Took the car in at 8am, cos its making a noise, more so when turning left.

got a call at 9.30am as they had found what was wrong, the front left wheel bearing.

i had also replaced the rear left bearing the other day.

pick the car up at 4.30pm

£103 worse off, i drive 300 yards, and its making EXACTLY the same noise as when i took it in!!!

so i took it back, got a mechanic to go out with me, he says it sounds like the drivers side front bearing... 1/2 later after having it on the ramps they then tell me, its the rear drivers side bearing

they said the one they changed WAS worn and they would do me a deal, only charge me £50 labour + parts, basically another £90

i just took the keys and went home before shouting abuse at them.

now, where do i stand???

should i take it back tomoz morning and demand that they fix the problem i took it in for in the first place for free??

or will they just tell me to fukk off???

c*nts, the lot of em

 

thats ford for ya, stop being so fooking lazy and do it yourself


bucnh of wanky cowboys driving boy'd up wanky corsas work in ford, well ones round here do, tossers the lot of 'em

 

ur big mistake was taking it to ford in the first place

 

Re the title of your post,have to agree,cos they built some proper shite cars in the late 80's

 

cheers guys, no end of help there.

so basically i dont stand a chance of getting it fixed for free then???

 

No mate, straight out of the "Garages excuses for fuckups vol 1"

Number 001 : Replaced a perfecty good part - say it was worn anyway!

 

No harm in trying is there! If they tell you to f*ck off then there aint a lot u can do.

good luck

 

Stop being a fooking pikey you can't run a car for free you know

If one needed doing they should all be done, especially if worn like you say it was, you don't want a wheel bearing collapsing on you!

 

Have a civil word with the Serice Manager to let him know that your not happy and in a roundabout way tell him you think there hawking for work and that your not prepared to pay for there mis-diagnosis. I'm sure he'll play ball. Dont go into a shouting match as that'll get you nowhere as no-ones like to be shouted at ... even though he's use to it!

 

cheers phil, but why should i pay for a part to be replaced when it is ok???

anyway, just ben back to the garage, had a word with the service manager, told him im not happy about having to pay for work done on my car when they didnt fix the problem.

he said they would do me deal, i said i aint paying, i take all my cars there for MOT's and work i cant do, and i wont come back, and ill tell all my mates not to bring their cars here either.

he took the keys and said come back at 5pm

 

Nice work mate

 

aye, cheers

 

well, i got the car back at 5pm


and they had sorted what was wrong


and charged me nothing!!!


fukkin raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

 

Glad it got sorted, hope they don't 'claim' the money back next time

 

i only take cars there for MOTs anyway


they want £82 for an hours labour to fit a water pump i supply!!!

ill do it myself thursday!

 

I was to Ford with a Cossie once (in Warsaw - Poland) - they told me something like "Sorry we're not qualified"

 

I remember going to ford and asking them to fit some brake pads for me that I was suppling (did not know how easy it was to do at the time ) and they said it would cost £35 when I said no I dont want to buy some pads I just want some fitting that I will suppy she said yeh it will cost £35 to fit them so took it away and fitted them myself and found out how easy it was.
Morral of the story is that Ford are fooookin expensive

 

i do most work on my cars myslef, but i didnt have a press for the front wheel bearing, rears are a piece of piss.

they want £82 for 1 hour labour to fit a water pump that i supply!

im gonna do it tomoz!