The day after we
returned, Carly drove to a friends house, also in Highland Park, perhaps a ten
minute drive. She and my wife noticed a large puddle of fresh oil on our
parking pad as she left for her friends. Late that evening my daughter called
telling me her car would not start. I drove over and found the all oil had
drained from the engine and oil-pan, the bolt, that sits in the oil pan was
absent. I believe 100% the screw was seated improperly by the Midas employee.
This allowed a heavy leakage. When the car was driven again (after our
vacation), the nut must have worked itself out and there is evidence of oil
leakage on the road from my home to Carly's friends.
I STRONGLY encourage
anyone who might be in this area, to take the smarmy situation into
consideration before doing business with this greedy and UNSAFE organization.
If this has happened to you, and I know this does happen now and then, call the
manager, Frank, at (847) 831-5000, and tell him (or owner James Corollo), how
unsettling it is to hear of such sloppy work, and lack of responsibility! It
could have been your daughter or son who lost a car to their negligence.
My apologies to the
reader for redundancies, however I asked my daughter to explain the situation
in her own words:
"I took my '97
Nissan Altima - originally owned by a mechanic who rebuilt the engine, to Midas
for an oil change. a day or so later I left for California with my family for a
week. When we returned, I saw that there had been some dripping, but I wasn't
sure if it was serious. I saw a red light on the dash and told my mother. A few
days later I drove to my friend's house, and as I was driving the oil light
when on again. As soon as I stopped in her driveway, the engine rumbled and
died. I tried to restart the car, but it would only make some noise and then
die again. When my dad came by to check what had happened, he found that there
was no longer a nut covering the oil hole. Midas either did not put it back on,
or failed to put it on tight enough. As the car sat in the driveway it drained
of all the oil, and when we tried to add more, it went straight through. We had
to have it towed, and found out later that the engine was entirely shot - an
engine that had been rebuilt and refurbished by a mechanic".
Today (04-23-10) Sal
from Midas called representing James the Midas owner. He ask me what happened
and I explained. He knew of all the voice I planned to give this incident,
right this wrong, and Sal informed me I couldnt do this, wed be speaking
soon. I perceive this as a veiled threat. Theyre wrong, know it, and are not
looking forward to my exercising my 1st amendment right, not being
found responsible.
In closing I want to
thank RippOffReport for the wonderful opportunity to post here. This posting is
just the very start of my fight for what's right. Thanks for reading.
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