I took my Hyundai in to the dealer because of an engine problem. They said they would be happy to work on it and since it was still in warranty there would be no cost. After about 6 hours, I got a call telling me it was all done. So I drove it away but the problem was still there. I took it back promptly and was told I needed to schedule another appointment and I did and the results were the same so I talked to the service rep and he explained that they ran all the diagnostics, researched the problem and reach the conclusion that was no problem. However, the problem was pretty obvious. You drive it a few miles and the engine just stops. You start it again and it runs a while and then just stops. The service rep agreed it was a problem but said there was nothing he could do because it passed all the diagnostic. So I talked to some manager at Hyundai and got pretty much the same thing from him but he did agree to have a specialist research the problem. Since, the car was still in warranty and ran great for about 10 mins, I decided to trade it in. It is now someone else's problem. I have a new car and a hand full of coupons for free car washes courtesy of Hyundai service.Have you been to a repair shop in the last ten years? "Grease moneys" don't exist any more. There is little difference between electric, hybrid and ICE cars anymore except for the primary propulsion. All use extensive electronics to function so mechanics will have little trouble transitioning from working on ICE cars to electronic ones. It takes a lot of smarts to be a mechanic on today's cars. In fact, from my experience, most mechanics are more comfortable working on computerized systems than doing old fashioned trouble shooting. I've had modern, well trained and certified mechanics have trouble finding problems that couldn't be diagnosed by the electronic systems. One especially was that my RV was losing power at full throttle and throwing oxygen sensor failure codes. After three trips to two different sops (one of which was a dealer) all of which replaced expensive sensors and tested electronics, I did some trouble shooting of my own and found the problem was a see-through fuel filter that was completely clogged with actual dirt. All you had to do was crawl under the vehicle and look at the filter to see the problem. The computers were interpreting the resulting oxygen rich mixture as a sensor or injector problem. not a fuel supply one. Three different mechanics depended on the electronics.Can't come fast enough.
Why do you say that? This sounds like it will be bad news for neighborhood grease monkeys who know how to work on gasoline engines.
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