Hawkeye, since your car is the twin of mine, the “free” repair has probably expired. That said, I would still push on your dealer for what they call “good will” repair help, which are free/reduced repair costs that Cadillac ends up reimbursing the dealer for (I know this existed before current Cadillac president Johan but I don’t know if he backs that anymore). The argument would be this is a known problem to Cadillac & they should take care of it for free (1st approach) or at a reduced price (second approach). I always found it cute that Cadillac sent out the TSB with 10 year coverage at a time when the ten years was pretty much up for most owners.
If the above works, maybe you can split the $820 with me & Cubby!
Well a couple things I found out today. On a good not I picked up my xlr today. 2nd I was asking through my dealers financial department if I could renew or rebook a extended warranty. The person loonies on his computer and cane to a point where he said my car is to old and didn’t find anything. So now I’m feeling the pinch. Well at least he tried. I’m now going to look into searching foe extended warrenties. I asked grandaddy here and he gave me a name on who he used. But I’ll takw as many suggestions as I can right now.
Ok but the bullet now. With the radio reception and oil change and 4 new shocks. The total was just under 4,400.00. new shocks were $816.00 each Yes I could’ve probably waited on the rears but just like the tech said. These cars of ours are 10 years old and getting the 2 rears when they need to be replaced later could be impossible because of availability. Even if they are remanufactered. The shocks for these cars are already high dollar. He even said he could see some wear starting. But the fronts were the worse. So I just made the disision to replace all 4 at the same time. The parts were overnighted from 2 different locations. And the fronts were already at the dealership when they opened and the backs were shortly behind the other shipment So I feel better having them all done now and know the parts were in. instead of doing the fronts then waiting to do the rears later and risking the parts being discontinued or having them have bad secondary parts later and not being the correct size. So this year has started out to be a heavy major expense for these 1st 2 months of the year.. But well worth it In the long run.
No more major problems for the next couple months atleast.
