Oil Sending Unit and Headlight Harness...Among Other Issues
Few questions about my poor beloved XF...
It went in for service while under the "Preferred" Zurich Warranty...which didn't cover a single item...of course...
Other than the dealer initially misreading the mileage to the point that my car would be out of warranty...they've been fairly courteous...but I don't really trust them...any thoughts on Mt. Ephraim Dodge in NJ?
They stated that my oil sending unit is bad (intermittent oil light on the cluster)...how much is one of these? Google isn't helping me much and I haven't picked the car up yet from the shop to get a part number...How easy is this thing to replace? They're asking nearly $300 for the job...I haven't received specifics but I'm assuming there is a leak at the sending unit since when the light goes on I check the level and it's a bit low...and adding fresh oil knocks that light out for a few weeks...
The passenger headlight harness for the low-beam had the connector literally disintegrate in my hands (Zurich says if the part isn't there we don't cover it...great)...the dealer is telling me they need to splice in a new harness and they want $250 for that job...
Beyond that I had the EAS light intermittently go on and the dealer reports needing to retrain the steering thing (which sounds familiar to the odd situation another forumite had) they want $49 for that so I'll let them take care of that issue.
And the final issue is that for some reason the cigar lighter shorts out the fuse for it and the glovebox light...the dealer is telling me it'll be at least $395 for them to even track down the short and that the warranty MAY cover it...so...would this be shorting to the frame or elsewhere? If it shorts to the frame I can tolerate it for a bit until I can retire the car for a week or so and take my time tracking it down myself...haven't popped open the dash yet to even have an idea...
These issues are of course distressing and I'm none too happy about the warranty issues...but I'm already out the $139 diagnostic fee and the $49 for the steering thing so I'm just trying to get some guidance here...
Thanks