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Re: PCM replacement?
The car is currently at a dealership in my town, however I don't really
trust them much. If the computer was not working, wouldn't they know
it right away, instead of taking 4 hours to diagnose? How do I know
that just the chip doesn't need replacement or something smaller than
the entire computer? I just have a feeling Ithat 'm being ripped off.
I keep searching Technical service bulletins that are out on the web,
but I don't see anything that pertains to the entire PCM going awry.
It just seems like a big repair for a 5 year old car..
Even if they have good diagnostic abilities, they aren't good at
communicating that with me. I asked them for detail repair quotes and
when I stopped by to pick it up, the service rep had written the price
on the back of his business card. He couldn't tell me why the computer
would break or why there wouldn't be any indication of problems..
wouldn't you guess there would be some kind of "log" on the computer
they could access?? I'm just mystified and annoyed that there isn't
more information available...
Sorry to be so whiney,
Megan
Dave Gower wrote:
> <megan.hines@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1139257674.136496.133960@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Well it appears as though my car needs its PCM replaced. This is just
> > the start. With absolutely no warning at all, the computer dies??
> > They are quoting me $754 at a minimum, because they are not sure if
> > something else will be reported once they can actually get it hooked up
> > to the computer.
>
> Computers these days seldom fail unless they are damaged by an improper
> boost or charge. Who is "they"? This kind of problem is best left to a good
> dealer or highly qualified shop with extensive diagnostic capability, for
> sure no one on a newsgroup is going to be able to diagnose it. A lot of
> money is wasted replacing perfectly good computers when the problem is
> really in the wiring.
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