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davis_squareI took my '99 V70 to Cinderella Carriage to have an issue fixed where I am driving along, the dash warning lights come on, the odometer and speedometer stop working, and car begins to hesitate. Can't get full power. $800 and one day later, all the same problems come back. Two days later the air conditioning compressor seizes, taking out a drive belt along with it.
After having it towed in, they do not want to talk about issue A of the $800 repair that did not work. Only of fixing new problem, or selling me a new car. I need to take it somewhere else for a second look.
So it is near Fresh Pond right now. Any ideas about where to take it? MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!
After having it towed in, they do not want to talk about issue A of the $800 repair that did not work. Only of fixing new problem, or selling me a new car. I need to take it somewhere else for a second look.
So it is near Fresh Pond right now. Any ideas about where to take it? MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!
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Date: 2010-09-01 03:01 pm (UTC)Your problem sounds like a classic alternator/charging system failure. Given the confluence of issues I wonder if it wasn't that the compressor was already on the verge of seizing and was thus causing the accessory belt to turn too slowly to properly charge the battery. This strikes me as the sort of thing they should have noticed before charging you $800 to repair something in the first place and should thus fix the actual problem at their expense unless they can reasonably show that the problems were not, in fact, related.
Was the car making any kind of squealing noise at any point in this process BEFORE the compressor completely seized up? That would be an unmistakable indication of this problem.
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Date: 2010-09-01 03:59 pm (UTC)Not convenient but ...
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