3 years ago
INCOMPETENT WORKSHOP BROKE MY VEHICLE
INCOMPETENT WORKSHOP BROKE MY VEHICLE
Brought the vehicle in to replace fuel injectors to address a lean fuel mixture error. The job was supposed to last 2 to 3 hours.
After much drama they returned the vehicle after two days, but the engine was so rough and without power that they had to keep it for a third day.
On the third day I received the vehicle, again -- around 6 pm. When I got home all the coolant had poured out of the engine. When cold, the engine now only starts after cranking for a very long time. And the original lean fuel mixture error is still active.
Now I cannot use the vehicle and will have to hire another vehicle just to get to the office. Almost too scared to return the vehicle to Menlyn Auto. Who knows how long they will take this time, and what else will be broken?
UPDATE @ 2018/02/07 After two days in the workshop, I get a mail from Moses (the service rep), indicating that the cooling system is all broken: thermostat, pump, radiator. Cost, for my account: R 25 000.
Went to see the service manager, who said that they are not accountable at all. I mentioned to him that the thermostat and pump was replaced 14 months ago.
The coolant system fault was eventually fixed the next week Friday (9 Feb) at an additional cost of around R 8 000.
UPDATE @ 2018/02/27 Two weeks later the vehicle broke down when the coolant system failed. Also had to replace fuel injectors 4 and 5, which Menlyn Auto did not previously replace.