On 12/15/2016 6:02 PM, Bill wrote:
On 12/15/2016 10:36 AM, Gonz wrote:
Yes, its possible that there is a short somewhere that is getting hot,
but not in the right place to function as a block heater. I would
suspect that something else is going on, like maybe the oil viscosity
is too high. This would make it very difficult to start in cold
weather.
We have an answer. The poor thing had to be towed to the dealership last
night. They checked it over very thoroughly.
The block heater was functioning perfectly, the problem was, it hadn't
been installed correctly at the Cummins factory, and when the engine had
been installed it had fallen out.
So, they are getting me a new one. Unfortunately, they are on back order.
They are also checking on the oil viscosity to see if a lighter oil
might be needed.
Meanwhile, I have a 2017 Rogue, which is a cool little car.
If the block heater is going to take more than a few days to arrive,
they have offered me another truck until mine is fixed.
This is why I have driven Nissans for a quarter century.
Any company looks good when things are going well, it's when the
inevitable happens and something goes sideways that you see what kind of
company they are.
When my self destructing Pontiac was going in for repairs every other
day, GM blew me off.
Which is why friends don't let friends buy a GM vehicle.
If it makes you feel any better the only *NEW* vehicle I've ever bought
was a 1980 Chevrolet Citation; V6, 4-speed.
Within 6 months it started to make the most gawd-awful rattling noise
every time I turned left in second gear. Which from where I live means
every time I left the house in it - the intersection where I turn to get
out to the main road is just far enough from the house for me to shift
out of first by the time I reach it.
I had it to the dealer dozens of times under warranty. They never did
figure out what the problem was, although they replaced the transmission
case & gears several times. Put me off of FWD cars for many years.
I now know the noise is from a bad CV joint. Didn't know it then, and
neither did the mechanics at the dealer.
Still, I got over 100,000 miles out of it before I gave it to my brother
who I think finally junked it at around 250,000.
And the vehicle I replaced it with was a 3/4 ton long-bed Chevy Van. It
was an assigned company truck that I picked up from the dealer with only
8 miles on it. I drove it 85,000 miles before buying it for "residual
value" and keeping it for myself (the company was switching over to
Astro Vans with a company logo on the side). I kept it until 190,000
when the gas mileage dropped off really bad. It needed a major engine
overhaul I couldn't afford.
Traded it in when the local Ford dealer found me a low mileage Escort
Wagon with payments I could afford.
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