(Thanks for the photo Scot!)Okay, let me back up to Sunday night. It's a dark, windy and rainy night. Tabitha calls to let us know she's on her way home (it's about 9:45). Then about 5 minutes later we get another call from her. The ABS light just came on. We questioned her and then told her to drive like she's in snow leaving plenty of breaking room and to just slow the speed down. The roads were slick. 10 minutes later another phone call and she's in tears. Not only was the ABS light on but the regular brake light is on and she just came around the corner of Guide Meridian and Main street and the car wouldn't stop or slow down. The brakes were tremendously hard to push. Angels were watching over our little angel and there literally was no on coming traffic and no accident. So she pulled into the parking lot of a church and waited for us. We had to smile because Tabitha said that when she saw us driving down the street toward her the scene from Princess Diaries (where Joseph rescues the princess in her stalled Mustang)popped into her head, complete with the cavalry music.
After taking the van into Lynden Service Center (LSC) and $150 later for diagnosis, it was discovered that the ABS Power Motor Assembly had failed. YEP!!! Sounds expensive doesn't it?! Well, prayers of all prayers that particular part was under recall. We never received that notice! So off to the dealer. Here's where the snag comes in. LSC, in their technically trained manner made a temporary fix on the pump by hitting it with a hammer and kicking it back into working. To make this already long post shorter, let's just say that Bellingham Chrysler was jerking us around BIG TIME. They told me yesterday morning that they would fix the pump BUT... there were 2 other problems that needed to be fixed to the tune of $800! NOT!!! We love "Ruby" but her time is coming to an end. I was then told that the van would be finished by the end of the day. Well, it wasn't! By the end of the day they hadn't even started on it. WHY? And I quote "We can't replace the pump unless it it IN failure mode or we will not get reimbursed for our parts and labor". HELLO!!!?!?!?!!! Hummm, let's risk an accident again, shall we? OIY!!! So after letting them know that IF there was an accident their and Chrysler's rear ends would be in a sling if this was not fixed. It's under a RECALL for crying out loud! I had documentation from LSC that this would fail again! Have you ever prayed for your brakes to fail? Not us either. But that is what we did. While the dealer still had the van and trying the make the pump fail ~ we prayed that they would fail. AND THEY DID!!!!! Happy dance from us. And Bellingham Chrysler replaced the assembly unit. "Ruby" is back in business getting Tabitha to work and school.
Other things have gone wrong in the past few days that I won't bore you with but all things are slowly working out and getting better. Now to end this massively long post with the only picture I could find of Tabitha driving a "car". I think she's just too adorable here. But I am her Mom :O)
2 comments:
Car problems STINK... I hate cars!
Big Hug for Tabitha. Thank goodness for angels. I think she has several watching over her because she is so awesome.
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