99GTCoupe
03-07-2007, 07:59 PM
Hey all, I know I've been lurking these last few weeks, but I'll get to that in a later post :)
Anyways, my fiancee was driving my car the other day and the power steering went out. Ouch. She got into a parking lot which was just down the road from the Meineke I get my oil changed at. I got there in her car, and under the car was a pool of fluid. I looked under the hood, hoping that I could refill it and do something quick to get it somewhere. But when I looked, I saw fluid splattered and when I looked behind the reservoir, the metal line that feeds out of it curved a few times, went down, and just stopped in a nub >< So Meineke towed it down the road for me at no cost, just before they closed. In any case, they called this morning and told me they would most likely be able to repair the line, but my pump was running dry and ruined it. Okay, $400 and it would be all fixed. Well I talked with them later on today, and now they were saying that they got the pump in and all hooked up, but when they hooked the computer up to the car to get the codes reset or something (because the pump has a sensor or something they said), they couldn't get any communication with it.
So here's they catch. They told me that the culprit is most likely my Electronic Braking System Module, a $400+ part, plus labor to put in. They were going to look at it and tell me in the morning if it needs to be replaced. I just told them to let me know, blah blah, and got off the phone. Now, I'm no auto whiz, but first thing I thought was how in the hell does the braking module have anything to do with a power steering pump?! I took Auto Tech in high school, so I'm not stupid with cars, though I don't know everything of course lol
I called up the local Chevy dealer, told them my year and make/model, and asked their service department. They told me in no uncertain terms that that module will cause NO issues with putting in a power steering pump, and that they shouldn't even have to hook the car up to the computer for the pump install. They suggested that (I told them about my ABS and Trac Off, and possible bad hub sensors) Meineke probably saw that code and was going for a big price fix (not exact words, but that was the gist of it). They said to get the pump in, be done with it, and tell them to shove it on the braking module.
Grrr.... and I liked that place. I won't be going there any longer. So tomorrow if they tell me I need this part, I get to grill them on why several mechanics, including two dealerships (just a bit of a stretch, but hey hehe) all told me the same thing as I just said above. So that will be fun ><
Any thoughts, comments, suggestions?
Anyways, my fiancee was driving my car the other day and the power steering went out. Ouch. She got into a parking lot which was just down the road from the Meineke I get my oil changed at. I got there in her car, and under the car was a pool of fluid. I looked under the hood, hoping that I could refill it and do something quick to get it somewhere. But when I looked, I saw fluid splattered and when I looked behind the reservoir, the metal line that feeds out of it curved a few times, went down, and just stopped in a nub >< So Meineke towed it down the road for me at no cost, just before they closed. In any case, they called this morning and told me they would most likely be able to repair the line, but my pump was running dry and ruined it. Okay, $400 and it would be all fixed. Well I talked with them later on today, and now they were saying that they got the pump in and all hooked up, but when they hooked the computer up to the car to get the codes reset or something (because the pump has a sensor or something they said), they couldn't get any communication with it.
So here's they catch. They told me that the culprit is most likely my Electronic Braking System Module, a $400+ part, plus labor to put in. They were going to look at it and tell me in the morning if it needs to be replaced. I just told them to let me know, blah blah, and got off the phone. Now, I'm no auto whiz, but first thing I thought was how in the hell does the braking module have anything to do with a power steering pump?! I took Auto Tech in high school, so I'm not stupid with cars, though I don't know everything of course lol
I called up the local Chevy dealer, told them my year and make/model, and asked their service department. They told me in no uncertain terms that that module will cause NO issues with putting in a power steering pump, and that they shouldn't even have to hook the car up to the computer for the pump install. They suggested that (I told them about my ABS and Trac Off, and possible bad hub sensors) Meineke probably saw that code and was going for a big price fix (not exact words, but that was the gist of it). They said to get the pump in, be done with it, and tell them to shove it on the braking module.
Grrr.... and I liked that place. I won't be going there any longer. So tomorrow if they tell me I need this part, I get to grill them on why several mechanics, including two dealerships (just a bit of a stretch, but hey hehe) all told me the same thing as I just said above. So that will be fun ><
Any thoughts, comments, suggestions?