XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Xeno   wrote:   
   >On 12/3/2023 1:08 pm, micky wrote:   
   >>   
   >> My brother bought a new car in 1964.  Repeated starting problems.   
   >> Dealership said it replaced starter, battery, alternator, and regulator,   
   >> each twice.  Still problems.   I took it to Sears and bought a new   
   >> battery and while he was putting it in, he fixed it for free in 10   
   >> minutes.   
   >>   
   >> When I moved to my brother's city in 1971, the dealership was out of   
   >> business.   
   >   
   >Looks like they had *no trained technicians* who could *diagnose*.   
      
   Dealers usually don't have technicians who can diagnose on staff, because   
   most of their business comes from warranty repairs and the car manufacturers   
   won't pay for diagnosis under warranty.  Ford/GM/whoever is happy to pay   
   the dealer to replace the short block several times, but paying them to figure   
   out why the engine keeps failing is rare because there's no billing code for   
   that.   
   --scott   
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