Similar story from another Dodge dealer. This 2010 Dodge Avenger had just been to the dealer for a $1000.00 brake job. Immediately afterwards she was complaining of a burning smell, smoke from left front wheel and reduced braking ability. She went back to Dodge who said that there wasn't anything wrong with her car. So it came to me, friend of a friend ordeal.
Jacked it up in the parking lot. Barely had the wheel off before i noticed the twisted brake hose. Careless mistake & an easy fix. They opted to have the brake hose replaced, light cut on the front rotors & new front pads.
Took the pictures to Dodge & they denied any responsibility. To make matters worse, the "new" rotors didn't look new. It looked to me like they just threw pads on the car, charged her a grand & couldn't even get that right. I hate to point fingers, but pictures don't lie.
Wow, if I knew I could be getting $1000 to do brakes, I never would have bought a scanner!
Good find. Mistakes happen, but that's a stupid one to let go (no test drive from the tech?), and then miss it on the come back, then deny responsiblity!
Talk about integrity...
Strut block lift, the truck is on a 4 post all the weight is on the wheels in the pic. note the upper c. Arm is angled so bad that it's hitting the coil spring.
3 funny captions for this one.
1. Why do body shops charge so much when really all u need is some aluminum foil and a can of spray paint
2. When duct tape is just to dang expensive.
3. This is a dual purpose repair. In a pinch u can take your repair off and roll it into a crack pipe.
Doodah14 wrote: Strut block lift, the truck is on a 4 post all the weight is on the wheels in the pic. note the upper c. Arm is angled so bad that it's hitting the coil spring.
Haha I have a customer with a suspension lift like this we have to replace all the balljoints and tie rods every 6 months (have tried moog , trw, and mcquay Norris, )
As a matter of fact, it needs 3 ball joints, and they are dangerously bad. I told the customer that the lift would have to come out or longer c arms would have to be installed or I won't fix it.
Had a 02 F150 4.6 come in for lean code both banks did smoke test and found this. How long do you think this was run this way to wear through the timing cover?
Hitting it with a Hammer is worth $5 knowing where to hit is worth $40
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Have another one too. When the air suspension failed on the Vic, i converted to coil springs. Removed the Air suspension control module, and sold on ebay. What I didn't know, was the Variable assist power steering module was also part of that :lol:
You are looking at a Mazda 3 with a donut up front and a Jeep wheel in the back.
Apparently the kid works at our dealership somewhere. Sales maybe? He had to cut the fender to get it to fit. He requested two new tires. The wheels I pulled out of the trunk - one had belt showing all the way around the outside and the other had what looked to be a glue patch job on a hole.
I installed the tires and did a shake down before heading to the alignment rack and when I grabbed the front left wheel it had about 3 inches of play that could be seen using one hand and amost no effort. The ball joint that he said was installed a few days ago was out and under the control arm. I should have gotten a picture of the rest of those goodies but the tires wheels were the best when he rolled in and said it wasn't driving right.. he was serious.
Here's a customer DIY blunder. Pontiac Montana comes in with a #5 misfire. Customer has replace plugs, wires, coil, and#5 injector. So it has a dead mis on #5. So I check secondary ignition with the uscope. #5 has no waveform. #5 is on the rear head closest to the transmission. Raise it up and the #5 plug wire is stuffed in between the head and the #1 plug wire boot.lol Reattach it to #5, misfire is gone and runs good
Tutti57 wrote: You are looking at a Mazda 3 with a donut up front and a Jeep wheel in the back.
Apparently the kid works at our dealership somewhere. Sales maybe? He had to cut the fender to get it to fit. He requested two new tires. The wheels I pulled out of the trunk - one had belt showing all the way around the outside and the other had what looked to be a glue patch job on a hole.
I installed the tires and did a shake down before heading to the alignment rack and when I grabbed the front left wheel it had about 3 inches of play that could be seen using one hand and amost no effort. The ball joint that he said was installed a few days ago was out and under the control arm. I should have gotten a picture of the rest of those goodies but the tires wheels were the best when he rolled in and said it wasn't driving right.. he was serious.
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I probably have the rest of those Jeep wheels if he needs them
