Seattle AutoCare Center Auto Repair Ripoff Seattle, Washington

Seattle AutoCare Center, Seattle WA

Auto Repair Ripoff:

I took my 1981 Toyota SR5 truck (with a brand new rebuilt motor) into Seattle AutoCare Center requesting them to rebuild the carburetor. 

They took it to some subcontractor to have it rebuilt who is no longer in business.

I picked up the car and paid them the $650.00 bill by check which they immediately cashed (so I could not cancel the check if the repair was not satisfactory).  The carburetor was installed incorrectly which bogged the truck down.  I took it back and indicated that the carburetor was not rebuilt and installed correctly.  This autoshop took the car back in and sent it to another place to rebuild (at a presumed cost to the shop of $350.00).   After having the car for 3 1/2 weeks, I had to contact them again to pick my presumably "fixed" carburetor.  The installation on the carburetor still had two wires crossed.  The carburetor is still not fixed, and they refused to refund any of my money.  They then said it may be a vaccuum hose leak, but they would need to charge me additional money to find out if that was the problem.  I said "no thanks," and that I would take it to a diagnostic center and run a check to see if it was something they were responsible for.  If yes, I would file a claim in small claims court to get my money back.

Beware of these guys.  They are not only rippoffs, but poorly trained mechanics and bad businessmen.  P.S. The previous manager was recently fired, but that doesn't mean they will fix my car.  This is a shame for a NAPA Autocare center branded company.