I've had my EVO at the dealer a couple of times now, for scheduled maintenance & for the P0300 code. When I go in for scheduled maintenance they only drive the car .5 miles which is about the distance from the place I drop my car to the service area, this happened twice now and I am OK with that. However the first time I got the SES light for the P0300 code they put 3.6 miles on the car after they said they changed 2 plugs.

Well after about 1,000 miles the code came back so it’s at the dealer again. Monday I dropped the car off after work and I called yesterday afternoon to check up on it, I was told they were waiting on a reflash from and it should be ready sometime Wednesday and I should call back around lunch time. So I just called the service dept this afternoon to check the status and they said the mechanic is out test-driving the car... WTF!

Do they need to test drive the car after the ECU is reflashed? Last time they put the 3.6 miles on my car when I got it back I didn't smell any clutch but I noticed my throw out bearing was making a little noise that wasn't there before. I'm worried they are beating on my car launching it and stuff, I just have a general distrust of dealers all together, especially . Should I be worried?

 

when i had my beetle vw used to "test drive" it every time i went in there. i suppose that it was to see if it was making any weird noises that mrs soccer mom wouldnt notice. i havent had a problem with my evo, but then again, i stand at the end of the bay where they are fixing it, and watch the whole time. not only to be a ***** but to see what else they are working on, and how they are doing it. my mechanics dont mind at all, and we usually end up tlaking about some punk kid who bought one and toasted his clutch at 4k miles and wants it fixed under warranty. but the serivce bay is at the dealer, so i am not sure how that would work with your situation. good luck, but if they think you are pretty careful with the car, and notice miles your wont be the car they decide to joyride in next time. good luck

 

When I got my flash for the P0300 code. They never drove the car off the lot. From the drop off point, to the garage and then to the pick-up lot. If they were driving my car around I'd be pi$$ed too. Find another dealership or have a heart to heart with the service manager.

 

Thanks for the advise, anyone else have input? maybe someone that works at

 

i used to have 2003 cobra that made about 500 to the ground and i still took it get oil changed blah blah blah or to just have it washed when i didnt feel like it but anyway one time i took it up there for them to wash it and i had to be somewhere so i dropped the car off and came back well when i came back there was about 8 miles higher than what had been on the car before and i asked the guy what the heck is this and hes like thats how it was when it came in here and hed even written it down wrong to where it was like 8 miles lower on the paper than on the gauge and i had a chat with the manager and made sure the punk kid who decided to have a little fun was fired i even got to talk to the kid who thoughtd be fun to go drive a fast mustang you cant let those dealership people get away with that stuff

 

thats not the news I was looking for.


Well I just got back from picking up the car from the dealer, the SES light is off now and they apparently reflashed the ECU. In the process of test driving the car they managed to put 11.7 miles on it! What should I do?

 

Well this is appartently one of the only problems with the 03's and 04's. I had the same problem with my Evo. Multiple misfire is what the scanner keep saying. Some of My theories I can't post on the board. But if you PM me I can give you some more info.

 

tell the manager - thats bull$hit what they are doing

 

Mechanics drive the cars to see if they notice anything wrong with it. They might have put the miles because they wanted to make sure that the light didn't come on. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

i got dizzy reading this... anyone else? where are the commas and periods and ****.