Mr. Obermeier,
My family has been entrusting the Good Year on Garners Ferry rd. with all three of our vehicles for over a year and half now. On February 6, 2015 I dropped my car off for an oil change like I have many times before. I received a call about an hour later stating the car was ready to be picked up but I actually just said pull it into the bay and I will get it in the morning as we don't need it tonight. I made the same statement to the manager when I drooped my car off that I was in no rush to get it back if they wanted to wait until the morning to knock it out.
On Wed Feb 11, 2015, I was driving to work and my vehicle made a loud revving noise and then when I pushed the gas pedal to accelerate it would not pick up speed. I was able to pull off the road safely and park. My husband called the Good Year store and was told sounds like a transmission challenge and we don't work on transmissions. He was given a recommendation for a transmission shop and called Dave transmission.
My husband called the transmission shop and told them the challenges we were having. While on the phone with them they asked him to check the Transmission fluid. The transmission fluid was bone dry and was not even touching the stick. This is a huge challenge since I just had my car serviced 5 days before. If Good Year had done what is included in an oil change their would have been fluid in my vehicle. This is what I pay an expert to do, we trust that our cars will be maintained based off your minimum standards when getting an oil change. Now my transmission needs to be rebuilt.
I am sure you are well aware of your standards but here is what is listed in a standard oil change.
Service Details
An oil change from the experts at a Goodyear Tire & Service Network location means a lot more than simply changing your vehicle's oil filter. It's a comprehensive maintenance service performed by our experienced, certified technicians and includes:
*Your choice of premium oils, from conventional oil to 100% synthetic oil
*Oil filter replacement
*Lubrication of all fittings
*Filling and topping-off of all fluids
*Air filter checked
*Engine inspected for leaks
*All belts and hoses checked
*Tire pressure checked
*Entire undercarriage inspection
So filling and topping off fluid is something that is done with EVERY oil change. Please get back with me on how you would like to proceed with this challenge that could of been prevented by a certified technician doing his job.
2nd email
Mr. Obermeier,
While I appreciate the call 30 min after I sent you this message this morning, I am appalled at the phone call my husband and I just had.
This morning I received a call from Luis (sp) stating Mrs. Bell my GM just called regarding your email and we are going to go pick up your car and take it to our transmission guy and FIX YOUR CAR. These were his exact words. So I called Dave's transmission, who was the transmission shop that the Forest Acres GOOD YEAR RECOMMENDED and let them know that my car was going to be picked up and fixed by Good Year.
This evening my husband received a call from Luis, stating in a very accusatory way, that he felt that the car's transmission issue had nothing to with them... Stating that the fluid blew out of the transmission because it burnt up and that HIS mechanic thought it was our issue. This is contradictory to what was stated by the transmission center, that the Forest Acres Good Year Location, recommended . The documentation at the Garner's Ferry location clearly stated they didn't check my transmission, so they don't know if it had fluid or not. If it was low, and it was allowed to fall below recommended levels this would cause the described behavior and lead to the transmission failing. We pay for this service to take place so this doesn't happen. Keep in mind that we added fluid after the failure and the vehicle was able to drive up onto the rollback under its on power... Creating pressure in the transmission which, if what your mechanic stated was true... would have caused the fluid to once again blow out. This would have been evident on the roll back, and at Dave's transmission and this was not observed.
After contacting the service center of your choosing.. We had a conversation that stated that if in fact the transmission had been failing that the service center should have noticed through regular checks that the fluid was continuing to get low, and that the color was changing. We take the vehicle to you guys exclusively and this has never been brought to our attention. There is concern now on our part that perhaps none of our vehicles are getting thoroughly checked and who knows what other issues we could have that are being ignored.
Mr. Obermeier, this is not a situation where someone is trying to get something for nothing. This is a situation where trust in being put into place to a provider where we feel that we did not get the proper care or attention that led to a mass read more