woody6725

so i went out to do my install. i searched and searched and could not find the 3 mounting bolts on the drivers side. i figured i would look at that side first because i didn't have to move the airbox lol. i could only find 1. i said hell with this, took it to the local garage i use. he did the install and recharge for $450. when i picked it up he told me why i couldn't find the 3 bolts. they weren't there! there was only 1 bolt on each side holding the radiator support in. he said he found 2 more laying down in there, but 2 were missing. and also another bracket was left unbolted. so either the cadillac/gmc dealer just half ass put it back together when i told them i wasn't getting the repair done there, or the chevy dealer that did the initial repair a year and a half ago didn't bolt everything back up. anyway, a/c is fixed and blowing ice cold now!

I bought a 2014 gmc sierra a few years back. in august of 2017 my a/c condenser went bad. the standard leak that all the 2014's developed. i was still within the 3 year part of the warranty, but i was over on the mileage by about 3000. i contacted gm, and they had me take it to maroone chevrolet in pembroke pines. the repair bill came to $1000. gm agreed to pay $800, and i paid the remaining $200. i was happy with this. now, 19 months later, the new condenser went bad in exactly the same spot. i contacted gm to see if this would be covered at all, because to me they replaced a defective part with another known defective part. i was told to bring it to vera cadillac/gmc for diagnosis. they verified it was the condenser that failed and told me the repair would be just under $1900. i contacted gm to see if any assistance would be available, seeing as this is a well known and well documented defect. i was basically told too bad, the part only had a 12 month warranty. i told them to put it back together and i would be down to pick it up, because there was no way i was going to pay $1900 for another inferior part that might last another 18 months. i expect parts i get from advance auto to last longer than that. i was then charged $85 dollars for a diagnostic that i never needed, which i actually wasn't as mad about as i could've been, because when i took the truck in they told me the diagnostic was $170. i went to oreilly's and bought one for 147.99 with a lifetime warranty. gonna put it in tomorrow morning and see how that one lasts.