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Topic	Does anyone here have experience with a car dealership trying to scam them?
BeyondWalls 08/14/21 1:57:47 PM #5:	TwoBit_Samurai posted... while I am there(for the last time with a free oil change) to get any last bit of money out of me? I did have a Midas try to scam me before, so I am always a bit worried about not finding trustworthy mechanics. You cant trust dealerships. The truth is that theyve probably got too much going on to really try to scam you (not counting tacking on flushes and extra maintenance shit.) But somehow youll probably find the one service manager scamming people to qualify for some in-house bonus or something. My problem is that 90% of the dealerships Ive been to have been absolutely incompetent. I had a car that kept tripping an O2 sensor. Well if the sensor trips then your check engine light trips. If the check engine light is on then your car wont pass inspection in NC. No inspection sticker then you cant drive the car. I drove this car to 4 different Toyota dealerships and each time these dummies did the same damn thing. Just popped a new $80 sensor on there and said done. Never even looked for what was causing the sensors to blow. Theyd reset the check engine light and 50 miles down the road it would trip again. Finally at the 4th dealership I said I wasnt paying for another damn O2 sensor unless they actually fixed the problem. The guy at the little service podium wanted to argue so I walked. Traded that car the next day for a Mazda which ran for 10 years without a problem. --- END OF LINE <cite>BeyondWalls posted [p:957082287] in Does anyon... [t:79613706]...</cite> <quote>TwoBit_Samurai posted... </cite> <quote>while I am there(for the last time with a free oil change) to get any last bit of money out of me? I did have a Midas try to scam me before, so I am always a bit worried about not finding trustworthy mechanics.</quote>You cant trust dealerships. The truth is that theyve probably got too much going on to really try to scam you (not counting tacking on flushes and extra maintenance shit.) But somehow youll probably find the one service manager scamming people to qualify for some in-house bonus or something. My problem is that 90% of the dealerships Ive been to have been absolutely incompetent. I had a car that kept tripping an O2 sensor. Well if the sensor trips then your check engine light trips. If the check engine light is on then your car wont pass inspection in NC. No inspection sticker then you cant drive the car. I drove this car to 4 different Toyota dealerships and each time these dummies did the same damn thing. Just popped a new $80 sensor on there and said done. Never even looked for what was causing the sensors to blow. Theyd reset the check engine light and 50 miles down the road it would trip again. Finally at the 4th dealership I said I wasnt paying for another damn O2 sensor unless they actually fixed the problem. The guy at the little service podium wanted to argue so I walked. Traded that car the next day for a Mazda which ran for 10 years without a problem. --- END OF LINE</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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