My mother took her Chrysler PT Cruiser into the Weatherford Firestone Sunday evening (02/24/2019) after the car started overheating. They diagnosed the problem and suggested a water pump replacement that would take 5-6 hours, but it was not long before closing time so she said to wait until the morning before doing any car work. When she returned the next day, they had already begun tearing the car apart and replacing the water pump as well as other parts of the car--WITHOUT HER CONSENT. She told them to wait until the morning because she's not too fluent in English and wanted to consult with me and other mechanics before agreeing to them performing the repairs. Throughout her experience, Weatherford Firestone also never bothered to explain their labor rate per hour and hours of work spent on the car before presenting her with the invoice and amount due after they serviced the car. In fact, they charged her $130 per hour for 6.5 hours, which doesn't make sense because they started working on the car when they opened in the morning (7am) and called my mom at 12:30pm to tell her the job was finished--which puts the job at 5.5 hours. After she called me to explain all the work they did without her consent and the rate they charged--which put the bill at $1,562--I called around and asked other auto mechanics what they'd charge for a water pump replacement, and the most it would cost with others was HALF the price that Firestone charged my mother. I advised my mother to pay the bill in fear that they might start charging her a storage fee, and she did. Then not even half an hour on the freeway, she had to pull over because the car was malfunctioning. A truck driver named Mike pulled over as well to help her, and mentioned that she "had no clutch". Besides the water pump, my mother's PT cruiser was driving great before she got to Firestone--the clutch worked perfectly. So now she's been overcharged and her PT Cruiser's clutch has all of a sudden stopped working. We're thinking of getting a lawyer involved now, and I think I'm going to try to get the media involved to scrutinize how Firestone takes advantage of their customers--by analyzing and compiling other peoples' experiences with the company. My mother is one of thousands that have been taken advantage of by Firestone, and I want to protect others from falling victim to these immoral business practices. read more