8276, Report:
#3418
Posted Date:
Nov 14 2000
Auto repair fraud at Ed Morse Chevrolet in Lauderhill Florida
I am an independent automotive technical expert in Florida. Recently I was dispatched to check a rear differential failure on a 1998 GMC pickup. The customers complaint was left axle seal leaking onto brakes. The shop produced an estimate in excess of $2500. The technician had remov...
Entity
Ed Morse Chevrolet
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
8277, Report:
#3748
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2000
WAL MART OIL CHANGE RUINED MY ENGINE CEDAR RAPIDS IA
I took my car to Wal Mart for an oil change. When I picked up the car and turned on the engine smoke blew everywhere. Three technicians came out of the shop and told me to get the baby out of the car. They took the car back into the shop and 15 minutes later they said I had to have ...
Entity
Wal Mart
Categories: Auto Service Stations
8278, Report:
#3126
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2000
Purrfect Auto Service, Placentia CA just another auto mechanic rip-off
I took my 1997 Camry to this shop for the 60,000 mi. service and to diagnose why the check engine light was lit on the dash. The coupon I had was for $149 for the 60,000 mi. service. To hook up the car to a diagnostic computer would be $69. I agreed to these charges and asked if...
Entity
Purrfect Auto Service
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8279, Report:
#3183
Posted Date:
Oct 18 2000
Brandon Honda Dealer, Tom Swedberg SWINDLERS Tampa Florida
On Saturday, September 2, 2000 at 8:30 am my husband took our car (97 Honda Civic) for a routinary mileage service. At the time he requested to the person in charge to check the a/c system since according to the car manual it was due for belt and cooling system inspection and in or...
Entity
Brandon Honda Dealer
Categories: Auto Dealers
8280, Report:
#3129
Posted Date:
Oct 13 2000
VALLEY HI UNION 76 AND ALEX ..poor workmanship ripoff artist
My brakes went out and I called around to get estimates and I found a place that would tow my car for free. I ask him to check everything on my car because I might as well repair everything on it. After Alex gave me a est. I went to my job to get a emergency loan. He said...rack...
Entity
VALLEY HI UNION 76 AND ALEX
Categories: Auto Service Stations
8281, Report:
#2566
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2000
STS TIRE AND AUTO CENTER, HICKSVILLE, NY ... MISLEADING YOU
STS TIRE AND AUTO WILL SUCK YOU IN
IT'S THE OLD OH, THAT SERVICE DOESN'T INCLUDE IT, IT'S xxxXXXTRA!!!!
HER'S MY BEEF. THE BILLBOARD SIGN IN FRONT READS A/C SERVICE $24 THEY DIDN'T TELL ME IT DOESN'T INCLUDE FREON, AS A MATTER OF FACT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME MUCH.
I SPECIFICA...
Entity
STS TIRE AND AUTO REPAIR
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8282, Report:
#2907
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2000
Kincaid Furniture Galleries ripoff Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton PA
My husband & I recently purchased 5 beautiful and VERY expensives tables from Kincaid Furniture Galleries in Stroudsburg, Pa. Unfortunately thats not what was delivered. What we received was 5 pieces of furniture where 3 were damaged. The entertainment unit was successfully fixed by...
Entity
Kincaid Furniture Galleries
Categories: Furniture & Furnishings
8283, Report:
#3366
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2000
Barbs Texaco # 1rip-off .. Drive it in tow it out??
I drove my car into the shop to have my cooling system checked out after an overheat several days before. Through trying to diagnose this problem I had started the engine several times to see if it was holding water etc. and never had a problem with it. I drove it into the shop and ...
Entity
Barbs TExaco # 1
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8284, Report:
#3214
Posted Date:
Sep 07 2000
LOU GRUBB CHEVROLET AZ BAD USED CARS
I HAVE BOUGHT 3 USED CARS FROM LOU GRUBB IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. TWO WERE TOTALED IN ACCIDENTS SO WHEN I NEEDED ANOTHER CAR I WENT TO LOU.
