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update on small claims court for timing belt 900

posted by  someone claiming to be Buannan on  Mon Jun 28 17:17 CST 2004 [RELATED]

there must be something about dealers and that car

I bought a 1992 965 in late Feb. It had all the records and I saw that the timing belt had been changed 20,000 miles ago (all done at a Volvo dealership). So I figured it was ok, took it to the independent volvo mechanic, had it checked, carfaxed it...all that stuff...first time I did all the "right" things before buying a used car

3 weeks after I bought it...the belt slipped...I had it towed to my mechanic...took him a bit to realize it was the belt since it didn't actually break, it just slipped off the pulleys...not completely...but just enough to crack the head and bend valves and all that good stuff

as soon as he figured that out...I said..ok..that's good enough and called the dealer...of course he insisted it be towed to his facility where his mechanic could check it out...what do you know, it was exactly what my mechanic said...he wanted me to pay for repairs... at his cost not marked up...I laughed at him and told him to try again

to make a long story short...I just got the car back a month or so ago...all fixed, new head, new valves, new belt, new tensioner, new pullies, new water pump and new oxygen sensor
and the good news is...I didn't pay a cent...and I didn't have to go to court...I did ask for the receipts for my records and his cost was $1700...boy am I glad I didn't have to pay that

I think two things got to him...one, they are a reputable used car lot...and, two, I threatened to go to the media...bad publicity scares the shit out of most businesses...if you have a consumer advocate/reporter with the local news, it might be worth contacting them if stuff gets messy






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