When you say you've come to the conclusion that only a smart phone will work with this system, are you saying you don't own a smart phone?
You're not the only one to have a poor time at a dealership. I've had more than one pathetic experience dealing with the nearest one to me through work. I didn't deal with sales but the service department and even parts was severely lacking in knowledge but they were sure confident they were right. Service department told me a car I took them with a nfg cvt needed spark plugs one time. They charged some diagnostics fee. When I picked the car up I went to the parts counter and ordered some cvt filters. The parts desk argued that they don't have filters in a cvt...Meanwhile the smart ass retard service moron is shouting that I better buy some spark plugs cause that's all that's wrong with that car....I drove it back to work, dropped the oil pan then called the service dick and explained that there's chunks of bearing in the oil pan, oil is pitch black. Spark plugs can't fix a transmission. Regardless plugs should be good for 160k km. Then they asked for service records for 2 "transmission flushes". It's impossible to flush these without removing the cvt cooler and bolting on a special adapter. Regardless, the car came from a different location that didn't keep service records so they denied our claim. The car had just over 100,000kms.
Another time I took them a car that would kill the throttle at random and throw abs and trac control codes. And sometimes the brake lights would stay on dimly and flicker. They said it needed a brake switch. I go to pick up the car and the brake lights are on. They "adjusted" it. I pick up the car and it acts up less than a block away. They couldn't figure it out then wanted to start replacing parts. First up was an etacs module. I said rather than buy a new one I'll send them one from a car since I have a stock pile of wrecks here. They agreed. Then once I take them the module they claimed you can't reuse an etacs module. They're one time use and can't be reprogrammed. I took the car back to the shop and found a corroded connector. The same one they did a recall on prior to stop corrosion from getting in it. I fixed it myself.
Last edited by Fummins; 10-29-2021 at 10:06 PM.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)