Following doing his research online, my husband took our vehicle down to this shop. We had a leak on our steering fluid (a lead or crack in the fluid storage container). Something quite simple. The steering had come out of alignment, with the steering wheel off kilter. Rare for us, but nothing we hadn't faced previously in a lifetime of driving.
After 24 hours my husband chased them up to see what was happening with our vehicle. He was told that the rear subframe was out of whack, and the rear wheel faced outward slightly. Ah, wreck maybe? Well, we purchased the vehicle in 2015. It had been used to ferry new car buyers from Auto Mall Henderson up and back to their homes. The vehicle had low miles and we checked to see if it had been involved in a wreck. As far as we knew, it hadn't, and was still owned by the dealer. It was just time to replace it.
Since 2015 we had never been in a wreck. So, my husband asked if they had sorted out the issue the vehicle was brought into the shop for. The answer was that they hadn't looked at it. He then asked them to do so and give us a quotation on repair. My husband then had to call them back three hours later for the information. He was told to replace the possible cracked hose (a common issue), and the second hose, the job would cost $702. Umm, two plastic pipes would be replaced, and presumably the fluid drained, replaced, and tested, and the steering wheel put back right. Even if you say that the pipes replaced would cost $200, then it is $502 in labor to drain the fluid, change the pipes, refill fluid, line the vehicle up and loosen the bolts on the steering, align the wheels, and do the bolts up. I apologize if I have missed steps in the process.
What really concerned us was the fact that they found what they stated were major faults, without even resolving what the vehicle was taken in for. Other than the repair we had taken the vehicle in for, we have basically had a good vehicle. It had always driven perfectly well, with no issues. The damage the shop was stating was present, would have taken a very heavy rear end collision. We had never had one, and as far as I am aware (and, as someone who is former law enforcement, I do check when purchasing), there was no collision prior to our ownership. Even if we were wrong, we had never experienced any of the issues the shop stated were a result of the damage they stated we had.
So, to sum up, bad communication. We had to chase everything up. Then, when being asked to do a simple repair, they didn't look at that after 36 hours. They did look at something we never asked them to examine though, and started telling us there was major damage, which, presumably, would cost thousands to put right. Even if you say, thanks for looking over our vehicle for us, they didn't even look at the issue it was in the shop for, until we pressed them to actually do it. Lets hope that it is particularly poor communication, and not what I suspected. read more