I'm soooo frustrated!!!

[Shada]

Ya know.. this brings to mind myself buying my first house when I was single. I was at one local bank in town. Got a application for a loan. Was treated like a child. Really upset me. So I took that application. Filled it out at home. Made an appointment at another local bank. Took that same application. Explained what happened at other bank. Told them if they elected to show me same treatment, I would not waste their time, or them mine.

Well, I got that loan. They cut off the letterhead of the other bank and I was able to use original application!

It is BS that we are treated differently from men in so many settings.
We have to stand strong and say 'nope' this is how it is..

[Marilyn]

Ya know, it's terrible, but I'm still steamed about this whole thing. And ladies, I feel your pain. I don't know how many times I've had to go get automotive parts for hubby while he continued to work on the car. Note: This was in years past. Cars have gotten so complicated he doesn't even work on them anymore. But anyway, I understand the 20 questions routine.

What I should have done the other day was tell the guy, that look, I'm a mechanical engineer, and I know how a few things work and when something is really wrong, and with regard to my air conditioning, this part needs to be changed again. But I hate to always throw this up to them. Next time, however, I'm not holding back. I was just so angry I was afraid of saying things that I shouldn't, so the best thing at the time seemed to be to leave and cool down then address the issue with them.

Tomorrow morning if they haven't ordered the part and have it on hand, I will get their attention!!

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Shada

Ya know.. this brings to mind myself buying my first house when I was single. I was at one local bank in town. Got a application for a loan. Was treated like a child. Really upset me. So I took that application. Filled it out at home. Made an appointment at another local bank. Took that same application. Explained what happened at other bank. Told them if they elected to show me same treatment, I would not waste their time, or them mine.

Well, I got that loan. They cut off the letterhead of the other bank and I was able to use original application!

It is BS that we are treated differently from men in so many settings.
We have to stand strong and say 'nope' this is how it is..

Shana, the same thing happened to me!! I was a single young woman, God they want my life story before i got my loan. Pissed me off, they would have never did that to a man... How many years was i working at my job, how long i have my savings accounts, iras, etc... I had to show them everything! All the money i had in my bank accounts. I really don't think that was none of there business, i was employed and i was at my job for a good 6 years, hell i been working since i was 13 years old... i told the lady... i always had a job always..

[Marilyn]

I spoke with the dealership today to make sure they would have the parts in the morning. They called me back and said that the manager of the dealership would not let them order the parts until they had verified exactly what was wrong this time. Seems that there are 4 solenoids in the dash and more than one of them could cause this problem. Last time they changed out one of them. So tomorrow morning they want me to bring it in so they can run diagnostics again and try to pinpoint a problem. They said that Monday when I brought it in, they hooked it to the computer and ran the diagnostics, and it showed that nothing was wrong. If the computer doesn't tell them there is a problem they have nothing to fix.

The dealership is very convenient to my work so I'll take it to them tomorrow and see what happens. If they can't find anything wrong, I'm going to another dealership that is actually in my home town and we know them better, but leaving the truck there is not as convenient. The one where I work will drop me off at work. It's just down the street.

Like I said in another earlier post, these vehicles are getting too complicated to be able to work on. Even the techs at the dealerships can't do anything the computer doesn't tell them to do.

IN the mean time, on my way to Corpus this morning with the AC on and working fine, suddenly the thing started blowing super hot air in my face!!! AGAIN!!! It was blowing cold air this afternoon when I was near a Chevy dealer though, so couldn't get it verified. Still frustrated!!! I hate these intermittent problems. They never flair up when they need to!!

[Marilyn]

I took the truck in this morning, and they ran their diagnostics. They found a problem with the control module, so they ordered a new one and it will be in tomorrow. I'll drop the truck off again in the morning, and they say they will have it ready by noon.

Finally!!!! I sooo hope this solves the problem!!

I thought it was strange, they said they use a hand held device to scan the truck, they don't even touch it. The device picks up any problems. If it doen't pickup a problem, there is nothing that they can do.

We may be getting a little too high tech here. I can't imagine what my father would think of this if he was still alive. Wish I could tell him about it. He missed out on the internet and direct TV. What a shame.

[DianaB]

I'm so glad that the problem was finally found and will be repaired. I know that Glen used to do all the repairs on our vehicles but any more we have to take them in. They're just too computerized to do even simple repairs on. I'm sure that you'll be glad that you won't have hot air blowing on you any more!!!

[gja1000]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

I thought it was strange, they said they use a hand held device to scan the truck, they don't even touch it. The device picks up any problems. If it doen't pickup a problem, there is nothing that they can do.

We may be getting a little too high tech here.

I don't doubt that one bit! I have OnStar in my car and every month I get a diagnostic report via email that tells me if I have any problems with any of the systems (brakes, transmission, cooling, etc) in my car. It tells me how much oil life I have left and how many miles were on the car when the diagnostics were run - sooooooo, there has to be a monitoring system in place to allow OnStar to run those diagnostics from a satelite!!!

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by gja1000

I don't doubt that one bit! I have OnStar in my car and every month I get a diagnostic report via email that tells me if I have any problems with any of the systems (brakes, transmission, cooling, etc) in my car. It tells me how much oil life I have left and how many miles were on the car when the diagnostics were run - sooooooo, there has to be a monitoring system in place to allow OnStar to run those diagnostics from a satelite!!!

My truck has OnStar, too, Gayle. I get the same report. Something isn't it!! I got a nail in a tire, and the pressure got a little lower than normal. You couldn't even tell it to look at the tire. I got a message on my dash showing it was low and which tire it was. Amazing.

They fixed the AC on the truck today. We'll see how it performs over time, since the problem was intermittent. Last night I noticed that the automatic lock was not working on the front passenger side door. I told them about that this morning, but they forgot to fix it. The actuator needs to be replaced. I have to take it back in on Monday. Oh, well, such is life. At least we are making progress.

[DianaB]

I'm glad to hear that your air conditioner got fixed!!! Hopefully, everything will be all good as new soon!!