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Garage had car for two weeks now?

AG47
AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
in Motoring
My car went in about two weeks ago, I keep ringing up and asking and they say they will get back to me.

How long should it take for little jobs?

I thought it was just. Fuel pump to be replaced but it may be a bit more, I haven’t heard anything yet.

It’s not a small garage, it’s a big Vauxhall’s official dealership.

Is it normal to take two weeks?
Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
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  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    AG47 wrote: »
    My car went in about two weeks ago, I keep ringing up and asking and they say they will get back to me.

    How long should it take for little jobs?

    I thought it was just. Fuel pump to be replaced but it may be a bit more, I haven’t heard anything yet.

    It’s not a small garage, it’s a big Vauxhall’s official dealership.

    Is it normal to take two weeks?

    Depends, took mine in for a HP fuel pump change, seems the new pump knocked 2 injectors out, so was without the car for 4 weeks in all.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Garage had car for two weeks now?
    Not sure I understand. How are we to know if it's been 2 weeks or not.
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 16,121 Forumite
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    G_M wrote: »

    Not sure I understand. How are we to know if it's been 2 weeks or not.
    The rising inflection has clearly made its way to the written word.

    Drives me crackers? when teenagers? talk like this? all the time? I even hear their adult parents talk like it now? It suggests a complete lack of confidence in everything they're saying?
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    DUTR wrote: »
    Depends, took mine in for a HP fuel pump change, seems the new pump knocked 2 injectors out, so was without the car for 4 weeks in all.

    How can it’s take 4 weeks, yikes
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • markudman
    markudman Posts: 351 Forumite
    Third Anniversary
    Can you tell me model, and year, is it petrol or diesel? and engine size.
    We may not win by protesting, but if we don’t protest we will lose.
    If we stand up to them, there is always a chance we will win.
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    I want to be polite with them, but it!!!8217;s been over two weeks now. I mean are they waiting for parts or what,

    Is my car just sitting there, why can!!!8217;t I get an update
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • AG47
    AG47 Posts: 1,618 Forumite
    markudman wrote: »
    Can you tell me model, and year, is it petrol or diesel? and engine size.

    Petrol 07 zafera

    It wouldn!!!8217;t start,

    I think it!!!8217;s the computer
    Nothing has been fixed since 2008, it was just pushed into the future
  • markudman
    markudman Posts: 351 Forumite
    Third Anniversary
    An 07 petrol Zafira, do have problem with ECU's need to know fault codes,
    the fuel pump is in the tank, so tank needs to be removed to replace,
    these also suffer from flooding, and are a pig to start after a short journey,
    Dealer is not the best place for any car as they will wait until a car come in that the same spec and swap parts to see if it starts,

    Did your car have any of the following problems before not start,
    Power steering problems
    missfire
    engine management light on
    is it a 16 or 1.8
    We may not win by protesting, but if we don’t protest we will lose.
    If we stand up to them, there is always a chance we will win.
  • Inner_Zone
    Inner_Zone Posts: 2,856 Forumite
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    edited 26 April 2018 at 9:34AM
    The 2.2 petrol (Z22YH) was also fitted to the 2007 Zafira. It had a HP fuel pump is fitted to the engine and is very unreliable. A modified Bosch pump is available from another source and is cheaper and considerer to be more reliable than the OEM Continental or Siemens pumps which are usually in short supply, possibly hence the delay.

    So OP which engine?
  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    AG47 wrote: »
    How can it’s take 4 weeks, yikes

    Some parts are not kept in stock at the dealership or even in the country.
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