I like to call this story "What The Truck!"

My truck has been stalling out for a few weeks and I didn't quite know why. So I finally got around taking it to the shop to get it looked at and it has been one of the biggest hassle's of my life. The first thing I was kind of weirded out by was the way the guys at Suzuki treated me when I first brought my truck in. I called ahead and had an appoitment the week before but when I showed up they still seemed a little surprised that I was there. So I told the mechanic my problem, about how it stalls when I bring it to a stop sometime and it starts up rough. He looked at me like he didn't really believe me and said "I tell ya what, let's go for a ride right now in your truck and if it stalls out I'll look at it." I was kind of taken back by that comment and almost offended in a way that this guy didn't believe that my truck was stalling out. Anyways, I took him to my truck and of course it stalled out. So Joey takes me home and we leave my truck there over night. The next day I get a call saying that my truck needs a new fuel pump but because suzuki is dumb they don't know if it's covered under my warantee or not. So now I have to call my dad and ask him and now my dad has to go look for all the papers we got when we first bought it. So that night my dad comes home and digs up all that info for me and leaves it on the table. The next morning I called them up and told them that the fuel pump was covered by my warantee and that they should go ahead and put it in. Then they tell me well we need to see your warantee card can you bring it down here? Uh, hello idiots, you have my truck. So I just ended up telling him the #'s on my card over the phone. That takes care of that......or so I thought.

The next day I get a call from the same guy saying he fixed my fuel pump and that my truck doesn't stall out anymore. Great! But he continued talking. "Yeah, I was uh taking it for a test drive to see if the new fuel pump worked okay, and the uh hood latch pin snapped." "Okay, so when can I get my truck" ".....Why don't you come by and we'll give you a loaner until your truck is fixed" "Well I can wait if it's just a hood pin....." "No, I don't think you understand, I was driving when it snapped and the hood came flying up..." Sigh. "There wasn't any damage to the windshield? or any other part of the truck was there?" "I....uh, No, windshield is fine, we have the truck at our body shop and we're probably gonna end up ordering a new hood......" So that's my story so far... I should have my truck back by Wednesday and for now I'm driving a Suzuki Vitara a little SUV that looks like a bubble van. I feel like a soccer mom. ............I want my truck back!

  posted by Darrell @ 12:47 PM