My girlfriend brought her car here for an inspection. This shop was the last to be under the hood of her car. Today, just a few days after her car was in the hands of these professionals she broke down on the highway because her car over heated. I went out to help her and found the factory clamp on the lower radiator hose had been clamped so that it would stay loose, which those style clamps do when they are being removed. You simply have to squeeze the tabs on the clamp together and it will lock open. I know this because I've removed countless number of these clamps in my life. With the clamp being loose it allowed anti freeze to leak to the point where the system could no longer circulate the fluid, causing the car to overheat. Being this car is 15 years old and it's an original hose, over time the rubber has bonded to the aluminum like a mild glue which is why it took a few days for the coolant to work its way through. These people purposely did this, to get her to come back get work done, no doubt in my mind. It is impossible for that clamp to come loose without a tool.
For a reference I have over 10 years experience in the mechanical field, I know what I'm talking about and what I'm looking at.
This is just another prime example of why auto shops have a bad reputation for ripping people off, because frankly they do.
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My girlfriend brought her car here for an inspection. This shop was the last to be under the hood of her car. Today, just a few days after her car was in the hands of these professionals she broke down on the highway because her car over heated. I went out to help her and found the factory clamp on the lower radiator hose had been clamped so that it would stay loose, which those style clamps do when they are being removed. You simply have to squeeze the tabs on the clamp together and it will lock open. I know this because I've removed countless number of these clamps in my life. With the clamp being loose it allowed anti freeze to leak to the point where the system could no longer circulate the fluid, causing the car to overheat. Being this car is 15 years old and it's an original hose, over time the rubber has bonded to the aluminum like a mild glue which is why it took a few days for the coolant to work its way through. These people purposely did this, to get her to come back get work done, no doubt in my mind. It is impossible for that clamp to come loose without a tool. For a reference I have over 10 years experience in the mechanical field, I know what I'm talking about and what I'm looking at. This is just another prime example of why auto shops have a bad reputation for ripping people off, because frankly they do.