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Complaint Review: Walmart - Orange City Florida
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Walmart ripoff bad complete oil change, resulted in serious car problems Orange City Florida
Big warning to all consumers in or around the Deltona, orange city area.
Me, my girlfriend, and daughter went to walmart for complete oil change. Car was driving fine all the way there, the oil was a little low, about 1 qt, cause my car has a slow oil leak, but no problems to report. However, after getting the complete oil change, I started to notice serious problems w/ the way the car was behaving. The car started to shake, like a
small jerk while in drive on the way home, started to happen around 30 to 40 Mph.
Next day the car started to stall at the stop sign, and would heavily shake and jerk around 24 to 30 and from 40 to 50 Mph. Took my car to local mechanic and there was a problem w/ the oil filter and it being set incorrect after install, he stated my car should have been at 60 but instead was set at 50. However, this did not fully fix the issue, the car was still stalling and the shaking and jerking did not get any better.
Well had a friend look at the car and checked all fluids that we're supposed to have been checked by Walmart and the transmission fluid was completely emptied. Let me say this every time i go to Walmart and get my
oil changed it is the complete oil change, with the fluid replacement, transmission also. Well service desc, stated there was nothing wrong with the fluid levels except the oil was again 1 qt low.
So after getting the car checked out again, the transmission now has to be replaced, I would like to thank Walmart for this, esp after i just had my trannie replaced not even a year ago.
Noel
deltona, Florida
U.S.A.
Me, my girlfriend, and daughter went to walmart for complete oil change. Car was driving fine all the way there, the oil was a little low, about 1 qt, cause my car has a slow oil leak, but no problems to report. However, after getting the complete oil change, I started to notice serious problems w/ the way the car was behaving. The car started to shake, like a
small jerk while in drive on the way home, started to happen around 30 to 40 Mph.
Next day the car started to stall at the stop sign, and would heavily shake and jerk around 24 to 30 and from 40 to 50 Mph. Took my car to local mechanic and there was a problem w/ the oil filter and it being set incorrect after install, he stated my car should have been at 60 but instead was set at 50. However, this did not fully fix the issue, the car was still stalling and the shaking and jerking did not get any better.
Well had a friend look at the car and checked all fluids that we're supposed to have been checked by Walmart and the transmission fluid was completely emptied. Let me say this every time i go to Walmart and get my
oil changed it is the complete oil change, with the fluid replacement, transmission also. Well service desc, stated there was nothing wrong with the fluid levels except the oil was again 1 qt low.
So after getting the car checked out again, the transmission now has to be replaced, I would like to thank Walmart for this, esp after i just had my trannie replaced not even a year ago.
Noel
deltona, Florida
U.S.A.
5 Updates & Rebuttals
Jason
Simpsonville,South Carolina,
U.S.A.
Rude, but right
#2Consumer Suggestion
Thu, May 12, 2005
Not the politest responses to this so far, but I have to agree with what they say, if not the way they said it. There are three things in a vehicle that are a common misconception... Low Coolant, Low Oil and Low Transmission Fluid. If ANY of those are low, it means you have a problem. Cars (Properly running cars that is) do not "use" oil, coolant or transmission fluid. If you are low on any of these, there is a problem. It's a closed system, it's going somewhere. If your transmission fluid was empty, then the damage was done already. As for the oil filter... I have no idea what a 50 or 60 is.. Torque shouldn't be that high on a filter, so no idea what the other mechanic was talking about.
Jason
Simpsonville,South Carolina,
U.S.A.
Rude, but right
#3Consumer Suggestion
Thu, May 12, 2005
Not the politest responses to this so far, but I have to agree with what they say, if not the way they said it. There are three things in a vehicle that are a common misconception... Low Coolant, Low Oil and Low Transmission Fluid. If ANY of those are low, it means you have a problem. Cars (Properly running cars that is) do not "use" oil, coolant or transmission fluid. If you are low on any of these, there is a problem. It's a closed system, it's going somewhere. If your transmission fluid was empty, then the damage was done already. As for the oil filter... I have no idea what a 50 or 60 is.. Torque shouldn't be that high on a filter, so no idea what the other mechanic was talking about.
Jason
Simpsonville,South Carolina,
U.S.A.
Rude, but right
#4Consumer Suggestion
Thu, May 12, 2005
Not the politest responses to this so far, but I have to agree with what they say, if not the way they said it. There are three things in a vehicle that are a common misconception... Low Coolant, Low Oil and Low Transmission Fluid. If ANY of those are low, it means you have a problem. Cars (Properly running cars that is) do not "use" oil, coolant or transmission fluid. If you are low on any of these, there is a problem. It's a closed system, it's going somewhere. If your transmission fluid was empty, then the damage was done already. As for the oil filter... I have no idea what a 50 or 60 is.. Torque shouldn't be that high on a filter, so no idea what the other mechanic was talking about.
Josephine
Stamford,Connecticut,
U.S.A.
walmart, who gets their oil changed at walmart
#5Consumer Comment
Wed, May 11, 2005
Maybe next time you should go to a mechanic and have your oil changed, or go to any book store and buy a book "OIL CHANGES FOR DUMMIES", or if you can, ask your buddy to do the work, you could give him a couple of bucks for the services rendered. Butnever go to a place you know you will complain about later.
Brian
RIVERSIDE,California,
U.S.A.
Change your own oil
#6Consumer Suggestion
Wed, May 11, 2005
Walmart hires entry level punks for oil and tire service. If you want to avoid this, dont go to Walmart. Save a couple of bucks and get some self gratification without the masterbation. Change your own oil. You let the oil get low in the first place. Its hard to say what the problem is. Perhaps your car is leaking oil, or the engine is burning it. Who the hell knows. YOu know d**k about cars, and that makes you and your idiot mechanic unqualified to blame walmart.
