They messed-up my radio buttons

July 1, 2005 | self / vanity

[The Other Harry]

I recently had my car worked on. It needed several things. It was due.

They did not give this away. It came to over $1000. I think they did a good job.

What I object to is that my radio buttons were all messed-up when I got it back.

Now, it may be that the fact that they had changed the battery played some part in this. Fair enough that far.

But...

There were other stations which were working just fine. Not ones which I ordinarily listen to.

So, I think they changed them.

I can see how the workers might want to use the radio while they are working on the car, but I do not think they should f' up the buttons.

The other thing which annoys me is the bill. I can't understand it. The woman at the dealership can't understand it either. She called me this morning wanting more money. I had no way to argue.

There were like 7 different procedures, and those got divided up into all kinds of different categories. It was -- and is -- unintelligeble.

A nice clean, bill would be good.

Working radio buttons would also be good.

They could have at least fixed the clock.

[Rightly Biased]

Trey putting full jars of money in your trash bins that might help.

Or just quit putting rocks in your trash bins.


RB

[Zaxis]

Many times during the troubleshooting of a problem, the mechanic has to reset the computer in the vehicle, in order to clear all the trouble codes. To do this requires the battery to be disconnected, then re-connected after waiting long enough for the voltage to bleed off. This also has the effect of clearing the clock setting and the station memory on the radio. There is one 12 volt wire going to the radio that is always hot, i.e., connected straight to the battery, that powers the clock and memory. Another 12 volt connection goes through the accessory switch you operate with the car key. Is that clear? When I take my car for service, I'm not that particular about the settings, but you can always take a second to write the settings down, BEFORE you have trouble.Keep it in the glove compartment or your wallet.