Meineke ripoff dishonest servicing of my car RIPOFF Stamford Connecticut
I brought my car in to have a Tune-up done. When the mechanic was servicing the vehicle he informed me that I would need to replace a coil. I questioned the importance of replacing the coil but I thought I might as well replace it. In completing my tune-up he used cheaper spark plugs than the plugs he removed from the car. He figured he would cut cost by doing this..well it turns out that this was not the situation. I had to replace the spark plugs TWO MORE times after the initial tune-up and my check engine light is still on, and all of the replacements we done at the Meineke car care center in Stamford, CT.
I have visited a number of mechanics and they cannot figure out where the original mechanic went wrong in performing the tune-up and with the spark plugs. I have paid over $500 and I am pretty frustrated at the moment because no one can tell me what is wrong with the car and I DO NOT want to go back to the Meineke because they obliviously do not know what they are doing.
Marcie
So OZ PK, New York
U.S.A.
6 Updates & Rebuttals
Don
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
I have to agree with Robert
#7Consumer Suggestion
Tue, April 25, 2006
I just read some of these blogs and I just roll my eyes. They make me laugh after a hard day at work. Fyi, a spark plug CAN cause a code to come on, its called cylinder misfire, that's the cheapest place to start, if that doesn't solve the problem, its either a coil or a fuel injector. What was the code?
Don
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
I have to agree with Robert
#7Consumer Suggestion
Tue, April 25, 2006
I just read some of these blogs and I just roll my eyes. They make me laugh after a hard day at work. Fyi, a spark plug CAN cause a code to come on, its called cylinder misfire, that's the cheapest place to start, if that doesn't solve the problem, its either a coil or a fuel injector. What was the code?
Don
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
I have to agree with Robert
#7Consumer Suggestion
Tue, April 25, 2006
I just read some of these blogs and I just roll my eyes. They make me laugh after a hard day at work. Fyi, a spark plug CAN cause a code to come on, its called cylinder misfire, that's the cheapest place to start, if that doesn't solve the problem, its either a coil or a fuel injector. What was the code?
Don
New York,New York,
U.S.A.
I have to agree with Robert
#7Consumer Suggestion
Tue, April 25, 2006
I just read some of these blogs and I just roll my eyes. They make me laugh after a hard day at work. Fyi, a spark plug CAN cause a code to come on, its called cylinder misfire, that's the cheapest place to start, if that doesn't solve the problem, its either a coil or a fuel injector. What was the code?
Robert
Jacksonville,Florida,
U.S.A.
99% of the posters here...
#7Consumer Comment
Wed, October 05, 2005
For some reason, they never want to give out Year, Make, Model, and all of the other pertinent information about their vehicles.
This astounds me. I would think if someone wanted help, or advice, they would provide real information to that end.
Most cars have a coil for each cylinder, and they usually list out at over $100 each. Most people also don't want to pay the shop to diagnose the problem, they went to AutoZone and had it scanned for free. Great. Now they KNOW what they need, and when it fails to fix the problem, they blame the mechanic who did the work the customer requested.
Marc
Makaha,Hawaii,
U.S.A.
Did they diagnose the problem first?
#7Consumer Comment
Tue, October 04, 2005
I can't understand why a "check engine light" triggered a plug change. Is your car a 96 or newer? Did he use a proper scanner to find the problem or just take a guess, as so many do? A "check engine" light can be caused by a lot of things, spark plugs being one of the least likely causes. For five hundred dollars you would have recieved a whole lot more "tune-up. from the dealer.