The vehicle needs repair. The check engine light has been on for a couple of months. There was a tinny sound for quite a while but it has stopped. The engine idles rough when sitting. When the car was last at the garage, the mechanic changed the oxygen sensors. He ran a diagnostic on the engine but never recorded the code. This was the second time I paid $90. for a diagnostic without a code being recorded. Even the mechanic asked why there was no record of the code. The owner never put the code on record but, told me the oxygen sensors would probably need changing at some point. When I picked up the vehicle after the replacement, the young mechanic told me that the diagnostic indicated that the catlytic convertor needed changing. But, there was no code recorded to verify that. Now, I'm being faced with having to pay for yet another diagnostic test. Who can I trust? I want to keep this vehicle running for a good 300,000 miles. Where is there a competent and honest mechanic in the Princeton area?
After having major problems with Lawrence Toyota, I took my vehicle to LaRue's garage because they are AAA approved mechanics. When I bought tires, I paid for and requested Firestone Destination AT tires. That request after a lengthy discussion with Mr. LaRue. I trusted that was what I was given. Many months later, and too late for a return, I learned that I was given oe tires instead of Destination tires. An engineer from Firestone told me that I might be lucky to get 18,000 miles on the oe tires. The Destination tires would give me 60,000 miles. What is the recourse when a AAA garage doesn't give you the products and services that you expect and they aren't reliable. That same garage twice, did not record a diagnostic code after testing. One of the workers at the garage told me that LaRue's is thorough and often does not charge for diagnostic testing. Not only was I charged for diagnostic testing twice but, I never was given the resulting codes.
HELP AAA. HELP anybody in Princeton who might know a trustworthy expert mechanic.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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