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Well, it's about time!
Aug. 12th, 2005 05:08 pmSo, I went to get my car today, but again, even with the heat advisory, they could not get the car to duplicate the hiccup or the self shut-off at red lights. John advised me that the computers in newer cars tended to "learn" new drivers, so maybe next time I should test drive it with one of his guys in the car.
I was about to back out of the lot when Mom called, so I put the car in park to answer the cell. While I was sitting there, the engine kind of "shuddered" but didn't stop - first warning. I got done talking to her, then took my car out of the dealership and turned onto Route 40.
Twenty feet down the road, I stopped at a red light. Guess what my car did?
Yep. Shut itself off.
After teaching my car a whole new vocabulary and starting it up again, I took it back to the dealer. This time, John hopped in the car with me and we took it for a test drive - down the Beltway, then back using the back roads. We were at the last light before the dealership when Jewel finally did her shuddering thing again, then hiccuped when I made the turn - and John was able to witness it for once. Victory! A service tech finally sees it happen!
So I've got my car back for the weekend, and he's got a few ideas as to what it could be - and told me to bring the car back next week (I need it tomorrow, or I'd have let him keep it overnight). None of his ideas are as frightening as a vague loose ground wire, and he said they'd replace the main relay at no charge for starters.
I have errands I could run, but it's too hot now and I would like nothing better than to go home, collapse on the couch and watch the copy of The 13th Warrior that Pestilence loaned me last week. Oh, wait, heat advisory, shouldn't be out there anyway. Darn. And I feel justified in this. :)
*thud*
I was about to back out of the lot when Mom called, so I put the car in park to answer the cell. While I was sitting there, the engine kind of "shuddered" but didn't stop - first warning. I got done talking to her, then took my car out of the dealership and turned onto Route 40.
Twenty feet down the road, I stopped at a red light. Guess what my car did?
Yep. Shut itself off.
After teaching my car a whole new vocabulary and starting it up again, I took it back to the dealer. This time, John hopped in the car with me and we took it for a test drive - down the Beltway, then back using the back roads. We were at the last light before the dealership when Jewel finally did her shuddering thing again, then hiccuped when I made the turn - and John was able to witness it for once. Victory! A service tech finally sees it happen!
So I've got my car back for the weekend, and he's got a few ideas as to what it could be - and told me to bring the car back next week (I need it tomorrow, or I'd have let him keep it overnight). None of his ideas are as frightening as a vague loose ground wire, and he said they'd replace the main relay at no charge for starters.
I have errands I could run, but it's too hot now and I would like nothing better than to go home, collapse on the couch and watch the copy of The 13th Warrior that Pestilence loaned me last week. Oh, wait, heat advisory, shouldn't be out there anyway. Darn. And I feel justified in this. :)
*thud*
