I would give this 0 stars if I could. Take5 ruined my engine, resulting in me having to get a new car, and took 0 responsibility for it. On Tuesday, May 3rd, I got an oil change at the Take5 in Medina (Store #131) on my lunch break. I didn't notice anything wrong, I went back to work and finished the day, on my drive home as I was merging onto the highway my oil light, check engine light, and battery light all came on at once. By the time I reached the end of the on-ramp, my car just wouldn't drive. I pulled over and took a look at the oil and noticed that it was basically gone (there was a little bit on the ground under my car but the stick was coming out basically clean). This was all within 2 miles of having the oil change, I ended up having the car towed to a mechanic who told me the following:
INSPECTED ENGINE AND FOUND ALL THE OIL BLEW OUT EVERYWHERE UNDER THE HOOD, THIS OCCURRED MOMENTS AFTER AN OIL CHANGE, WHEN INSPECTING IT HAD NO OIL ON THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE, I BELIEVE THE OIL FILTER GASKET BLEW OUT. VEHICLE WILL PROBABLY NEED A REPLACEMENT ENGINE.
Afterwards I contacted Take5 who had my car towed somewhere else, after the second mechanic looked at it I was informed that my engine was infact knocking but that Take5 didn't do it and they wouldn't be responsible for any damages. When I called the mechanic directly, they stated it was likely Take5's fault but that they'd need to take a more extensive look at the engine to determine what caused the damange, Take5 refused this step.
I decided to have the car towed back to me while we determined our next steps. When the car arrived from the tow I received no phone call or notification the car had been dropped off, it was left in an apartment complex with the keys in the ignition. On top of that, the taillight was busted and the back bumper pretty badly scratched - somehow leaving my broken car in even worse condition when it left with them! Take5 also took no responsibility for this.
Additionally, Take5 claimed I "missed multiple oil changes" leaving my engine in need of repair and causing the gasket to blow, I knew this was incorrect so I pulled my invoices. When looking at the top of my invoices, SEVERAL of them contained a different name (i.e. not crediting my car with that oil change). This is also a privacy concern as these invoices had someone else's name, address, phone number and email on it. I have to wonder how many people have my personal information with them now due to the same error, and it's just more evidence to their carelessness and lack of training.
I contacted Take5 countless times, via phone, email, through corporate, the manager (Nick) and the district manager (Danny). Every single one of them passed blame onto someone else and took weeks and multiple follow ups to get any sort of response.
After 3 weeks of getting the run around, being ignored and treated with little compasion or respect, I had no choice but to get a new car (the cost of the repairs weren't worth it, and I needed a car and couldn't let my now ruined car sit there while I fought them leaving me without transportation), I know this is exactly what they wanted to happen. After telling people my story, I've heard several similar ones all from this exact store and all with very similar outcomes. Absoultely disgusted by how this was handled and will n
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