Do NOT bring any hybrid or EV here. Or maybe any car, tbh. I broke down 3 hours from home. All this…read morefluid was leaking out from under the front, and the battery coolant reservoir would not hold any fluid. I had my Chevy Volt towed to them, and without telling me that this was the extent of what they did to evaluate and diagnose the car, they just hooked the car up an OBD reader (which "reads" the codes from a car's computer") and then told me my electric battery was dead and needed to be replaced (which costs at least $6-7k) and charged me $115 for their expert diagnosis.
I am by no means a mechanic, just a curious and logical person who didn't understand why they were saying it was the hybrid battery when the hybrid battery is under the middle section of the car, and the coolant fluid was pouring out from underneath the very front of the car. They never told me they didn't do a physical inspection of the vehicle, even though I gave them (via text and phone) plenty of information about how the car was acting, the leaking fluid, and the empty battery coolant reservoir, regardless of me pouring full bottles of fresh coolant into it. They charged me $115 for this "diagnostic" and weeks of extreme stress, since I initially trusted them and believed that my hybrid battery was DEAD.
I eventually decided I should double-check their claim before rolling my car off a cliff, and learned from Google that what had likely happened was that a rock or something went through my grille and damaged my battery radiator, so the car wouldn't hold the battery coolant it needs. It would just leak out like a sieve from where the rock punctured it.
I called and asked for a refund of the $115 "diagnostic fee," and was told by Mark that he explained all this when he saw me (I literally never met him; my Volt was towed in and towed out without my presence), then he changed his story and said that it was on the paperwork they gave me when I picked up the car (nope, see above), and then changed the story again, saying the paperwork was left in the car (nope, nothing was in the car). I mean, if you don't recall what actually happened, don't just make stuff up. My lord.
Then he said he'd tell the owner and someone would get back to me about my request for a refund. Guess who never called... Anyone.
To charge $115 to plug in an OBD reader (this takes LESS THAN 5 MINUTES), and meanwhile not read the notes -- if any were even taken during the phone calls I had with the shop telling them all the details of the car's break down -- or read my texts also giving the information that would've made it clear that they should, idk, maybe check the thing where the coolant goes or the thing the coolant runs through... And then after that shakedown, give me a wrong answer, cause me all this grief, and then be defensive about it... Bad service. Bad behavior. Bad communication. Bad business.
