My Bel STi is broken!!!!!!

[stealthJamal]

Yep, my suction cups decided to give up and my STi took a short fall from the windshield to my center console which is made of plastic. After the STi fell it would not turn on. I looked at it closer and it appears that it landed on the power button area when it hit the console. The STi that everyone says is made like a tank can't survive a short fall from a windshield in a passenger car. :roll: I'm going to have to send it in to get fixed.

My Escort 8500 (non X50) took this same fall years ago when it's suction cups gave out and it functioned normally afterwards. My orignal 8500 is the only Belscort detector that has never given me any problems.

I don't know why I still use Escort and Beltronics products, I have so many problems with them it really pisses me off.

A quick run down of my Belscort problems are:

I purchased a brand new X50 from Escort when they first came out. Escort had to replaced my X50 TWICE before they sent me one that funcitioned properly and it never could beat the 35.5 Ka range my orignal 8500 non x50 had!!!! Not only that, I had to send in each unit for repairs MULTIPLE times which would come back to me no different before Belscort replaced them. The fact that they sent me 2 X50's that were faulty after all my problems with the first one is unbelieveable. I talked to a "higher up" manager that told me that this was extremely rare, I thought to my self - yeah right! So when I received my X50 that worked properly Belscort gave me a 3 year warranty for my troubles. :roll:

The first STi I got was version A3M8 got stuck on a Ka alert that didn't exist, I had to power cycle to fix it. Then in the summer time it would show service required because it thought it was overheating. Bel fixed this issue in their A4M9 version, but I had to exchange my STi for a new one.

Now my A4M9 STi takes a short fall and doesn't work afterwards.

$hit like this makes me not want to use a Escort or Beltronics product ever again!!!!!!! Maybe when I cool down I'll feel better.

[richardboy316]

yeah..a v1 wouldn't even flinch from that fall

[CactusMan]

Sorry about your STi.

[SmaartAasSaabr]

Yeah but it seems it's a really weird chance occurance. Fell right on the PWR button, pushed off the switch and lost contact and it doesn't know to turn on...

[stealthJamal]

Yeah but it seems it's a really weird chance occurance. Fell right on the PWR button, pushed off the switch and lost contact and it doesn't know to turn on...

Yeah, all of my Belscort trouble appears to other people as a really weird chance occurane. But somehow I keep having problems like that. I don't understand it, I don't have luck like this with anything else I'm involved in.

I think it's possible that Belscort has some cost cutting measures in place, how else could crap like this happen?

[CactusMan]

Yeah but it seems it's a really weird chance occurance. Fell right on the PWR button, pushed off the switch and lost contact and it doesn't know to turn on...

Yeah, all of my Belscort trouble appears to other people as a really weird chance occurane. But somehow I keep having problems like that. I don't understand it, I don't have luck like this with anything else I'm involved in.

I think it's possible that Belscort has some cost cutting measures in place, how else could crap like this happen?

I would hate to think of any company using cheaper parts to keep from going belly up.

[Stalcar]

yeah..a v1 wouldn't even flinch from that fall

Ohh yes it would...

[asianfire]

My bel has fallen a few times, but the powr wire caught it. Not saying that is good for the powr jack...lol

[spankyaf]

Visor Clip :wink:

[proudNMAmember]

Sorry to hear about all of your BelEscort troubles stealthjamal. I definately know what you are going thru. I just sent my Bel 995 in again to Bel to have them adjust the k band ramp up. After receiving k band in the distance, I would always get 2 bars on the display and never 1 bar. Why? Sent it in steath and what do you know, it came back the same darn way I sent it out. I wonder sometimes why I send my rd's back in to get fixed. Maybe we should start something on here to fix our own rd's ourselves. Also you need to know that BelEscort does a computerized check on your rd and sometimes does a manual check on your unit. I have been told that they were relying on the computerized check and not the manual check. In that manual test check, some things can be discovered that couldn't be discovered in the computerized check. Be very discreet in telling BelEscort the problem w/ your rd, and call them to check on the status of your rd. Sorry this is too long steathjamal but after sending products in well over 12 times, I tend to feel differently about things. Remember, this can happen w/ any rd REGARDLESS OF THE NAME BRAND!!!