sirjohnranbo
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Hello, I was searching the posts and I couldn't find any consistent information on any Gurus east of Raleigh. anyone had any experiences in or around New Bern/Jacksonville Area? I have a BEW 04 TDI and it needs timing belt and the gauge cluster needs some help (currently needs to be re-programmed as its at 6500 miles but the car actually has about 85,000 miles.)
The timing belt im not so worried about as its a purely mechanical job but after the installation of the cluster by a fool some small electrical problems surfaced (no lights for AC/Heat, Seat belt notification dosent come on...etc)
I would really like this to get looked at but after a large number of horrible experiences in the area in the past 2 years (Pecheles's in Greenville attempted to extort about 950$ for an o2 sensor), Bob King in Wilmington (nothing wrong according to them; after they fill car with wrong oil and turbo blows up), National in Jacksonville (broke cup holder, tray in console and Parking Brake, left entire splash guard in trunk), and Professional in New Bern (2 months to (attempt) to fix cluster, Im at a loss)
Im willing to drive west (raleigh area) to take care of all this, but expect this to take more then a day and would prefer closer as I need my transportation. I love my car to death and Really want to take it to someone thats competent. please give me some "personally" recommend gurus in NC preferably from people with experience with the mechanic.
The timing belt im not so worried about as its a purely mechanical job but after the installation of the cluster by a fool some small electrical problems surfaced (no lights for AC/Heat, Seat belt notification dosent come on...etc)
I would really like this to get looked at but after a large number of horrible experiences in the area in the past 2 years (Pecheles's in Greenville attempted to extort about 950$ for an o2 sensor), Bob King in Wilmington (nothing wrong according to them; after they fill car with wrong oil and turbo blows up), National in Jacksonville (broke cup holder, tray in console and Parking Brake, left entire splash guard in trunk), and Professional in New Bern (2 months to (attempt) to fix cluster, Im at a loss)
Im willing to drive west (raleigh area) to take care of all this, but expect this to take more then a day and would prefer closer as I need my transportation. I love my car to death and Really want to take it to someone thats competent. please give me some "personally" recommend gurus in NC preferably from people with experience with the mechanic.
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