Alright guys and girls here is the story, last week I went to the drag strip with my E46 M3, during one of my passes something broke on the rear on the car. It turns out a mount bolt broke, but the car was also making some funny noises and wasent driving right. Well the past few days I have been dropping by the shop I towed the car to to check up on it and see the progress. Well yesterday I dropped by and I was told the bolt was fixed and to take it for a drive, ok I said.
I get into the car and start it, it immediately dies. I start it again and it dies right away again. This isnt right, the car has never done this to me before. Mechanic tells me start it again and give it some gas, it stayed running but was running VERY, VERY rough. Sounded like it was misfiring and cutting in and out. The car could not revv, my foot could be flat to the floor and it would not revv higher than 2000 or so RPM. I told him I refuse to drive the car like this because when I towed the car to the shop it was running smooth, has never died on me. Mechanic tells me its only because the car is on a cold start, I respond to him that cannot be the case. I have let the car sit for days at a time, start it and go with no problems. Hell even before I had it towed to the shop the car was sitting in my cold gargae for 5 straight days and when I started it to move it out of the garage to get towed it still ran smooth as butter. No trouble staying running, has never died, never was misfiring, was always smooth. He tells me its only running like that because they reset the cars computer and it was relearning itself. The car continues to stay running like that so he plugs a computer scanner into the car to see whats going on. Tells me that the O2 sensor codes are comming up and to let him get the car in the air to see whats going on and that he will call me. I tell him check the axel shaft because I thought maybe thats where the rear end noise is comming from. I never recieved a call so about a 1/2 hr before they closed up for the day I called them to get the progress. I was told they were not able to go over the car again and to check back tommorow.
So fast foward til tommorow which is now today, about 15 mins ago. I go by the shop and was told they still have not diagnosed the rear end problem, but have discovered that my car needed O2 sensors and he went ahead and ordered them in. I keep repeating myself over and over, the car has never ran that rough, has never misfired, car has never ran rough. I tell him again and again, I cannot see how all of a sudden since I dropped the car there that it needs new O2s. That was not an issue what-so-ever going into the shop, now that its there convienitly I need O2s?? This seemed to kind of annoy the mechanic abit, he tells me that they are computer controlled cars and that it is very possible that all of a sudden the O2s both did fail simitaniously. That they did nothing to cause it, that it must of just "happened." He was comparing it to buying a TV, saying how one day it will work then all of a sudden it can just stop working. I keep on my story and telling him the car did not need O2s going in for repair, that I needed a rear end issue fixed, now that its there under their care the car is running like total and complete ****, I did not cause this. He tells me again and again that its just a coincidence that it just happened while under their care, that they did nothing to cause it. Also that if I keep comming at him like that to just take the car and get it towed somewhere else that he doesnt want my business. I apologize and tell him he just has to see where im comming from, that this is a new, (and surely not cheap issues) that just so happened to come up after the car was dropped there.
Soooooo what do I do???? I feel like I am being played and dont know how to properly handle this situation, please guys give me some ANSWERS!!!
I get into the car and start it, it immediately dies. I start it again and it dies right away again. This isnt right, the car has never done this to me before. Mechanic tells me start it again and give it some gas, it stayed running but was running VERY, VERY rough. Sounded like it was misfiring and cutting in and out. The car could not revv, my foot could be flat to the floor and it would not revv higher than 2000 or so RPM. I told him I refuse to drive the car like this because when I towed the car to the shop it was running smooth, has never died on me. Mechanic tells me its only because the car is on a cold start, I respond to him that cannot be the case. I have let the car sit for days at a time, start it and go with no problems. Hell even before I had it towed to the shop the car was sitting in my cold gargae for 5 straight days and when I started it to move it out of the garage to get towed it still ran smooth as butter. No trouble staying running, has never died, never was misfiring, was always smooth. He tells me its only running like that because they reset the cars computer and it was relearning itself. The car continues to stay running like that so he plugs a computer scanner into the car to see whats going on. Tells me that the O2 sensor codes are comming up and to let him get the car in the air to see whats going on and that he will call me. I tell him check the axel shaft because I thought maybe thats where the rear end noise is comming from. I never recieved a call so about a 1/2 hr before they closed up for the day I called them to get the progress. I was told they were not able to go over the car again and to check back tommorow.
So fast foward til tommorow which is now today, about 15 mins ago. I go by the shop and was told they still have not diagnosed the rear end problem, but have discovered that my car needed O2 sensors and he went ahead and ordered them in. I keep repeating myself over and over, the car has never ran that rough, has never misfired, car has never ran rough. I tell him again and again, I cannot see how all of a sudden since I dropped the car there that it needs new O2s. That was not an issue what-so-ever going into the shop, now that its there convienitly I need O2s?? This seemed to kind of annoy the mechanic abit, he tells me that they are computer controlled cars and that it is very possible that all of a sudden the O2s both did fail simitaniously. That they did nothing to cause it, that it must of just "happened." He was comparing it to buying a TV, saying how one day it will work then all of a sudden it can just stop working. I keep on my story and telling him the car did not need O2s going in for repair, that I needed a rear end issue fixed, now that its there under their care the car is running like total and complete ****, I did not cause this. He tells me again and again that its just a coincidence that it just happened while under their care, that they did nothing to cause it. Also that if I keep comming at him like that to just take the car and get it towed somewhere else that he doesnt want my business. I apologize and tell him he just has to see where im comming from, that this is a new, (and surely not cheap issues) that just so happened to come up after the car was dropped there.
Soooooo what do I do???? I feel like I am being played and dont know how to properly handle this situation, please guys give me some ANSWERS!!!