I will never visit this AutoZone again. I needed my battery changed. I had to have my car jumped to get there, which was only a couple of miles away. Guy seemed nice enough at first, put in the "new battery" and NOTHING. My car wasn't even clicking to turnover. Guys "buddy" comes over and told me its not the battery they just put in, its my driving belt.
He told me to trust him because he is a "car guy" and that the battery they put in was fine and that my driving belt all of a sudden was bad, even though I had the belts checked 1 month prior. He told me the car sends sparks to the belt and the belt picks it up and thats how the car starts, which is not even remotely true. At this point I call a male friend and thats when things started making a difference to these people.
The guy checked the new battery he put in and found out that it actually wasn't new, just a used one off the shelf (mind you I paid 130 for this "new" battery) that turned out to be dead too.
He got another battery put it in my car and asked me to try again. he didn't tighten anything down and again, with no surprise, NOTHING. There was no connection because he didn't tighten anything down. Again, he told me its not the battery.
He then tightened everything down and AGAIN NOTHING. Turns out, the battery he chose had smaller posts than my original and all he needed were shims.Tried again and NOTHING, and some other person came out with him this time.
Turns out he got the wrong shims, found something else, told me that he won't charge me for them (jee thanks). This other guy puts the right sized shims on, locks my doors and then opens them and then finally after almost 2 hours of complete nonsense, my battery worked. That guy told me that the car doors need to be locked and then unlocked for the system to "release itself" because the new battery locks it up and that's why my car wasn't starting this whole time. Which is the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.
These people play you. Do not go to them. Go anywhere else and it will be much better. Not entirely convinced my situation is even fixed. read more