I dropped my truck off over two weeks ago due to a squeaking belt/pulley/tensioner. While I'm there I mention that the brake hydraulic control unit was out and had been for well over a year and that I'd pulled the fuse and that was the reason for the dummy lights on the dash. He tells me he has a replacement HCU on hand if I'd like it replaced. I told him I might be interested depending on the price and that I'd seen a few examples where someone had unplugged the electrical connector to the unit, cleaned things up and after reinstalling the problem went away. Since the HCU sits on top of the driver's side front spring perch and he was going to be in there already I asked if he could to that for me and he agreed.
Few days later I get word that I need a new tensioner and pulley and he quotes me a fair price. He also says he's having trouble getting his scanner to connect to my truck to look at the brake codes and I tell him about a couple of plug in mods that may need to be removed, he thanks me tells me he'd like to dig a little deeper. I told him that was fine, I just didn't want to get in to deep financially as I'd been holding out hope for a recall.
Yesterday I get a text saying good news. He's unplugged my mods, cleared the codes, put the fuse back in for the brakes and all was well during a test drive. I'm not sure why this is good news. The HCU alarms were an intermittent issue, I pulled the fuse because everything might be fine for an hour then I hit a pot hole and it goes nuts for the rest of the day. I ask him what I owe if it's ready to go and now I'm in $300 deeper than I was before.
This is where I begin to have a very difficult time. I am 100% completely aware that my perspective and the mechanic's are completely different. This is why I'm asking for information here. I know this guy is a good man and I do not believe for any reason that he is attempting to take advantage of me. That said, here is my perspective.
For the additional $300:
-The fuse I'd unplugged to silence the HCU alarm was put back into place.
-My Pedal Commander and a bypass cable were removed.
-The HCU connector was not touched.
-There was no troubleshooting done.
-I have no more information than I had going in and I'd bet a month's pay my HCU did not magically repair itself so I fully expect the alarm to start going off again before I get it home.
Can someone shed some light from a different perspective where I'm supposed to feel anything other than ****ed over?
What did he do which I couldn't have done other than clear the codes and Autozone would have done that for free? Now I'm going to have to reconnect my Pedal Commander, research again to figure out which fuse I need to pull and do that again and if I need to modify something again I'll have to reconnect my bypass cable.
Someone please share a perspective to make this make sense to me.
Few days later I get word that I need a new tensioner and pulley and he quotes me a fair price. He also says he's having trouble getting his scanner to connect to my truck to look at the brake codes and I tell him about a couple of plug in mods that may need to be removed, he thanks me tells me he'd like to dig a little deeper. I told him that was fine, I just didn't want to get in to deep financially as I'd been holding out hope for a recall.
Yesterday I get a text saying good news. He's unplugged my mods, cleared the codes, put the fuse back in for the brakes and all was well during a test drive. I'm not sure why this is good news. The HCU alarms were an intermittent issue, I pulled the fuse because everything might be fine for an hour then I hit a pot hole and it goes nuts for the rest of the day. I ask him what I owe if it's ready to go and now I'm in $300 deeper than I was before.
This is where I begin to have a very difficult time. I am 100% completely aware that my perspective and the mechanic's are completely different. This is why I'm asking for information here. I know this guy is a good man and I do not believe for any reason that he is attempting to take advantage of me. That said, here is my perspective.
For the additional $300:
-The fuse I'd unplugged to silence the HCU alarm was put back into place.
-My Pedal Commander and a bypass cable were removed.
-The HCU connector was not touched.
-There was no troubleshooting done.
-I have no more information than I had going in and I'd bet a month's pay my HCU did not magically repair itself so I fully expect the alarm to start going off again before I get it home.
Can someone shed some light from a different perspective where I'm supposed to feel anything other than ****ed over?
What did he do which I couldn't have done other than clear the codes and Autozone would have done that for free? Now I'm going to have to reconnect my Pedal Commander, research again to figure out which fuse I need to pull and do that again and if I need to modify something again I'll have to reconnect my bypass cable.
Someone please share a perspective to make this make sense to me.