Hello there, I had my car fixed for the first time last year to get new belts and water pump. In the middle of the day they called and said they found out some oil leak while working on the belts. They asked for an extra $200 something to fix that. I let them do it. Total was $500 something. The invoice said they recommended a new axel in the front as the grease is leaking out and said its gonna make noise in the future when I make turns. They also said that it was not urgent and could be done in a year or so. Second visit this year, I went there to get new brake pads in the front and had the axel replaced by the way as it started making noise. Total was $350 something. Then I had oil changed at a gas station last week and the guy showed me oil was leaking again. So I called them for the oil leak issue. Plus the noise is still there after they put the new axel on. Now for the third visit this week, they said the oil leak is something different from what they did the first time and asked for $159 to fix this new oil leak. Ok, I let them do it again and they said there was no noise from the axel at all. After I got my car back I still heard noise from the front when I made turns. Also, I opened the hood and found a new crack on my air intake hose.
I called the next day and stated there was a crack on the hose. I was gonna see if they can fix it or replace the hose. The manager said the crack was there before I took the car to their shop. Right, there was really a crack before I took my car there but that crack was wrapped by duct tape by someone else at some other shop long time ago. What I see now is a new crack at a different spot on the hose and I just found out after I got my car back. He did say he could wrap it up if I come by. I was gonna say "Okay..." but all the sudden, the manager shut me up and started yelling at me really loud on the phone, "You blame on me for the crack??? You are trying to get it done for free??? You think I am stupid?? Your car is too old. I refuse to work on your car any more!!! Blah blah.." Then hung up the phone.
WOW! I was not expecting that. I was simply describing the crack issue on my car and waiting to see if they could help. And of course I would pay as I always do. That was only like 2 minutes. Then the manager was yelling at me for like 10 minutes then hung up on me without letting me say one single word. It was like a crazy dog barking in the backyard out loud in the middle of the night. Now it is not over yet. After he hung up on me, I thought about it a minute. Well, yelling is not gonna solve the problems and I did not want them to misunderstand my purpose of making that call. So I decided to call back right away. This time it was a mechanic who answered the phone saying that the manager was gone to get some food. I said, " Okay, then I will just tell you what the problem was, blah blah.." Again, all the sudden, the manager took over the phone and yelled at me nonstop. It was even more ridiculous the second time. I said, " Can you just listen for a minute". He said, " You got 1 minute, I don't have time for this". Really??!! one minute later, he started yelling at me like a noisy blender, very rude, ugly and obnoxious. I finally hung up this time as I could not deal with a rude person like that.
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1. I did NOT say it was your guy who made the second crack. I was simply hoping to get it fixed.
2. I was NOT trying to get it done for free. I have always paid whatever charge I was responsible for in the last 3 times. PS, when they offered free ride to drop me off at work and pick me up after they got the car done, I always gave the driver $10 tip for each single ride. This was for the first 2 visits. It was a senior guy who said that he is the father of the owner and he is there to help their business without getting paid. I offered the tips as a courtesy.
3. I NEVER thought the manager was stupid. He was the one who called himself stupid.
4. My car is old. That was why I brought it to their shop to get it fixed. And that was why they made $1000 out of me. People have old cars. That is why they bring their cars to all these shops and the shops keep their business. Brand new cars don't need to go to the shops frequently. Now they say they refuse to work on my car any more. I wish they had said that before they did the work and made me pay the $1000. Of course I am not gonna go there again as I have already decided not to do so by the time the manager started yelling at me.
5. They don't have time to talk to me or listen to me any more either. Again, I wish they had told me that when I called in for service the last 3 times and I would have gone somewhere else. I can not believe a manager would say that to a customer when he/she is trying to describe an issue. All you can do is to simply respond to the issue and find a solution.
It is hard to believe a sick person with that kind of bad temper is being employed in any customer service business read more