BEWARE this shop!! I don't often write any kind of review, but I feel this one is warranted to help others avoid Goodway.
While on vacation in the Silverthorne area our vehicle broke down on a Sunday (wouldn't start). AAA came out and tried to jump it, but to no avail. The driver recommended Goodway along with a couple of other area shops.
On Monday I called Goodway along with another shop. Goodway said it would most likely be a couple days before they could look at it. The other shop was going to be longer than that, so I had AAA tow it to Goodway with the hope they would be able to get it fixed relatively soon.
Since we were stranded away from home and had to be out of our condo by Friday morning, we waited until Tuesday to see if we heard anything. I called Goodway to see if they had any idea on what to expect. They really couldn't say because of all the other vehicles that were also waiting to be worked on, which was understandable.
With the unknown of when our vehicle would be looked at and fixed, I decided to fly home (Omaha) and get another vehicle that would fit all of us and our luggage. So I flew home on Wednesday. When I landed, I had a message from Brad. I called him back and he said they found the fuel pump module bad and they had to start with that to identify if anything else was wrong. He quoted me $700.00 and the part would have to come out of Denver the next day. He did not know if they would get the part installed on Thursday. I did not question the price at that time, but as I write this review, I believe that price is highly inflated given what I have found on the internet.
Given the uncertainty if our vehicle would be fixed by Friday morning, I continued with my plan to drive to Silverthorne on Thursday with the other vehicle. While I was still at home, I looked on the internet to see if a fuel pump module would cause the issue I was experiencing (no crank/no start). I came across an article that described my complaint to a tee that was being caused by a problem with the fuse box under the hood and the user was able to get it started by playing around with the fuses/fuse box. I wondered about this, but thought Goodway should have qualified techs and would have checked this out.
On my way back to the condo with the second vehicle on Thursday, I stopped by Goodway's to pick up the grandkids' car seats and check on status. As I pulled the car seats out, I noticed my vehicle was in the exact same spot where it was dropped off on Monday by the AAA tow truck. I thought that odd since it would be difficult to check everything necessary outside and on the ground to make an accurate diagnosis of the problem.
So without going inside to talk to Brad, I used my extra set of keys and tried to start the vehicle, confirming that it still would not turn over. I then popped the hood and played/pushed/pulled on some of the fuses and tried to start it again. Although it still didn't start, I heard a click, which is more than it did before. I played with the fuse box a little more and tried again, and it started!
When confronting Brad, he said they often do their diagnosis outside since they just can't get the vehicles inside, especially if they aren't drivable. I informed him that I had the vehicle running and the fuel pump module clearly isn't the problem. He started to go down the path that maybe his tech replaced the module already without his knowledge, but I shot that down when I told him it would not start when I first tried, but did after playing with the fuse box.
He was gracious enough to give me my keys and wave the diagnosis fee. Quite nice of him considering that I don't think any diagnosis was ever done. If it was, it was clearly the incorrect diagnosis. I hate to imagine what they would have done to me if I would not have shown up when I did. What other repairs would they have wanted after the fuel pump module did not fix it? If I could give zero stars on this review, I certainly would! read more