what to do about a bad job by a mechanic

[drew12000]

whats up guy. just another great day on earth.

my mothers 01 crv timing belt broke. she took it to a local mechanic(we'll call him fred). all said and done she ended up paying for for a new head $$$$.

after it was done. it started throwing codes for all four cylinders.

she goes back to fred, and tells him something is wrong. he tells here that he doesn't have time to mess with her car all day. and to take it to (steve) who does a lot of work on local honda out of his garage. she ask can he take a look at it today, and or fix it today. i need this vehicle? fred starts to yell at her. say i dont know! i'm not fixing shit of paying for shit unless you take it to steve. blah blah blah! well i need this done soon. so i'll take it to scholfield honda she says. fred continues to be yell.

she's take it to scholfield. and what do they tell her? that the head wasn't put on correctly and the valves don't seat. $$$$.

should fred be paying for the work he did wrong?

who does fred think he is to tell her that she has to go to steve, and steve only if she wants her car to run correctly?

any feedback is appreciated. thanks you.

[C91BLX7]

fred probably knows he fucked up, and doesnt want to work on the car again, but steve will and maybe cover his ass?

[AgentZero]

fred needs to pay for the bad work he did if fred dosent want to pay then take him to court. But if it was me he would have paid with his legs.

[JoshM]

If you have a receipt that shows the work "Fred" did, and states that he replaced the head, tell him that he can either pay for his damage or you'll take him to court.

If you paid "under the table" and don't have a receipt showing proof of what he did... you're SOL.

[faqncb7]

If you have a receipt that shows the work "Fred" did, and states that he replaced the head, tell him that he can either pay for his damage or you'll take him to court.

If you paid "under the table" and don't have a receipt showing proof of what he did... you're SOL.

+1 basically Freds respobsible my dad owned a shop for years and there was 2 other shops in this one building and the guy in the back was a crook. He did shady shit like fred and got sued all the time and never won the customer is alway right. Take it to someone that knows what there doing and then sue for the cost of repair and get a little more for all the trouble.

[drew12000]

fred probably knows he fucked up, and doesnt want to work on the car again, but steve will and maybe cover his ass?

maybe. or steve would do it for a cheaper price.

fred needs to pay for the bad work he did if fred dosent want to pay then take him to court. But if it was me he would have paid with his legs.

i hear you! this guy has me heated. my lil sister talked to him to ask what exactly was going on. and he told her she was dumb and asked if she was going to go get her people to kick his ass. this guy is something else!

If you have a receipt that shows the work "Fred" did, and states that he replaced the head, tell him that he can either pay for his damage or you'll take him to court.


If you paid "under the table" and don't have a receipt showing proof of what he did... you're SOL.

yes she does have the receipts. she showed scholfield. and one of there tecs is willing to call fred and clear some things up. i'm not sure if thats wise or not.

+1 basically Freds respobsible my dad owned a shop for years and there was 2 other shops in this one building and the guy in the back was a crook. He did shady shit like fred and got sued all the time and never won the customer is alway right. Take it to someone that knows what there doing and then sue for the cost of repair and get a little more for all the trouble.

good advise right here.

i've read this thread to her.

[JoshM]

yes she does have the receipts. she showed scholfield. and one of there tecs is willing to call fred and clear some things up. i'm not sure if thats wise or not.

That's not a bad idea at all. At the very least, he'll be a witness if this goes to court.

[PR CB7]

he might want steve, to fix it because steve could be the only one that is able to fix his fuck up, for cheap

if you have reciepts keep them and have only fred fix your car
you brought him a car that needed work, he needed to give you a running car
timing belt breaking on a honda leads to bent valves on most engines
he might have might have had a extra head he thought it was good, but ended up being defective he didnt know this thats why instead of repairing he replaced, now that he doesnt know if the head was the defective part, he wants you to take it to steve, because fred is a parts changer, no a real mechanic, steve is, now steve will do his job of diagnosing, so fred can do his parts changing

my opinion is if your tired of dealing with "DIARREAH", dont go to "TURD", because he looks more "SOLID"

[drew12000]

thanks guys. we got a lawyer involved. i'll keep this updated.

[Accrdwgnguy]

he might want steve, to fix it because steve could be the only one that is able to fix his fuck up, for cheap

if you have reciepts keep them and have only fred fix your car
you brought him a car that needed work, he needed to give you a running car
timing belt breaking on a honda leads to bent valves on most engines
he might have might have had a extra head he thought it was good, but ended up being defective he didnt know this thats why instead of repairing he replaced, now that he doesnt know if the head was the defective part, he wants you to take it to steve, because fred is a parts changer, no a real mechanic, steve is, now steve will do his job of diagnosing, so fred can do his parts changing

my opinion is if your tired of dealing with "DIARREAH", dont go to "TURD", because he looks more "SOLID"

Or fred slapped a timing belt on and called it good.

[tootall]

Break his legs and act like he was going to attack you, lol no really be sincable, that sucks..

[BILLYBOPROCK]

Fred is responsible if he did the job right the first time he wouldnt have to pay from the nose also I am guessing valves were bent that's why he had to do the head . make him pay in blood sorry dude good luck

[lordoja]

That's not a bad idea at all. At the very least, he'll be a witness if this goes to court.

+1

my mom took my car to some guy she takes her's to so that he could "fix" my cat and welded it on the right way, it just needed to be flipped around... now instead of cutting the DP and turning the flange 180deg this dick chopped and welded my entire system... i was flamed and told him he had two options, fix it and buy me a new cat with flanges, or i will see him in court, he told me to GTFO after i sent him the 30 day warning letter, i got a call from his boss to go pick up my new cat and he would pay for me to get my cat-back re-done
he also managed to get water in her car's cylinders when all he had to do was replace a spark plug boot... if he doesn't get scared with the subpoena warning, this dude has balls of steel lol
good luck

[burntmushu]

geez. he's prob a mechanic who learned over the shoulder and thinks he knows everything. I know a guy who does that. and everytime he messes up he actually brings it to me and gets it fixed before the customer knows something happened. he should've taken it to steve himself before even giving you the car. the good thing is if the honda dealer is going to fix it it should be done right. and have him pay for the costs and all the trouble.

[blackex]

Tell your friend, relative, co-work, any one you know about fred, tweet about fred. write a review about fred on yellow page. so next time some one google fred will not be fred next victum.