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Originally Posted by Stomachbuzz
lol
dealers and mechanics will break everything they touch eventually
I'm skeptical the failure rate on this recall is really any higher than the failure rate on any service they do. The difference is this recall is much more invasive than most vehicle services they do.
I had the frame replaced on my 2005 Tacoma, and my truck was disgusting when they gave it back. It was ridiculous. So many issues (large and small) that I have well documented through legal paperwork, photos, videos, etc.
I shoved it up their *** then, and I [was]/[am still] prepared to do that if my FRS blows up. They get paid for the service, and I'm not going to be worse off because they f'ed it up.
But it's also been like 8k miles since they did the recall, so I don't know.
I think you guys have to realize -- and a lot of owners of these cars are young men who have little, if any, experience with car ownership or dealing with mechanics/dealerships -- this is a risk with any service you have performed on your car, or anything else in your life for that matter!
It's ALWAYS the same deal:
"You broke it when you were working on it."
No I didn't.
"Yes, you did."
Prove it!
It's literally the same thing.
Let's say your Chevy Malibu blows the head gasket. You pay the dealer to fix it.
15k miles later it blows again, and you take it to a different shop who says "whoa whoa whoa!!! This was shoddy work!"
What are you gonna do? Take it back to the dealer, who will deny it, then you gotta fight them.
This is not isolated to the "J02 recall" -- it's LIFE guys.
You hire an HVAC tech to work on the AC at your house. 6 months later you find out they goofed around and tweaked one of your refrigerant lines, causing it to rupture when winter came.
You have to turn back the clock 6 months and try to fight them on it.
"That happened after we left."
The easier it is to hide being the ambiguity of the situation, the more they will do it.
"Someone else FUBAR'd that after we worked on it"
"It wasn't like that when I worked on it"
"Prove it was us"
"Your car was already like that"
It's always he said/she said. You have to learn skills and develop tools to protect yourself in this world. Maybe you gotta be that annoying customer who takes lots of B&A pictures. Maybe you have to meet each tech working on the car. Maybe you have to be that annoying guy who calls 3 dealers and asks how much experience they have with the recall.
Maybe you gotta get your hands dirty afterwards fighting an uphill battle, threatening legal action.
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Show us on the hot wheels where the bad mechanic touched you...
But in all seriousness, there are good mechanics and bad mechanics, and even sometimes the good ones make mistakes (just like with any kind of professional-lawyers, doctors, etc.). Deal with it and move on. If you are out a lot of money because of someone's mistake, then fight for it, but don't let it consume your life. In the end, it's just a car...