Just wondering how other people on this site would handle this situation. So a yr ago or so I took my car to a TR shop that I had heard nothing bad about I had them replace the timing belt, pulley, tensioner, idler, Water pump, and valve cover gaskets. In the past week I had to take my car into a shop to replace the water pump and the valve cover gaskets. My current mechanic tells me the water pump was never replaced the one he replaced is the stock water pump same goes for the valve cover gaskets. My question is how would yall handle this. Should i just flame the shop and tell everyone I know not to go there or should i pursue legal matters. The money wasn't that much I won't go into detail but I'm kinda stuck here cuz I'm pissed but not sure what to do. Any ideas?

 

Call the shop and calmly and professionally explain what you found to them first...see what they say...then you can go nuts if they dont wanna play ball haha. Sucks to hear, but at least thats only like $60 worth of parts...

 

Well Just recently the shop I took it to did the water pump, timing belt, valve cover gaskets, and ac charge. How much should all that cost?

 

It was a year ago, you're SOL. You should have checked their work before you took your car home. Crap like this is the reason why the only hand that touches my car is my own.

 

Yep, this is also the reason you should request to keep the old parts off the car, even if you just toss them once you get home.

If you have the receipt of work done last year, and can prove that is the factory water pump, then you can actually do something. Otherwise you're prolly screwed

 

This is exactly the reason I go above and beyond for my customers.I might be slow,but all that matters is I do a good job for my customers.I hope your happy with my work.

 

this...

Im curious witch tr shop was it? if they are scamming people need to let others know.

 

Between work and school I don't have a lot of time and I don't have the means to do it as in no tools can't work on my car in my neighborhood.

I do have a receipt and it has all the work done (supposedly) on it and a price with the mechanics signature. I'll have to check with my current mechanic to see if kept the stock one. He told me about it like I said so maybe he put it aside cuz he knew I was pissed when he told me.

Hell yea man. Just gotta get this thing running right then she's coming to u for a whole paint job but thats still i little ways away lol.

I'm gonna talk to the shop before I started throwing dirt on folks. If they give me any shit about it I will be banned for making so many threads about how they rip people off!

 

was it pete stop? they have fucked over so many people including myself.

 

How do you not know that its got new water pump or gasket? A new one is shiney and the gasket would stop oil from being everywhere....