Car repair and service scams and how to avoid being scammed especially for single mothers

Car repair and service scams and how to avoid being scammed especially for single mothers

By David Maillie

Before I start on the how of avoiding these scams I have to tell you a story that recently happened to me and keep in mind that I have over 25 years experience in the automotive business, so if it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. I can only imagine the fleecing that goes on in the car repair business with single mothers and others that can least afford to be swindled and scammed of their last dollars. Interwoven in this story is what you can do to save and save big – over 300% off dealer prices as in my case listed below.

The other day my cars check engine light came on as I was driving my car. I didn’t know why it came on, but was hoping and praying that it wasn’t anything serious. So, the next day I took it into my local car dealers service department and asked them to diagnose it and find out what was wrong with it or why the service light had come on and to do an oil change on it (as one was about due). After about an hour the service advisor came and got me and gave me some startling news. He said it was bad and wanted the technician to show me the problems.

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So we went into the service bay and they proceeded to inform me that my a/c compressor was shot and would need to be replaced. The engine had a oil leak that would require a new gasket in the block and then the water pump mounts and seals were bad and there was a coolant leak. The total for these proposed repairs was $3300 If I did all 3 repairs that day (else the compressor was $1200 to replace ($700 for the new compressor alone), the block seal $2000 and the waterpump mounts were $2200). I bought this car through Ebay for $5000. I told them I wasn’t about to spend that kind of money on the car. Then I asked them to show me these problems.

They said the oil leak was microscopic and so it wasn’t visible to the untrained eye. The compressor still ran thought it was true it was leaking a little oil and may someday need replacing as it wasn’t blowing its coldest. Then they showed me the coolant leak caused by the bad water pump mounts and seals. I told them I couldn’t see any leak or anything they were trying to indicate. They told me that’s because the engine is so hot it vaporizes too fast and is hard to see. I pointed at the seals they were indicating and stated that they were recently replaced by the cars previous owner and there was no leak there.

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