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The absolute worst experience I've ever had for a ...

The absolute worst experience I've ever had for a car repair. The power steering stopped working in my Jeep Wrangler so I took it to get repaired. They said the whole system needed to be replaced, pump, gearbox, and ball joints, highly unlikely that all units went bad on a vehicle that has 46,000 miles when each unit is usually good for 100,000 miles but different topic for a different day. My complaint is solely on the time it took.
Bring the Jeep in on January 16th first thing in the morning. Was told the diagnostic takes 24hrs, after no reply for 24 hours I call and they still haven't gotten to it. Not a big deal, they get back to me a few hours later and tell me the aforementioned parts need to be replaced, one of which will take 6-8 days. That's fine, I get it, we are on an island.
Fast forward to Friday, January 31st; I was told the part came in but the Jeep won't be ready till Monday, February 3rd. Still not done Monday, or Tuesday. Hear back Wednesday saying they are still working on it and it will be done Thursday, February 6th. Still not done Thursday...Hear back Friday saying they are still working on it and it will be done Monday February 10th. No word on Monday until I reach out and I get the same answer, still not done, will be ready tomorrow morning. So Tuesday morning comes and I hear nothing, Tuesday afternoon I reach out and FINALLY it's done. Essentially it took 6 1/2 days to fix, in that same time you can rebuild a transmission, which takes 3 days, I know because a guy at work got that done in the timeframe.
P.s. This picture was sent to me and it shows me mechanic 101 basics being disregard. The brake calipers are hanging with no support putting extra stress on the brake lines which can do unnecessary damage. I know how to work a wrench and I've changed my breaks before and I know this is a BIG NO NO.

Brief synopsis: I was was told three different times my vehicle would be done over the course of 6 1/2 days.

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