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chakis24 Senior Enthusiast

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so i brought my truck in for an oil change, alignment, and tire rotation. is there a reason they needed to drive the truck 2 miles? first time ive ever reset the trip odo and fuel used monitor. just curious if this is normal- i dont believe it is, but it is only two miles, but i think its the point too.

 

my clock was also screwed up for some reason...it was 2 hours off.

 

thoughts?

Trav_13 Senior Enthusiast

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YES

 

Test drive after the alignment to make sure the steering wheel is straight and the truck doesn't pull.

 

I bet you would have been much more pissed if you got in it after your alignment and it didn't drive straight.....had this happen to me once....i'd rather have them drive it 20 miles than to get in it and find out it did not drive straight, so I agree with Matt....2 miles is acceptable!

jblakeney Senior Enthusiast

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YES

 

Test drive after the alignment to make sure the steering wheel is straight and the truck doesn't pull.

:lol: I am just shocked they actually drove it.... I would force the service guys to drive stuff if I was the service manager not just park it. Simply because they might just find something they cobbed up of it might be still doing the same thing.

 

Jbo

chakis24 Senior Enthusiast

chakis24

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k just checking- makes sense. figured i was being a little paranoid. i asked because i knew places like town fair tire that i used to take it to never drove it- but then again i rarely felt a difference when i got it back either.

dewfpo Senior Enthusiast

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Some techs will drive it to check it out to make sure it's right before releasing it. That's a good thing

 

Every once in a while they'll take it thru a drive thru at lunch. No lie. I'm sure it doesn't happen often though.

 

DEWFPO

chakis24 Senior Enthusiast

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Some techs will drive it to check it out to make sure it's right before releasing it. That's a good thing

 

Every once in a while they'll take it thru a drive thru at lunch. No lie. I'm sure it doesn't happen often though.

 

DEWFPO

 

im sure it does. the mcd's is almost literally directly across the street. and sos dunkin donuts. both with drive thrus.

BlackSilver Senior Enthusiast

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If I had tires rotated and a front end alignment I'd certainly hope that they did a road test of their work. Two miles seems a reasonable distance.

jro909 Senior Enthusiast

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my truck gets driven atleast a 1 mile each time regardless of oil change or not..keep in mind techs are trained to hear weird noises or notice odd things that the owner would think as normal

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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At least your window tint place didn't put 20 miles on your brand new TBSS (only had 200 miles on it) when you dropped it off. :uhoh:

jro909 Senior Enthusiast

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At least your window tint place didn't put 20 miles on your brand new TBSS (only had 200 miles on it) when you dropped it off. :uhoh:

 

 

and that is why i have a hard time going to small businesses for truck related things, about the time i drop it off at a mom and pop garage, its going to be the new taxi cab for the day

dlewis1111 Senior Enthusiast

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i am still confused about the clock though.....thats never happened before.

 

Did they have the battery disconnected for some reason? Did they do a computer update to your truck that may have caused this?

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