Update: 1/27/17
Picked truck up today and was told they put camber bolts in and tie rod, but ball joint was ok. Truck pulls to right and they charged me for ball joint part and labor !!! Plus I stopped at a tire place down the road and they didn't even replace the lower ball joint. Was lied to again. Have times from invoices from everyone that proves the lie.
Oct 17th, 2016 - Paid over $1400 for upper and lower press in ball joints, inner and outer tie rod, alignment and tires.
IN early January I was driving when my right upper ball joint pooped out of the control arm! which led to my wheel falling inward! - they fixed this and replaced the control arm ( I was ok with that)
not but roughly a week or so later I had new tires and wheels put on my truck and the shop that did it said they could not do an alignment for new tires and wheels because my inner tie rods were shot and my left ball joint was about to popped out and was halfway out already!!!! Very dangerous!!!
Tire barn then fixed the upper ball joints but made me pay for the inner tie rod because it was a "typo" on the receipt they gave me for which one they replaced before.
fact is they put a vehicle that was not fixed right back on the road that endangers everyone.
Since this my truck was still pulling hard left! so taking back to another shop they expressed that when they replaced the upper ball joints the second time they DID NOT put the guide pins in the control arms, or put new adjustment bolts in!!! this is what keep it in alignment! Also, that my left lower ball joint is now ruined and my other inner tire rod! ( from my upper ball joints coming out and putting my wheels in a bind.
The manager at tire barn then called me and said I could schedule to get my car fixed at another place and they would pay for it.
So I scheduled my work, even gave them a day to figure out payment, and scheduled rides to work and home.
I then get a call from corporate saying that they WILL NOT back what the manager said they would do! Even after the manager called the other shop expressing she would pay them ( have written statements) They expressed I must take the truck back to the original tire barn and have the warranty work covered ( only parts)
Tire barn is not going to cover ANY of it other than parts. Even after talking with their corporate office, which was no help at all, they even said they replaced my camber bolts with aftermarket ones. So I then go out and take pictures of them because they are completely rusted and one is broken off! Which means they were never touched, which also rolls into my vehicle not staying in alignment again.
fact is that they are refusing to cover labor on parts that were ruined from their first mistake! which was putting an unsafe vehicle back on the road because of the negligence of an employee.
Then neglecting to uphold the statement that their store manager has made to me and another shop.
In the end I am forced to have them fix it for the short term to have even just the parts covered (which are covered by the manufacturer, not them) just to be able to have a vehicle to drive to get to work and get my family around. I am also left with the feeling that I have to take their work to other shops to have their work looked at to make sure my vehicle is SAFE!
I am lucky that when my ball joints came out my car did not wreck and hurt anyone, I am also lucky to have great co-workers to help get back and forth to work, but none of these catoptric events should have happened if the work was done right, or they just followed through with what was said.
Have all documents, photos, written statements, and verbal confirmation for all of this.
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