The owner, Kevin, is GREEDY. He doesn't care about his customers. Only cares about the money. I am pregnant and need a vehicle to get around to appointments and the state wanted to help me get my car fixed. I brought it to Fletcher's Auto in Omak, WA because they are one of the few mechanics in town that take TANF Vouchers. I was supposed to get two different quotes and give them to DSHS but since my car was not running, I had my car towed directly to Fletcher's and DSHS made an exception to the "two quotes" requirement. I knew that the timing belt was off but asked them to do a full diagnosis on my car. Just to be clear, I am a women. I brought it to this auto shop and spoke with the mechanic by myself, which I regret.
Before bringing the car to Fletchers, the oil was leaking from the Camshaft seal and my boyfriend put a new one on the car. I attached the quote from Fletchers. They replaced the Camshaft seal AGAIN. SO THEY KNEW OIL WAS LEAKING BUT FAILED TO MENTION THAT WHEN DISCUSSING THE COST WITH ME. Kevin said the timing belt needed replaced and he was going to change the waterpump and some other things. I TRUST THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. When I got my car back, I had nothing but trouble! The check engine light came on, it needed jumped 4 different times, and then (about a week after picking it up) the motor started making a knocking sound and it started over heating when I was 15 miles out of town. I called them and told them about the probelms and that I was stuck on the side of the road now. The woman there definitely did not want me to come in but begrudgingly said "if you can get a tow here, we will take a look at it". I know they all have trucks there but they couldn't come help me? So we ended up pulling my Toyota camery with a rope and a pontiac sedan... One of the mechanics claimed that "if it is over heating than that means something is wrong with the cooling sysytem, and we didn't touch the cooling system". My boyfriend snapped back with "you guys changed the waterpump, THAT IS THE COOLING SYSTEM!" They tried hard to make it not their fault. So I let them look at it again. Kevin called to tell me that my "motor is completely blown up, there seems to have been an oil leak, so it has just been a TICKING TIME BOMB as to when the motor would blow"
SO YOU KNEW THIS WHEN YOU DIAGNOSED MY CAR IN THE BEGINNING AND INSISTED I HAVE DSHS PAY 700 DOLLARS FOR A CAR THAT WAS "A TICKING TIME BOMB" !?!? SO UNETHICAL. NOW I AM PREGNANT AND OUT OF A CAR AND DSHS ONLY HELPS WITH UP TO 500 DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS EACH YEAR. THEY GAVE THEM AN EXTRA 200 OVER WHAT MY LIMIT WAS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HELP ME.... KEVIN ALSO SAID IF I CAN FIND A USED MOTOR, HE CAN PUT IT IN FOR 2000 DOLLARS ONLY. WHAT A JOKE. read more