Originally, I wasn't planning on writing a review online about the service I received at the Sherwood Park Mr. Lube location, but after what I experienced, I feel like I have no choice. If 0/5 stars was a thing, that's what Mr. Lube would receive.
On February 5th, I brought my car in for an oil change. The technician working on my car hit my coolant hose, causing the coolant to explode all under my hood. The supervisor came over to assess the situation and deemed my car "no longer drivable" because of the coolant being everywhere. I'm sure you could imagine how happy I was hearing that on a Monday night after a long day at work. They pushed me to sign an agreement stating that I wouldn't drive my car off the lot and then offered to have my car towed to their affiliated mechanic in order to look at the situation and deem who was responsible for this issue. If I was deemed responsible, I would have to not only pay for the repairs, but also for the towing service. The manager made it known that it would "likely not be their fault." In being told about the damages and the events that lead up to this instance, the staff were not taking any responsibility for what happened or even apologizing for the inconvenience that was caused. According to their story (which they tried to change), they "saw something wrong with my car" but then proceeded to palpate around anyway. They were telling me that two people were working on my car when the incident happened; however, there was only one at the time. Once the coolant exploded, that's when other technicians and the supervisor were called over. While explaining what had happened, I requested for them to call my boyfriend to explain it to him as he knows a lot about cars. They said they would not call him and talk to him, although they understood my request stating, "I understand that you're not as knowledgeable about cars, given that you're a female."
The manager (who wasn't present on the night of the incident) had quite the attitude toward this entire situation and was pushy with regard to how I should handle things. Again, not once did he apologize for the inconvenience or even attempt to work through this together. He also refused to speak with my boyfriend although I provided consent to do so, and again said something to the effect of me being a woman and not being comfortable dealing with cars. As a manager, Bruce's attitude and customer service skills, as well as his employees, are actually disgusting. I ended up getting my car towed by AMA to my mechanic and had them provide me a quote of the damages/replacements and I left it with an employee to give to Bruce on the following Monday. I explained to the employee that I had a quote for Bruce to look over from the incident I had, and he responded with "I can give this to Bruce, but he'll likely not pay for it." I'm not quite sure why he felt the need to say that, but it doesn't surprise me.
I emailed the Mr. Lube head office and explained my entire scenario a week ago and I just received a response back this morning stating the following:
- "In regard to the issue with the cooling system of your vehicle, these models are known for issues of this nature and we do not see any evidence that anything done by our staff could have caused the parts in question to disintegrate." If Mr. Lube is AWARE of these ISSUES, why on earth do they continue to service these car models?
- "For that reasons, we will not offer any assistance with our compensation for any repairs that may be necessary." Wow, thank you so much.. You've really outdone yourself taking this scenario seriously. For such a big company, they have 0 understanding of not only their customer service etiquette, but also their desire to work with their customers to ensure customer loyalty.
- "You also expressed a number of concerns about the conduct of our manager and our staff. Understand that these are people we have worked closely with over a long period of time, and we can therefore state with complete confidence that no disrespect was intended." Basically what is being said is that it's okay to treat customers this way, completely avoid taking responsibility or accountability for any actions, not apologize for any inconvenience, and state sexist comments? Let me give you a round of applause; I didn't realize what year we were in.
- "Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. We acknowledge and regret that you are unlikely to be satisfied with the position we have taken in this matter; however, we believe it to be fair and appropriate to the facts, and we consider this matter closed. Take good care." Again, here's an example of staff members failing to acknowledge the experience and or recognize the feelings/concerns of their customers. Apparently wanting to keep loyal customers is nil. At this point, I would not recommend attending any Mr. Lube locations. Their new slogan should be "Doing it wrong before your eyes."
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