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| - Recently drive our little Ford Ranger in for an oil change, and diagnostic to find out why she isn't accelerating with her previous exhilaration.
Get a call that she's ready, so we go in.
Expensive oil change!!!! $37!?!?
And for the $70 1 hour diagnostic all we get is, " we think you need a new timing belt"
$70 for a " we think"
Pay the bill, walk out truck, put in the key, and she won't start!
She's never even hesitated before! Now she won't start! Dave ( owner) says she needs gas, but they charge $8.00 a gallon, so we proceed to walk, get gas, and return. Put the two gallons in, still won't start! Now throwing a code.
Inform Dave once again it won't start.
He has mechanics come try. Guess what? Still won't start.
Without a word, no pleasantries, no nothing, they push our baby girl back into the bay, hook it up to something, and crank away on the starter. Still no start!
Dave says, your timing belt has had it!
You need a new one, and we can do it for just under $600!!! Mechanics push it back out to parking lot, still without a single word, drop the key in my hand and walk on by!
Tow our girl back home as soon as we can, neighbor mechanic sees what's going on and cones over to help. Pops the hood and
Says try to start it it... Turn the key, he reaches in the a vroom! Starts right up!
It's the fuel pump!
5 min, and he's got her running, and an actual diagnostic!
Hmmm..... Sounds like we almost fell into a scam!
So let me get this right.... She always started and ran before we came here. Now that you worked on her she won't start, and it gonna $600 for something you said only 20 minutes ago " you think it the timing" which you already charged us $70 for?!
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