David426

The dealership put a new tranny in my 99. They got the rear tires on backwards. I thought I heard a popping sound at the left rear on my way home . Could not see anything but noticed they got the rear tires on backwards(left tire on right right tire on left). Do you think this did any damage to the tires. Bust a belt maybe , Could this have been the noise I heard?. I was only doing 40mph max for about 3 miles. I'll bitch in the Morning. I have the F1 runflats

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boatboatboat

I would assume all putting on the tires backwards would do, would be to effect the way the tread channels water on wet roads?

Ego-Trip

I cant see how this would cause any damage, especially since you said you only drove 3 miles.

David426

Probably ran over a small rock or something, Im sure its nothing just wanted to check with you guys. Jeez if they screwed that up no telling what else. All seems fine so far. Thanks guys

Ego-Trip

It could be worse. There was a guy here a few months back that had his car at the dealer and they put one of his front tires on the rear. He was running a 17" and an 18" tire in the back. Now that can definitely do some damage.

David426

2k1, thats insane. Can someone that works on cars for a living really be that incompetent? Actually I can believe it. I try to go over my cars(wifes car too) with a fine tooth comb after it has been to the dealership.

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Lancer033

it's not going to do any damage, but how much faith do you have in the quality of their transmission work if they can't even put tires on in the right place. That's what I woukd be worried about

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jeff1surfs

How about the one post where a C5 is serviced at the dealer and they FORGET to put in antifreeze!!
Guy drives it a few miles and I think he melts the aluminum block

What a freaken bummer

VetteTech81

Mistakes can happen especially when there is book time envolved it's a beat the clock game. If someone layed the tires out or moved them or something and someone went real quick to throw them on the car they may have not payed attention to the direction. it happens.

I'm not trying to remove fault, I am just explaining that there is a reason why these things happen besides incompetance. Most dealers are fast paced, techs are dealing with many distractions on top of rushing to make a buck. Because whatever is charged to the customer is always too much so to keep costs low they screw the techs over on book times meaning they give less time to do certain jobs.. Especially on warrantee jobs

A job that pays an hour labor to a tech (this is not the 85 ot 100 labor rate it's more like 20 and hour or something around there depending on where your at ect) the same job for warrantee may only pay 1/2 hour AND IT TAKES THE SAME TIME which is BS but thats how it works in this industry and this is why it's hard to keep good techs.

I do AGREE IN FULL that this should not happen.

And I do agree there are quite a few techs out there that really are clueless.
-=Rick

Avanti

Unfortunately, not all that unusual. The local Goodyear dealer did the same thing on a friend's Vette.

Glennm27

If they did NOT dismount the tires from the wheels, then they are NOT on backwards.

Vetteman Jack

It should not have caused any damage to the tires, but sure makes them look like idiots. Go back in and complain. Hope they did better on the rest of the repairs.

Mike98SilVert

There is always so much negative feedback about Chevy dealer service. I have never taken a Corvette to the dealer for anything in over 26 years of owning Corvettes. Glad I am able to do things for myself and have relatives and friends to help. I am afraid of the day in the future that I may need to have a serious warranty item taken care of by a GM dealer after reading the countless posts of incompetence here. Not to mention the damage cause to cars from cracked rocker panels to dropping cars off of lifts And joy rides and burn outs etc by dealer employees.
I did have a small warranty issue recently and when I called local dealers, they refused to talk to me after they learned that I did not puchase the Corvette from them. What good is a GM warranty when the dealers tell you to get lost? I am sure I could fight it or find a dealer who will permit me to have them abuse my Vette but I choose not to. Do I want to force a dealer to service my car. Hmmmm, wonder how careful they would be in that circumstance. I will take care of things myself. As far as tire replacement, there are many careful, better and cheaper places to go to than a dealer.
Now if Fichtner Chevy was close by, that would be great! They are just too far from NY.

David426

I guess mistakes can happen. Fortunately the tranny is a GM certified rebuilt, which was shipped to the dealership already put together so I don't have to worry about any Nacho Cheese inside of it

JTS97Z28

Same deal I have had. My sister has a newer Honda Prelude which has like a swirl 5 spoke wheel which are directional. Discount Tire NEVER puts them on the right side. It friggin drives me nuts how can someone that works specifically on wheels ALL DAY EVERYDAY not know how to properly put wheels on a car. Or understand that some cars do have directional wheels and tires. Morons.

WhiteC5Vette

I agree with everything you said, except the labor rate paid to the dealers. GM's national labor rate paid to the dealers (in December) was $72.00 per hour, with a low approx. $60.00 and a high of $99.00. If a dealer is telling their techs that GM pays them $20.00 per hour for warranty work, the techs should walk.
In addition all labor times at GM are based on the use of hand tools, show me a tech who uses hand tools.

X-ZZ4

I didn't read that to mean the dealer gets paid $20 per hour, I read that to mean the tech gets paid $20 per hour........