ed_s13
08-17-2009, 11:33 PM
Idk if this is the right place for this but want to know what everyone thinks about this........
So, I took my gf's car up to jiffy lube to get emissions. (don't use them for anything else, but they give the cheapest emissions.) Its an 89 Honda accord with low miles and runs great on an every day basis, never had a problem with it over heating or anything. Anyways, I turn the car over to the tech and go in and sit down, while watching him thru the window I start to notice the the car begin to smoke some, so while I wait for the tech to notice it and tell me he just continues to do the test and ignores it. He then walks right up to the car right in front of the smoke and places a fan in front, (he had to have seen it or atleast smelt it!) Despite the obvious smoke, he gets in the car and proceeds to do the 35mph-55mph test or w/e it is. This kinda irritated me so I walk outside and look at the temp gauge over his shoulder and it was as far hot as it could possibly go and the car was smoking even more at this point. I immediately bring this to his attention and he is completly oblivious to it. When he turns the car off a HUGE cloud of smoke comes out from around the car. After the smoke ceased, we found there had been 3in hole blown out of the top of the radiator. The tech then came to me and said oh sorry theres nothing we can do about it not our problem, this really didn't make me happy so I had a chat with the manager and he made me fill out a bunch of paperwork and said it had to be sent through corporate and I couldn't leave the car there.
Is it wrong for me to expect them to for pay all or part of the problem being that I brought them a perfectly running car???
So, I took my gf's car up to jiffy lube to get emissions. (don't use them for anything else, but they give the cheapest emissions.) Its an 89 Honda accord with low miles and runs great on an every day basis, never had a problem with it over heating or anything. Anyways, I turn the car over to the tech and go in and sit down, while watching him thru the window I start to notice the the car begin to smoke some, so while I wait for the tech to notice it and tell me he just continues to do the test and ignores it. He then walks right up to the car right in front of the smoke and places a fan in front, (he had to have seen it or atleast smelt it!) Despite the obvious smoke, he gets in the car and proceeds to do the 35mph-55mph test or w/e it is. This kinda irritated me so I walk outside and look at the temp gauge over his shoulder and it was as far hot as it could possibly go and the car was smoking even more at this point. I immediately bring this to his attention and he is completly oblivious to it. When he turns the car off a HUGE cloud of smoke comes out from around the car. After the smoke ceased, we found there had been 3in hole blown out of the top of the radiator. The tech then came to me and said oh sorry theres nothing we can do about it not our problem, this really didn't make me happy so I had a chat with the manager and he made me fill out a bunch of paperwork and said it had to be sent through corporate and I couldn't leave the car there.
Is it wrong for me to expect them to for pay all or part of the problem being that I brought them a perfectly running car???