I keep having issues with wheel sensors on my car. For years with my previous car, it was flat tires, now it seems to always be sensors.
I’ve never had a problem with this before, maybe it’s the new cars today. This will be the third wheel that needs the sensor replaced. My service writer told me last time that they are all eventually going to need replacing, but since the car is under warranty, they can only replace it when needed, they can’t do it as a precautionary thing.
I hate the whole dealership experience and going through the whole ordeal, but I have it down pat now.
I have the car towed over. It doesn’t cost me anything and the car goes to its destination and is out of my mind. I don’t have to sit in traffic, I don’t have to wait to speak to the service writer, I don’t have to deal with getting home, it just sort of having my car Ubered to the destination. I just have to pick it up when it’s ready. Out of sight, out of mind. I don’t have to think about it while the sausage is being made.
Some drawbacks – the other day it took three hours for the tow truck driver to arrive, so if I was stuck in the middle of the expressway or something, that would not be a good thing. And two – for the second time, I asked for a flatbed tow truck and was assured they only used flatbeds, which was not true, because for the last two times, they sent the wheel lift type, where the back wheels are on the road. And one more thing, I just hand my keys to a total stranger in my front yard and wave as he drives off with the car, just because he showed up in a tow truck. I did a similar cartoon like that years ago.
Last time they took a week just to get to work on the car, which was a fast fix when they finally got to it. They are that busy at the dealership, which doesn’t bode well for the car company. But they gave me a loaner, which I loved more than my own car and I was hesitant to return the loaner after a week!
But the good part is that I drive out with all zeros on the invoice. I’ve never gone to a dealership and not left with a big bill, but since it’s all covered under warranty, it’s a pleasure to pick up the car and leave and I usually tell them, “Hope I never have to see you again.” And they laugh, I laugh, and of course some months later I am back again with something or other.
It could be worse, I caught the problem in my own driveway. Unlike Jlo and Affleck who recently found out that the cars don’t have spares these days. I found that out not long ago myself. And recently we had that car blow up in our front yard, so my problem isn’t really an issue in the scheme of things.
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