Last couple of days ive been trying to price up a Volvo trade in. High miles with no indication the cam belt had ever been replaced except the customers word that "the mechanic said it had been done-at some point". Rang my mechanic for a price. "nahh mate it has a chain". Rang a euro specialist garage to be told the same. Rang TWO Volvo franchise workshops and was quoted $2000 or thereabouts by both. Utterly confused I called Volvo NZ Turns out that although first registered very late one year it was actually the next years model -old one had cam belt new one had chain. The insane bit-Customers mechanic said it was done. 2 franchise workshops quoted to replace a belt.
poppy62,
Jul 30, 12:41am
Obviously cross over on models. Don't the Yanks bring out new (next years) models in July of the preceding year?. That is 2021 models are released in July 2020.
peanuts37,
Jul 30, 1:01am
My NZ new Honda Jazz was first registered August 2015 but is a 2016 model. Has on VIN plate built 06/15, 2016 build. Bought from Honda, advertised as 2016, asked about it and was told definitely 2016, has a few changes like extra sound deadening etc.
tweake,
Jul 30, 1:01am
always pays to quote engine numbers.
seen it where they changed models but supply kinda gets mixed and they sell the two model side by side. or old model is still in production but only shipped to certain counties and we get both here as 2nd hand imports.
also seen it where the production dates get stretched to cover when the factory isn't actually making any. eg i know one make/model where there was no production in 2007 but you can still find 2007 vehicles. sometimes an engine date code will give it away.
also there has been manufactures who raided the parts bins to continue production so cars made in the same model and year use different parts.
tweake,
Jul 30, 1:02am
not uncommon for dealers to pre register vehicles to make up sales figures.
peanuts37,
Jul 30, 1:12am
First WOF August 2015.
mrfxit,
Jul 30, 1:56am
Then theres the Toyota vans built by Daihatsu/ branded Daihatsu with Daihatsu part numbers but same exact Toyota branded van
kazbanz,
Jul 30, 2:52am
Lotsa that happened /happening.
tamarillo,
Jul 30, 4:19am
Be even better if they’d been charged for cam belt change! On the old 5 cylinder petrol belt was cheap (hundreds not thousands) to change using kit from States, Volvo NZ overpriced.
sw20,
Jul 30, 4:41am
Not a problem when you use the vehicles model and frame numbers at your Toyota dealer parts department. They still provide parts for Daihatsu.
bigfatmat1,
Jul 30, 4:46am
did you not lift bonnet to look? Or check engine code?
curlcrown,
Jul 30, 4:50am
I suspect the idiom "buyer are liars" has something to do with it, and that upon seeing the car the workshops who quoted for the belt would have told you it was a chain. Unless of course the customer was right.
kazbanz,
Jul 30, 7:14am
car wasn’t at the yard
solarboy,
Jul 30, 10:36am
Good excuse.
franc123,
Jul 30, 6:52pm
Obviously an assumption that it was the earlier model since you were asking about a belt price, which you got.
desmodave,
Jul 30, 7:07pm
Plastic or alloy timing cover . If its not with you i guess you can't look .
amasser,
Jul 30, 7:44pm
Could be worth a complaint under the Fair Trading Act for misleading advertising. Was there a price difference for 2015?
kazbanz,
Jul 30, 10:30pm
Actually mate I told them year,rego number and the engine number
franc123,
Jul 30, 10:38pm
Hmm that's a hard one to explain, even more so given two of them got it wrong. There must have been a mistake in the information or how they used it.
lythande1,
Jul 31, 2:44am
Normally a sticker is added under bonnet or such when done. If no proof, don't believe it, better to have done it twice than accept someones word, and have it break.
franc123,
Jul 31, 3:01am
You can't believe stickers either. The only even remotely believable proof is physical examination of the belt by a trained eye, in the absence of an itemized receipt from a repairer with a rego number on it.
kazbanz,
Jul 31, 3:32am
I'd say they looked no further than 2006 -OR . ya know sucker that doesn't know better.
franc123,
Jul 31, 4:47am
I know sales are sales and business is business but is this thing something you really want to trade anyway, especially with a view to on selling? What's the rest of it like, service history etc? The issues trying to keep ageing Volvos on the road in NZ are well known, it could be a real arse biter.
kazbanz,
Jul 31, 5:55am
To be totally honest mate- Ive a taste for something a bit different as a personal driver. S%%% and giggles stuff
franc123,
Jul 31, 8:03am
I know its stating the obvious but I would be physically checking the thing out properly if that's the case.
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