F*CK Jiffy Lube

[Wild Country]

This is why I don't trust these people.

Clicky (http://www.nbc4.tv/video/9152183/detail.html#)

[Redog]

Not a surprise, this has been going on for years.

I remember on 20/20 once they put New York plates on a car in LA and got charged 3 times the amount for each repair

[brsexton]

WOW...That place sucks even more than I thought.

[alero_ecotec]

Figures. Whenever I have to take my car to a place like that because I dont have time to go home to my regular mechanic I always stand right outside the garage and watch them like a freaking hawk.

There was an independant shop in my home town that tried pulling stuff like that on me before, and that was the LAST time it ever happened. I took my car somewhere else and gave them so much bad publicity it wasnt funny. I really talked crap about them to anyone who would listen. And, no suprise, 2 years later, they're out of business.

[FartCannonAlero]

yeah thats why when they ask to do all that stuff i tell em no or i just do it myself!

[eag182]

The only time I've ever been to a jiffy lube-ish type place they had told the guy in front of me that his brand new car was leaking massive oil and they wanted to fix it. It's ridiculous, just like on 20/20 where they show you some randomly placed oil and they want you to have them fix it.

And walmart I hear puts threadlock on oil drain plugs, and thats mandatory if you want your oil changed there.

Apparently you really need to do things yourself today.

[Trickyslick]

What a bunch of A Holes...

[Redog]

My mech says this: "Why bang (rip off) them once for a $500 job that they don't need, when you can do the job right for a low price and gain a new customer"

[Wild Country]

My mech says this: "Why bang (rip off) them once for a $500 job that they don't need, when you can do the job right for a low price and gain a new customer"

I wish there were more like yours.

[olds03alero]

These guys are the a-holes that give all mechanics a bad name, i am going to school to be a mechanic and my instructors tell us all the time about guys like this. But you also gotta watch the guys who have no idea what they are doing, they can screw you over just as bad. my advice is find a tech that you trust and stick with them.

[Roguer]

i know what you mean. im lucky enough to know a shop that has a small town mentality, and actually shows me what they did, how they did it. Even explain to me all that techinical stuff, and my mechanic likes to go target shooting every once and awhile. but i wonder what Jiffy-lube did to "fix" this problem

[Coldfire]

Those bastards

[mikegett]

My wife took her car to a Jiffy-lube when she was just out of high school. I had warned her about the job they do (quick drains of oil that cause engine sludge) but she insited on it. She lived about twenty city blocks from the jiffy-lube. When she reached home the oil light was on. She called me in and I found that the idiot had nearly twisted the oil plug off and drained nearly all the oil out. It took me about two hours to get the plug out before I decided it was there problem. One call and a hour later it was towed to a local mechanic and fixed at there cost. It is not a hard job. Do it your self and save the worries.

[zzyzzx]

I just changed the oil in a car that was previously done at Jiffy Lube (specifically a 2000 Camry).

The oil filter was "Global Spec" brand (something like that) and made in China. The oil drain plug as missing the gasket and yes it was leaking oil from it.

[03glgold]

The first time I changed the oil in my Alero after I bought it I had to use an impact to get it off and replace the plug because the last oil change had been done at walmart and they used so much loctite that it oozed out around the edges of the bolt and even damaged the seal on the plug.

[JLw7123]

Wow you had to use a impact gun to get it off that is bad. i will never take my car to one of those places. I change my own oil, coolant, tranny fluid. They blew my friends subs on him. When he asked them why they are blown they said they did not blow them.

[Shiwnath]

I have had no problems at the Jiffy Lube by my house. Mainly because my brother used to work there and made sure any work done on my car was done right. I had my tranny and coolant flushed there almost a year ago and still everything works as it should. Maybe its an American Jiffy Lube thing?

[cavaliers60]

anybody else notice this was from 2006? :lol:

[JLw7123]

i did but posted anyways

[Cliff8928]

anybody else notice this was from 2006? :lol:

Does that somehow not make these posts relevant? :ninja:

[sleepyalero]

I dont trust places at all. Ill either work on my car myself, or if its something major i take it to a GM dealership, cause i only trust me and the dealer to work on my car hahaha.

