Ok, so I go to get an oil change the other day. No problems right? Wrong................the next day I opened the hood to find out there's no cap on the engine and there's oil all over the whole engine and all over the hood liner. Lucky I checked the next day or I'd have blown up the engine!!!!! How could they possibly f@@k up an oil change????

I got a new oil cap, 2 Free premium oil changes, My cab fare to and from work paid for and a new liner under the hood and engine shampoo'd and my car completely detailed and a jug of windshield washer fluid.

I guess I'll let them live.

 

You gotta check seriously... just because its a dealer doesn't mean the won't F you up... you're lucky you knew to look.

 

Sounds like you got a good deal!

 

It's more common than you think. I have heard of this before. I normally watch and just pretend to be talking with the guy...

 

when i got my first free oil change they put a quart and a half less than they should have. So they filled it up and gave me a free one.

 

My guess is that the cap was not tightened enough or the guy just plain forgot to put the cap back on!!! I told them not to work the tech guy over too badly.........prob. some high school kid or something.

 

First time I took mine I had to tell them that it needed mobil 1, and they tried to tell me that it was suppose to get reg

 

Better than the oil plug coming off...

 

keep trakc of this ****, in case you blow it up later, it may be their fault

 

Took mine to Sears for it's first oil change (I had to stop at the mall anyways). They called me up on my cell to tell me they counldn't do the oil change becuase they couldn't find where the filter was. So I came back got my car and left. Next day my car backfires bad, I pull over, pop the hood, and find no cap with lots of oil everywhere. Had my dealership look it over and Sears replace the cap and clean up the engine compartment. Haven't been back there since.

 

wow, that really sucks.

 

I hate people who dont pay attention just becasue it's not their car...

 

I had the same problem. Then they told me my first free oil change wouldn't be fully covered if they used synthetic. I literally had to argue with the guy to get him to make sure they used mobil 1 synthetic. I checked the oil immediately after it was changed but could not tell if it was synthetic or not. Oh well, it hasn't blown up yet !

 

this why if I don't change the oil, my brother changes the oil... as much as he and I don't get along, he's a damn good mechanic. Very thorough, takes his time and makes sure its done right the first time. I hate slapdash, cobbled up ****... I am not interested in 15 oil changes... if it takes you 20 or 30 minutes, fine... I just want it done right.

Case in point, i had a garage put new tires on my Cavalier. It was a 98 Cavalier coupe with 87 Z24 5-spoke aluminums on it (i loved these wheels). I had left the car for the hour it was going to take, came back, picked the car up and took off. up the interstate. Coming back, the car started shaking pretty weird... never felt anything like it, so i start to slow down and the shake gets worse... I stop the car, get out... all 20 lugnuts were loose, about 6 were ready to fall off. I tightened them up on the side of the road and flew back to the garage. To say I was pissed was an understatement. The installer had never torqued the wheels... just hit them with an airgun until they were ok. Those wheels were goofy... they had to be torqued to 125lb/ft or he lugs loosened up... As it turned, two free oilchanges and tank of dead dinos.

Always watch who is working on your car.

Scott

 

My wife used to have a VW Golf, she took it to one of those free standing oil change places. The tech never screwed the oil filter on all the way, lucky her car had an low oil sensor so her engine was safe. Since then I've convinced her to let me do the oil changes. I may not be a mechanic but I take my TIME, and double check everything.

 

at least your honest

 

I had an audio system installed in my ford ranger a few years back (before i knew how to do it myself) I get home and the dudes socket wrench set is ontop of the engine....holy ****..if it would have droped.... luckly it was perfectly sandwhiched between the hood and the highest part of the motor....I brought the tools back to the install place and didint make a big deal out of it....they did good work

 

you should have run the **** out of your car and then sued the dealer

 

i found a coil pack tester tool stuck to my blazer that i owned at the time, free tool for me

 

hey your lucky they put synthetic in...one time the dealership put in regular oil and realized as soon as they gave me the keys that my engine needs synthetic...dumbasses

 

Good reasons to change your own oil. I've never had anyone but me change mine even in my POS '80 Ford Fiesta...

 

i always do oil changes and tire rotation on my car. they can do what i dont have tools/room for :P

 

there is a valvoline change station here by my house, my grandmother took her duster there payed the 20 dollars to change the oil and not even 3 hours later she asked me to check her oil and there was NONE in there. They just drained it changed the filter and never filled it back up. My dad said it was just because it burned so much oil old car and lead footed grandmother... so, needless to say we all change our own oil.

Also, my buddy said that to keep his warranty valid they need record that he got all his oil changed at the dealer, is that **** true?

 

Yeah the dealers are so crappy. look what they did to my car and all they were doing was washing it

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/problems-service-maintenance-69/what-dealer-did-my-car-46107/

 

My dealer over-filled my oil, and it leaked out of the oil cap, and then the crank case vent all the way throught my intake, throttle body, and supercharger. NICE!