12-03-2011, 10:19 AM
Fraser Ford had my focus in their dealership to diagnose why it wasn't running right directly after an engine swap.
They called me to tell me the car was fixed and gave it back to me still not running right. drivable but not running right.
I left and then brought it right back within 2 minutes of being gone. They sent me off for a test drive with the mech who worked on my car... my car is jerking around... guy says he thinks its a slipping clutch and that some oil may have leaked on it from the previous engine. I went to canadian tire and did a spark plug change and that problem went away.
However, the car still wasn't running right so I took it to Shanahan Ford after Fraser gave me the run around. First thing they did was replace the MAF based on one test drive. The mechanic was absolutely sure of it. This despite the fact that Fraser Ford had cleaned it.
Again, I got the car back and it ran better but still not right. Bla bla the rest of with Shanahan but regardless I'd go back to them in a heartbeat.
Giving me the car back when it clearly didn't run right was downright stupid. They didn't solve the misfire, they didn't solve the pinging, they didn't solve the electrical issues. They didn't solve a thing. Most of the work they did was shortcut work like clean the MAF instead of replacing, or not replacing teh spark plugs on a freshly swapped engine from the wreckers (they knew the car was fresh out of a swap). They flashed the ECU but by missing the electrical issues it ended up frying and having to be replaced by shanahan.
realistically I wasted about 6-700$ by taking my car to Fraser and like I said above they gave me the run around. It was extremely unprofessional.
They called me to tell me the car was fixed and gave it back to me still not running right. drivable but not running right.
I left and then brought it right back within 2 minutes of being gone. They sent me off for a test drive with the mech who worked on my car... my car is jerking around... guy says he thinks its a slipping clutch and that some oil may have leaked on it from the previous engine. I went to canadian tire and did a spark plug change and that problem went away.
However, the car still wasn't running right so I took it to Shanahan Ford after Fraser gave me the run around. First thing they did was replace the MAF based on one test drive. The mechanic was absolutely sure of it. This despite the fact that Fraser Ford had cleaned it.
Again, I got the car back and it ran better but still not right. Bla bla the rest of with Shanahan but regardless I'd go back to them in a heartbeat.
Giving me the car back when it clearly didn't run right was downright stupid. They didn't solve the misfire, they didn't solve the pinging, they didn't solve the electrical issues. They didn't solve a thing. Most of the work they did was shortcut work like clean the MAF instead of replacing, or not replacing teh spark plugs on a freshly swapped engine from the wreckers (they knew the car was fresh out of a swap). They flashed the ECU but by missing the electrical issues it ended up frying and having to be replaced by shanahan.
realistically I wasted about 6-700$ by taking my car to Fraser and like I said above they gave me the run around. It was extremely unprofessional.
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