My very first visit to this shop was to have my AC recharged before a Memorial weekend trip. The manager told me about the diagnostic service they performed prior to recharging the AC, and also that they did a 54 point inspection of all vehicles as a courtesy to their customers., and my van would be done by end of day. Well, a few hours later he called to advise me the AC was repaired, recharged,and working good, but that the expansion valve should be replaced. With the age of my vehicle, and 160,000 miles on it, we authorized this service. From there everything went completely down
hill !!!! It took four days to do this repair !!! Within six weeks I had spent $ 1400.00 dollars on a 2001 Chrysler TC van. Every repair they completed for me ended up in mny taking my vehicle back in because of problems. The air conditioner completely broke down the week we had to deal with 95 to 98 degree temps..They couldn't find anything wrong with it , so they put in stop leak, and it has worked ever since..BUT, I have to wonder, "Did I really need that $388.00 AC repair"?????? Oh, and prior to the second Ac breakdown, my van had overheated, will "bells" going off everywhere, engine lights coming on etc. I took my van back to Midas, and after their inspection, I was told that I had to have a new radiator put in, well,,,exactly three weeks after new radiator installation, and exactly two days after the second AC break down, my van overheated again during a severe thunderstorm with lightening, and I had to pull over and wait until it cooled down and all the bells and lights went off, and then I drove it to the closest repair place, and they put in six (6) containers of water, and asked that I still wait a bit so they could double check the water level before I left. This was at Pep Boys in Niles, and they did not even charge me for their time, and they would not even accept a gratuity from me., and then I drove the 50 miles back to Streetsboro to get my granddaughter back home....I now have a meeting scheduled with a District Supervisor at another Midas repair shop to try to determine why all the water leaked out of my brand new radiator!!!!
The following situations led to my decision to not ever return to Midas of Streetsboro
again:
Of the Phone calls that I made to that store asking for the manager, I was told he was not in...
At my first visit I was given the managers card, and was told I would receive a 10% discount off any repairs that they did for me. Well, that did not happen on any of the billings I paid them for. And when I went to write of my frustrating experience with this shop, I found they had online coupons for 15% off of AC repairs !! He must not have known that his Corporate offices were offering 15% off to his 10%. offer !!!
I haven't even touched base here about serpentine belt that was inspected and rated in good condition that blew shortly after the radiator was installed, and the smell and all the smoke blowing out from under my hood, and that caused me to have to this have my van towed on my way home from the Cleveland area.......... No, I will not return to to this Midas store in Streetsboro, but I am anxious to find ot what the District Supervisor is going to do...... I do not recommend The Midas Auto Service Experts of Streetsboro, Ohio and especially if you are from out of town.!!!!!!!!!!! read more