'97 Venture ABS/TC/Brake light on

The van was at the dealer for state inspection / emissions. Dealer claimed after they hooked up for emission (OBDII -> to a pc) the lights came on. They spent 5 hours t/s and came back and told me I needed a TC motor kit. According to the parts catalog that is the part on the strut tower that I replaced.

This dealer is the same one I bought the van from and has done all of my state inspect/emissions. I really do not think they did anything that would cause the lights. They wanted me to pony up $600 for the repair. Cost was $197 and took me longer to bleed the brakes than to R&R the part.

I'll pull the codes and list them.

TC was replaced based on 5 hrs of trouble shooting by a Chevy dealer....that is why....

The van was at the dealer for state inspection / emissions. Dealer claimed after they hooked up for emission (OBDII -> to a pc) the lights came on. They spent 5 hours t/s and came back and told me I needed a TC motor kit. According to the parts catalog that is the part on the strut tower that I replaced.

This dealer is the same one I bought the van from and has done all of my state inspect/emissions. I really do not think they did anything that would cause the lights. They wanted me to pony up $600 for the repair. Cost was $197 and took me longer to bleed the brakes than to R&R the part.

I'll pull the codes and list them.

Well, hope you learned your lesson. You would have been further ahead to let them throw the module on and then explain why that didn't fix it. The worst thing a customer can do is bring a vehicle in the shop, have it diagnosed, and then replace parts based on that diagnosis. Just looking for trouble.

Ian

So Ian, you are saying that the dealer will lie to a customer in hopes that they agree to have the work done then do something completely different?

I did not take it to them to have it diagnosed. I took it for a state inspect.

Back on topic though, if anyone has any useful advice, I would like to hear it. No OBDII codes as of 30 minutes ago.

Did I say that? What I said was that if you take a vehicle out of the shop after it has been diagnosed and you replace the part that "they" said you needed....you are a fool. Especially with electronic types of repairs. If they diagnose it....let them complete the repair. As it is...you've replaced a part that didn't fix anything, do you think you will be able to take that part back? If you do get to take it back and return it, consider yourself very lucky.

No history codes? If lights came on, and you haven't cleared the codes, there should be something in there.

Ian

So you are telling me that if I don't come up with some answer to the guy's problem, I can't be involved in the conversation? Frankly, fixing his problem is the least of his worries. All these attempts to save money make me laugh.

If I misread your cryptic comment......so be it.

Ian