When I drove my car there for the first time, the transmission slipped, but it was still working. After they checked, it failed totally(coincident).
They told me $700 dollars to dis-mount and mount the transmissions and up to me what to chose next transmission, grand total $2000-$3000. Big lie. Once they worked on it, they found this wrong, that wrong,,,, ended $4000+. After I picked up the car, the transmission failed next day, again, I had to called AAA towing it back.They fixed a few days later.
Then other problem hits
One of the wrongs was the radiator. They said one year unlimited miles warranty.
Two weeks later, the car got overheat easily. I went back with check-engine light off and no error codes. They said they would check.
Next day, I was there, he said they the radiator was good, they disconnected the pipes and wires, checked the radiator thoroughly. He blamed the head gasket was bad, coolant leak into cylinder, the oil was milky, I should pay $1200 to repair it.
Then he opened the hood, and extracted the oil stick, the oil was NOT milky, it's pitch black. I would NOT pay $1200 to repair it.
And when I started the engine, check-engine was on, it would not start(again coincident? no!). He said he didn't to any thing to the car. I said you did, you disconnected things, you broke it. Then he said would fix it.
I went back next day, he said he didn't have time to look at my car. The day after, he called me and blamed the head gasket was bad again. He proposed that I pay the parts $300, he pay the engine shop $200, grand total $500. I asked him that you can't replace head gasket in your shop, you have to pay other $200. He said yes, he has to get someone else to replace the gasket.
He was in the car repair for 45 years, he reconditioned my transmission, but can't replace the head gasket. A friend of mine who is handy, and change his head gaskets in his garage. I don't think he was telling the truth, I rejected $500 replacing gasket.
Here are the pattern, they did things,
quoted low to lure you bring take your car to them. After their checking, your car will get worse, if you ask them why, they will say your car is old/high mileage,,,,. Later they would tell to they found more stuff to repair, ended up you pay a few times more originally quoted.
I paid $3K for the car and $4K to repair it. He is in the business for long time, he should know it was not worthwhile to do repair like that. Instead he systematically took me in, step by step. He made $4K from me and didn't feel satisfied, and tried to get another $1.2K, no succeed, and tied $500, really greedy.
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