Dealer putting in too much PSI

[barrym381]

3 pages about a dealer putting the wrong pressure in a tyre.....we really are running out of things to say on the forum now aren't we 

  If I found the dealer had put too much air in my tyres, I’d just adjust it; easily remedied.

Do people really check the pressure before and after a visit to the dealer

I check everything after a visit to the dealer - especially oil level after a service. They're supposed to top to the max, twice they've replaced oil with just enough to get oil beyond min on the district,. Lookers have chipped and scraped bodywork and said nowt on 2 separate occasions
 Lookers around Tyneside are sh!te!

Do you really check tyre pressures though

[mcmaddy]

I do. I like mine done properly by myself.

[barrym381]

I do. I like mine done properly by myself.

Do you check them in the dealers car park or when you get home

[monkeyhanger]

Do you really check tyre pressures though

Yep. At times though you can tell they're miles off (usually 4-5psi too high) with the hardness of the ride.

[barrym381]

Do you really check tyre pressures though

Yep. At times though you can tell they're miles off (usually 4-5psi too high) with the hardness of the ride.

F**k I thought I was anal checking weekly and checking anything done by the stealers but I’d never check tyre pressure right after a service as I’ve never known a technician that could be arsed checking a customers unless they seen a tyre pressure warning

[mcmaddy]

I do. I like mine done properly by myself.

Do you check them in the dealers car park or when you get home

I have checked pressures in the dealer car park before but usually check them at home after.

[barrym381]

I do. I like mine done properly by myself.

Do you check them in the dealers car park or when you get home

I have checked pressures in the dealer car park before but usually check them at home after.

Would you have complained if they had been a couple of psi out of spec

[monkeyhanger]

Do you really check tyre pressures though

Yep. At times though you can tell they're miles off (usually 4-5psi too high) with the hardness of the ride.

F**k I thought I was anal checking weekly and checking anything done by the stealers but I’d never check tyre pressure right after a service as I’ve never known a technician that could be arsed checking a customers unless they seen a tyre pressure warning

If your dealers service was as bad as some of mine, you'd check everything and call it prudent rather than anal.

You pay £90 an hour for labour and generally get someone who knows f**k all about cars working on them.

They know only what the computer tells them to do.

High air pressure is not something I'd bring up in complaint with the dealers though, I'd just adjust (a good few hours after the car has been static to ensure I was reading cold pressures, as psi goes up 3-4 in use).

One more thing to add to the signage when you take your car in?

" Please don't wash my car with your gritty sponge...and leave the tyre pressures alone!". 

[mcmaddy]

I do. I like mine done properly by myself.

Do you check them in the dealers car park or when you get home

I have checked pressures in the dealer car park before but usually check them at home after.

Would you have complained if they had been a couple of psi out of spec

  no

[barrym381]

Do you really check tyre pressures though

Yep. At times though you can tell they're miles off (usually 4-5psi too high) with the hardness of the ride.

F**k I thought I was anal checking weekly and checking anything done by the stealers but I’d never check tyre pressure right after a service as I’ve never known a technician that could be arsed checking a customers unless they seen a tyre pressure warning

If your dealers service was as bad as some of mine, you'd check everything and call it prudent rather than anal.

You pay £90 an hour for labour and generally get someone who knows f**k all about cars working on them.

They know only what the computer tells them to do.

High air pressure is not something I'd bring up in complaint with the dealers though, I'd just adjust (a good few hours after the car has been static to ensure I was reading cold pressures, as psi goes up 3-4 in use).

One more thing to add to the signage when you take your car in?

" Please don't wash my car with your gritty sponge...and leave the tyre pressures alone!". 

I’ve had some pretty shocking dealings with Glasgow Audi and Vw in Glasgow a few times so know what you mean