So, I went into the Joe Hudson Collision Center in Ballentine SC, thinking it was still Ballentine Collison, to find out it had been sold. I said ok, can you guys give me an estimate on fixing my daughters 2016 Toyota Rav4 that had been backed into. This was going to be an out of pocket payment. The guy was happy to work it up. The passenger door had been backed into and had a dent into it and the mirror was busted. The front fender was scratched, and I told him, not to worry about that, that I was not concerned about it. He just kept writing everything up. After he wrote it up, he gave me the estimate, and said they could start that day if I was ready. I saw that he had the front fender on it and told him that I did not want that done. He said they had to do it in order to warranty the work. I told him I was not concerned with that, and he said they could not do anything about it, it was corporate that states that have to do it. Just fixing that fender scratch was $400. I put the car in the shop and told them to proceed. I picked up the vehicle the following week and it looked ok. Not great, but ok. The mirrow was not fixed, they tried to keep the old cover on it, but I found it and pointed it out to them and they said, oh yeah, its on back order, once it gets in, they will put it on. I said ok. I took the car and started up to Clemson to take my daughter her car. While on I26, in heavy traffic and the construction zone, the car dies on me. I turn my right turn sign on, coming back into the right lane, and it just dies. Barries on both sides of me, no shoulder to pull onto, semi truck barrelling up behind me, nowhere to go. Car dies right in the middle of the road. I am stuck. Put the car back in park in the travel lane, turn the ignition, and it starts right up. I drive up, maybe a 100 yards and turn my turn signal on again and it dies again. Luckily this time, there is a shoulder. I was able to get the car home, and I just figure it was a bad battery. I go get a new battery, change it out, and set off again. I come out of our neighborhood and make a right turn, using the turn signal, and the car dies. I go straight to the Joe Hudson Collison center and explain it to the. They start pulling panels from the interior of the car checking the connections and everything. There is two guys out there working on it. 30 minutes later, the pull the right front fender off and there are two wires that they did not connect back together and was causing the vehicle to ground out. It was not the battery at all. The old battery was just a year old. I asked if I could be reimbursed for the battery, and it has fallen on death ears. They know that they are wrong, but they refuse to reimburse. I have supplied them with the receipt, and they have seen both the old and new battery. They know that once you connect a battery, you cannot return them. Whatever you do, DO NOT USE JOE HUDSON COLLISON CENTER IN BALLENTION SC. They try to rip you off and over charge and do work you do not want done. read more
