Twztdlilangel
Junior Member
State of Florida:
My family and I drove down to Disneyworld this past April in our 2005 Pontiac Vibe. The next day when we tried to leave our car wouldn't go anywhere. I heard about a problem with the PCM and contacted the local dealership to make sure that the part hadn't already been replaced because it could possibly be the problem.
When we went to the dealership the following morning, the mechanic who worked on it told me that it was the PCM that was coming up as a problem on the diagnostic. I thought all my worries had gone away because it would have saved me a fortune.
About two hours later the mechanic comes back and tells me that he changed the part twice and it is still coming up on the diagnostics as faulty. Then when I asked what he was going to do next he said NOTHING. He told me he didn't understand why it was reading that way and it had to be something internal and he was certain that it wasnt the PCM.
Unfortunately, that was our only vehicle and being as broke as we were...we became stranded in Orlando. Four months later after many phone calls and research, I finally decided to take it back and see what exactly was wrong with it so I can get my family out of a motel and back home.
My car was fixed in two days. At NO cost to me! I was right about the safety recall, and it was the PCM all along. The mechanic who fixed it told me that Pontiac still sends them faulty PCMs and she had to go through an additional two PCMs before she found one that worked.
Now the car works as if nothing was ever wrong with it. Can I be reimbursed for all or part of the expenses I incurred from being stranded in a motel for 4 months with three young children? I would have only been out a couple of hundred dollars had they fixed the car the FIRST TIME I took it in and told them EXACTLY what was wrong with it.
My family and I drove down to Disneyworld this past April in our 2005 Pontiac Vibe. The next day when we tried to leave our car wouldn't go anywhere. I heard about a problem with the PCM and contacted the local dealership to make sure that the part hadn't already been replaced because it could possibly be the problem.
When we went to the dealership the following morning, the mechanic who worked on it told me that it was the PCM that was coming up as a problem on the diagnostic. I thought all my worries had gone away because it would have saved me a fortune.
About two hours later the mechanic comes back and tells me that he changed the part twice and it is still coming up on the diagnostics as faulty. Then when I asked what he was going to do next he said NOTHING. He told me he didn't understand why it was reading that way and it had to be something internal and he was certain that it wasnt the PCM.
Unfortunately, that was our only vehicle and being as broke as we were...we became stranded in Orlando. Four months later after many phone calls and research, I finally decided to take it back and see what exactly was wrong with it so I can get my family out of a motel and back home.
My car was fixed in two days. At NO cost to me! I was right about the safety recall, and it was the PCM all along. The mechanic who fixed it told me that Pontiac still sends them faulty PCMs and she had to go through an additional two PCMs before she found one that worked.
Now the car works as if nothing was ever wrong with it. Can I be reimbursed for all or part of the expenses I incurred from being stranded in a motel for 4 months with three young children? I would have only been out a couple of hundred dollars had they fixed the car the FIRST TIME I took it in and told them EXACTLY what was wrong with it.
