I would avoid any Al Packer location for service.
My daughter brought her car there for an extended warranty issue on a Brake Booster, From the moment she walked in they tried to tell her even though it's warrantied and needed to be changed, it was probably not the part that was giving her the problem. Well, they changed the part, and yes she still had the same issue, but she still heard the noise she was hearing before they changed the part, the dealer did not hear the noise, in fact she brought it to both Al Packer locations and no one could hear the noise. The 2nd Al Packer was nice enough to do a free diagnostic (thank you), and determined it was the ABS unit that was the issue (spoiler alert, no it wasn't!!, more below).
I told her to just bring it to an independent mechanic, 4 Mechanics looked at it and test drove it, and every single one of them heard the same noise my daughter was hearing. She called Al Packer, I called Al Packer, we called FORD directly, you would think FORD would be helpful being it's their name on the car, nope, they're helpless & frankly hopeless. Ashley who works in service at Al Packer was no help, told us we should talk to Phil the service manager, I called no less than 5 times & left 2 or 3 messages for Phil, NEVER GOT A CALL BACK.
So, we ended up taking the car back to the 3rd party Mechanic who had no issue working on the car. Here is the kicker, AL PACKER did the warranty work changing the BRAKE BOOSTER, GUESS WHAT AL PACKER FORD, YOU FORGOT TO PUT THE SEAL BACK ON THE MASTER CYLINDER. SO, That's why everyone else was hearing the noise my daughter heard, except of course for AL PACKER FORD.
It ended up costing us $800 to change the Master Cylinder, and it's possible that if AL PACKER FORD had put the seal in we wouldn't of had to do anything, the BRAKE BOOSTER was probably the real issue. SO, leaving out the Master Cylinder Seal can potentially damage your MASTER CYLINDER according to the research I've done, we will never know now because they were derelict in their services!!
This is at the very least Negligence on the part of Al Packer Ford Service, the brakes on the car could have failed and caused harm to not only my daughter but to others, to give back a car to a young lady with her brakes in that state is extremely concerning and they should be ashamed of themselves. The mechanic at the 2nd Al Packer Ford didn't even want to test drive it on the streets, he did it in the back of the service area.
They should also be investigated, how can FORD SERVICE mechanics not know what a leaking Brake Booster sounds like?????? Are your Mechanics certified? Is the service manager Phil a former/current certified mechanic to be in charge of servicing cars with integrity?? What good is a DIAGNOSTIC if it diagnoses the wrong problem/part?? You are charging people for a Diagnostic even though it's not accurate?
AL Packer Ford should reimburse us for the money spent to fix the problem they more than likey actually caused, that would be a start! read more