101, Report:
#473269
Posted Date:
Jul 25 2009
Meineke Car Care Center Incomplete, Negligent Repairs Leading to EPIC FAIL Not Their Problem! Burlington Iowa
March 2008 1995 Toyota Tercel, 118,000 original miles. There was nothing wrong with the brakes--I just felt they were due to be checked/replaced-- new rotors and pads. All was good when I left the shop-- until a couple of months later when I lost my brakes going down a hill, went u...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
102, Report:
#314406
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2009
Meineke Meinekes Crooked History Speaks For Itself Parkville/ Baltimore Maryland
My story hasn't changed, though it is a rather long one. Fortunately not nearly as long as many of the other Meineke Car Care complaints on this forum. That is why WE want OUR money back. One only needs to scroll through all of the Meineke horror stories similar to mine to see who i...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
103, Report:
#455784
Posted Date:
May 27 2009
Meineke Car Care Center Tried To Rip Me Off! Vancouver Washington
So Im a 21 yr old female and I am pretty knowlegdeable about cars. Well i was going to get my oil changed at the mentioned Meineke and when they were finished they always tell me what needs to be fixed. last time i went they said I NEEDED my battery replaced or it will go out on me ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
104, Report:
#314918
Posted Date:
Jan 30 2009
Meineke Car Care Meineke told me i needed a $600 convertor system and it was just an 02 sensor but still had to pay??? Houston Texas
The NEW manager at meineke store #210 in Houston is a Cheat & LIAR. I have done business there for 10 yrs with my car lot.. I had a code for the exhaust system show up on a car so I went to Meineke... the manager told me it was the converter so I spent $210. the light was still on....
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
105, Report:
#413766
Posted Date:
Jan 19 2009
Meineke, Meineke Car Care Center They sell low quality parts that fall apart, refuse to honor warranty, overcharge for work, and have rude customer reps. Norwich Connecticut
I have had some exhaust work done to my car over the course of about 1.5 years at Meineke, because the exhaust on our car was over 10 years old at the time and was starting to rust out.
First, the exhaust pipe leading out of the catalytic converter was replaced at a cost of about...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
106, Report:
#376308
Posted Date:
Oct 03 2008
Meineke They overcharged for a simple repair Westmont Illinois
I took my wife's 1997 Toyota Corolla into Meineke Car Care Center in Westmont to have them replace the starter on the car. The cost of the starter, based on the invoice was $223.75. I felt that price was extremely high since a new starter from a auto parts store was $140 without t...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
107, Report:
#249006
Posted Date:
Aug 26 2008
Meineke Shoddy Brake Repairs swindling money and putting lives at risk Durham North Carolina
Recently, I noticed that my trucks rear brake pads were getting worn. I took my vehicle to the supposedly reputable Meineke Car Care Center that is near a clinic where I frequently work on 4/16/07. After, a two hour evaluation I was told that I would need new brake pads and new roto...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
108, Report:
#366501
Posted Date:
Aug 25 2008
Pervez Virano, Owner/Manager Of Meineke Car Care Center MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER OWNER RIPS OFF, FLIRTS WITH, LIES TO YOUNG WOMEN CUSTOMERS Garland Texas
My daughter bought her car in to get the air conditioner repaired. I was with her when she picked up the car. The car still ran hot air. It was near closing so I had her to call and report that the a/c was still not working. He asked her to bring it in the next day. She did tha...
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Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
109, Report:
#363667
Posted Date:
Aug 16 2008
Meineke Car Care meineke auto care replace parts , defective and fix and reinstall bad part instead of new and lied Sterling Virginia
Case summary:
new barke and rotor, warp rotor, squiky pad
Case description:
I HAD LOW BREAKING AND LITTLE VIBRATION AT STEERING WHEEL WHILE HIT THE BRAKE. THEY SAID YOU NEED BRAKE PADS AND ROTOR IS WARP. OPTION WAS MATCHING THE ROTOR AND REPLACE PAD OR REPLACE BOTH. MACHINE THE...
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Categories: Auto Mechanics
110, Report:
#361858
Posted Date:
Aug 12 2008
Meineke Car Care replace my front brake and rotor . it is worp and pad makes noise deny to fix it Sterling Virginia
they replace rotor and it was bad they resurface which was supposed to replace . pad makes noise and they refuse to fix unless i fix some thing i do not have any problem so far
Meineki
herndon, VirginiaU.S.A.
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Categories: Motor Vehicle
111, Report:
#253466
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2008
Meineke Car Care Classic Bait and Switch and other dishonest business practices ripoff Snellville Georgia
On Friday, 4-13-07, my daughter brought her 1999 Volkswagen Jetta to The Meineke car care store at 3861 Stone Mountain Hwy. Snellville, Georgia 30039.
She explained the problems she was having with her car to the manager, Ken Snead (770-972-3886)
She told Snead that her car was...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
112, Report:
#350893
Posted Date:
Jul 24 2008
Meineke Car Care Center - Josh Stapelton Lead Service Technician AutoRepair Ripoff Las Vegas Nevada
This Past Friday, July 11, 2008, I took my Vehicle to this Establishment only to be Ripped off for $229.00 To replace The Catalytic Converter. They Also steeed me to another Shop around the corner from them that they give/recieve kick backs from to do the Smog Check. I took it el...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
113, Report:
#254420
Posted Date:
Jul 13 2008
Meineke Car Car Center Dishonest, overcharging, not needed extensive repair ripoff Raleigh North Carolina
On June 12th, 2007 I took my car to Meineke car care center on Millbrook Ave in Raleigh, NC. I needed work done on my brakes and since I had my brakes done previously by the same company with a lifetime warranty, I figured I would take it back to them.
A little bit of history....
