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Had my '95 Maxima in for routine maintenance. This was after the guy who had always worked on it and our other Nissans had quit. Some guy I'd never seen before comes out to the waiting room all serious like it's bad news at the doctor's office and tells me I have a leak at the front of the engine and it's getting the timing belt wet. If I don't fix it now it will cost a fortune later. Since I'm a repeat customer they'll fix it for $800.00. I had just been under the hood and there was no leak.
I told him to fix what it was brought in for and nothing else.
When I got home I called the service manger and told him that that guy was not to work on my car or talk to me again.
I called the owner (Who I bought the car from originally) and told him what happened and that if it ever happened to me again he was going to lose our business.
I never saw that jerk again and the next time I took the car in muy regular guy was back. I asked him about the jerk, and he did a quick look around and asked me what I had said to the boss. Apparently I wasn't the only one as he got a call and a healthy raise to come back to work there.
LMAO!!
Oh, and the car went another three years with no "timing belt" problems.
I looked this up online when I got home today and got even more angry. Yes, it is very easy to locate. I guess I could one last round get a handy person to do this.
But I really need to establish a relationship with a mechanic now. I am not from this area so I need a dependable person to look after my car.
Btw, I try to get a number of readings for diagnostic codes. My brakes were really needing replacing and I didn't want to keep driving on them. When the check engine light came on that was my cue to get into somewhere today.
Out of curiosity, what is the make, model, and year of your car - and engine, if you know it?
Sounds like you learned a big lesson, CMichele . . .
Unfortunately, choosing a "Medical Professional" for your vehicle is as important and requires as much research as choosing a Medical Professionals for yourself nowadays.
So you never do any of the things she listed? Just toss a scraper in the trunk and call it good?
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Originally Posted by CMichele
It's time for an oil change.
Wiper check (I doubt I need them as they were changed in May)
Tire balance/rotation and tread check
Battery check. I learned my lesson with this.
Fluid check
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I'd do no less than test the coolant, to see that it'll protect to its maximum capacity. Replace windshield washer fluid with winter-mix. In some cases I recommend customers go to a lighter oil for winter.
After recently moving here from a different state, I scheduled an oil change appointment.
When it was done and I paid for it, I asked what the $1.50 charge was for windshield washer fluid.
They said...............as a courtesy to the customer........they always check and top off fluids.
I told him I topped off my wind shield washer fluid before coming and never used it on the 1.2 mile drive to their shop.
Out of curiosity, what is the make, model, and year of your car - and engine, if you know it?
2005 Ford Focus brought brand new. The engine is 4L. Front wheel drive though it has served me well in moving from the south to an area experiencing blizzards. Gently used until about over 3 years ago when I moved to a more sprawling area. I try to drive as little as possible but have definitely racked up miles in recent years.
And yes, the wiper fluid. I always run out of that this time of year.
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