WOW ...... what a nightmare!

 

Can say that again

 

Sad to hear

Good luck with the outcome!

 

this is one of the dumbest things I've read on here thus far. What proof do you have that the engine failure was related to the service work that was done?

 

I didn't read anything in his post that suggested he thinks the service caused it.

 

Where do I stand? The failure is obviously down to a mishap with the service, I can't sell the car due to the paint issues and I'm at a huge loss.

@invisiblewave usually you're pretty good at reading too

 

So which sentence is it you're complaining about? Maybe it's British English you can't follow??? Perhaps I can provide some translation services.😂 He states that he had a service and 150 miles later it threw a rod. I have to say that in those circumstances, I'd be wondering just what they did during the service, but he carefully avoids drawing any conclusions!

 

Good luck my friend. Crappy situation. Hopefully back on the road soon.

 

I keep reading rust issues. where is the rust in these CF vehicles?

 

It's not rust, it's a problem with painting aluminium. VW had similar problems with the Phaeton on the aluminium doors, but it's much more of the problem in the UK than it is on the US cars. Getting VW to stump up under their corrosion warranty has been a major pita for a lot of UK owners.

 

It sounds like every other uninformed car owner on the planet. "oh you changed my oil, then xxx went bad, therefore its your fault!"

 

It's a reasonable connection to entertain, as dealer techs are not infallible, and it happens across all marques. How does this affect you, that you're so bent out of shape about it?

 

No mods, dealer maintained, and under warranty, should make this not your problem. However, buying with debt, especially when not a fixed rate, makes this complicated. Hopefully McLaren corporate will understand how poor their parts lead times are, and do something. Good luck!

 

op is partly to blame.not forcing dealer to handle his warranty claims for 2 past years is his undoing.

 

So I'm a car dealer of a couple of new car franchises and I can say this is a really difficult situation . Your finance situation i can't see the manufacturer doing anything about it, the depreciation you have no shot. The rust if you have proof of the complaint while it was under warranty should be a simple thing to get approved. Does the work order for the engine mention anything about the rust? Or is it just verbal?

 

Commenting on a thread about a false claim makes me bent out of shape about something? I said what proof do you have that was the case? That was the claim mentioned several times here. Any mechanical component can fail at any time on any car. Getting an oil change and then having your engine throw a rod over 100+ miles later aren't exactly related. This is the same shit I heard for years when I owned a mechanics shop, and it's just uneducated.

Can we just point out here that i havent named the specific dealer and i have left alot of details out of this post, ie the evidence that i do have. I do run my own garage, thats the trade im in so im well versed in dealing with stupid people on a daily basis that believe that 'since you touched my car its your problem now'. This isnt that.

But with the evidence i do have aligned with the fact that the very next time i drive the car post service it catastrophically explodes.

Do i trust the dealers to service any of my cars? No. Have i let them service it, and paid over £1000 more than what it would have cost me to do myself just to preserve the warranty and service history? Yes.

Either way - i wasnt expecting this post to be full of people slating me personally. I was looking for some advice due to the handling of this situation being so poor by the dealer.

 

Can we just point out here that i havent named the specific dealer and i have left alot of details out of this post, ie the evidence that i do have. I do run my own garage, thats the trade im in so im well versed in dealing with stupid people on a daily basis that believe that 'since you touched my car its your problem now'. This isnt that.

But with the evidence i do have aligned with the fact that the very next time i drive the car post service it catastrophically explodes.

Do i trust the dealers to service any of my cars? No. Have i let them service it, and paid over £1000 more than what it would have cost me to do myself just to preserve the warranty and service history? Yes.

Either way - i wasnt expecting this post to be full of people slating me personally. I was looking for some advice due to the handling of this situation being so poor by the dealer.

Have you reached out to McLaren Corporate yet?

 

It's a little difficult to understand the finance and warranty problems too. Both can be arranged easily, both can be cancelled if you still the car, and the cost of doing both is relatively trivial compared with the value of the car. It sounds as if they're going to fix the car, so the only other thing you need to do is put on your big boy pants and insist that they sort out the corrosion.

 

Why not just refinance and wait for the work to be completed? warranty does not matter right now as it is with mclaren like you say, once they finish, just renew it if you want it.

Is the finance too expensive or is it just apprehension for paying for those higher rates currently?

 

Its just the frustration that i was about to sell and since this happening the market has dropped around 10k.
And the refinance with current rates is more than double what im paying for it now! And i will have trouble selling it without the corrossion warranty being fixed. Which they are now saying cant be done until december..

If they got the paint done i could suck up a few months of higher finance whilst its being sold. But not looking to stay with the car till january..

Hoping that it could be done at another dealership other than my local one.

 

It's sad at times to read threads and see folks and I'm going to call names unmac blindly side with McLaren and some poorly managed dealers. Cool you have more money and cars than most people here, doesn't mean that the ones that are "less fortunate" shouldn't be allowed to own and complain about ownership.
Same way McLaren will say "you tuned the car that's why it blew up 100 miles later", why can't he say "they serviced the car that's why it blew up 100 miles later", both are speculations, because there are many tuned cars that are fine, and many serviced car that are also fine.
My opinion is that OP doesn't really care what the cause was, they moreso care that it's taking as long as it is.
I recently took my car in for the software update, it's been over a week(they only moved it to the shop yesterday), and i only know this based on gps tracking, not because they make any sort of effort to inform of progress or lack of progress.

End of rant