MEINEKE CAR CARE CENTER DO NOT BRING YOUR CAR THERE! ripoff SOUTH PORTLAND Maine

The South Portland, Maine Meineke is probably the worst in the nation when it comes to service if not the world. I do not want anyone else to be misled, and they are not honoring their slogan, satisfaction guaranteed.

Last month I brought my car to that location for service, and those guys made a fool out of me. I am not upset with the $600 plus amount that I spent, but I am upset with the service and their unprofessionalism, and how clueless they are about everything. When I brought my car there, this look-alike Steve Austin took my car for a ride, and he came back a few minutes later, and he said that my car needed a bunch of stuff, and he quoted me $1500.

First of all that is a lot of money, and second of all, I was in shock because he did not even run a diagnostic on the vehicle. Well, dumb me I assumed that he knew what he was doing; after all it is the car care center. Well, I paused, and I told him that lets do the major things first, and I would take care of the rest later. He did a tune up and an engine flush, and I was charged for a V8 rather than a V6, which they claimed it was their mistake. I dont remember when Nissan started making V8 Maximas. I brought my car there because it had been shaking severely, and I had no clue what was going on. Once that tuned up was done they claimed that it was all set.

As soon as I got inside the car, I knew something was wrong because the vehicle was continuously shaking. I called back the following day, and I told the person that my vehicle is still shaking, and he said that I should put gas in it. I did put gas in it, and it didnt do anything. I called back, and they said that I needed to run it for a little while.

I couldnt take it anymore so I brought it back to the shop. They finally ran a diagnostic and the mechanic said that I am getting multiple misfire, and it could be my computer. It would cost me $2000 to replace according to the expert. It could also be my coil pack, and they may have to replace all of them, and that is $900 because each one is $150 and I have six.

To be fair, he did say that he would try to figure out what the problem was, but I doubt that he did because my car was sitting there for two days, and he said that he would call. I had to go there to get my car. That was a whole different story compared to what they had told me in the beginning.

To make a long story short, they basically couldnt fix my car because they couldnt figure what was exactly wrong with it. They made me pay for a service that I did not even need. According to the Nissan dealer my vehicle only needed coil pack: number 2 & 4 which only cost $421 including labor. I think those guys are incompetent and everyone needs to know about it. I will make sure that everyone checks them out on Angiess List.

James
South Portland, Maine
U.S.A.