[zzyzzx]

anybody else notice this was from 2006? :lol:

Yes, buy Jiffy Lube still sucks just the same.


http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/jiffy_lube.htm

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/jiffy_lube_damage.html

[pawzbear]

I dont trust places at all. Ill either work on my car myself, or if its something major i take it to a GM dealership, cause i only trust me and the dealer to work on my car hahaha.

One thing you said is absolutely true: when you work on your personal car, typically there is a greater sense of pride, accomplishment, and attention to detail. However, you are mistaken in assuming that the dealer is always better. We see plenty of f-ups from jiffy lube and Walmart, but I see even more shoddy diagnostics and repairs from dealers. We just fixed a $1500 brake job by the Cadillac dealer (omg 1500 bucks and the receipt didn't even detail what they did! It just said "brakes"!!) And a GM dealer misdiagnosed 4 separate, basic issues on a Saturn vue as well - the customer is just happy that he finally knows what's wrong with his car. I also regularly see dealer service quotes where they DOUBLE the labor times. That is just this week, Monday and Tuesday. What's tomorrow? But not all technicians at the dealer OR at quick lube places are bad. Some love what they do and do it well; its hit or miss. If your fine with those chances then OK, but what is the chance that at any of these establishments that the same technician will maintain your car every time? If a technician doesn't know your preferences, your driving habits, your car's quirks, or its service history, it puts them at a major disadvantage. I know its hard to find a really good independent repair shop that can handle all of your needs; but it can pay off.

[03glgold]

even some private shops don't really take pride in their work I mean a shop in town built their own frame off restoration chevy apache and did a perfect job on it however when my dad took his 97 chevy to them to get a newer motor put in it it took them three attempts before it finally ran right. When my dad took my truck there to get the clutch put in it we had to take it back three times. The owner of this shop is supposed to be one of my dad's friends. This is just a small amount of stuff that he has screwed up.

[sleepyalero]

One thing you said is absolutely true: when you work on your personal car, typically there is a greater sense of pride, accomplishment, and attention to detail. However, you are mistaken in assuming that the dealer is always better. We see plenty of f-ups from jiffy lube and Walmart, but I see even more shoddy diagnostics and repairs from dealers. We just fixed a $1500 brake job by the Cadillac dealer (omg 1500 bucks and the receipt didn't even detail what they did! It just said "brakes"!!) And a GM dealer misdiagnosed 4 separate, basic issues on a Saturn vue as well - the customer is just happy that he finally knows what's wrong with his car. I also regularly see dealer service quotes where they DOUBLE the labor times. That is just this week, Monday and Tuesday. What's tomorrow? But not all technicians at the dealer OR at quick lube places are bad. Some love what they do and do it well; its hit or miss. If your fine with those chances then OK, but what is the chance that at any of these establishments that the same technician will maintain your car every time? If a technician doesn't know your preferences, your driving habits, your car's quirks, or its service history, it puts them at a major disadvantage. I know its hard to find a really good independent repair shop that can handle all of your needs; but it can pay off.

Well, everyone has there own opinions. But ive never had problems with the dealership. And sometimes when they do work to my car, they will find something else and fix it as well for free. Pretty nice of them to do that.

[a.graham52]

Well, everyone has there own opinions. But ive never had problems with the dealership. And sometimes when they do work to my car, they will find something else and fix it as well for free. Pretty nice of them to do that.

on that note i work at a chevy dealer and we have some issues when somone brings in a ford or a vw. it makes this a little more intertaining... however we are one of 3 dealers to be "elite" in new england yay us. travel an hour and a half down east you dont even want to think of the chevy dealer over there. have herd NOTHING good about them. might not help that they have chevy AND ford franchises

[pawzbear]

I never said every dealer was bad, just that they can make mishaps as well, and I see it quite frequently. Oh and they would never fix anything for free, trust me.. its either something that your already paying for, or some type of recall or warranty issue. Bc if you are not billed for it, the mechanic will not get paid his time! They won't work for free!