Are you a member of some Automobile Association? They might help their
members with an advice on subjects like this. At least they do in The
netherlands.
Thibaud
megan.hines@gmail.com schreef:
> 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.
>
