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Every time I interact with anyone from car dealers I assume they're greedy, not genuine, and lying outright. Am I wrong?

So I dropped off the Taycan at Porsche Westwood (because Porsche Boston moved to Natick temporarily...) last Monday because the instrument cluster (giant screen in front of steering wheel) suddenly shut off while I was driving, and an error was thrown in the car.

Now that kind of thing has been happening from time to time, especially more often in the winter. and it'd be back to normal after several hours. But it doesn't always throw an error. I figured the dealer wouldn't be able to do anything because it is not reproducible. This time it threw an error (like the first time it happened), so I figured I'd take it to the dealer.

I called last Wednesday - no update.
Called again last Friday - no update.

Called again today before service department closed. When the service advisor (SA) answered, he said, he was just discussing with the tech, and they believe particular software update and recall would solve it. It should be ready tomorrow.

I do tend to believe it is a software issue, because how flaky and unstable the problem is. But all open recalls for Porsche Taycan don't mention instrument cluster. There may be internal bulletins about that though.

I didn't press him on what service bulletin or recall he was referring to on the phone. I guess I'll need to see tomorrow.

ANYWAY I'm counting the days it stays at the dealer towards the threshold for the Massachusetts Lemon law.

Gosh I wish I don't have to own a car.

#car #dealer #dealership #rant #EV

So, two years ago I bought a new vehicle to replace a 15-year-old one that had been written off after a collision. It's my first brand-new #vehicle I've ever owned. And being from the 2020s, it has a lot more #tech in it than any previous vehicle I've owned.

A week or so ago, the rear hatch (which is powered) stopped closing. It gets to about a foot open, then stops and #beeps and backs up a bit, behaving as if it's obstructed. I don't see any sensors it would use for detecting objects (but maybe they exist, just hidden), so I assume it's sensing motor current or something.

I booked an #appointment at the #dealer to have it checked and fixed. It was a 3-week wait. The #service manager said in the meantime to try a " #reset " of the car - just drop by and let them disconnect the battery for half an hour. I told them I could do that myself, and did.

So they really did just tell me "Did you try turning it off and turning it on again?"

It didn't fix the #problem. But it did give me a new one! Now two of the four side windows no longer support the automatic-all-the-way-up-or-down feature you normally get by pressing the window control buttons to the second stop. And it's not even both on one side, or both front or both rear...

"For a list of ways in which technology has failed to improve our lives, please press '1'."

#TurnItOffAndOnAgain

Wife and I have been visiting dealerships all over for 2+ months on hunt for a new #car to replace her 20-yo aging car, and I'm simply flabbergasted at the useless, lazy, disinterested, zero-motivation, zero-initiative, bureaucratic attitude at dealerships. Long gone is "ALWAYS BE CLOSING" 🤷‍♂️

#dealer #dealership

Alle die jetzt den Mund aufmachen, dass #galeria #kaufhof oder P&K Filialen schließt, möchte ich fragen wie oft sie in den letzten fünf Jahren dort Kunde waren. Für die Beschäftigen ist es ein Schlag ins Gesicht... definitiv! Aber wir müssen uns als Verbraucher auch selbst Mal an die eigene👃 fassen... #support #your #local #dealer #saarbrücken #bahnhofstraße

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