Almost went Nuclear on Amerca's Tire

GLAMIS WEATHER
Not a tire shop story.
A couple of months ago I got my oil changed at one of the local places. I usually watch them because their just young kids going through the motions and I don't want them to forget something. This time instead of watching I ran across the street to CVS to pick something up. I come back and the young punk kid tells me I have a really bad leak in both the motor and trans. I tell him I have never had a spot of oil on the driveway so you must have done something. He gives me attitude and says "well it does". The guy bellow in the pit yells to "him just note it on the paperwork". So I drive it home and I start smelling burnt oil. Get in my driveway and pop the hood and notice that the top of the motor has been wiped down and its shiny clean from oil. I look down at the A arms and they have oil all over them along with it dripping on my driveway. I'm pissed!! I go back to the place and talk to the manager and explain to him what's going on. He says "we will take care of it". As he's telling me this I'm looking at the young punk and he won't even look my way. So another guy comes over to me and says that the guy was filling the engine with oil and looked the other way and shot a couple of quarts all over the place and tried to clean it up. I was even more pissed now. I told the manager that he told me I had leaks in both the engine and trans instead of just telling the truth. I would have said accidents happen just clean it. I walked past the young punk and said of course I have a oil leaks when you spray two quarts of oil all over. Luckily there was a detail shop next door so they ended up cleaning everything. I never got one apology from that punk kid and I still don't have a drop of oil on my driveway.
 
RIDERED said:
Not a tire shop story.
A couple of months ago I got my oil changed at one of the local places. I usually watch them because their just young kids going through the motions and I don't want them to forget something. This time instead of watching I ran across the street to CVS to pick something up. I come back and the young punk kid tells me I have a really bad leak in both the motor and trans. I tell him I have never had a spot of oil on the driveway so you must have done something. He gives me attitude and says "well it does". The guy bellow in the pit yells to "him just note it on the paperwork". So I drive it home and I start smelling burnt oil. Get in my driveway and pop the hood and notice that the top of the motor has been wiped down and its shiny clean from oil. I look down at the A arms and they have oil all over them along with it dripping on my driveway. I'm pissed!! I go back to the place and talk to the manager and explain to him what's going on. He says "we will take care of it". As he's telling me this I'm looking at the young punk and he won't even look my way. So another guy comes over to me and says that the guy was filling the engine with oil and looked the other way and shot a couple of quarts all over the place and tried to clean it up. I was even more pissed now. I told the manager that he told me I had leaks in both the engine and trans instead of just telling the truth. I would have said accidents happen just clean it. I walked past the young punk and said of course I have a oil leaks when you spray two quarts of oil all over. Luckily there was a detail shop next door so they ended up cleaning everything. I never got one apology from that punk kid and I still don't have a drop of oil on my driveway.
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my son comes in from out of town last night at 10pm. leaves at 1015am and i check cameras. see a big spot the size of a 5gallon bucket on my driveway. i check camera, nothing there at 845, he's the only vehicle to park there. long story short the damn oil filter was loose. 2026 gmc 1500 diesel with 13k on it. take it to a local oil change place and its 1/2 turn loose. I told him call the dealership on monday and raise hell. changed twice since new at the dealership
 
zilla68 said:
my son comes in from out of town last night at 10pm. leaves at 1015am and i check cameras. see a big spot the size of a 5gallon bucket on my driveway. i check camera, nothing there at 845, he's the only vehicle to park there. long story short the damn oil filter was loose. 2026 gmc 1500 diesel with 13k on it. take it to a local oil change place and its 1/2 turn loose. I told him call the dealership on monday and raise hell. changed twice since new at the dealership
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I had that same thing happen with my truck. (different vehicle than the other story) I thought my front four wheel drive was leaking. Did a little more investigation and it was the oil filter leaking on the drive shaft area because it wasn't tight by about a turn and half. This was two different oil change places.
 
I have been uaing them wince 1991 or 1992, and rhey have always done mw right. I don't like the BS way they tighten lug nuts they don't care about doing it right. So every time I undo them and do them correctly...
 
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