The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

RESTRAINT OF TRADE is illegal V70-XC70

posted by  bay13 on  Sat Jan 19 06:50 CST 2002
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS] [RELATED]

"But keeping diagnostic information secret is an entirely different matter."

It's not a secret, you can buy the $6400 Volvo Scan Tool and read all the codes. (pre-1999) It's just not Dollar friendly. Volvo covers the cost for the car for 4 years 50K and after that the charge is on the customer for the diagnostics. Most independent shops have the Scan Tool and the shops that want to repair the 1999 and newer are going to spend money for the newer diagnostic tools, so your choices are not limited to the Dealer only, you can still go to an Independent. There is going to be a couple of years time lag before the independents can pick up former Dealer Technicians that know how to use the newer diagnostic equipment correctly. Most of the dealers I know are lucky to have 10-20% of their Technician up to speed and really any good at the newer diagnostics. The ones that have learned and are good are normally kept there by paying them well. But the days of diagnostics in the garage on the weekend have gotten a lot more technicial, and expensive.
--
Rich K.






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.