I took my car there because it was a Mercury Sable, figuring they know this vehicle, which I purchased at Shakers in 2004. (4th car my family purchased from Shakers, figured I'd get respected at this garage, wrong)The check engine light was on, I asked them to correct that failure, and also showed them that my exhaust sensor had burned up.
They replaced the exhaust sensor for $425.00, and turned off the check engine light. I didn't even get up the road across the street from the garage and the check engine light was back on, 3 miles later when I got home, the sensor had already burned up. I called the next day and told them they fixed absolutely nothing for $425.00. They told me to bring it back for a diagnostic check to see why, I asked them, why didn't you figure out "why" before you replaced the sensor, they said because you didn't ask for a "diagnostic checkup", I said, "I have to ask you to figure out what is wrong with my car before you fix it????" isnt that why you take your car to a garage?????, anyone with any sense would find out why it burned up in the first place, that is why you advertise you repair cars. I told them they owe me a new sensor, the girl agreed, and said she would claim it and get me a new one, they did not, They told me they cannot fix the sensor for free, it will be another $425.00, and that your exhaust is clogged, and you need to spend $2,000.00 on new exhaust system, plus pay to have the sensor replaced again. I spent the $2450.00 and drove the car for 2 days, and the check engine light is back on. The car is running like crap, and hesitates now when you try to accelerate, didnt anyone test drive the freakin car??? I drove it less than a mile from the garage and knew it was still not running correctly???
This is clearly NOT the place to get professional car repairs made, they are amateurs at best, money grabbers at worst, and are clearly only interested in making money, not helping you. They even told me one of the catalytic converters didn't need replacing, but "since they were in there" they replaced them both, I guess they figured it wasn't their extra $600.00, why worry.
I will never go back or recommend this garage, they are not in the people person business, they are not interested in helping the community, they only want to line their pockets with money, typical garage ripoff artists.
Rick Kostka
Naugatuck, CT 06770 read more