Mechanicgtr
Mechanicsburg,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, April 15, 2009
Your only recourse is to talk to a lawyer. There are some non-profit legal groups out there, they may be worth looking into. We don't really have alot of info to go on here so it's kinda hard to say what happened exactly. You also need to get the Attorney General's office involved as well. NOTE: Unless there is a new policy in effect, WalMart does not tape their oil changes. What they should do, however, is close their TLE dept. They've had so many complaints. Good luck.
Mechanicgtr
Mechanicsburg,#3UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, April 15, 2009
Your only recourse is to talk to a lawyer. There are some non-profit legal groups out there, they may be worth looking into. We don't really have alot of info to go on here so it's kinda hard to say what happened exactly. You also need to get the Attorney General's office involved as well. NOTE: Unless there is a new policy in effect, WalMart does not tape their oil changes. What they should do, however, is close their TLE dept. They've had so many complaints. Good luck.
Mechanicgtr
Mechanicsburg,#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wed, April 15, 2009
Your only recourse is to talk to a lawyer. There are some non-profit legal groups out there, they may be worth looking into. We don't really have alot of info to go on here so it's kinda hard to say what happened exactly. You also need to get the Attorney General's office involved as well. NOTE: Unless there is a new policy in effect, WalMart does not tape their oil changes. What they should do, however, is close their TLE dept. They've had so many complaints. Good luck.
Herold
Sedlia,#5UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sat, June 16, 2007
being an ex employee of wal mart, I am well aware of how incompantant some of the t.l.e. department workers can be. I worked for Wal mart for three years and during those three years I remember several different times that the people doing the oil changes forgot to put either the oil, oil filter, or the oil pan nut back on or in the car completly. I do not know all of the complete circumstances I'm sure but to those nay sayers but as an old employee of store 1161 I can back this ladies story up because I have seen this happen to other people
Steve
Bradenton,#6Consumer Suggestion
Sat, May 19, 2007
Michelle, You left out some pertinent information here, but based on what you stated, Wal Mart is NOT at fault here. I am a qualified mechanic, and there are only 3 main reasons that would cause your engine to lock up. 1. Lack of oil, being at least 2 quarts low, or in excess of 10,000 miles, etc. 2. Contaminants in your oil that ate up your bearings, etc. 3. Overheat. The only way WalMart would be at fault here is if they put a very incompatible fluid in your engine, like brake fluid or the like, or a very wrong viscosity. Or, if they did not refill it at all after draining your oil out. You never mentioned what type of car it is or when you had the last oil change done [in miles]. This is very important. Also how old is the vehicle and how many miles are on it are very important factors, also left out. You also stated that the oil change was done a couple of weeks prior to this incident. This leads me to believe that you just drive the car and never look under the hood, like checking the oil, etc. Gas and go, right? It sounds like you had a tired engine and the oil pump quit. That would cause oil starvation and engine lock up. It can happen very fast at highway speeds. It is a normal failure and has absolutely nothing to do with an oil change. It sounds like just another case of blaming the last person who worked on it.