Update- 4/29/24
Someone named Lee who is listed as a…read morebusiness owner of Firestone responded to my review by thanking me for the positive review and stating they hope to see me soon.
This is an example of him reading not to comprehend and responding without compassion. The review wasn't very positive and I ended my original review stating that the relationship with Firestone has been soured and I'd probably never return.
To him, that's positive and means they'll see me soon!
Steer clear, there seems to be much more than car knowledge that they lack here.
This will be an honest review of my most recent services with Firestone. The people that work there are awesome and it pains me to have to write this review.
I have been a customer of Firestone since 1999, starting at the East Nashville location. And getting to know Chip and Tony pretty well. I started to frequent the Hermitage location in 2022, and the for most part, I've always had a pleasant experience. Craig was a breath of fresh air, and while Justin and I had a rough start, he's been amazing as of late.
However, this is about some ongoing issues I had beginning in March of this year. I went in because during an oil change they told me that I needed to have an axle/ cv joint replacement. I returned to have this service completed and told them about a noise I'd been having when I accelerate. Justin said the issue may be the axle and cv joint and since they were replacing the noise should subside.
When the repairs were completed, I was still hearing the noise and I returned on 3/10/26, to ensure they had completed the repair properly. Justin had them check and he came back and stated that upon inspection, that the issue was my two front wheel bearings. I went ahead and had one completed that day, and was still hearing the noise when accelerating. I returned that Friday on 3/13/26, and had the other one completed. However, upon completion, the car was still having the same issue. I reached out to Justin on Tuesday, 3/17/26 and explained to him that I was still having an issue with the noise. He told me to bring it back to have them check it, but I've been missing work, back and forth with this car, so I told him I would when I could. Justin was super nice about it and said, he would make it a priority when I was able to come.
However, I ended up taking it to another mechanic. I explained to him the issue about the humming noise when accelerating. They checked and said both of my rear wheel bearings required replacing. They replaced both of the rear for $475.00 and I've not had the noise issue since. However, the front does vibrate sometimes, but not like before, so I am wondering if I ever needed the front's replaced and if they were properly replaced since there is still some vibration when accelerating. Overall, I ended up spending, $1,319.92 in a two week span and the issue was never resolved. Again, I'm not blaming Justin, but when I did ask, why was it that I was being told something different each time I came in, he stated that different mechanics do inspections differently. However, you would think all mechanics would check the same things, if that is the chief complaint. My car is now repaired, but this encounter has definitely soured my relationship with Firestone, as I no longer view them as a trusted partner.
I think inspections should be the same across the board or as similar as possible to avoid these kinds of things and to find and correct the proper issue the first time.
That wasn't my case and after being a loyal customer in both East Nashville and Hermitage for over 29 years, I'm not confident that I'd recommend Firestone to family and friends, or that I will continue to do business with them either.