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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2015-05-26 20:44, wrote:

> I've had no gripes about their work, just their price gouging
> prices. An example: I was in for recall, free fix, but they
> did do a bit of going over to check for other things. They
> said I needed a new fuel filter and the price was $50; my local
> garage did it for $10.
>
My last Ford went in in a recall, came back running like crap. They said
it needed a tuneup, even though there was low mileage. Then they found a
cracked head casket.

A short time later the battery up and died. No problem they told me...
it's under warranty. FWIW.. it was 1988. It cost me $165. I could have
picked up a battery at Canadian Tire for $70. Service manager said it
would be a lower quality battery. Lower quality than the one that died
after 6 months?

They also charged me an hour for labour... and a battery can be change
din 10 minutes. The real kicker was the $46.95 test for the AVR test.
When I questioned that he told me it was the amperage voltage and
resistance test. Yes... I know that... why am I being charged and why
is it $46.95. He asked if I thought that had a meter that with a couple
clamps they attached?.... Yes... that it exactly how it is done.

I told them to watch me going out because they would never see me coming
back in. I didn't exactly keep that promise. A few years later I stopped
by and asked the manager to come out and see my new van.... a Mazda.