Damn it, SA quit

[ard]

Originally Posted by cravin

If I didn't have bad luck with this truck, I'd have no luck at all. Came in, new SA threw me the coupon that my old SA used to for the oil change, so I'm happy with the $80 change. Then she comes over and I see Red on the report. Red is never good. Rear suspension air bags failed inspection and have a leak. I ask her the cost under CPO and she informs me that my CPO expired on 11/20 and there's nothing they can do to cover it. She is now looking for cheaper parts and manager agreed to give me a discount on the service, but I really REALLY don't want to dump another $900 into this vehicle.

Wait, your car was perfectly fine- took it in for an oil change- and somehow the airbags failed inspection without either a (1) dash warning, or (2) outward symptom?

Didnt know this was possible....

[cravin]

Funny you say that, because when she's telling me this, I'm looking at my X5 and it's just sitting fine, no droop, nothing.

So I look at the inspection report, and under Observation, it has Failed Task - Inspect rear suspension components - Found rear leaking air spring - Replace left rear air spring.

Then I look at the regular work invoice and it has -
78260 - Rear air bags need to be replaced, cracks that may cause a blow out.

So they obviously didn't find a leak, they found "cracks". I'm yet to find a piece of rubber that looks brand spanking new after 6 years of use, but it looks like this is just a good ole scare tactic.

That being said, it's such a common failure that I'm pretty sure that I'll need to replace them sooner than later.

[seattle]

Originally Posted by cravin

That being said, it's such a common failure that I'm pretty sure that I'll need to replace them sooner than later.

Sounds like they are trying to take you for a ride. Yeah, air bags leak at some point, but replace them when they fail. That could be a year, two, or three from now.
You are telling us you dont want to spend another 900$ on the vehicle, yet let them push you into replacing something that doesn't need to be replaced immediately.