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They cut my wiring harness during a recall. Seriously

Someone asked for our worst car recall experiences in a post, and this incident instantly came to mind. Back in 1991, I brought my 1986 Fiero in for a recall repair on the exhaust manifold—it had a fire risk. The dealership finished in a few hours, but as soon as I drove off, things went haywire: windows moved on their own, gauges freaked out, headlights blinked at random. I turned around immediately. They denied anything was wrong—until I popped the hatch. They didn’t unplug the wiring harness to reach the manifold... they cut it. Taped it back together and acted like it was already like that. They claimed the car was like that when they got it. Luckily, I had a photo of the engine bay before. They didn’t replace the harness, just spliced every wire and left me with a softball-sized mess of tape. And the whole time, the BMW sales guys were trying to sell me a new car and offered me $100 trade-in. Ever had a recall go this badly? #AutoRepair #RecallNightmare #MechanicProblems #CarTalk #Fiero #Cars #CarRepairStories