My brakes went out. Brake fluid leaked all on the ground. I called Integrity to let them know and that I was calling a tow to take it to them. They never mentioned to me that they are always a week behind or I would have checked elsewhere. This was on a Monday. By wednesday morning no word so I stopped by after work in the am. I reached the counter where the counter guy was talking to a customer that had just came in off the street to have his car serviced. I heard him talking about an oil leak. The mechanic told him that he could look at it "today"
Really? When they finished talking I looked at the counter guy and asked, "have you looked at my car yet? His answer was no. I said well its been here since Monday. He said "yeah." That evening I called because no word yet to ask about my car. The answering employee said that I needed both brake lines replaced and if they couldnt get the caliper off without breaking it then I would need a new caliper. The cost would be 168.00 part and labor for both brake lines to be replaced. Then he told me that they would have to wait until tomorrow to work on my car because looking at my car put them behind. Again, really?!
The next morning they call me saying that the caliper needs to be replaced and that it would be an extra 90.00 for labor and part. So by now, I'm looking at 260 some odd dollars counting tax. I called them later that evening to see if my car was ready. At the time it wasnt. They finally call me at 4:45 saying it was ready, knowing that I had no way to get there that fast and knowing that they close at 5 pm which they didnt bother telling me. I finally found someone to take me to get it, after I had called over and over from 5 pm to 5:30 reaching the shop at 5:30. No one answered all that time and the shop was dark when I got there. The next morning after work, I went by to get it and the counter guy claimed that he hung around till 5:15 pm to see if I showed up. If he did why didnt he answer the phone?
I got my car, drove it home. This was on a Friday. By Sunday morning, my car had leaked brake fluid all over the outer front drivers side tire and there was a small puddle on the ground. I didnt have far to go and had no choice but go to work since they had kept my car all week leaving me in a bad situation. I drove to work, called someones family member that knew mechanics. He came to my workplace, checked my car, and saw that the brake fluid reservoir was completely empty and he saw where it was leaking from. It was leaking from behind a bracket. He went and purchased a new washer, put it on, filled the reservoir with fluid, and wallah, the leak was fixed. I still had no brakes though. I mean the car did stop but brakes had to be pumped and had to drive with caution and slowly to get home that night.
The next morning I called integrity. I thought the brakes were still leaking but it was leaking off the wheel wall from all that had leaked out Sunday and most likely right after they worked on it.
They claimed they were going to come tow it. Instead, some guy shows up in a car and lets another guy out who drives it to the shop.
I called them the next morning and let them know that I needed my car that day. I had already been days without it and it was my only way of getting to work. The counter guy said, "ok, let me see when the tech comes in and looks at it what he says."
I get a call later that morning saying that the master cylinder went out. I asked why wasnt that replaced with the rest of the parts. Their answer was because it didnt need it at the time. So I asked, then why did it go out on me just as I got it back? The answer was they can just go out all the sudden. The owner even stated this and that the part was old and looked pretty old. Ok, so why didn't you all change it out or at least mention that to me when you replaced the brake lines and caliper?
The answer kept being that it didnt need it at that time, yet when my car went back the second time, all the sudden the master cylinder looked old and aged.
I told them that I had already paid out 268.00 for two brake lines and a caliper to be replaced and that they had my car for a week. I think that they should try and help me. After all that was a lot of money for a 2 hour job and a lot of frustration for me trying to get rides to work.
They didn't care. I walked 3 hours home from work the day that I talked to them and them telling me that to replace the master cylinder it would cost me another 238.00 and that was with a 60.00 discount. OMGF! Really?!
Needless to say, I called the person that fixed the leak, after they left it leaking with a bent washer and he said that the brakes probably just needed to be bled. I went and got my car the next day, today, and he had the brakes fixed in 15 mins. All he did was bleed the brakes.
I had told them down there that all the brake fluid had leaked out so we had to fill it back up and thats why it wasnt empty. read more