Originally posted by Woodencross:
Wow! I had something very similar happen to me at a JIFFY LUBE in Richardson. I took my S-10 in for the regular oil change several times in a row. And then my front end got REALLY REALLY LOOSE. I took it to a different mechanic who told me that the joints were completely dried up.

JIFFY LUBE DIDN'T PROPERLY LUBE THE CHASSIS!

I've refuse to ever take my cars back to one of these idiotic places.



Did your bill say that they put grease in all of the joints down there? because no national chain will do more work then they need too. Thats why I never took my car to any of those chains. I take my car to family owned businesses.... For example... I took my car to my family mechianic, his name is Roger he owns Nuffer's Auto and farm repair in Bay City. I was having my rear brakes done on my contour before I sold it, I actually had brought a drum brake hardware kit so he didnt have order those parts, he took one look at the parts kit I had and he just said "those are absolute junk." He then got on the phone, called his parts provider within 10 minutes he had a new parts kit in his hands, he replaced all of the necessary brake components at NO EXTRA CHARGE. He turned my drums, put new pads in, new hardware in and gave me a warrenty for only $130. I was very impressed. Here is the best part though, less then a week after he fixed it all on my the shoe retaining clips burst, I guess it was defective... I brought it back to him and he fixed it again with no extra charge to me, and apologised for the inconvinece.

Family owned shops are the best ways to go, yes you still take a risk but they are usualy the most honest people.

Another example... Same shop... My mom had a 1998 Grand prix GT, she had some concerns about the suspension, the car was hitting 100K miles and she thought it probably needed to be replaced... If anybody takes their car into a shop and says "I need rear brakes, I think it needs a new suspension" they will immediately start ringing it up for parts and telling you what its going to cost, in some cases wont even test drive the car. Roger took my mom's car for a drive, took it around a couple of twisties, came back and said to her "I wouldnt put a new suspension in that car if you begged me to, but it does need rear brakes as they are the origional pads and rotors at 100K miles."

THAT is an honest mechanic.

98 Corolla LE 1.8L DOHC 1ZZFE TEIN H.Tech Springs Tokico HP series Struts Short ram air intake Tsudo Axel Back Exhaust ... if a jelly fish stung me.. would you pee on the wound?