I was very disappointed in my experience with Clegg Auto AF. I dropped off my truck on Monday and was told they could look at it Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Tuesday I got a call from Laramie, (a quote which included $500 to replace 1 tire...about double the price of other tire shops for the same quality of tire) I elected to not have them replace the tire but some other items. After checking off the items, I submitted it and called in to see when this would be finished. Laramie said it would be ready by the end of the day (Tuesday).
They did not finish that day (Tuesday). I got a call right before they closed telling me they would have it ready tomorrow. I called around 2:00 the next day to check in and see if it would be ready. Laramie told me they were working on it and should be done by the end of the day. I then got a call from her at 4:30, she said they were having trouble with taking the differential off in order to fix the Left Axle Seal. She apologized for the wait but said it will be ready Thursday morning. Well, Thursday morning came and went with no phone calls or updates on my truck. I called that afternoon to get an update and they said they had taken my truck to their Provo location for someone else to try and take a part off. This was unsuccessful and they said I either needed to pay for a replacement part, or they could put my truck back together as it was before. I needed my truck back, so I told her to have them put it back as was. Laramie mentioned on the phone that I would still need to pay a portion of the labor even though they did not complete the job they committed to. For some background, they had finished the other items I requested to be done and didn't have an issue paying for those. The original labor quote for that item was $545. They said with the issues they have they will only charge me $220 for that particular item. I told her that I was not going to pay for something that they didn't accomplish. She told me her boss would call me back to discuss this. I received no call from her boss and decided to come in person to the shop at 5:00 and find out what was going on. Laramie went and found Garrett when I got there.
Garrett walked me back to show me the part they were having issues with. He explained what issues they were having and why they couldn't detach the part. He then told me that they'll "only charge $220 for the labor instead of the full labor charge." I told him I would not pay for something they didn't do. I told him that they originally agreed to have this done Tuesday afternoon and now it is Thursday evening...and they didn't even complete everything they had committed to. After being very difficult and unprofessional, Garrett finally agreed to not charge me for the left axel seal replacement that they did not complete.
I then waited until 6:45 in their lobby until the truck was put back together to take it back home. My two main issues were:
1. Lack of communication
2. Garrett trying to charge me for something they did not complete.
This bothers me because in the quotes they have us sign there is language that says, "You agree to pay in full for the authorized services described above upon successful completion of all listed auto repairs." They obviously did not successfully complete the listed repair and as such should not charge me for it. It upsets me that they tried to charge me and if it weren't for me pushing back on them they would have.
I will now be taking any future vehicle service to another company. I will suggest to my friends and family to do the same. read more