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Default DO NOT COME TO Power Nissan of South Bay

This is the only one you need to read if you want to know about my current issues...


Back to CA/Problems ahead:

Finding it:
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I find my dealership, the dealer that I didn’t think would play games, found it by texting the friend I found when I was looking to buy a Maxima about 3-4 years prior (even before I moved to TX)
They were the ONLY dealership to honor free Ester Oil changes in my car under the Nissan service contract (only 2009’s should be eligible for this)


More problems:
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I get some other problems, things start to deteriorate, and the service advisor, Mike Garcia, just says “bring it in when you have a laundry list so that we keep your car ONCE, not 10 times, half a day at a time”


The list:
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My small niggles such as my cruise control only working 50% of the time, and my new rattles, and my dial for the fan of the A/C not working well, turns into a laundry list…

Clunky change into 2->1 when coming to a stop
Windows hitting--->Driver door sill tearing
Driver door rattle (also mirror)
Headliner rattle
Paint bubbling
7th gear slipping
Seatbelt winder
O2 sensors (catalyst efficiency, replaced gaskets)
Gas gauge doesn't show full
Car not starting (three times)
Passenger trunk strut pops off
Aux power (passenger) shitty connection
Cruise control not working
Fan dial for A/C sucks
Car died while driving once


Appointment:
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So I set up an appointment, get my battery tested, go in with my friend, show him the videos, shoot the ****, give him a cigar, we look over what’s covered under my extended warranty (rattles not covered and neither is the paint, SOB made me wait to bring my car in and that warranty was over now… but whatever,) and he gives me their “special car” reserved for GTR customers. A fully loaded Maxima. Signed the paperwork, and I left the dealership.

My mistake:
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The car isn’t clean, has 1/8th of a tank of gas, we get in, notice this really off smell, like your grandmother’s house, whatever… We go to Costco, a 30 second drive, get out… My buddy notices, this MASSIVE dent on the trunk where the “Maxima” badge is. We figure f-it, I’m sure the guy noted that. And he didn’t take me on a walk around or anything, and I didn’t think the guy would screw me…


The Follow-up:
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9 days later, I call in to see what’s up, Mike says he’s busy and with a customer, but I need a new battery, that’s all that’s wrong, he asked if I wanted one, and I said no, I’ll put my own in. And he said he’ll call me Thurday…
Fair enough… Thursday, we play phone tag. Friday I leave a message and shoot an email (he was off)
Saturday, close to the end of the day, I go in to see what’s up, Mike left early… I speak to the other service guy, and he is SHOCKED at how many problems there are. He looked into the system and said no parts were on order, but the cases are still open…


Picking up my car:
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I come back the next day. Mike says, “So, we checked everything, ran diagnostics, everything is fine, all your problems are related to the battery, we tested it, and it failed” I specifically then asked, “So the cruise control works now?” And his response, “Yep, everything is good to go. Just get that battery, and I’ll leave the files open in case we need to go back and work on them.”

Car ain't starting:
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I drove back to Costco to buy a battery… I get to a stop sign go to turn the wheel, SH*T… The power steering cut out… Oh wait, F*CKING CAR IS OFF!!! It died again!!! (3/4 of a tank of gas btw)…

I start it up, and I get the same starting issues, car is running on 4 cylinders, I decide, **** it, I’m driving it on 4, then all 6 start to fire…

SOB:
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I get there, Mike has a ****-eating grin on his face and asks what’s up. I said that the car just turned off and had starting issues. He said “it’s the battery” I said, “Look, when the car is running, it doesn’t run on the battery, the battery has NOTHING to do with it, the car runs on the alternator.” Dumb SOB said, “No, yeah, it needs the battery still to run” ……… He then said, “So if I try to turn it on now it will have starting problems?” And I said, “It’s an intermittent problem, I showed you the video, I have no idea when it will happen again.” I then said “F*ck it, I’ll go get a new battery.”




Drive home/Icing on the cake:
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I left, and go get back on the freeway… And guess what…
THE GODDAMN CRUISE CONTROL DOESN’T WORK…
That got me PISSED… Then as icing on the cake, ************ calls me and says, “Hey Andrew, we were taking the car to get washed and a fill up, and I noticed there is a huge dent on the trunk.”
“Yeah, it was there when you gave it to me.”
“Nooo, it wasn’t, we gave it to you in like new condition.”
“No, it was there when you gave me the car.”
“Nooooo, you put the dent in during some time you had the car.”
“NOOOOO, IT WAS THERE WHEN I PICKED IT UP.”
“Welllll, it looks like we aren’t getting anywhere with this are we?”
“Nope, obviously we aren’t.”
“I’ll be in touch.”


“PISSED” COULD NOT BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW ANGRY I WAS…


Current:
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This leads me to my current issue conundrum. I called corporate, I called Charles at corporate, and his associate.
Regular corporate called me today, and I have my full case set up. And just for shitz n giggles, I got my battery tested yesterday, 925CCA and another test at another place I got 915CCA… Obviously NOT my battery… And tomorrow we’ll see what the new dealership says




Sorry for the essay (12 pages on MS Word) and sorry for all the "spoilers"...
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