I live in New Brunswick New jersey, however because of business, I often to travel to Warrington, PA. January I took My Certified New 2011 Kia optima which I purchased with 20,000 miles was serviced for an oil change at this jiff lub, I was due and did not want to be over the well due oil change to much longer.
The screw was friendly I, must say, the service manager explained to me that I needed to add synthetic oil because the car had a GDI engine which stands for gas direct injection, I would also need a cabin filter, the manager showed me the old filter compared to the new filter, I agreed, the filter was not as white as the new one and had them do what was best for the vehicle.
I had been noticing drips of oil was in the drive way, however though it was just from visitors and last night while driving to PA from NJ, when taking off from a light I could slightly hear clicking noises however with the windows were up it made it appear that it may have been a car/truck driving beside me, the sound got louder and I pull off the high way right away, the first thing I did was check the oil, the dip stick had a burn strike, I couldn't really see it well and when I put it in front of the head light and swipe the dip stick (3) times to see there was no oil I couldn't understand why, I understand I drove a lot and is almost do for another oil change but to just run out?
I spotted an Auto zone across the high way in a shopping plaza, I bought 3 things of oil which was 5w30 thinking the clicking would get better, and it did a little. I drove about 45 to 55 mph with no noise, never any oil lights on my dash for about the next 12 miles and park it until morning. Jiffy Lube is only 1.8 miles from my business which is why I choose to go here before heading back Jersey.
I took the car back to Jiffy lube at 10 am before they got busy and customers were there, I did not want to hurt this jiffy lube reputation and have them lose business if someone over heard the issues I was having. I was meet at my car door like I was the day i took the car in back in January and the same friendly members.
I explained what was wrong with my vehicle and provided my receipt to the manger, he stated that he would take it in and have a look, they discover that the oil drain plug had was night tighten and sealer was not on or around oil drain pan drew also stated that my oil filter was was not screwed in properly, now I'm not to happy but keeping my cool.
the girl at the front desk, (Not the manager) had come out to explain what was done to my car, she stated that all my fluids had been topped off, the oil was over full and the would drain some and had more of the 5W20 because I had added 5w30 and that could have harmed the car because of the velocity in oil types (wow) now I'm getting pissed.
I explain that I only added oil because it was bone dry, and I put oil in the car so it would have oil and would not kill my engine, she stated well we added more and everything is fine however its still making the noise, I asked her to explain to me what was going to happen because this is clearly there mistake, she stated that she would have the GM manager contact me.
I want to be very clear about this, I bought this vehicle for piece of mind, meaning I have a 10,000/100,000 mile power-train warranty that would cover such major components like an engine, however I do know that warranties do not cover thing others have destroyed so it was never about getting someone to correct another mistake, it s clear whom made this mistake and should be responsible.
I took my vehicle, to the nearest Kia dealership which is 6 miles away, was told it was the engine due to oil and my require a whole new engine, I can not explain how that made me feel, only having the car for 7 months.
I contacted Corporate and explain to them what the issue was and what I had done about it along with everything that was done when i took the car back to the Jiffy lube,she provided me with a claim # and stated that a district manager would contact me regarding the claim.
I received a call an hour or so later from the district manager whom also attempted to explain to me about oil types and because a dip stick does not have oil on it does not make it empty and that I should have contacted jiffy lube at the time of break down, (are you kidding me) really 730 pm contact jiffy lube.
Its funny how somethings are clear, cut and dry and someone still tries to pull the wool over your eyes as a customers, I call them crooks, hustlers, ect...and thats just how I feel, Like I've been robbed and I'm picking up the pieces on my own.
A engine cost thousands of dollars and now I'm sitting waiting to hear back from the dealer and the District manager whom stated that he would call back in 30 minutes and its been over an hour.
All of this for 104.00 oil change that should have cost 38.00, but I let them sale me and I've learned a big lesson. read more