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No Maliview offered in '08

There is a retrofit kit. Malibu offered it to dealers w/ old 08' stock sitting in their inventory to help them move them.

It will only fit on 08's though, as the ECM changed from 07 to 08.

[chpthril]

There is a retrofit kit. Malibu offered it to dealers w/ old 08' stock sitting in their inventory to help them move them.

It will only fit on 08's though, as the ECM changed from 07 to 08.

That's some smart think'n right there...............add 2K to the bottom line of a year old stale boat, that'll make it fly off the lot

[Timmy!]

ImaPigDog - why don't you want other parties involved? We're here to help you, none of us want to see someone spend that kind of money and not be happy with the purchase no matter what brand of boat you bought! I'm confused as to why you wouldn't want the issues fixed. I guess your intent is to now sell the boat and let someone else deal with the issues? I'm sure you're at the end of your rope after all of the things that you have done but you made a substantial purchase and you should be able to enjoy it!

[chpthril]

ImaPigDog - why don't you want other parties involved? We're here to help you, none of us want to see someone spend that kind of money and not be happy with the purchase no matter what brand of boat you bought! I'm confused as to why you wouldn't want the issues fixed. I guess your intent is to now sell the boat and let someone else deal with the issues? I'm sure you're at the end of your rope after all of the things that you have done but you made a substantial purchase and you should be able to enjoy it!

X2. Who have you sent letter(s) and email(s) to and called, that has not responded to either you or your dealer directly. Dude, I've met just about all the movers and shakers at Tige. I've got either thier cell or email, and I'm not afraid to use it

J/K but seriously, send me a PM! If the dealer is not getting help from Tige, then he needs to go to his Rep, which I believe is Mark Gibbs. If that dont work, go to Tony F, if that dont work, go to Ben and or Charlie. Somewhere there is a chunk of story missing, is it parts or tech help that the dealer is needing to fix your boat. This train can and will get moving, you just need to push the right button

[Timmy!]

FWIW, turbonine finally got satisfaction with them buying his boat back (or something like that) and is in his Malibu now. We're here to help, seriously!

[da.bell]

Abilene, We have a problem!!!!! We have a breakdown in communication... Come in Abilene!!!!! Are you there?????



Hope things work out IPD!!!!!

[ImaPigDog]

The proper parties are already involved and all the "big dogs" (Charlie, Rick, Harvey, Mark, Ben) have been directly contacted.

Our situation is not going to get solved on this forum. As previously stated, I am not commenting with any further details on our situation until it is resolved.

You may direct any questions directly to: timwilking - at - yahoo - dot - com

Tim

[Timmy!]

Cool. Keep us posted on the outcome.

[loudelectronics]

X2. Who have you sent letter(s) and email(s) to and called, that has not responded to either you or your dealer directly. Dude, I've met just about all the movers and shakers at Tige. I've got either thier cell or email, and I'm not afraid to use it

J/K but seriously, send me a PM! If the dealer is not getting help from Tige, then he needs to go to his Rep, which I believe is Mark Gibbs. If that dont work, go to Tony F, if that dont work, go to Ben and or Charlie. Somewhere there is a junk of story missing, is it parts or tech help that the dealer is needing to fix your boat. This train can and will get moving, you just need to push the right button

You are so right. You got to talk to the right people. After talking to the right people on my boat, I am fully convinced that they are going to do the right thing and right the situation. They are great people to work with. Just make sure you are talking to the right people and not sending emails, just to the bulk collection box, those hardly get returned.

I have never owned a product that has been better backed by the company. Not to many companies I know of if you have an issue you go right to the GM to get it resolved. Most will keep it at a dealer level. Tige stands behind there product!

Ask your self this, when was the last time you had an issue with your vehicle that the dealer was not fixing? Did you get a response from corporate. This is what makes tige unique and one reason we buy the boats.

[loudelectronics]

Oops! Should have kept reading. Keep us posted!

[turbonine]

FWIW, turbonine finally got satisfaction with them buying his boat back (or something like that) and is in his Malibu now. We're here to help, seriously!

Couldn't be happier to be back in a Malibu. 600+ hrs between the two Malibus and only one problem with ground wire not being connected to a rocker switch. 17 seconds to fix.

Our situation is not going to get solved on this forum. As previously stated, I am not commenting with any further details on our situation until it is resolved.

You may direct any questions directly to: timwilking - at - yahoo - dot - com

Tim

I think Tim is doing the right thing. Forums only seem to fuel the fire and they are public domain.

[turbonine]

Ask your self this, when was the last time you had an issue with your vehicle that the dealer was not fixing? Did you get a response from corporate. This is what makes tige unique and one reason we buy the boats.

GM sold about 1,500,000 last year. Tige sold, I am guessing, under a 1,000 boats last year. This does make them unique in a comparison to GM. Just because there a manufacturers and dealers, it doesn't make them the same customer service model.

[zad0030]

There is a retrofit kit. Malibu offered it to dealers w/ old 08' stock sitting in their inventory to help them move them.

It will only fit on 08's though, as the ECM changed from 07 to 08.

Actually I think that the ECM needs to be replaced on the 08's as well.

But here is the thing... If Malibu offered retrofits for all capable boats, no one would buy new boats.

That's some smart think'n right there...............add 2K to the bottom line of a year old stale boat, that'll make it fly off the lot

You would be surprised

[chpthril]

Actually I think that the ECM needs to be replaced on the 08's as well.

But here is the thing... If Malibu offered retrofits for all capable boats, no one would buy new boats.


You would be surprised

Yes I would Now, if the dealer installed the upgrade without adding it to the asking price of the boat, then yes, it would spur some buyers as it ='d another dealer discount in a way. But, making it look like an 09 and having the price of an 09, buyers would just buy........wait for it.........an 09

[talltigeguy]

IPD,

I hope that your issues get resolved. There has to be someone out there with the proper understanding of how to fix those things.

The only part of the story that did not make a lot of sense to me is that he had contacted corporate and still felt unlistened to. Like others have suggested, they felt listened to, even in the worst of circumstances. Multiple people offered to make the call for him even. IPD makes it sound like he was told to just tough it out. You can't sell a boat with a good conscience with those issues, so it has to be fixed no matter what unless you give it back to Tige or the dealer.

I can't help but wonder if there is more to the story on both sides, but I agree with IPD, for now it is best to just leave it off the internet until a resolution is found. If they never can fix those issues, then blast away.