Imogene
Senior Member
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
No excuse, if the brake lines are that bad. Call the dealer or call someone before a crash happens, people get hurt and there is a lawsuit……
What happened to "just an oil change"?
- Thread starter debodun
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No excuse, if the brake lines are that bad. Call the dealer or call someone before a crash happens, people get hurt and there is a lawsuit……
That Lady in PA
Senior Member
Then call, before something awful happens.
Michael Z
Senior Member
- Location
- Northern Wisconsin
Hopefully Debodun's brake setup is split in two, front and back. So if one part goes out, the other still functions (barely) as long as you keep the fluid filled. I drove my daughter's car home that way and then to the shop - a little tricky but do-able. And knowing where the emergency brake is comes in handy too!
The line can be patched with a new section for very little, although some garages will not want to do this. A complete replacement of brake lines can run as much as $1500, which what was quoted for my daughter's car.
The line can be patched with a new section for very little, although some garages will not want to do this. A complete replacement of brake lines can run as much as $1500, which what was quoted for my daughter's car.
PeppermintPatty
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- Location
- Canada
I agree! Call again. Let them know you need your brakes done and make that appointment!
I’m a little behind on seeing this post but really wanting to comment about it.
My wife was in bad shape and in between the hospital and a nursing home so not sure which she was in at the time.
I spent every moment I could visiting her and trying to take care of everything in our lives.
I stopped into a place to have the oil changed thinking that it would be a ten minute job and they ran the car up on a lift and I could see through a window of the waiting room that a guy had a long handled wrench and pulling on the steering linkage.
Like the arms that control the front wheels.
I opened the door and yelled “Hey just change the oil. I’m in a hurry!
So the head dude walks over to where the guy is torquing around on my front end and they both give me a funny look.
Then they look at each other and you could tell that the one with authority was telling the other that it would be okay to just change my oil.
The guy in the office said that that was their complimentary 12 point inspection.
I told him that my wife was near death in a hospital and that I only had minutes for this oil change but I mentioned that there was nothing wrong with the steering linkage when I drove in and that there better not be when I drive away.
To say that I was angry would be about the understatement of the year.
My wife was in bad shape and in between the hospital and a nursing home so not sure which she was in at the time.
I spent every moment I could visiting her and trying to take care of everything in our lives.
I stopped into a place to have the oil changed thinking that it would be a ten minute job and they ran the car up on a lift and I could see through a window of the waiting room that a guy had a long handled wrench and pulling on the steering linkage.
Like the arms that control the front wheels.
I opened the door and yelled “Hey just change the oil. I’m in a hurry!
So the head dude walks over to where the guy is torquing around on my front end and they both give me a funny look.
Then they look at each other and you could tell that the one with authority was telling the other that it would be okay to just change my oil.
The guy in the office said that that was their complimentary 12 point inspection.
I told him that my wife was near death in a hospital and that I only had minutes for this oil change but I mentioned that there was nothing wrong with the steering linkage when I drove in and that there better not be when I drive away.
To say that I was angry would be about the understatement of the year.