Modifying 06' Tc Driver's Seat (Farther back) [mss] by rawbonz Jan 19, 2007 (9:09 pm)
Replying to: mss (Aug 10, 2006 11:17 am) I could not figure out how to post a new question, so I will start here. Does anyone else have the interior neon light kit installed in a Tc. We do and we have a question.
#254 of 317 interior light kit by rawbonz Jan 19, 2007 (9:16 pm)
My daughter just bought a 07 Tc, we had the dealer install the neon light kit, which lights up the floor and the cup holders, we feel sure that it is not installed properly as the light tubes are mounted below the dash panels, very , very easy to hit with your toe. in all of the catalogue pics, you can not see the tubes, they are up under the dash, but ours are hanging down way to low...if any one else has these...How are your mounted???   and to top it off, we had not even taken delivery of the car yet, and the installing mechanic banged the door into the rack and put a dent in the door!!! we were sick.http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxi- cons/emotorcons/emo_sick.gif Replies to this message: steelrain440 (Jan 24, 2007 5:21 pm) rawbonz (Jan 24, 2007 6:37 pm)

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