I have gone here multiple times but will not be back after today. This is a long read, but worth it if you're considering taking your business here.
In March, I came in with a nail in my tire and they replaced the tire. While doing so, they did a general inspection, which included a brake fluid check. All good. I picked my car up the same day and everything seemed fine.
Since I picked up my car in March, no one went under the hood of my car until last night (almost 11 weeks later). I stopped by another company to get an oil change. The workers were shocked that I had no brake fluid cap on my reservoir. They had to get the manager involved and do internal documentation because it's a safety issue. Important for later, this company doesn't do brake work, and they told me to go to a mechanic immediately the next morning. My mistake was thinking I should go back to this Firestone, since they were the last people under the hood of my car.
Writing a review didn't even cross my mind when I learned of the missing cap (even if it should have--if you're not familiar, look up why they are important). It's what happened when I went to get a new cap and brake bleed that the reason I'm writing this review.
The Firestone employee on duty was antagonistic from the start. It was just me and her in the room. I explained the situation. I wasn't there to debate who did it, but she was. I was told that it couldn't have been them because if they forgot my brake cap "I wouldn't have made it a mile down the road" (false, moisture leading to brake damage or failure would take time). I was told the oil change company I went to was trying to screw me over. When I explained why that didn't make sense (they took it for fun and told me to go get someone else to fix it since they don't do brakes...?) I was told that it must have been the people that did my oil change BEFORE this last one (which was almost a year ago at this point). I explained that that would mean this Firestone has had my car 3 times, checked the brake fluid 3 times, and never notified me the cap was missing. I then said "I'm sorry, but I don't know what to tell you. You were the last people under the hood, unless you're telling me someone broke into my car and stole my cap."
I said this was a safety issue, but I was told to relax and again told that "if something were to happen, it would've happened back in March" (again, wrong). I told her I wanted a new cap and a brake bleed. She apparently didn't know what a brake bleed was and instead looked at me like I didn't know what I was saying. I couldn't believe the entire exchange when I left.
There was a different, nice lady I spoke to when I went to pick my car up. She asked me what happened because the service write up in the computer wasn't clear to her. I explained. I started to tell her that I have never had an issue there and was disappointed in my experience this morning when I was cut off by the woman I dealt with earlier coming from the back. She acted completely different now that someone else was in the room. She made comments like "I don't know all about this stuff" and "we even did extra work and did a brake bleed" (not extra work, and after looking at me crazy for asking for one in the morning).
I was polite and said thank you but had no interest in conversing with her while the other woman rang me up. After a some silence, the woman from the morning goes, out of nowhere, "we can point fingers all we want, but at least it's done." I was FLOORED (and by the look of the woman checking me out, so was she). I started to tell her I wasn't looking to point fingers, but she cut me off and said that she "didn't mean anything by it." I just said nothing the remainder of the time and got myself out of there.
Entirely ridiculous, unprofessional, and quite literally the worst customer service I've ever had. read more