Monkeys gave me wrong locking wheel nuts

julee · Post by **julee** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:29 pm

Hi, well I took my car to have rear pads replaced and guess what??? They told me they couldn't get the wheel off cos I have been given the wrong locking wheel nut!!! Phoned the dealer at 9.45am and was told by a snotty receptionist that they check they fit when releasing the car to the buyer - I said they obviously dont! :rolleyes: Was told that I would get a call, waited until 1.00pm, then rang them back to be told they need to speak to the manager. It's now 4.20pm and I'm still waiting........ :x good job I haven't had puncture in the last 3 months!!

Anyone else had this problem????

Post by **Lyndon** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:48 pm

bloody peugeot dealers, even after all these years they can't get something so simple right

julee · Post by **julee** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:23 pm

I know! Looks like I'm paying them a visit tomorrow.......

Post by **Lyndon** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:32 pm

go get um girlee

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:06 am

Nothing will ever surprise me with monkeys from pug world :rolleyes:

Hope you get it sorted.

julee · Post by **julee** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 5:09 pm

Well it looks like I might be getting somewhere....they rang me today and will be picking my car up, sorting it out and bringing the car back to me! let's see if they manage to sort it......

julee · Post by **julee** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:26 pm

Well, I have my locking nuts sorted out - the lovely salesman even picked me up from work and took me back to the dealer to wait for my car. maybe they aren't as bad after all???!!!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:51 pm

They did well this time - just don't expect that kind of behaviour to be normal

Post by **Lyndon** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:12 pm

excellent result

Robby_bobby_boo · Post by **Robby_bobby_boo** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:52 pm

I think what is impressive is that the dealers actually believed that they couldn't remove the wheels without the correct "key nut" Having had a similar problem many times in the garages I used to be involved with we normally just hammered a socket over the nut or something into the nut and whizzed it off with an air ratchet.

To my embarresment I once took the wifes car to a vauxhall dealers without the puzzle nut and they just found a spare one and did the job.

Maybe peugeot have got tougher nuts than we give them credit for!

And before anyone gets cheeky I can confirm that I do have tough nuts but I have never whizzed them off with an air ratchet

julee · Post by **julee** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:44 pm

Oooh, I say!!

Post by **Lyndon** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:37 pm

nice one robby