THE THIRD CAR THEY SOLD ME USED TO BE A RENTAL CAR. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WHEN I BOUGHT IT AND THEY DID NOT TELL ME THIS INFO. I FOUD OUT AFTER...
Entity
LOU GRUBB CHEVROLET
Categories: Auto Dealers
8285, Report:
#3175
Posted Date:
Sep 05 2000
Ed Moses Dodge .. Shady Car Dealership .. If you can't trust Moses, who can you trust
My story consists of my buying a 1995 Dodge Avenger at Ed Moses Dodge on Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. in Scottsdale,Az. I bought the car in April and Greg Mccloud was the finance manager, he financed me through Centrix resource Systems and gave me a 3,000 mile or 3 month warranty for a...
Entity
Ed Moses Dodge
Categories: Auto Dealers
8286, Report:
#3140
Posted Date:
Sep 02 2000
Chrysler Neon Expresso 1998 - A Big Purple Lemon!
I bought this vehicle because a friend of mine had an earlier version and had had no problems aside from wind noise. When it came time for me to choose a car, I purchased a 1998 Amethyst Neon Expresso from a local Plymouth dealer. A sharp 5 speed manual transmission. Good gas mileag...
Entity
Chrysler in general. Dealership in specific.
Categories: Auto manufactures
8287, Report:
#2999
Posted Date:
Aug 21 2000
Pep Boys under educated poorly experienced teenagers working on unsuspecting owners vehicles
I don't own A Pep Boys, but I have a repair shop just a few blocks away from one here in New Orleans. I run a very honest business, sorry I cant say the same for other repair centers.
I see this kind of rip-offs from the shop in question on your web site all the time. So what's ...
Entity
Pep Boys
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8288, Report:
#2941
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2000
CHRYSLER IS CHICKEN----!
bOUGHT A NEW DODGE MINI-VAN AND A DODGE NEON AT THE SAME TIME IN JULY OF 1999. THE ENTIRE DEAL WAS WORTH ABOUT $44.000.00 tHE NEON HAD AROUND 16,000 MILE ON IT AND THE DEALER TOLD US IT WAS A DEMONSTRATOR. AFTER 3 TIMES IN THE SHOP AND THE WARRENTY IS STILL IN EFFECT I FOUND THAT TH...
Entity
CHRYSLER MOTORS-ORANGEBURG CHRYSLER
Categories: Auto Dealers
8289, Report:
#2936
Posted Date:
Aug 15 2000
Just Brakes #41, 3217 Harwood Road, Bedford, TX 76021, Proud to Rip You Off
Just Brakes #41
3217 Harwood Road
Bedford, TX 76021
(817) 267-8306
I go in to Just Brakes expecting a good deal at $99.88 and leave after paying $842.00. I have a 97 GMC Savana Van with only 57k miles on it. I used to work as a mechanic and was good at brakes, but I was goin...
Entity
Just Brakes #41
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8290, Report:
#2846
Posted Date:
Aug 06 2000
PeP Boys where mechanics get away with bad work!
I am seeking reimbursement for cost of labor $187.61, payment to have my truck's transmission serviced and a rental car, if needed, because of poor and negligent service done by PEP Boys on May 30,2000. I had my transmission's fluid exchanged by Merchant's Auto&Tire Centers on May 2...
Entity
Pep Boys
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8291, Report:
#2645
Posted Date:
Jul 13 2000
KIA is the worst car ever made
I bought a 98 KIA Sephia in October of 98. Since then I have had my car in the shop 15 times. It has been towed twice!!!! It is still under warranty. KIA is the worst car ever made. I was waiting for my car today at the dealership, and the mechanic told me that they have more K...
