Here's a picture of the gouges in my door well... it looks like the paint was gouged and then clear coat over the top. So I'm assuming this happened in the factory and not from lifting.
Okay I just went out and checked and I don't see any lifting damage! Yeah!!
After reminding my dealer of the "jacking issue" they assured me they had the correct pads but after my last oil change, the drivers door rubbed the rocker...sure enough, the left rocker was badly crushed!
I think it's a design problem when even Pontiac Dealers damage your car during a simple oil change. If a Dealer can't get it right how can Pontiac expect independent shops to know about and work around this!
After reminding my dealer of the "jacking issue" they assured me they had the correct pads but after my last oil change, the drivers door rubbed the rocker...sure enough, the left rocker was badly crushed!
I think it's a design problem when even Pontiac Dealers damage your car during a simple oil change. If a Dealer can't get it right how can Pontiac expect independent shops to know about and work around this!
I don't believe this is a "design problem" as there are many "LOW" profile cars out there that need the 'low profile' type lifts to be used on them also - and the "lifting pucks" .... brentil found those on some OTHER car site IIRC.
Its a matter of the techs at each location - either GM/Pontiac or independent to make certain that the Solstice is lifted properly.
I have a friend that has lifted mine on a lift .... no issues. I have had just recently into an independent garage ... again, no issues. Why, because these individuals CARE about the cars they work on and took the extra steps to INSURE the car was lifted properly.
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Here's a better pictue... see the seat and E-brake above. This is in the door well.
That is not the same type of damage we are referring to, when a car is placed on the lift, the lifting arms need a hockypuck type adapter for spacing due to the quarter panels forward of the doors get crushed with out it. Yours appears to be mutilation that may have been caused at the plant or dealer but not sure what exactly caused it.
As of 16 July, 18 not damaged, 18 Damaged of the ones serviced at dealers. That is 50% for just the small amount reading this thread. What is there to say about all the other sol owners that don't belong to the forum and how about all of the others who haven't had to take their cars in for service yet. There is 5 who will not use the dealer because of the this issue.
Small Dealer, my dealer says they use the Web for maintenance, because it is always up to date. What is a good way to get them to use the right equipment when servicing our cars?.
When my Solstice goes into my Dealers, It gets the Royal treatment.
It is only put on a drive-on lift. The Service Manager is one smart guy!
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My dealer damaged the fender to my car 36 hours after I bought it. I wanted them to remove the spacers (extra spring seats) in my Z0K so I dropped it off and made sure I told the tech and the service manager about the special lift pad adapter needed to lift the car. They called me a few hours after I dropped it off and they claimed that there were no spacers and after a 20 minute discussion with the service manager he said they would not disassemble the suspension period (I later showed him the difference between my car and a regular Solstice and he would still not budge). I came in to pick up my car on lunch and did a quick check on the fenders to find one was damaged. I called the service manager over and while he did offer to fix it he very strongly implied that I had damaged the car somehow in the ~30 hours I had owned the car. After speaking to the owner of the dealership we came to the resolution of having a paintless dent guy I know fix the car. Needless to say, I have not gone back to that dealership since my car was fixed.
So, my option doesn't exist on the poll. Dealer serviced and damaged quarter panels/undercarriage by using a lift without the lift pad adapters. I guess the most appropriate category for me is Dealer serviced before with correct pads but later didn't causing damaged quarter panels/undercarriage.
