i Love Stealerships!
 

so the girl brought her 04 grand cherokee in to jeep17 where she bought it last year cuz the power lock switch on the driver door didnt work and was shorting out the windows, mirrors and locks. only reason it went to a dealer is cuz its got an extended warranty plus the standard 8/80k iirc...
sooo they say they found a cut or stripped wire that was causing the short and repaired it
also got an oil change... now the fun!
they wanted $90 for new hood struts cuz the hood obviously wont stay open... shes like uhh no thanks!
they wanted $45 to tighten LOOSE BATTERY CABLES!!!!! LOL
now my girl is barely 5ft tall and i guess they figured itd be a push over.. but shes learned a thing or two from me and loves to tear into these guys!
shes like so u want $45 to tigthen bolts that hold the cables on the battery...umm no. so the guys like well its unsafe, u cant drive it like it is blahblahblah. shes like well im not paying $45 for that thats BS. i personally would have thought that when repairing a wire they would have had to disconnect the battery anyway??? lol
needless to say ill inspecting there work, prob repaired that wire with electrical tape!

yeahhh...lol my girlfriend is part italian...normally I would have to handle jokers like that but she has no problem sticking her foot up their asses. haha and she is by no means big....she is short, thin, big boobs, and an ass kicker....

i would definitally inspect their ****...dealer****s suck balls.

Pics or Ban .... j/k .. :)

Dealerships aren't the only one. Places like Jiffy Lube and such like to fabricate trouble spots on your car.

if you want to check out their work, pull back the little rubber boot that goes from the body to the door in the door jamb. thats where the wires usually break.

that happens industry wide....not just Dealerships. i can tell you first hand that probably the most honest place your gonna find is a Dealership. they have way too much invested in customer service to get caught up in scams. they are workin for a living just like you and get paid for what they do...so ya cant really blame them for not doin anything for free. 95% of the time when we do something for free, it ends up coming back and biting us in the ass. getting your car fixed isnt any differance than having a plumber/landscaper/electrician coming to your house and giving you an estimate, its just that we tend to know more about cars than plumbing so when you get that $1000 estimate to replace your toilet, you just agree with it and go with the flow. even though you could probably do it yourself for about $600.

haha describes mine exactly!!

Are you two guys dating the same girl and just don't know it?

http://smiliesftw.com/x/smiley-shocked.gif did you really use honest and dealership in the same sentence? c'mon now. they're professional scam artists is all they are.

pix or she doesn't exist

not every dealership is a "professional scam artist". there are dirt bags in every industry. i, for one, have no reason to deceive OR rip anyone off. there's enough honest business to where i can make a decent living. and im not a tech, im an ASM. i allways go above and beyond for people to help them get something covered under warrany even though the car has none remaining. each dealer is an independant franchise so to classify all dealers under "professional scam artists" is a little ignorant. if you've been ripped off in the past, or thought you were ripped off, than thats your opinion which is fine.

ok ok ill find some pictures.....or just bring her with me to the track one day....or a meet....


meh...this ones ok i guess - not the best:
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the hood struts on jeeps always go bad. and wait till the cooling fan motor goes. they have a national recall fyi. gotta love going in for an oil change and walking out with a pain in your rear

As I've mentioned in other threads, the dealer my Hyundai goes to for everything but oil changes and simple repairs is very honest. Pretty reasonably priced, and will not add ******** charges to anything. It's further away than the hyundai dealer that's about a mile from my house (Liberty is like 25 miles from my house), but I trust them. As does James, who HATES dealers usually since he has to deal with them pretty much daily for work.

liberty subaru is in my town, same guys... isnt the hyundia up in NY? or is it on rt 17?

4.0 , 4.7, or both?

- Justin

i believe its just the 4.0's. might just be the grand cherokee's too. i'll try to remember to look for info on it tomorrow. i may have a long night tonight though so no promises.

it's on 17 in mahwah/ramsey. Next to the hummer dealer. And I think a Jeep dealer is there too.

If you wanna check for recalls, I can run the vins and see what applies to your them. If want Jeep, Dodge, or Chrysler dealership help, you can see me, I won't rob ya blind. I work third shift at Greenfield Dodge in Lawrenceville, Mon to Thurs.

Also, any shop you go to for repairs will give you a "coutesy inspection" or "safety inspection" so they can up sell you services. Unfortunately it's how the business works, but also you can get a heads up on something wrong you may not have known about until something came apart. And the prices they gave you sounds right for dealerships, depending on area some are getting over one hundred dollars an hour.

Well put!!! As a former Dealership tech and Forman you would be shocked to know what went on. It is hard to deal with when your are honest. If it was not for the education I would have never done it. Best advice is if it seems wrong it probably is. Always ask for your old parts and to see what your being told is bad if you are waiting.

always ask for the old part... even if it's just to inspect it. most dealerships have the 'safety inspection' that they do even if you have just the oil changed. it's to let you know that something might become a problem. you can always say 'no' when they suggest something be changed or replaced with new. i put an additional 20k miles on the serpentine belt before i got it changed. but, hey, thanks for letting me know it was wearing out...

i have heard many MANY times where people went in for a little bit of service and came out with a huge bill that was performed because of any number of bs reasons. i know that inspecting a car and mentioning what you think needs attention is how the business works, but i hear alot that dealerships will just do the work without confirming it with the customer.

My buddy in Va used to work in a Firestone joint.....they used to regularly blow out your dust boots when lubing the chassis so they'd get come backs for 'bad tie rods' and 'bad ball joints'......

Sucks that dealerships charge so much for labor now....:moon:


PS - that chick has some SEXY, BIG ol 'cell fone' on her hip, no ? ;)

hey hey! take it easy on my girl....lol all those "pics or she doesnt exist!" comments and no one responded after i put one up?

you are the first though!