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Categories: Auto Service Stations
114, Report:
#320547
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2008
J&J Car Specialists - Meineke Car Care - Salesman: Joe Miller - Mechanic: Harry Greedy, Dishonest, Unprofessional, Sleezy Hawthorne New Jersey
Be aware of Meineke Car Care Center in Hawthorne NJ. They have put a $1,000 price tag on their customer's life.
This report is based on the fact that Meineke - AKA J&J Auto sold parts and installed them on my car without notifying me of the irreversible rust damage to the strut...
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Categories: Auto Security
115, Report:
#307154
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2008
Meineke Car Care #1115 Incompetent and Incomplete Work Castle Rock Colorado
On June 29th, 2007, I dropped my daughters 1992 Mazda MX-3 GS at Meineke Car Care Center #1115 (ID20041347198) to check out noises heard from the engine. They called back to tell me it was the valves and it would cost approximately $1400.00 to fix. Since the engine was going to b...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
116, Report:
#272636
Posted Date:
Sep 08 2007
Meineke Car Care Center Repeated Catalytic Converter Replacement Problem Hickory North Carolina
This situation takes place between June 20, 2007 and September 5, 2007. Our vehicle is a late model 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix SE 3.1 Litre 4 door sedan.
We were having problems with loss of power on our vehicle and the local shop we used stated it was related to the catalytic conv...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
117, Report:
#270977
Posted Date:
Aug 29 2007
Meineke Car Care Destroyed my car to the point they offered to buy it, to get out of fixing it Austin Texas
It all started with a fairly decent but used 1998 Chev Malibu, I had been driving and aquired a miss in one of the cylinders. I proceeded to drive into Mieneke Car Care on Benwhite Blvd in Austin, and spoke to a guy named Wes, who was the manager. He took down my complaint and conta...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
118, Report:
#265587
Posted Date:
Aug 06 2007
Incentive Marketing Group & Associates ,IMG solicitation, misleading recruiting, entry level sales, Greenville South Carolina
Beware Job Seekers: After a month or so of job searching for another technical job with no luck in the upstate of south carolina, I decided to give the sales route a try. After applying for numerous jobs, the very next day I received a request from Incentive Marketing Group ...I r...
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Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
119, Report:
#260774
Posted Date:
Jul 14 2007
MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER DO NOT BRING YOUR CAR THERE! ripoff SOUTH PORTLAND Maine
The South Portland, Maine Meineke is probably the worst in the nation when it comes to service if not the world. I do not want anyone else to be misled, and they are not honoring their slogan, satisfaction guaranteed.
Last month I brought my car to that location for service, and...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
120, Report:
#221494
Posted Date:
Jun 09 2007
Meineke Car Care Center Damaged and missing parts after repairs, that had to be corrected by another auto repair shop costing hundreds of dollars. Farmington Missouri
The initial problem started when we had a cooling system flush on our 1994 Honda Accord with approx. 121,000 miles. We smelled antifreeze and noticed a small puddle of antifreeze under the car. A quick inspection showed that the upper radiator hose clamp had not been tightened. We t...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
121, Report:
#251879
Posted Date:
Jun 02 2007
Meineke they did not do the work we requested at all and way overcharged for what they did do Sunrise Florida
We were referred to these people by AAA, of all things, we should file against them too. We complained to them and got no response, we wondered if they were in cahoots with these people.
We took a car in for review BEFORE purchasing. They did not catch half the problems and c...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
122, Report:
#138572
Posted Date:
Aug 30 2006
Meineke Car Care Centers ripoff overpriced parts, horrible customer service, ridiculous customer complaint handling procedures. Stroudsburg Pennsylvania
Let me first just say that I work in the automotive field and shame on me for not just crawling under the car and doing this myself.
I have been to Meineke twice in the past two weeks. Last Tuesday I went to have my tires mounted and balanced. Today I went to have some exhaust ...
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Categories: Auto Service Stations
123, Report:
#196931
Posted Date:
Jun 18 2006
MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER- PAUL GOMEZ OWNER THOUGHT I WAS GETTING A GOOD DEAL INTELL I WAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BEING A FEMALE BY MECHANICS THAT KNOW NOTHING AND ARE PAYED UNDER THE TABLE WHO BLEW UP MY CAR AND PACKED UP AND MOVED ON TO THE NEXT PART OF FREMONT WATCH OUT THEY'LL DO IT TO YOU TOO AND AFTER IT ALL HE DIDN'T CHARGE ME A DIME BECUASE HE SAID HE WAS MY FRIEND YET AS I DROVE OFF IN AN UNSURE CAR IT CAUGHT FIRE TO THE TOP OF THE ENG FREMONT California
MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER HAS MOVED TO A NEW PART OF FREMONT TO RIP THE NEXT PERSON OFF THEY CHANGED THEYRE NAME BUT BEWARE IF PAUL GOMEZ OWNS IT ITS ALL BAD HE'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD DEAL ALRIGHT AND HAVE A BUNCH OF MONKIES WHO KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT MECHANIC WORK SCREW YOUR RIDE UP SO T...
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Categories: Auto Mechanics
124, Report:
#159386
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2006
Meineke ripoff dishonest servicing of my car RIPOFF Stamford Connecticut
I brought my car in to have a Tune-up done. When the mechanic was servicing the vehicle he informed me that I would need to replace a coil. I questioned the importance of replacing the coil but I thought I might as well replace it. In completing my tune-up he used cheaper spark p...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
125, Report:
#162547
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2005
Meineke Car Care Chris Early Professional ripoff artist DO NOT GO TO MEINEKE Columbus Ohio
I am posting this as I have seen other reports of Mr Chris Early on this site.
I am a former employee of Mr. Early's Meineke Car Care, I was Fired by Chris because I was told by my manager to pull a car in the building (while I was off the clock) and the manager guided me into th...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service