To refresh everyone’s memories, refer to this thread for how this all started. http://www.gtoforum.com/showthread.php?p=41234#post41234
About two months back I noticed my passenger side rear window molding wasn't seating right. I'd push it down, but it wouldn't go any further. Dealer claims it was bent, and they said have the body shop replace it since their glass guy must have bent it when they had to take the rear window out. Body shop replaces it. Unfortunately I noticed after they replaced the molding, the rear window defroster doesn't work. I honestly never tried it before the accident so I didn't know if it was a pre-existing condition or not. I hold off on doing anything, in case something else pops up, then I'll have them both (or more) done then.
Fast forward a few weeks, and I notice getting out of the car, something "pops". Loudly. The plastic trim molding is catching on the door and being pulled out. Since then I'm constantly pushing and slapping the trim piece back in. Also, a small noise that I can only describe as a metallic popping/grating noise, is starting to happen somewhere in the rear, and over on the passenger side as far as I can tell. As the weeks go on, it starts to get louder and louder. The noise only happens when I start moving from a stop, and as of today, in the lower gears when I push the clutch in to shift. As noted in my key battery thread, one of my remotes died (or so I thought). So I pilled up all these issues and went to the dealer to have these issues taken care of.
Apparently, the remote lost its code. They reprogrammed it, and it's working fine again. They're ordering me a new plastic trim panel piece, even though they don't have too. The rear window defroster won't be fixed by them under warranty, because they said the harness is hacked up from the body work. But the worst is yet to come. They checked the rear suspension and found nothing wrong. They did notice however the welds from the quarter panel replacement. They informed me that the welds are possibly breaking and the noise I hear is the body panels flexing. Then I noticed the next day that the window seal on the small window behind the door (Drivers side) is sticking out at the top. It's not flush against the body like the passenger side. Also where the seam line is for the two pieces of rubber to meet, they are actually trying to over lap like there is too much rubber in there. I also notice in the drivers side door jam, there two small dots of worn/rubbed paint near the latch. I look on the door at the same level and location and notice the trim snaps/screws have the heads worn.
All of a sudden these little things I'm seeing are all relating to the body of the car flexing. I'm supposed to take the car back to the body shop on Tuesday when all the higher up managers come back from vacations, etc...
I'm having the dreadful feeling that I'm going to get run-around after the next. God I don't feel well.
About two months back I noticed my passenger side rear window molding wasn't seating right. I'd push it down, but it wouldn't go any further. Dealer claims it was bent, and they said have the body shop replace it since their glass guy must have bent it when they had to take the rear window out. Body shop replaces it. Unfortunately I noticed after they replaced the molding, the rear window defroster doesn't work. I honestly never tried it before the accident so I didn't know if it was a pre-existing condition or not. I hold off on doing anything, in case something else pops up, then I'll have them both (or more) done then.
Fast forward a few weeks, and I notice getting out of the car, something "pops". Loudly. The plastic trim molding is catching on the door and being pulled out. Since then I'm constantly pushing and slapping the trim piece back in. Also, a small noise that I can only describe as a metallic popping/grating noise, is starting to happen somewhere in the rear, and over on the passenger side as far as I can tell. As the weeks go on, it starts to get louder and louder. The noise only happens when I start moving from a stop, and as of today, in the lower gears when I push the clutch in to shift. As noted in my key battery thread, one of my remotes died (or so I thought). So I pilled up all these issues and went to the dealer to have these issues taken care of.
Apparently, the remote lost its code. They reprogrammed it, and it's working fine again. They're ordering me a new plastic trim panel piece, even though they don't have too. The rear window defroster won't be fixed by them under warranty, because they said the harness is hacked up from the body work. But the worst is yet to come. They checked the rear suspension and found nothing wrong. They did notice however the welds from the quarter panel replacement. They informed me that the welds are possibly breaking and the noise I hear is the body panels flexing. Then I noticed the next day that the window seal on the small window behind the door (Drivers side) is sticking out at the top. It's not flush against the body like the passenger side. Also where the seam line is for the two pieces of rubber to meet, they are actually trying to over lap like there is too much rubber in there. I also notice in the drivers side door jam, there two small dots of worn/rubbed paint near the latch. I look on the door at the same level and location and notice the trim snaps/screws have the heads worn.
All of a sudden these little things I'm seeing are all relating to the body of the car flexing. I'm supposed to take the car back to the body shop on Tuesday when all the higher up managers come back from vacations, etc...
I'm having the dreadful feeling that I'm going to get run-around after the next. God I don't feel well.