A week ago I took my Sonic to Phil Wright Chevrolet because it had trouble starting. After a phone call from the service department I agreed to have the tires replaced with four Firestone all-season tires. I was told the starting issue was electrical. During the time the car was at the dealership it was supposed to have a full-service inspection. We spent almost $900 on the "services".
Leaving the dealership on June 12 I stopped at the Pilot gas station 0.5 miles from the dealership. After filling the tank the engine would not start, the same problem I described to the technician Dewayne. When it did start after waiting about thirty minutes, I was only able to keep it running by revving the engine. The car had trouble accelerating beyond 20mph.
This is the second time in as two years that I have had issues like this with Phil Wright Chevrolet Service Department. We were able to take the car to Superior Chevrolet in Conway, AR, on June 14, where the service department successfully identified the engine problem: a part of the gas intake, where gas fumes were being trapped and kept the car from starting. After their repair the engine was fixed.
Yesterday my tire pressure light came on. I checked the tires, having not driven the car very much since the service in Conway. I found the rear passenger tire was low on pressure, and after airing it up and waiting a few hours, I noticed the pressure had gone down again.
Because the dealerships were closed I took it to Walmart, where the technician informed me that the new tire had a hole in it and that it did not appear to have been made by a nail or sharp object.
I purchased tires from Phil Wright Chevrolet that were obviously defective, and I cannot see how the technicians at Phil Wright Chevrolet did not notice the problem with the engine that led to the issue with starting the car while performing a full-service inspection. Today they refused to replace the defective tire.
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