351, Report:
#75568
Posted Date:
Dec 22 2003
Precision Tune Ripoff on Brakes. Rocky Mount North Carolina
I visited the Precision Tune in Rocky Mount, NC on 10/7/2003 for an oil change and to have my brakes repaired. My brakes were grinding and I knew if was time for a change. When the manager called me with an estimate, I was surprised that it was 839.40. This seemed very high to me...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
352, Report:
#69400
Posted Date:
Dec 14 2003
Meineke Car Care ripoff ruined my car's head by cross threading the spark plugs, I contacted them and asked that they at least remove them but they refused. Sherwood Oregon
We took our 1995 Sunfire in and asked for a diagnosis. We had them relace our spark plugs.
3 months later we need to replace them again, this time I was going to replace them I had been an auto tech for over 15 years. The spark plugs had been cross threaded into the head.
When...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
353, Report:
#74928
Posted Date:
Dec 13 2003
Meineke ripoff improperly replaced our brakes and went back on their agreement Sherwood Oregon
We had our back brakes replaced by the Meineke store in Sherwood, OR on 01/10/03.
On 10/30/03 we took our car to the Tire Factory to get the struts replaced. When they took off one of the back brakes they noticed that the bolt was not the normal factory bolt and that it had been...
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Categories: Auto Service Stations
354, Report:
#60134
Posted Date:
Jun 10 2003
Meineke Discount Mufflers ripped off and scammed Bolingbrook Illinois
paid for a/c check with diagnostic check total 184. dollars. next day no air in car,he then tells me car needs compressor. the previous day we were told the car was fine, hoses fine no leaks all the car needed was a recharge not to worry. but now we've paid for a service that was...
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Categories: Auto Mechanics
355, Report:
#59741
Posted Date:
Jun 07 2003
Meineke Takes advantage of consumers dishonest ripoffs Palm Harbor Florida
I needed to have new brake pads put on my 1998 VW Beetle. They ended up charging me $530.00 (which also included a new front rotor). As soon as I started driving the car home, the brakes were still making the same grinding noise it was previously making.
I took the car back, and...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
356, Report:
#24117
Posted Date:
Sep 14 2002
Mossey Ford ripoff fraudulent ripoff business San Diego California
We bought a new Mustang GT from Mossey Ford in San Diego, California. There was something wrong with the brakes at 16000 miles. We faxed them 3 different shop findings and they stated that either the shops didn't know what they were talking about, that we were driving the car inco...
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Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
357, Report:
#11418
Posted Date:
Jan 13 2002
FORD FOCUS BRAKE PROBLEMS Ford Motor Company building the Focus with defective braking system
In June of 2000, my wife and I bought a new Ford Focus. Being our first new car, we were very excited. The car held up pretty well and until last week (June 2001), we hadn't had any problems with it. The car only had 18,000 miles when the brakes began to grind. I took the car to Nor...
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Categories: Auto manufactures
358, Report:
#1363
Posted Date:
Feb 22 2000
Just Brakes
Took my wifes 1994 Camry to just brakes for new shoes.They told me the car needed calipers and other things to fix it right and I opted for just new shoes.The brakes were so bad the wife complained constantly. I took the car to Meineke and was told they put $5.00 shoes on. They put ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service