676, Report:
#21647
Posted Date:
Jul 31 2002
PepBoys Inspection nightmares Lake Grove New York
NY state inspection is like a license to kill for auto shop to rip off (scam) customers.
First of all, I am the type of guys who do a lot of maintenance work with my car(s). So I know what jobs are reasonable and what are not reasonable.
Example #1,
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Last year, ...
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Categories: Auto Inspection
677, Report:
#3165
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2002
WWW.MOTOROLA.CO-INC.NET DEFECTIVE MOTOROLA CHIPS IN AIRBAGS
FORD MOTOR COMPANY SUBCONTRACTED MOTOROLA TO PRODUCE AIRBAG AND ANTILOCK BRAKE CHIPS FOR ALL FORD VEHICLES WORLDWIDE.
THESE DEFECTS SHUT FORD PRODUCTIOONS DOWN AS IT IS CURRENTLY WITH FIRESTONE TIRES.
THESE CHIPS ARE WORLDWIDE IN ALL FORD VEHICLES AND NO ONE KNOWS WHEN THEY WI...
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Categories: Auto manufactures
678, Report:
#4990
Posted Date:
Jun 28 2002
Bridgestone/Firestone, -More Tires Should Be Recalled
I feel that Firestone is not telling the whole story. There are a lot of other Firestone tires that are not on the recall that have the same tread seperation problem. If you have a problem with a tread separation, take the tire to a local Firestone dealer, and report the problem, ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
679, Report:
#20091
Posted Date:
May 03 2002
Cormier Chevrolet is a deceptive, disreputable, rip-off company. They are con-artists & frauds. Carson, California
I took my vehicleto an Econo-lube for a tune-up an a lead from the radiator because my vehicle was overheating. They gave it a tune-up but found no visible leak, refilled the radiator and told me to keep an eye on it.
I now took my vehicle to Cormier Chevrolet because it was oc...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
680, Report:
#15260
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2002
Firestone Swift Auto Care Service at 4456 Ashland, Chgo, IL is a Rip-Off
I have an old model ('86) Oldsmobile Calais Supreme that was running very well because I made sure I kept the maintnenance up on this car like clock work. I had been going to this particular auto shop because it was recommended that they do good work. Well that may have been true ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
681, Report:
#19254
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2002
Firestone Selling rebuilt parts as New parts, Charging women customers twice as much as men customers for same thing consumer rip-off fraud N. Hollywood California
I have a very clean 1989 Toyota Tercel that has a rebuilt engine. I've been taking it to Firestone in N. Hollywood CA since 1-99 and dealing exclusively with the manager Dave who is very nice. I take it in every 2500 miles and Dave thoroughly checks out my car at each oil change so ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
682, Report:
#3137
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2002
FIRESTONE MURDERS BELONG IN A JAIL CELL!
ARE ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE SHEEP?
THESE FIRESTONE EXECS HAVE BEEN SELLING DEFECTIVE TIRES FOR AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS AND THEY ARE STILL SELLING THEM.
HOW MANY AMERICANS MUST GET KILLED BEFORE WE LOCK UP THE BASTARDS AND THROW AWAY THE KEY?
WHY AREN'T YOU FILLING THIS AND OTHER CO...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
683, Report:
#8566
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2002
Handicapped and Elderly, Victims of Oil changes and tune ups Jiffy Lube, Precision Tune, Mr. Tire, Goodyear, Firestone, etc
I am trying to find out if there are people out there that have taken their vehicle to a company, like Jiffy Lube, Precision Tune, Mr. Tire, Goodyear, Firestone, etc... that have had unpleasant experiences.
Was your vehicle returned to you in worse condition than when you first ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
684, Report:
#4497
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2002
Goodyear manager says company treated customers bad and employees worse
As a former Goodyear manager, that was employed almost 15 years, I can tell you if you think they treated customers bad, you should know they treat there employees worse. I saw so many quality people leave due to poor management and terrible decision making. I could write a book on ...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
685, Report:
#16701
Posted Date:
Mar 13 2002
Firestone fraudulent ripoff business Langhorne Pennsylvania
I had used this service several times with bad experiences. Even though I knew a tire had a small leak, they said I needed a new tire. The worst was when they told me I needed a new brake lining, so for about $600 I let them. When I received it back my front wheel had a serious wh...
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Categories: Auto Service Stations
686, Report:
#16492
Posted Date:
Mar 11 2002
Classic Volkswagen - Volkswagen of America Dealer ripoff dishonest way of selling new cars with mechanical problems Volkswagen ripoff consumer rip-off fraud Orlando Florida
Place :
Classic Volkswagen:
5474 S. Orange Blossom Trail
Orlando Florida 32839
On Sunday (03/03/02) after more than an entire hour of debating about down payment , monthly payments , duration of the lease contract, and number of miles allow in a year among more iss...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
687, Report:
#7170
Posted Date:
Mar 02 2002
Firestone Courtesy Check is Rip Off
The Firestone Tire & Service Center on Fowler St, in Tampa left me in a fowl mood when they kept us waiting three hours to see why the red brake light would not go off the dash...claimed they repaired in half an hour, and let us drive out in traffic with the same problem we paid the...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
688, Report:
#15314
Posted Date:
Feb 27 2002
Jim Hanley Firestone is a RIPOFF Sacramento California
I had a problem with my truck, so i took it to Jim Hanley Firestone. Mind you I had to take off work and rely on people to pick me up and give me rides to home/work. The idiots at the shop told me one thing was wrong, so I told them to fix it. Got my truck back- guess what. It didnt...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
689, Report:
#7434
Posted Date:
Feb 20 2002
Merrill-Adams Threatens to Sue Dissatisfied Customer *Consumer Sugestion *UPDATE Client Satisfied! ..Ripoff Report certainly got their attention *REBUTTAL BBB reports no unsatisfied claims
Merrill Adams Threatens to Sue Dissatisfied Customer
There are at least two schools of thought when it comes to resolving a dispute with a customer.
