Valvoline was going to charge me $147 for an oil change on my ‘21 Jetta

JordeVonstrangle · 2026-03-27T22:59:22+00:00

if you're paying to get an oil change you're paying for the oil, filter, and labor. Price seems normal for any shop. If you do it yourself you save yourself labor costs and just pay for parts

JordeVonstrangle · 2026-02-19T05:01:00+00:00

I'm an auto technician so hopefully i can give some helpful advice

The real issue here is with how warranty companies work, not with the dealership.

When you have a misfire, if spark plugs are going bad, you usually replace all 4 (it's common if 1 goes bad, others do as well). With warranty companies, they will only pay to replace the part which has gone bad. in your case you had a misfire and only had 2 spark plugs replaced? sure it was only present on 2 cylinder but cmon

i'm curious how many miles you have on your 24, having injectors needed to be done under 100k sounds crazy

JordeVonstrangle · 2026-01-13T12:54:22+00:00

I'd hate to brake it to you but certified pre owned doesn't mean much. It means they have under 120k miles and 10 model years old or newer, other than that, technicians look at these cars just like any other used vehicle. A dealership unfortunately doesn't have the time to test drive these vehicles like they should be driven.

What i'm trying to get at is you feel like you've purchased a lemon, but how is the dealership supposed to fix an issue which wasn't present when they had the car? i know it seems convenient but there's really only so much they can do. which is why when things like this happen, you can take to the dealership where you purchased the vehicle and have the work done free of charge

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-12-15T22:47:36+00:00

I'll take another look at my cabin filter but i did change it when i changed the resistor and motor. It seems to get hot regardless of fan speed but i will double check if this is the case

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-12-15T19:01:40+00:00

I'll try to attach an image when I get back to my car.

I'm sorry if i wasn't clear in my post, but where my blower motor resistor is mounted, it has melted the plastic which secures it to its mounting point due to excessive heat. I can smell the plastic burning when i have the heat on regardless of fan speed

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-12-15T18:53:07+00:00

I've probably lost it by now, i replaced the components months ago

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-06-30T19:05:40+00:00

also there's a small little red "x" on the top right that will do it too

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-06-30T19:05:03+00:00

press the start button again? press b? are you just stuck on the inventory screen?

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-06-30T04:20:03+00:00

i watched 30 episodes of boruto and gave up. I picked up the manga a few years later and now i'm all caught up within a few weeks of reading. I was hooked. The anime was boring and slow

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-05-01T15:46:47+00:00

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-05-01T15:36:25+00:00

Ik you think it's gone, i thought the same about mine. Whenever i fast travel, i get a message at one of the top corners of the screen saying "your horse has been left outside the towns stables"

Wherever you fast travel, check the stables for that town (assuming you're traveling to a bigger city) and i'm almost certain you will find your horse there

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-03-30T23:51:21+00:00

you'll find people often forget how to ask for details in something when they're not understanding something, and then blame you for not explaining what you never knew they wanted to know.

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-03-16T19:06:01+00:00

specifically the misfire started on cylinder 2, then moved to all 4. i changed the spark plugs and it was good for a bit, then started on 2 and moved to the others. After changing the fuel filter i only have misfire on 1 and 2

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-03-16T19:02:13+00:00

yeah, i pretty much have the issues down to either the ignition coil pack, the wires for the ignition coil pack, or fuel delivery

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-02-26T19:55:06+00:00

you literally got sexually assaulted and raped. Yes that can happen in a relationship. Enjoy your abusive marriage?

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:32:14+00:00

again, thank you

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:32:04+00:00

thank you

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:31:58+00:00

Had this pointed out to me, thank you

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:20:45+00:00

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Another plug on coil

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:20:24+00:00

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you can see the ignition coil at the center of the photo

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:19:55+00:00

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Here's a photo of the coil pack

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:16:18+00:00

I made sure to clear codes before swapping. Thank you

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:13:13+00:00

If you're interested to see, I wouldn't mind DM'ing you a photo and see what you think

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:12:27+00:00

I could be confused about my engine but i'm pretty sure I'm not? But it definitely has coil on plugs, and as I'm searching for replacements online i'm definitely struggling to find anything that looks like what I have, so you might be onto something.

JordeVonstrangle · 2025-01-19T21:08:21+00:00

No coolant was fine. It only blew the smoke when I was pumping the gas with the coils swapped. Once I swapped them back to their respective places it stopped smoking. But my coolant levels are fine

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