8080 S. Eastern Ave store 210 Las Vegas, NV
I took my car to Break Master to have my breaks and rotors replaced and an oil change. Upon their "inspection" I was told by the advisor Josh B. that I needed a new Engine Coolant Thermostat Housing and thermostat. I didn't understand why, because my car wasn't over heating etc. Josh came up with a BS story about living in Vegas heat, my car is 10 yrs old, etc. He also said I needed gaskets replaced, because they're leaking oil, normal, because I live in Vegas and my car is 10. I haven't seen any oil anywhere. Along with the breaks and rotors, it will be $2200. Its Christmas time, I can't do that. He was quick to offer financing. I agreed to the thermostat and thermostat housing being Josh made it sound like my car was going to overheat and I would blow my engine. Now, that would be expensive. I paid for the work "they did" and drove away. My car had zero get-up-n-go, I figured, its real cold outside and I didn't give it time to warm up like I usually do. A couple days later, the check engine light came on, and its still sluggish. Not normal for a turbo car. I called Josh, told him what it was doing, he said bring it in. I did, I waited to see what the diagnosis was, and to my disbelief, "its the turbocharger" WHAT?? It was running just fine, I've never had any issues with the turbo. Josh explained to me that "it was nothing they did to my car, just that my car is 10 years old, in Las Vegas and turbos go out. It will be $3946.82, we have financing." I declined and told Josh, "my car has only 70K miles on it, I'm the original owner and I put all the miles on it. I will take it to the dealership and have them look at it. The engine is still under warranty, 10yr/100k miles." Josh assured me "these things happen, the car is 10 yrs old. Reiterating that the gaskets still need replacing." $100 for two gaskets, $900 for labor. I'll pass on that, for now. He tells me "ok, we'll back it out for you." I go out and see a mechanic plugging in a diagnostic machine to my car again. He reads it, and gives me my keys. I'm going to head to the gas station, I need gas. Hmmm, my car is running just fine, has its get-up-n-go, but the check engine light is still on. I stop, get my gas, jump back in, fire it up, and would you look at that??? The check engine light is off. I know they go off after being reset, takes a couple miles. I get home, and I call Josh. "Josh, guess what? The weirdest thing just happened. After I left you, I headed to the gas station. My car was haulin ass like normal. After I got my gas, fired it back up and the check engine light was off! Its a Christmas Miracle." (insert 100% sarcasm) Josh responded "huh, that really is odd. Well the light went off because we reset it, but the car is running just fine, huh, weird. It's nothing that we did." I asked "well wont the check engine light pop back on if the turbo is in fact bad?" he replied yes.
I am taking my car to the dealership to have them check it out and to see if a thermostat housing was actually replaced. What I believe is, they popped the turbo sensor out which caused the car not to boost so I would bring it in and they can rip me off for 4 grand! Once I declined and said I was going to the dealership, they popped it back in, ran another diagnostic test and reset the check engine light. One I get the report from the dealership, I will add on to this review. If I am wrong, I will publicly apologize, after all, it is Vegas and the car is 10. ;) read more