# 2013 Chevy Equinox, blown engine, dealer won't honor warranty

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 17, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-chevy-equinox-blown-engine-dealer-wont-honor-warranty/976701 "2022-12-17T14:18:34Z")
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### Author: ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-chevy-equinox-blown-engine-dealer-wont-honor-warranty/976701/31 "2022-12-18T00:55:34Z")

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I forgot about the time the couple in our neighborhood HOA stole $15,000, even to _forging checks in my name_, and I came down on them with such medieval insanity that they paid full restitution, + 10%, within 2 months:

> [@My wild, insane week. Long, no TLDR.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wild-insane-week-long-no-tldr/766414/1):
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> **Thursday, 9-15** : Sister’s birthday: made 4 attempts to reach her, no response. Even talked to the kids nanny. Sigh…
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> Received phone call from ex-VP of our neighborhood association, the Tanglewood Resident’s Association (TRA): he had heard rumor that the Treasurer of the San Antonio Firemen and Police Pensioners’ Association ([www.safppa.org](http://www.safppa.org)) had stolen up to $70,000. This Treasurer happens to be the Treasurer of the TRA as well. Went to bank. Found out things. Bad things.
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> Called other Board members as we had a _Board meeting that very night_. Went to Board meeting, Treasurer (and spouse, who happens to be the President of the Association) cannot give financial report due to computer problems. (hammer to hard drive, I suspect, but have no proof.)
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> I am a signatory on this account, by the way, though I have never made any payments from it. With only 90 members paying $17/year each, there’s not a lot of money in this thing, and most of it goes to four items: power, water, National Night Out, and our Christmas Light contest.

Like I said, I’m not bad at these sort of things, so if you want direct advice, send me a PM and we’ll arrange a chat. 😃

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