Don Bailey
Member
Most recent news is that Dahmer got the builder to send a new long block. They took the leap that the failure is internal and a warranty defect. If it proves not to be then they said they would not come back to me about it and would eat it. That was the good news. The bad news was that their AZ warranty is a fair amount less than their advertised one on their website. No rent car, $75 per hour limit, $850 life of warranty limit. With the Auto Data book allowing 15.6 hours to R&R a long block, there's not enough in the cap to cover flipping it. $850/$75 =11.3 hours. I went back to the original installer and he went to bat for me to AZ since they supplied it and AZ is getting with Dahmer to determine who will eat the upwards of $800 difference considering the $95 shop rate at the dealer. Since this is the 3rd long block that AZ will have been effectively providing I hope they stand behind the difference and eat it or are able to convince Dahmer to do so. Dahmer said that the only way they could sell the long block to AZ at the price they do is to put those limits in the warranty. The saga continues. So far though, Dahmer is standing behind the problem. We'll see what's next.