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Willlyjo
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Sorting all of this out, it does seem to me that you intended to get your air conditioner recharged so it would throw out cool air. You stated since the car was under warranty, the service dept. at Montclair would recharge the conditioner. Obviously, this implies that your intention was to use the warranty to do this. This would have been misusing the warranty on your car!I took my new 2010 Altima to Metro Nissan in Montclair, CA since it was under warranty and told them that the A/C stopped working, knowing that they would recharge it or give me a cost how much it would cost to recharge the system. There was no fraud on my part, since I expected that they would call me back and give me a quote for repair.
Having said that, the truth of the matter is--you never followed through with your intention because they damaged the new unit your friend put in for you.
I can believe they intentionally damaged the unit so they could profit from the situation. They did commit a fraudulent act while you only intended to do so.
I would file a claim in small claims court against the service center that intentionally damaged your car and provide the pictures you say you have showing the new parts that your friend put in the car.
It is neither here nor there as far as whether you intended to wrongfully use the warranty or whether you intended to get a quote on the cost of putting the coolent into the air conditioner. The fact is, such intention never came to fruition.
I can't believe the other responses in this thread would attack you more for what you intended to do than empathize with you for the actual malicious damage it seems the service center in Montclair, Ca. did to your car.
I hope the judge awards you some type of punitive damages as a result of this service center's malicious behavior in order to secure an unfair profit.