bad experience in Motorcraft banawe

**topgun** · July 18th, 2006 04:16 PM

Hi guys, im a frequent visitor of this site and i find it very informative and very useful to have an online community wherein we can share our experiences, this morning i went to Motorcraft banawe(aka. CLASS A) owned by Robert Ong, to have my car's Valve Cover Gasket replaced medyo may leak ng konti.

I went there at around 10 am in the morning so nag quote na sa akin ng price imagine a honda civic's Valve Cover Gasket for 700 pesos!!( original daw) and 200 pesos for labor na taga ako. ang laki ng patong to complicate matters, ng binuksan na nila ang valve cover ko ang tagal bago dumating yung spare part when its a simple gasket. Since it was nearing lunch time and i had to go to work pa i hurriedly paid the 900 pesos.

After calling up the Honda Casa i found out the original price was only 391 and im not even sure kung original yung inilagay i found out replacements are as low as 180 pesos.

nakakainis!! Anyways to the mods paki move na lang sa proper threads kung meron na thanks a lot

FrankDrebin · July 18th, 2006 04:29 PM

OK naman ang Motorcraft(dating Class-A). May patong sila talaga sa parts. Baka hindi kayo nagkaintindihan ng Motorcraft/Casa and vice-versa sa type ng gasket. Baka walang puwesto kaya hindi magawa agad?

**topgun** · July 18th, 2006 05:45 PM

http://www.autoindustriya.com/yabbse...;threadid=9323

It seems hindi lang ako ang may bad experience, anyway i have learned my lesson when going to any service shop make sure to just buy your own spare part that way mas makakatipid ka at hindi matataga ng mga vultures hahaha

**mazdamazda** · July 18th, 2006 07:46 PM

To think dapat mas mura sila kesa sa casa...

**OTEP** · July 18th, 2006 07:49 PM

I go there for the service, not the parts. I always shop around for parts beforehand as Motorcraft does not make any claims of having inexpensive parts.

And I don't leave my vehicle with them (or any other shop).

**topgun** · July 19th, 2006 05:46 PM

correct dapat talaga tutukan ang kotse kasi kapag iniwan baka ma kawawa ang kotse mo its a lesson well learned indeed for me

**banaweonline** · July 19th, 2006 07:09 PM

sir topgun,

you can try complaining with the management. madaling kausap si robert sir.

**raine** · July 19th, 2006 08:36 PM

baka naman ang nag presyo sa iyo ay yung mga gumagawa doon at sila ang bumili ng gasket kaya natagalan dahil naghanap pa, kaya tinubuan ka nila ng sabihin nila price pumayag ka almost 4x ang price, sana nag canvass ka muna ng parts

**slip-slick** · July 20th, 2006 12:19 AM

hmm.. dinala mo pa sa shop just to replace valve cover gasket? the mechanic was probably assuming you know nothing about car maintenance since dinala mo pa sa shop for this job, so ayun, tinaga ka sa presyo.