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Well figured I would give a little update here.
So for the last week and this week, the car has been having problems after starting. It will run for a few then starts having chugging and surging and a loud sucking sound can be heard, and sounds like someone opened the air filter box at times. Most times when it does this, the car stalls, and it can take up to 3 times to get it to stay running, and sometimes it still stalls when put into gear now.
Well today was one of those days, took 3 starts to keep it running and when I put it into R it stalled again. After that, I restarted it and it ran fine with no problems. However I had to pick up my nephew from his bus stop and drive him all the way to his fathers house, which is a 44 mile trip from where I pick up my nephew. Well half way down there the transmission started acting up, jerking and shifting oddly on the way there. It also happened on the way back as well. I think the fluid needs changed and the filter, however with the newest problem being the start ups and stalling, that will just have to wait.
I think it might be best to just find her another car….
I’ve left reviews and have posted all over FB in local groups that are around the shops area. The comments were as I thought they would be, bad. I’ve now learned a lot of bad things about this shop, and I will try to keep spreading the word.
I am going to post the go fund me link, I hope that everyone understands that I only do this because my grandmother really needs help fixing this car.
https://www.gofundme.com/9dks97a4
If you can help, thank you. If you can’t help, I understand. All I ask is that you share it. This is kinda like the Fix it Forward project, only you are helping me help my grandmother fix her car!
(if this isn’t allowed or you just want me to remove the link, I will do so)
[quote=”ChrisKaye” post=157812]For what it’s worth, you can get the time and date stamp from your photo if you *copy* it onto your PC and download a free program that reads EXIF information! A free program called “irfan view” or something springs to mind…
Keep the original photo on the phone as could be admissible as evidence if you ever go to court.
Good luck![/quote]Yeah I still have the photo on my phone, and the properties on the photo show the picture was taken 11/13/15 at 4:21pm
[quote=”mocte99″ post=157762]If they have a yelp page give them a bad review. Also on Google reviews. Contact the better business Bureau if you haven’t done it already. [/quote]
I can give them a bad review, but I doubt that would make an impact. As for the BBB, I already did and while I was working out the details for when the inspection would take place, the BBB closed the case because I wasn’t able to respond in 4 days (way too short of a time span if you ask me).
Planned Obsolescence does exist, and in many forms.
So in 2011 I bought a brand new computer, and no it wasn’t cheap. I never had problems out of it until 2 years after I bought it, the HDD started failing and then just died. I lost everything. I looked up the model number and checked the website to see if I could get a free replacement, and sure enough the warranty had expired 2 months prior to the HDD failure. I was out of luck.
A good friend of mine who is in the computer industry and has been for 20+ years told me the real deal. He told me that current HDDs are only ment to last so long, and that the one I had that failed was only ment to last 2 to 3 years tops. He told me that it was designed to fail, to cost me more money to replace it or have it fixed.
I know this post really isn’t automotive, but I hope you understand what I’m saying.
So I just heard back from Firestone again. The inspection company thinks I’m blaming them now. :blink:
The work (inspection company) did was quality – they didn’t cause or contribute to the leaks or internal problem now present.
Wow.. Just wow.. I never blamed the inspector for anything, and yet somehow they think I have.. :S
We didn’t find any hose off
Let me say this.. DUH! you didn’t find any hose off, I made firestone put it back ON the day I found it..
but the hose could have been forced off due to excessive pressures generated in the cooling system by the current internal engine problem.
The fact is, there wasn’t an internal engine problem before the visit. I’ve had a few cars years ago that had internal engine problems that caused coolant combustion in the cylinder and then out the exhaust, and you notice it because you are always adding coolant. This car rarely needed coolant added, only here and there.
The road dirt and debris signifies the leak was active long term – yes it could have been months.
Sorry but no, there was no active long term leak.. No coolant on the motor, no coolant on the ground, the car wasn’t loosing coolant at all until after the visit. I will just let them keep diging that hole…
We believe – if the hose blew off, that is why and it was not due to leaving a hose clamp loose or improperly positioning the hose.
Well you can believe what you want, I believe they sabotaged the hose/clamp.
if there was excessive pressures, I honestly would think the waterpump gasket would of popped before the hose would come off.. I’ve had waterpump gaskets pop, and it was due to excessive pressures… Never had a hose just come off… I won’t be emailing them again, no point to trying. Looks like I keep going with local media and FB ect..
[quote=”reynal74″ post=157607]Dear All,
Can anyone explain the paperwork process to buy a used car from a private owner/seller? Assuminf already agreed on a price.
Most videos that I found breeze through the paperwork or give a bad explanation, all with the assumption that the car dealers take care of the paperwork – But what if I’m not buying from a dealer.
What needs to be done with the title? Any other paperwork from the seller? What needs to be done with the insurance? What needs to be done with the DMV?[/quote]
Ok,
You and the seller agree on a price, you should ask to look at the title and check the titles VIN and make sure it matches the cars VIN. Once you do that, pay the seller the agreed amount. Seller will sign and date the title, you should also ask the seller for a bill of sale for said car. Once that is done, you will then fill out your info on the title and sign and date it.Go to your insurance dealer and do the normal paper work that is done when getting insurance on a car, then pay for the insurance. One you have proof on insurance on the car, go to the DMV with the title, bill of sale and your new insurance policy and tell them you want to put a title in your name and get plates for your car.
Then you are done. 🙂
Yeah, but if it happened while the car was running and when we were driving it, I would honestly think it would create lots of steam when the hose came off. However, the fact remains that there was no steam, no smell of coolant, nothing to tell me something was wrong besides the no heat and it was warming up quicker than before.
I decided to go ahead and start a GoFundMe because my grandmother currently has no money to correct the problems with the car, and I did contact my local media as well, and they are supposed to get back with me soon.
I won’t post the GoFundMe link because seeing how I’m still a n00b here on the forum, I am sure that would be frowned on and I don’t wanna cause trouble.
Yeah I’m sure it was tight enough on the hose. I figure if it wasn’t, it would of happened before the visit to firestone.
[quote=”MDK22″ post=157412]DaFirnz the thing that gets me is the lower coolant hose off. The clamps don’t just hop off of them on their own. Especially with the 2000 and up stuff it is more then likely those all metal one piece annoying piles of garbage. They leak but, they never fall off.
Unless you got pictures with time stamps or had it at a previous garage or something it is he said she said and you will get no where fast. My suggestion to you is get local news involved and blast them on social media and youtube. I hate to be that way but, it is the only way it will get fixed for sure.[/quote]
Yes! Thank you! That is what I was thinking after I saw it! The hose clamp was loose, as in it had to of been undone at some point. If pressure was the cause, I honestly think it would of happened to me years of go, I have put coolant in this car for my grandmother many times, just to keep it topped off.
And I do have a picture, just phones don’t put time/date stamps on them. It was taken on 11/13.I plan to go after them with the local media and on FB ect.. I won’t let them botch someone else’s car. The only shop that has done work to this car is Firestone.