Entity
KIA
Categories: Auto manufactures
8292, Report:
#2575
Posted Date:
Jul 02 2000
Intimidated, Threatened and Taken Advantage of at Texaco Xpress Lube
Taken advantage of, abused, intimidated, and threatened at Texaco
Location: Texaco Xpress Lube
Tony Parker, proprietor
12980 Foothill Blvd.
San Fernando, Ca 91342-4928
On Tuesday, June 27, 2000, at approximately 8:00am I requested to have an oil change ($25.95) a...
Entity
Texaco Xpress Lube, Tony Parker
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8293, Report:
#2508
Posted Date:
Jun 22 2000
aspect tech support re: vc store
Trying to get tech support from these people is like....having your brain frozen on hold....in my opinion there is only one tech person for the whole company....hold for hours...leave v-mails (no call backs). Their excuse is they are trying to screen the small problems from the big ...
Entity
Aspect Computers
Categories: Computer Service & Repair
8294, Report:
#2389
Posted Date:
Jun 05 2000
Swindling Sweeney Construction of PA
I hired Bill Sweeney in March 2000 to remodel my kitchen. When we first meet I told him that I needed the work completed by the end of May 2000 and he told me that the job would only be one week to one and half weeks.
At the end of March 2000, he took me to a cabinet place to ...
Entity
Sweeney Construction
Categories: Builders & Contractors
8295, Report:
#2328
Posted Date:
May 25 2000
'97 Silverado transmission
I bought a 1997 Chevy Silverado, new. I also purchased the 75,000 mile extended warranty, the warranty is through First Extended.
The first problem I had with my transmission was shifting(it has an automatic transmission). The truck would drive fine until it was warmed up. Afte...
Entity
Chevrolet
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8296, Report:
#2310
Posted Date:
May 23 2000
BAD CHEVY TRANSMISSIONS
I have a 1997 chevy 4x4 bought in 97 ,,36000 miles late the whole
transmissions starting giving problems of course took it in .
You might know no warranty ,so took it took a mechanich rebuilt
the transmissions once,had a 12months or 12000 mile warranty.
This within 3 months, gue...
Entity
General Motors
Categories: Auto manufactures
8297, Report:
#2232
Posted Date:
May 10 2000
Spartan Tire Rip-Off
In April of 1998, I took my car, an 84 Buick Century, to Spartan Tire in Howell, Mich to have a front end shimmy looked at. They said they could drop me off at my work. We drove my car and the mechanic drove it to the shop. A few hours later they said the car was ready and I asked...
Entity
Spartan Tire
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8298, Report:
#2237
Posted Date:
May 10 2000
Just Brakes are Brake Depot and Brake Land in diguise!
My story begins in Nov of 99. My brakes had worn down so low they were grinding and I knew that I needed new brakes on the front and rear. When I pulled into the Brake Land (formally Brake Depot), one of the mechanics watched me pull up with a hugh smile across his face. I parked th...
Entity
Just Brakes, Brake Land, Brake Depot
Categories: Auto Mechanics
8299, Report:
#2221
Posted Date:
May 08 2000
GUNTHER VOLKSWAGEN IN FT. LAUDERDALE=NO CUSTOMER SERVICE
My 1999 New Beetle went into the shop at Gunther Volkswagen over 2 1/2 months ago. It had an oil leak that supposedly had ruined the engine. A new engine had to be ordered from Germany. My insurance company (Progressive) issued Gunther Volkswagen a check for the new engine within...
Entity
Volkswagon of America and Gunther Volkswagon of Ft. Lauderdale
Categories: Auto manufactures
8300, Report:
#2223
Posted Date:
May 08 2000
Big Hearted Smitty's Auto .. is a no-hearted Auto rip-off !
We purchased a 1990 Ford Probe from Big Hearted Smitty's. Two weeks later, the linkage in the transmission wrapped up in it. We had it towed to a local transmission shop. Jerry at Big Hearted Smitty's called and told us not to let the shop even look at the car, that he would go a...
Entity
Big Hearted Smitty's
Categories: Auto Dealers