Dealership vehicle abuse

[Clownshoe]

Have you approached them ?

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That is why I have Skytrax on my car I get a detailed reports if my car is moving faster than it should in a zoned area, and detailed trip info, Turn by turn info.

It also emails for harsh brake events, speeding, ignition on /ignition off.

This is a must have for any vehicle.

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Milnerton Jeep had the guy that recorded his Grand Cherokee SRT doing some illegal speeds and several brake and acceleration alarms while on a "test" drive. He kicked up several different colours of crap on that one. Mech was fired and he got his warranty severely increased.

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Common thing.
The thing that irritates me the most is that they boot the car on a test drive when the car is still cold!!! :RedNo:
I mean really now.
Long periods of idling can cause high consumption figures like that, buuuuuut so can driving like an idiot

i disagree with " Long periods of idling can cause high consumption figures like that " ..if u check ur instant consumption .. most cars use under 1 litre of fuel per hour idling .. that may even go down to 0.6l/h on idle ..

Consumption is quoted in litres / km. So if they move it across he floor and idle it for an hour using a litre they will have a 50 l/km.

 

[RAArmstrong]

You cant trust the dealerships at all...

When I still had my Golf I took it in to VW for them to replace the boot latch and the drivers electric window switches... As I always do I take photos of mileage, fuel consumption and fuel in the tank...

Apparently they deemed it necessary to take the car on a 200km test drive :RedNo:

I kicked up a fuss but nothing was really done apart from an apology... Decided to just leave it as I sold the car not long after.