One school believes every customer may be an ongoing source of revenue and profit from cradle to grave. Like most customer-ce...
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Categories: Employment Services
690, Report:
#3314
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2002
boycott Ford and Firestone *UPDATE .. they should go to jail for manslaughter
9-12-2000
Senate hearings today indicate both companies knew and covered up the fact that their products were a problem to the american public and to the faithful customers who trusted them. Our lives were not as important to them as was the money we gave them.
We sh...
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Categories: Auto manufactures
691, Report:
#14333
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2002
Firestone ripoff, they will never get another penny out of us!
I must say, when all the furore about Firestone tires came about, we stood by them. For tires, they are excellent. We have Firestone tires on both our truck and our car. No problems. Service was great (albeit a bit slow) and we thought we had a good relationship with them. This ...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
692, Report:
#11578
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2002
ANOTHER Just Brakes NEAR victim
I wish I had read this site first.
Here is the complaint that I just sent to JustBrakes.com and will be following up with a call to their corporate office in Dallas, TX. By the by, here's that number 800-445-7105.
New car, one day out of warranty period (note that I said DAY,...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
693, Report:
#9738
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2001
McKenna BMW, Norwalk CA Ripoff is nailed by California DMV
Sacramento- A team of investigators from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today took part in an early morning search and seizure operation at McKenna BMW at 10900 and 10850 Firestone Boulevard in the Los Angeles County city of Norwalk.
The raid came as a result ...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
694, Report:
#7141
Posted Date:
Oct 14 2001
Firestone Burns car repair is rip off
IS FIRESTONE TIRES burning car repair customers to pay for Firestone tire recalls? Last Nov. Firestone billed me $722 for a brake job on front brakes my daughter got for $500 with the story they use lifetime brakes...two months ago the bill was another $700 plus for a dirty fuel pu...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
695, Report:
#4925
Posted Date:
Apr 14 2001
Dayton tires is Firestone/Bridgestone all these tires are defective, Decatur plant
Firestone still hiding the whole story
Early in the summer of 2000, on my way to lunch, I had one of my rear tires come all apart. I thought nothing of it at the time, but 3 months later I had another tire de-laminate, about the same time as the Firestone problem hit the news med...
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Categories: Auto Tire shops
696, Report:
#4367
Posted Date:
Feb 04 2001
VCSTORE RIPOFF (WE SHOULD ALL DO THIS)
I just got off the phone with a VCStore operator durning a peek order time. I had to wait for 1/2 hour to talk to her but I did take up about 15 min of her time. I just ask about my account when the monitor, computer printer was sent just anything I could to keep her on the phone. I...
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Categories: Computer Mail Order
697, Report:
#3734
Posted Date:
Dec 28 2000
UNUMProvident Insurance is a Criminal Organization insurance Fraud & Racketeering
My name is Judy Morris, M.D. I have spent the last three years of my life investigating UNUM and UNUMProvident Insurance Company. The full story is documented at the following website in the form of the Racketeering Lawsuit I filed against them.
http://graham.main.nc.us/~bhammel/...
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Categories: Insurance Companies
698, Report:
#2375
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2000
America's Service Station Rip-off ..Texas Auto Repair Sting
This is a great article about how they are ripping people off.
By Randall Patterson
America's Service Station claims to be the auto repair exception. So how come the high prices, cheap parts and minimal service warranties?
When embarking on a sting, one wants company. It ca...
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Categories: Auto Repair Service
699, Report:
#3129
Posted Date:
Oct 13 2000
VALLEY HI UNION 76 AND ALEX ..poor workmanship ripoff artist
My brakes went out and I called around to get estimates and I found a place that would tow my car for free. I ask him to check everything on my car because I might as well repair everything on it. After Alex gave me a est. I went to my job to get a emergency loan. He said...rack...
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Categories: Auto Service Stations
700, Report:
#3298
Posted Date:
Sep 11 2000
WWW.MOTOROLA.CO-LTD.NET
DEFECTIVE MOTOROLA CHIPS IN AIR BAGS AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKES SHIPPED TO FORD MOTOR MAY ENDANGER YOUR LIFE.
ASK THE GOV'T WHY THEY HAVEN'T INVESTIGATED MOTOROLA FOR THESE DEFECTIVES.
THERE ARE MORE CARS WITH THESE CHIPS THAN FIRESTONE TIRES, THEREFORE MORE RISK!
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Categories: Auto manufactures