Terrible, irresponsible, and low quality service. Why do you want to go here? I could die on the freeway because of brake deformation. Now my car is not operating properly.
The mechanic misdiagnosed my car and failed to repair the right part, which caused extra cost, made the car worse, and broke my brake during repair.
I have a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan Base for 3.3 gas.
Before February 28, 2019, I found that my car's engine got very hot and needed to add water to cool it down every week. On February 28, 2019, I went to Quality Automotive to fix this hot engine problem. The mechanic (or owner) inspected my car and performed pressure test and said that I needed to come back for re-inspection on the next day. On March 1, 2019, we went to the shop. The mechanic reinspected the car and said we need to change a radiator because he diagnosed that water was leaking from radiator tank. I said there's no water leaking as my observation. But he insisted that he was right. I and my son who translated English for me asked the mechanic to reconfirm whether this could completely be fixed if we change the radiator. After his confirmation, I agreed to replace the radiator. At the evening of the same day, I let my son ask the mechanic if he finished repairing. He said it was done. He eventually charged $490, saying that the shop provides one year warranty. I made the payment through credit card (but later held the payment due to this dispute). He gave me the car key. So I found my car outside the shop where my car was almost abandoned in the far place. When I checked, the car's hot engine problem still existed. I tried to talk to him right away but they called it a day and left. I needed to use my car for work, so I drove the car from March 4, 2019 to March 6, 2019, and found that the hot engine problem got much worse than before replacing the radiator. I needed to add water every single day. I called the mechanic, and he let me come back to the shop for re-inspection. Then, he told me that I should replace the whole engine motor part, which costs $1500 plus labor fee, total approximately $2000. I did not expect the price would be that high. Also, I was very angry for his misdiagnosis that caused extra charges on the radiator and the engine repair. It made me totally lose trust on them. So I forced myself to drive the car to home. I had a hard time to operate my car on March 7, 2019, but I went to the Malibu for my work. At night, my wife and I were coming back home. When I exit freeway and almost got home, the brake suddenly stopped working at all. It was very deadly if we were on the freeway. On March 8, 2019, I called Advance Auto Clinic to repair my car's brake. They repaired my brake and said that on the brake hose part, someone touched and caused the deformation of the metal part of the brake. It eventually damaged the rubber brake hose to have brake oil leaking. When the brake oil leaked completely, the pressure was not enough and it automatically failed my car's brake function. Quality Automotive was most likely the culprit. The brake repair charged me $360 on March 9, 2019. Other mechanics at other Auto shops said the problem was just on the engine, not the radiator. When I talked to Quality Automotive again, the mechanic had explanations using technical terms but fully denied his negligence on the diagnosis and repair service. So now my car's hot engine problem is still very serious, and I basically can't drive my car. Pouring coolant is not helpful; water is dried so fast; and engine easily gets hot. I already paid $860, and still have to fix hot engine problem by spending more expenses. I also can't stand Quality Automotive's irresponsible responses to my complaint through BBB when it failed to perform its duty to fix it. This is my first and last experience with this business.
After complaining through BBB (better business bureau), I consider filing a small claim lawsuit against this business in the LA Superior Court. I will update my review when there's any progress. I will share how I file a lawsuit if my lawyer does not represent me this time. read more