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Complaint Review: Charles A Dynes jr - Oceanside California
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Charles A Dynes jr
2801Industry St Suite A Oceanside, 92054 California, U.S.A.
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Offshore Engines / Charles A. Dynes jr. Oceanside CA THIS MAN IS A CROOK!
Paid Offshore Engines in Oceanside Ca $1900.00 for a chevy 2.6L V6 "remanufactured long block" and installation with a 24000 mile/24 month warranty picked the car up 2 weeks later drove 9miles from his shop and the engine blew up! called offshore engines they picked the car up from the side of the road and towed it back to their shop to replace the "new" engine that had just blown up. we got a call from offshore engines the next day and the owner CHARLES A DYNES JR. told us they didnt know why the engine blew up and that he had tested the radiator and the radiator was good and that the heat tab was still on the motor. he asured us that he was going to replace the "new" motor with another "new" motor. 1 week later we called to see if the car was ready to be picked up and CHARLES A. DYNES JR told us that he had sent the radiator to the radiator shop to be tested because he thought that was the problem. we reminded him what he had told us one week earlier that the radiator was fine and told him to get the radiator back and put it back in the car. (i found out which radiator shop he sent the radiator to and talked to the manager there he confirmed that nothing was wrong with the radiator.) I called CHARLES A. DYNES JR back and told him to put the radiator back in the car we were going to pick it up. we were told by CHARLES A. DYNES JR. that if we didnt pay him an additonal $150.00 for a new radiator that our 2 year 24,000 mile warranty would be voided! we then decided to show up unannouced and pick up our car. CHARLES A. DYNES JR. saw us and got very angry started yelling refused to give us an invoice for the work that was done and threw us out of his shop and had his mechanics push the car out into the street.we had the car towed home my husband put the radiator back in it, and my son drove it for 14 days and 271 miles and the 2nd "new" engine blew up! after pulling the engine out it was determinded that the crankshaft had broke in half! after several calls to OFFSHORE ENGINES and leaving messages on the machine no one would return our calls. i filed a small claims suit against CHARLES A. DYNES JR /OFFSHORE ENGINES in march 2001. i checked the records dept at the Vista court house and this man had 24 judgements against him for the same thing. 9 of the judgements were since Jan of 2001 the day we went to court CHARLES A DYNES JR didnt show up. AND we werent the only ones in court that day suing MR DYNES, the case right before us was also against CHARLES A DYNES JR for the same thing!after investigating this man i have found the following information: he keeps changing the name of his business'everytime his license is suspended or revoked he has had the following names: offshore engines, offshore motors,US engine supply, us engine co,Engine world,world engine services, the engine king (under his wifes madien name Weslee Garrison), and before san diego he was doing the same scam in Las Vegas where he owned a company (and the license was revoked)named nationwide engine and clutch specialists inc. This man is a criminal and should be in jail!
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CHARLES A. DYNES JR KGTV CHANNEL 10 NEWS CATCHES HIM IN THE ACT!
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Fri, July 20, 2001
Oceanside Repair Shop Owner Evicted Troubleshooter Marti Emerald Reports OCEANSIDE, Calif., 7:28 p.m. PDT July 17, 2001 -- Two weeks ago, 10News reported on consumer complaints about an Oceanside engine repair shop called Offshore Engines. Since then, the landlord evicted the shop owner, but customers are still trying to get their money and vehicles back. The Troubleshooter returned to the shop when angry customers confronted the owner, Charles Dynes Customers like Jason Lovett, who gave Dynes $4,000 in cash three months ago, only to have his 1971 Impala locked in the shop with no engine in it. Customers like Brad and Beth Howe, whose van was never repaired even though they paid $500.Witnesses say that they saw Dynes using the van to load equipment just before he was evicted, something Dynes denies. Tony Baity is another unhappy customer. He paid Dynes $3,100 in April for repairs, but now his Chevy truck isn't even on the lot. Dynes told Baity and the Troubleshooter that the truck broke down in a parking lot in Bonsall. The Troubleshooter found Baity's abandoned truck in a parking lot without a battery and without it's rear license plate. Baity believes no one actually worked on the truck and is disputing the $3,100 charge with his credit company. Oceanside police were called in when Dynes hired day workers to push customer cars onto the street. Even though Dynes assured officers that he was not abandoning the cars, four of the vehicles are still on the street four days later. What does Dynes have to say to all these unhappy customers? He blames the landlord for evicting him, although we're told that he was several months behind in rent. He also blames his employees for walking off the job. And The Troubleshooter has confirmed that Dynes is leasing a new shop in Bonsall. Unfortunately, most of Dynes' customers paid in cash and will have to resort to small claims court to get their money back. But as we reported two weeks ago, Dynes already has numerous small claim judgments against him for several other repair shops he owned and operated in San Diego County. The state Bureau of Automotive Repair has dozens of complaints about Dynes, with more coming in every day.
