[basco]

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Have you let them fix problems all the other times you had your oil changed? If so, please post them.

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Sure, I'll sacrifice my dignity.

I've had two other incidents there. The first time my driver's side front tire was making a loud, repetitive noise - it sounded like it was about to fall off. They told me it was a 'pretty bad transmission problem', charged me $60 for the diagnostic, and then sent me to a transmission shop. This is a Accord with 70K miles, just purchased used from a dealer, and I had the whole thing inspected, so I was in shock. The transmission shop called about an hour after I dropped it off to tell me the tire was loose, they tightened it and charged me about $20 I think.

That should've been enough to set all sorts of warning bells ringing, but oil changes are cheap and extremely convenient there (they drop me off and pick me up from work, and there's a discount) so I ended up back there for another oil change several months later, and had them rotate the tires. This time they found a bolt or something that had broken, and had to disassemble something just to replace it. The piece was maybe $1, but the labor charge was over $170 I think. It was a friday and I was taking a road trip over the weekend, and I had only owned a car at that point for about 6 months (didn't need one in college... I'm 22.)

I should find that receipt and post the specifics... I wouldn't be surprised if it just said 'bad johnson rod'.