Long story- I managed to hit a pretty nasty pot hole on my way to work. While changing my tire on the side of the road, I found out that one of my wheel studs had been damaged and I was unable to get on of my lug nuts on to secure my donut. The nearest repair shop that could find was Pep Boys, so I pulled in to have them help me. They charged me a pretty steep amount to get it repaired, but they did the job. I drove my car home, but little did I know they installed the wrong lug nut, which they denied when I pointed it out. Regardless, they put on the correct one the next time I visited.
Because pep boys had been a bit stubborn and hard to deal with, I decided to have Discount tire install a new tire for me. After I drove off with the new tire, I got home and noticed that one of my lug nuts was missing and one of my wheel studs had sheared off. I thought that since just one stud had been damaged that it had to have been the one that pep boys installed. I took my car back to pep boys and yet again they denied, denied, denied. They were first to get in an argument with me before even considering that they may have been at fault. We finally got them to look at the tire after arguing for about 5 minutes and they came down to the conclusion that discount tire over-torqued all of the lug nuts.
We went back to discount tire in really bad spirits because we had been going back and forth between shops and the problem was not getting solved. Finally, Jason at discount tire listened to our problem and immediately offered a resolution. He was very willing to help and admitted fault to the incident. He gave us some documentation to take it to Brakes Plus and get all of the lug nuts checked and studs replaced as needed free of charge.
I will finally be able to drive my car again safely!!! Moral of the story, discount tire, although maybe they did not do the work right the first time, they care about their customers and their reputation and will do what they can to make their customers happy. Pep boys, on the other hand, may do the work right, but they will fight you, argue with you, and leave you feeling ripped off. Go to discount tire. read more