Hi. I was wondering if you guys might be able to offer me some advice for a problem that I'm having with these guys.

I was driving my 2005 Nissan Maxima yesterday and it's got a feature on it called Automatic Positioning System on it. Basically what it does is when you shut the car off and pull the key out the steering wheel moved all the way up in the tilt position and the seat moves all the way back making it easier to get out of the car. When you get back in, everything returns to the position that you like so you can drive. Yesterday it went up and back like it should when I turned the car off, but when I turned it back on nothing went back like it should...nothing moves and it sucks driving my Maxima with the steering wheel looking like it belongs in an RV or 18 Wheeler. Sooo...I took it to Port City Nissan in Portsmouth for the warranty repair. I got a call from Jason in their service department today saying the Coastal Nissan (where we bought the car) had done a recall in May of 07 and screwed up the installation of the lumber support motor. Apparently the APS is wired in with the lumbar support motor and when that failed, it caused the whole system to fail. They're saying that they will cover the cost of the parts that they put in the car, but because someone else screwed up the initial installation, they're not going to pay for the labor which is $320.00. They reluctantly said that they would let me keep the loaner car until tomorrow afternoon to see if I can get Coastal to agree to pay for the labor but I don't see why they would do that...there's simply nothing in it for them except keeping a happy customer happy. So basically what i've got going here is my car working fine now, but they're holding it for ransom.

My thoughts are that I should just pay and then talk to a lawyer because I need my car back and if I don't return their rental by 1 o'clock to tomorrow they're going to start charging me for that too.

I walked out of their show-room when I was shopping for this car because of some kooky shit they were pulling and I should have known that their service department was going to pull some too.