Good point. It's been so long since I've owned a new car that I forget that
cars today have more than a one year warrantee...'-)
Gerard
At 12:21 AM -0500 1/7/03, Ankitterer@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 1/6/03 7:27:42 PM, PilotRob@webtv.net writes:
>
><< I wonder how many
>more "Gerard's" there are out there in
>this respect and how many more Volvo
>owners having different models with
>the same set-up as the '98 V70R have
>run into the same situation. >>
>
>In all fairness, I suspect that Gerard probably is as savvy an owner as you
>are going to find anywhere; however it does seem that there is a problem when
>the dealer who has cared for a four year old car since it was new says he
>isn't responsible for his own foul up. Seems to me he is responsible, and
>that there are laws to force responsibility, at least there are in
>California. Phil is right now between a rock and a hard place in that if he
>goes in and "corrects" the problem and it doesn't completely fix it, he may
>devalidate his warranty. Even if he completely fixes it, the dealer,
>possibly rightfully, doesn't have to accept responsibility for what Phil
>messed with. In any event, I hope Phil sees what legal recourse he has
>before he does anything to the car. It would seem that he should be
>protected from the dealer's ineptitude.
>
>Annice & Bob
>1960 Bugeye (Mk. IV in disguise) "The Sprite"
>1966 Sprite Mk. III (Still in Boxes) "Trevor"
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