[justpassnthru]

Just to bring some light to an age old scam, which gets more disgusting with age.

I took my little Honda CR-V to the dealership in Loma Linda, CA (Spreen Honda) and was told it needed new brakes and rotors to the tune of $975.00 and about $2K of additional crap. It was there for an electrical problem and the transmission. i won't even write the list of things they wanted to re-build and never address the issue it was in for.

Immediately, i went and took it elsewhere..
Similar bull. Took it to yet, a 3rd auto repair place.

My brakes are just fine and over 50% of pads left, rotors are fine and have lots of room for re-surfacing.

Sure hope no-one else falls prey to these blood sucking liars. Trying to scare me with the threat of brake failure with my life on the line.

The 2nd repair place did mess with the brakes and the last place adjusted them free.

And to make it all worth the trouble, the 3rd place was across the street from the 2nd place, that kept it one month. Told me to go buy a new car. then left a message on my phone they had an "offer" for me, to sell it to them.

I let them watch it get repaired in a week, across the street. What a scam. The place I let repair it told me, that replacing brakes is an age old scam.

Not to even mention, Riverside Toyota tried the same trick with brakes 15 years ago. My little Toyota still has the same brakes and still look pretty newish.

Please gals, don't let an "honest" dealership reach into your purse and grind it clean! jpt

[supermanlives]

I have saved so many peeps money on brakes when they asked me for a second opinion... I can do brakes but cant turn rotors/drums anymore....when I was in school for brakes I had everything at my disposal and made big $$$$$$$ on the side...the instructor asked me how many cars I actually had lol....rotors aint a guess you measure em and check for thickness and warpage,then visual inspect.....disc brakes are so easy ,I love the easy cash. drum brakes are a bit harder but not that bad...

[StoneyK]

This is qhy it pays to take the time to do your own maintenance and repairs...
No one has to tell you how your car is doin...you know.
Stealerships are the worst... if you have to take yoir car somewhere find a local guy you can create a relationship with or find a feiend who is handy an needs some cash

[Featherfoot]

I had to get a certificate from a mechanic to register a car.
The first one said A,B,C is wrong with it. I thought sounds like bullshit to me so I took it to a second garage. This one said D,E,F is wrong with it but he didn't say anything about A,B,C being wrong with it.
They just make up things so they can then get paid to fix it.

[Ichabod Crane]

I trade weed for repairs.

[dr_sam]

hate when that happens

[aridbud]

Not to even mention, Riverside Toyota tried the same trick with brakes 15 years ago. My little Toyota still has the same brakes and still look pretty newish.

Please gals, don't let an "honest" dealership reach into your purse and grind it clean! jpt

Bringing in a male presence...it's amazing how differently auto repair places treat you. And I NEVER go to a dealership after being a "shag girl" 38 yrs ago @ Chevy dealer.....it's called highway robbery!!!

Rewind "FARGO" and watch the stuff dealership pull.

Get personal recommendations of trust worthy auto repair shops from folks in the area. Just because they are AAA certified....that means nothing. Or if they have the JESUS fish symbol on their advertisement.

Reading on-line reviews help.

Luckily, I have had great luck with mechanics listing on craigslist.

I feel for you JPT....gouging is not acceptable.

[justpassnthru]

Originally Posted by aridbud

Not to even mention, Riverside Toyota tried the same trick with brakes 15 years ago. My little Toyota still has the same brakes and still look pretty newish.

Please gals, don't let an "honest" dealership reach into your purse and grind it clean! jpt

Bringing in a male presence...it's amazing how differently auto repair places treat you. And I NEVER go to a dealership after being a "shag girl" 38 yrs ago @ Chevy dealer.....it's called highway robbery!!!

Rewind "FARGO" and watch the stuff dealership pull.

Get personal recommendations of trust worthy auto repair shops from folks in the area. Just because they are AAA certified....that means nothing. Or if they have the JESUS fish symbol on their advertisement.

Reading on-line reviews help.

Luckily, I have had great luck with mechanics listing on craigslist.

I feel for you JPT....gouging is not acceptable.

haha, the local guys told me to go to AAMCO...I can't imagine anyone going there, either. Particularly a woman. They'll cheat anyone, I use to know a manager of one of their shops!

I learned about transmissions when my old Firebird was fairly new. AAMCO wanted to rebuild mine, at 20K miles. The trans guy around the corner was much more honest. He serviced my car and put little magnets in the trans fluid pan and said, "That will keep the fine shavings from re-circling thru the moving parts."

That car had over 200K miles on it at 26 years of age..the engine and trans were in great shape, no repairs. Now that I think of it, it would have been a good idea to put some magnets in the oil pan, too.

No need for magnets now in plastic and aluminum cars! jpt

On the bad side, I looked in the back of my little Honda yesterday and they took the jack and tool kit! doh..

[JointOperation]

Originally Posted by aridbud

Not to even mention, Riverside Toyota tried the same trick with brakes 15 years ago. My little Toyota still has the same brakes and still look pretty newish.

Please gals, don't let an "honest" dealership reach into your purse and grind it clean! jpt

Bringing in a male presence...it's amazing how differently auto repair places treat you. And I NEVER go to a dealership after being a "shag girl" 38 yrs ago @ Chevy dealer.....it's called highway robbery!!!

Rewind "FARGO" and watch the stuff dealership pull.

Get personal recommendations of trust worthy auto repair shops from folks in the area. Just because they are AAA certified....that means nothing. Or if they have the JESUS fish symbol on their advertisement.

Reading on-line reviews help.

Luckily, I have had great luck with mechanics listing on craigslist.

I feel for you JPT....gouging is not acceptable.

same thing happens to my gf.. every time.. i have to bring the cars down now.. because if she does they try to get her to replace a ton of parts.. even if its fine?... lately though.. been trading bud for labor. lol. if i can do the work i will . but im not going to do big jobs.. without all the tools lol..

edit:.. another thing.. we ended up knowing a dude who worked at a dealer.. and we brought our car in.. and another guy ended up looking at our car kuz he wasnt there at the time.. we had 1200 in parts and another 800 in labor.. and then my buddy came in the next day.. and was looking at the parts they supposedly PUT IN... and the list.. matched up with HALF.. of wat they actually did for work.. the rest.. they were made up..

mechanics will discover problems if there business isnt doing as well as they like..

[944s2]

yeah,,i tend to stay away from main dealers although I do take our r32 to vw,,but that's more for the stamp and for the corrosion check,,,as a rule I will always go with a renowned specialist first,,
prices that main dealers charge are just rip off,,,s2