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  Meineke Car Care Center

  3401 S Western St Amarillo, TX 79109-4437

  
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  Meineke Car Care Center

  913 S Georgia St Amarillo, TX 79102-1203

  
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  Meineke Car Care Center

  1805 South Grand Street Amarillo, TX 79103

  
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  Meineke Car Care Center

  4615 34th Street Lubbock, TX 79410

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:11/17/2022

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On 11-16-2022 I came in due to a "service battery charging system" warning light that turned on my dash the night prior.
  I verbally agreed to pay for diagnostics and needed service done promptly as I was late for work.
  The initial diagnosis was I needed to replace the secondary battery (charging at 11.5V) in my car for x dollars. I agreed to the service offered and waited. Later I was told my main battery was a dry type, charging at 6V, and I should replace it with a wet type which costs more. I agreed to that too.
  When my car was pulled out of the bay the warning light stayed on.
  The mechanic couldn't figure out on the spot and took it back in.
  After taking the car back in for further evaluation I went to get something to eat as I was there for 5 hours or so. I then received a call stating I need to change my alternator because the new batteries burnt it (not sure if the exact expression) and now I needed to pay am additional $462 on top of $739 I already paid for the batteries.
  I asked why wasn't that diagnosed first and got an answer the alternator may have been already weak or something like that.
  In the initial receipt it is printed I declined diagnostics which is not true. The lady in charge signed I didn't decline this service. This was added in writing but the print is still there stating I declined diagnostics, thus voiding the warranty terms as stated on the back of the invoice.
  So anything I authorized them in good faith is now turned on me and has zero warranty if they do wish.
  For the alternator the lady said she won't charge me for the labor, rather just the $462 for the cheapest she could find).
  I was given a verbal warranty it's all good for a year. No certificates nor serial numbers were detailed anywhere on a receipt or copy - I was told this only happens at a dealer store.
  Total expenses could've been my alternator $462 plus labor only.
  I ended up paying $1202.
  For this incompetence/unprofessional behavior I request to be refunded.

  Business Response

  Date: 12/15/2022

  Mr. **********’s car came in with a service battery
  warning/charging light on.  After diagnosing
  it, it was determined that the auxiliary battery needed replaced.  After a new one was put in we retested and
  the main battery was showing bad and replace, which we did.  Mr. ********** started to leave the shop and
  the light came back on.  It was then
  determined that the alternator was bad. 
  Our manager informed the customer that we could not get a good reading
  on the alternator when it had bad batteries.
  When running the diagnostics on a car if the test on the
  battery comes in as bad, it will give a false reading on the alternator.  We did not want to also sell the customer an
  alternator if it wasn’t needed. Because we had already taken an excessive amount
  of his time, we did not charge labor for the installation of the alternator
  after it was determined that it was necessary.
  I apologize for the time it took in diagnosing and repairing
  Mr. **********’s car.  It was very unprofessional
  on our part and I apologize.  Due to the
  fact that the batteries and alternator were necessary, we cannot refund the
  money for them.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:09/26/2022

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On July 8th of 2022 took my car to the meineke on *** S ******* Street in Amarillo Texas. I purchased new brakes, tires, radiator and an oil change costing over $1,600. Oil change and brakes were completed that day. They had to order the radiator. I expressed my concern about the radiator, they assured me it was ok to drive a short distance, approx 03 miles. I did not drive the car again until Monday for college. At lunch, the oil light came on. I checked it & it was empty.Called the store & they told me to bring it to them immediately. Got a quart of oil & headed that way, causing me to miss my second class.The car started smoking & continued for an additional hour or so. I was 2.3 mi from their store. A nice man came out, asked if I was okay & walked me into the shop. While waiting, I needed to get new wheels before they could put the tires on.Wr got back to the store & the shop manager or shop owner said it was going to take longer than a couple of days to get the car fixed.They finally gave me a loaner vehicle. About 11 days later I had to call the store to see what was going on with my car. That's when they informed me that I needed to come up with money for a new motor costing $3,500. That is not my fault. They also handed me a receipt stating that I refused radiator service on the day that I actually prepaid almost $700 for it to be done. I asked the girl to let them know that I needed a few extra days to see what I was going to do. She failed to do so & they towed the vehicle, from my residence, without my knowledge I filed a police report thinking it was stolen. I called the store the next morning to let them know about the truck being stolen and they said they would have someone call me back. I called the police department & they informed me that the shop had the vehicle at 930am. I ended up having to call the store again at 2:30pm. That's when they told me they towed the truck. They had me take my car & didn't even replace the radiator that I paid for.

  Business Response

  Date: 10/17/2022

  Business Response /* (1000, 5, 2022/10/05) */
  On July 8, 2022, we repaired the brakes, got tires and did an oil change on Ms. ****** car. The original estimate showed that a radiator was needed but it had to be ordered. At that time, we declined it off the ticket so that the first invoice could be invoiced out and paid for that day. Ms. ****** made a deposit of $700 to order the radiator. She was told that she could drive the vehicle a very short distance but it was better if she didn't because it could overheat and cause additional damage.
  
  On July 13th, the vehicle returned to have the radiator installed. When the radiator was being installed, we pulled the hoses off the radiator and found that a previous repair at another shop had been patched in an unprofessional way. We loaned Ms. ****** a vehicle while we waited for more parts to arrive to repair the bypass ***** Once we received and installed the hose parts and were able to start the vehicle with the new radiator, we found it to have blown head gaskets. The head gaskets were blown when she continued to drive it and it overheated as stated in her statement.
  
  Ms. ****** continued driving our shop truck. After days of not hearing back from her and not answering our phone calls we went to her house on July 26. The truck was parked outside but no one answered the door so we took the truck back to the shop. Ms. ****** then came to the shop to pick up her Mercury Cougar. Her $700 deposit was applied to the ticket for the installation of the radiator and necessary hoses and she paid the remainder due and drove away in her car.
  
  All repairs that Ms. Aiken paid for were satisfactorily performed, therefore a refund is not available for services rendered or having it towed. It is now up to Ms. ****** to have the head gaskets replaced or a new engine installed due to her overheating the vehicle.