Sep 112006
So having paid £32 for Reg Vardy to change the headlamp bulb on the Focus on Saturday, I checked out the lights when I put the car away tonight. However the pattern of the lights looked wrong. Taking a look at the light, although the main bulb was replaced and working, now the side light bulb that sits underneath had failed.
Whether it has blown, not been reconnected correctly or what, I’m not overly keen on going back to have it changed again, and possibly having to argue over paying another £32 to have Reg Vardy take it to pieces again. The simple fact is that nobody should have to pay that amount of money to have a bulb changed in the first place.
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Perhaps its time start really agitating. Have you considered posting entries on forums like TopGear website? Email Ford, tell them that if this is the sort of frustration that’ll get you looking at other manufacturers. The later might draw a response a Ford are in serious difficulties at the moment.