Staff are friendly and fast, however I think there is a lack of integrity at this location. I feel like staff were trying to cover up multiple mistakes with lines of BS.... Luckily no harm done this time except the mess of oil in my driveway, but please be aware.
As background, I have a brand new house as of a month ago and a brand new oilpan replaced in September. No issues with oil at the new house or with the new oilpan since move in on 10/2.
On 11/9 pm I brought my car in for an oil change and taillight change out. They did the oil change and told me to come back the next day for the taillight.
I went home and came out a few hours later to at least a quart of oil in my driveway actively dripping. I brought the car back, assuming someone left a plug off. It happens, we deal with it. It's really not the end of the world. I had to get the taillight done the next day anyway.
On 11/10 am I pick up the car, they did an excellent job on the taillight. I was told there was no active leak and that they did 3 or 4 different things to ensure no active leak. I show them the stain in pictures and the staff say "wow." We move on. I go to work.
I come home after work, park a foot or so away from the stain and kitty litter on the driveway "just in case" it's not dealt with i can see if the leak still exists.
On 11/11 am, about to leave for work and the stain is larger and coming from under my car. It's completely soaked the 35lbs of kitty litter. I call Kwik Trip, they insist they fixed the leak on 11/10 and it's clean.
I drive in to get the car looked at again. Show the pictures again (of my slanted driveway). I get asked if my driveway is slanted because that could be an issue... Also told that whoever put the new oilpan in didn't seal the dipstick tube. The leak was from the tube, not the plugs or of course anything that Kwik Kar had done.
So I drive it over to the shop that installed the new pan. They hold it overnight. On an incline. No leaks. Kwik Kar fixed the problem the third time around I guess?
It truly sounds to me like it was overfilled or drain plug cross-threaded, or the oil filter wasn't installed correctly and then because I was in to get my taillight fixed the next day, someone forgot about the leak.... Okay cool that happens and Kwik Kar fixed it eventually.
It's the insistence that it wasn't their fault, must have been the other shop's fault that really is a concern. A month in a new house with a new oilpan and no massive leak until my oil is changed at Kwik Kar? Let's be honest, now, this all sounds super sketchy. read more