M37X issue: Driver side passenger door will not open.

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agoodall
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So I left work last night and went to open my passenger door on the driver side and it wouldnt open. I tried from the inside and the outside...nothing :mad: . Put my window down to play with the lock from both sides, and when I put it back up there was grease on my tint. :mad: :mad:

Called Infiniti of West Chester, and dropped it off this morning. There is still 6k miles on the factory warranty, and I (begrudgingly) bought the Zurich Comprehensive Warranty (4yr/48k) with a $0 deductible. :ohno:

I told the Service Writer that I didnt want them to touch the car if it was going to cost me anything. I rather take my car to my buddy's shop and give him money than the dealership. They better fix that s*** today :nono: . I will keep everyone posted on the diagnosis and fix.


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wideopn11
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I hope it wasn't the child lock :facepalm: but seriously, let us know what you find out.

agoodall
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thought of that...but the outside handle doesnt work so dont see how it could be child locks. But who knows. I am ency as hell to find out what the deal was.

agoodall
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Okay... the issue was a busted door lock actuator, and the grease on the window was from the door vapor barrier that someone had pulled/partial ripped of the door. When the service writer called me she implied that maybe my Window Tinter was to blame...really? What window tinter removes vapor barrier?

I told them to take pictures that I can send to the Tinter, but when I got to the dealership it was obvious that it was not my tinter nor my fault. I told them it had to be that way from before I bought it from them 2 months ago.

Infiniti of West Chester is honoring my warranty and fixing it all at no cost to me (allegedly)and they gave me a crap EX35 as a loaner for the night.

Happy but still annoyed that ALL dealerships are STEALERSHIPS.

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wideopn11
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Well they are fixing it under warranty at no cost to you...it's unfortunate that you needed a repair but it sounds like they are taking care of it. I would have tried to get a better loaner though.

agoodall
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wideopn11 wrote:Well they are fixing it under warranty at no cost to you...it's unfortunate that you needed a repair but it sounds like they are taking care of it. I would have tried to get a better loaner though.
I only got the loaner because at first they told i wasnt getting one at all and I said, "that's fine put all my panels/parts in my back seat I would rather drive my car than any of their's...The service manage back pedalled and said all she could give me is the EX35. I just wanted to get out of there before i went off.

The only reason I got them to honor the warranty is because I can be a d!ck and not smiling + stern stare + beard = get this customer out of here.


Total cost of dealing with Infiniti of West Chester... $0

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Why did you have concerns that the dealerhsip wasn't going to address/fix the problem if your car still have an active bumper to bumper warranty?

agoodall
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because in my experience dealerships will do anything to get out of honoring a warranty. The fact that they wanted to blame my window tinter as a possible way to get out of honoring the warranty was expected on some level. Had I not been as knowledgeable about cars when they showed me the problem I have NO doubt they would have tried to charge me for the work.

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Just glad you got ur ride fixed bruh


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