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Old 01-17-2008, 08:18 AM   #18
bo9877
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Originally Posted by flstffxe View Post
lemon law if you bought it new, you said they acknowledge the problem but won't can't fix it and that is precisely what the lemon law is there for. If you push hard enough you can get them to buy it back.
The OP said that he's had his car for 2.5 year, which places him out of any lemon law coverage. Most states--and I believe Texas is included in this--have a lemon law period of 2 years or 24k miles, whichever comes first.

If you've simply lost faith in the car and not SOA as a whole, what you very well may be able to do is get SOA to help trade you into another car. This will involve some negotiation between SOA and the dealership on exact terms, but in the end usually involves the dealer agreeing to take your car in on trade, giving you a new car at a good price, and SOA kicking in X dollars towards the deal. Actually, looking back on the post history, it appears that they've already offered this.

So what can you do from this point? Would you be satisfied if they offered you an SAS warranty? If so, repeat your request for the warranty. Since the rep acknowledged a problem, you might be able to get them to agree to it at this point.

Several people on here have suggested it could be an injector. You could spend your time fighting with SOA and the dealer and get them to replace the injectors, but how much is your time worth? Consider taking your car to a performance shop and have them check and replace the injectors if needed. If you have a concern that going to a 3rd party shop may in the end come back to bite you on warranty down the road, pay the dealer (or another dealer) to replace the injectors. If it fixes the problem, then request that SOA reimburse you for the repair as it obviously should have been warranty.

Another option could be requesting that SOA place a data recorder in your car. They used to do this occasionally for a problem that was hard to capture/figure out. Basically they place a recorder that stays plugged into your OBD port and the recorder has a button that you press whenever the condition occurs. The recorder then saves a few seconds of data before and after each button press. After a week or two, the dealer reclaims the recorder and sends it to SOA for the engineers to take a look at.

If none of these options are acceptable to you, then your two options are to keep the car and live with it or sell it.

Good luck.
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