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Stl-986 · 03-31-2021, 10:37 AM

Yea I agree.

I'm not overly happy with the St. Louis dealer. Have had some issues in the past with a couple other cars that they messed up programming on (deleted a working key when adding a new one for example). Of course they did the exact same troubleshooting I did which the FSM points to the DME but they didn't want to point to that being the issue.

While it does make sense what that said and their recommended next steps it just doesn't sound like something that could happen without other things going bad or showing other signs of issues. He did state he was hesitant to suggest DME due to the cost to replace and actually said they send them to ECU Doctors in FL for repair (happen to actually be going down to Miami next week so they are going to look it while I am down there).

Still also think I have a vacuum leak cause I only have 9-10in of vacuum but 1 smoke test said there are no leaks and dealer didn't do one today but if there is a leak I sure can't find it.

03-31-2021, 10:37 AM	#3
Stl-986 Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 1,182	Yea I agree. I'm not overly happy with the St. Louis dealer. Have had some issues in the past with a couple other cars that they messed up programming on (deleted a working key when adding a new one for example). Of course they did the exact same troubleshooting I did which the FSM points to the DME but they didn't want to point to that being the issue. While it does make sense what that said and their recommended next steps it just doesn't sound like something that could happen without other things going bad or showing other signs of issues. He did state he was hesitant to suggest DME due to the cost to replace and actually said they send them to ECU Doctors in FL for repair (happen to actually be going down to Miami next week so they are going to look it while I am down there). Still also think I have a vacuum leak cause I only have 9-10in of vacuum but 1 smoke test said there are no leaks and dealer didn't do one today but if there is a leak I sure can't find it. __________________ 2000 Boxster Tiptronic 2003 Boxster 2003 996 C2 Cab 2002 996 (SOLD) 1986 944 (gone but missed)