The never ending story.

It’s just incredible. Because of the V-belts and the new alternator, which presumably would not have had to be replaced at all, I am now on my 7th (seventh) visit to the workshop.

The laughter slowly gets stuck in my throat.

In one of the next blog entries, I will explain and describe this in detail. Also for the “competent specialist workshops”.

Possibly also for a legal assessment.

What had happened? In Germany, instead of simply replacing a worn V-belt, I was sold and installed a completely new alternator.

This had worked for exactly 5 minutes. After that, the same problem. But I’ll explain that in detail later.

In the last workshop, here in Spain, a big mistake was made when screwing/assembling, including a new V-belt for the alternator of the starter batteries.

Statement of today’s technician:

“The problem is that two pulleys are misaligned. And that washers were not installed during the installation of the new alternator. But they are needed in this configuration.”

Consequence: BOTH V-belts were so heavily loaded that it smelled like rubber, the engine had too little power for driving and that both V-belts then broke.

Crass!

I’m curious to see to what extent the “MAN QUALITY GUARANTEE” is reflected in this workshop visit. Is the customer once again the stupid one?