CASA Car Dealership Horror Stories

[dr. d]

mga mekaniko kasi akala nila walang alam mga customer sa kotse

kaya you need to make it known to them may alam ka para di ka bolahin

recently i helped a friend whose car had a coolant leak

a mechanic quickly concluded kailangan palitan ng water pump even without checking thoroughly

sabi ko silipin niya mabuti coz the leak isn't coming from the pulley side of the engine

ayun the leak was coming from this (encircled):

the thermostat gasket? cheap fix.
heh heh.

i once had this sentra with mysterious chronic loss of coolant. (different story from my aux fans.).
it was a young mekaniko, who finally traced it to a leaking finger-size length of rubber hose. it was hiding under the intake manifold.
had the engine been installed in the classic manner of olde RWD and not FWD-style, that hose would have been very visible.
heh heh.

[uls]

the thermostat gasket? cheap fix.
heh heh.

i once had this sentra with mysterious chronic loss of coolant. (different story from my aux fans.).
it was a young mekaniko, who finally traced it to a leaking finger-size length of rubber hose. it was hiding under the intake manifold.
had the engine been installed in the classic manner of olde RWD and not FWD-style, that hose would have been very visible.
heh heh.

this part:

it's made of plastic

meron crack

[dr. d]

this part:

it's made of plastic

meron crack

because it's plastic,
is it safe to assume,
it's cheap?

[uls]

matapos palitan ung part, nag ilaw ang check engine

the mechanic said "kusa mawawala yan"

wtf

sabi ko no, i-trace niya lahat ng ginawa niya

baka meron siya nagalaw na socket ng sensor

ayun meron isang socket di nasaksak

[uls]

because it's plastic,
is it safe to assume,
it's cheap?

yup mura lang compared to the price of a new water pump

[dr. d]

matapos palitan ung part, nag ilaw ang check engine

the mechanic said "kusa mawawala yan"

wtf

sabi ko no, i-trace niya lahat ng ginawa niya

baka meron siya nagalaw na socket ng sensor

ayun meron isang socket di nasaksak

my pet peeve,
"bakit kulang nang turnilyo ito?"

sa tyre shop,
whenever i ask for a plastic valve cover, they always readily give me one.
obviously, that cover comes from somewhere... old pitos?
heh heh.

[ice15]

anyway. so far, ok naman ako sa Honda Makati. my only complain is that naka tutok sa driver yung vents ko tapos full blast yung AC when its time to pick-up the car.

funny story (last July lang) I remembered when I saw the tire rotation story...

I told the SA to replace 1 rear mags, na-gutter kasi ni misis. then I asked them to just leave the old mags (yung may gasgas sa trunk)

Tech 1 - rotated my tires
Tech 2 - replaced the mags sa likod as per the job order

3pm tumawag si SA na ready na car ko for pick-up
3:10pm tumawag ulit si SA. he was checking the job done and asked me kung bakit ko daw pinapalitan yung rear mags. kasi yung nasa harap ung puro gasgas. I told him, iisa mags ko na may gasgas! so malamang sila naka sira nung front mags ko.

then he checked the trunk...
pinalitan nila is yung maayos na mags

[Mask Rider Blac]

Sabi ng mekaniko d daw pwde ung oil ko kasi pang diesel. Sabi ko API SN yan. Sabi niya ayan o diesel engine oil. Buti nag buttin ung may-ayi sabi pwde yan. Naging maayos naman ang lahat at babalik pa rin ako sa shop nila.

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[dr. d]

anyway. so far, ok naman ako sa Honda Makati. my only complain is that naka tutok sa driver yung vents ko tapos full blast yung AC when its time to pick-up the car.

funny story (last July lang) I remembered when I saw the tire rotation story...

I told the SA to replace 1 rear mags, na-gutter kasi ni misis. then I asked them to just leave the old mags (yung may gasgas sa trunk)

Tech 1 - rotated my tires
Tech 2 - replaced the mags sa likod as per the job order

3pm tumawag si SA na ready na car ko for pick-up
3:10pm tumawag ulit si SA. he was checking the job done and asked me kung bakit ko daw pinapalitan yung rear mags. kasi yung nasa harap ung puro gasgas. I told him, iisa mags ko na may gasgas! so malamang sila naka sira nung front mags ko. then he checked the trunk...
pinalitan nila is yung maayos na mags

i wonder,
instead of verbally giving instructions,
would it help if we gave them a piece of paper on which is written in very clear letters, exactly what we want done?
with ordered numbers, even?
heh heh.

[dr. d]

Sabi ng mekaniko d daw pwde ung oil ko kasi pang diesel. Sabi ko API SN yan. Sabi niya ayan o diesel engine oil. Buti nag buttin ung may-ayi sabi pwde yan. Naging maayos naman ang lahat at babalik pa rin ako sa shop nila.

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back in the day,
we used to experiment with our traditional non-electronic engines, using diesel oil with appropriate characteristics naman, in lieu of gasoline engine oil.
ok naman.
but we tired of it, and eventually just followed the crowd.