Pep Boys Complaint

Poor service and lazy employees - Auto Repair - two weeks and waiting

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Posted By: thefreakfighter on 8/18/2006

Location: Bakersfield, CA

Had my car towed to Pep Boys on Wednesday 8-10-06 at 8 AM. Called the store to see if I needed to come down to the store to get my car repaired and they said no - they would check it out and call with the diagnoses. Waited until 3 PM and called them back. The idiot now said that the car can't be diagnosed until I signed some papers.

Drove to Pep Boys and signed the papers. Another idiot (Pep Boys has many) behind the counter said it would be diagnosed in a couple of hours. Well, Ok. I guess Friday, two days later and 5 phone calls is good time. And of course they parked the car outside so my stereo got stolen. Thanks to the rapid diagnosis all I needed to get my car fixed in record time was a new distributor. No one could have seen this coming – they were out of stock. But that’s ok because their crack crew ordered the part and said it would be here in five days. After another week the part still was not in and nobody new exactly what part the car needed – my car has two different distributors for that year. I tried asking what distributor my car needed and if I found it somewhere else could they install it? Problem is nobody at Pep Boys knows which distributor my car needs or which one they ordered. It’s headed towards three weeks and the part still has not come in.

Don’t ever let the three stooges Many, Moe and Jack work on your car. VB


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    Lidman (08/19/2006)      
    I think we have another CA thing here but then again it also comes under the heading of "CAR MACANICS". This seems to be a common practice for mechanics it just makes you wonder why. Can you get your car to another mechanic? I fined the best one are the ones you friends and/or people you just know are the best chance to get it done right. Good luck!

    PBY (11/22/2006)      
    The "idiot" seems to be you my friend and the above poster who "fined" the best mechanics that make you wonder why. What kind of vehicle do have? And if it's been 3 weeks, why haven't you taken it somewhere else if everybody else can do a better job of getting it fixed?

    So who is the idiot? America, the land of free enterprise where the consumer has choices. If you choose to leave your vehicle there, well then ........ It's always easier to blame someone else for poor choices. :)

    Try the frikken dealer. They should have the part in stock, right? Hence you are truly the idiot if you wait 3 weeks to save a few bucks at Pep Boys and then ... more >>

    zevaztian (12/29/2008)      
    It's not only the ones who work at cars and it also happens at Autozone. All these "team members" or "associates" seem to think they're there not to be disturbed. You ask them something and they answer you worse than any stranger on the street would. I recently went to my local Pep Boys to buy the items necessary to do a tune up. The guy behind the counter was talking on the phone to who I assume was his buddy. After listening to the conversation, patiently, and him finishing his conversation and his plans for "after work", thirteen minutes later, I asked him my question. To make a long story short, he gave me the wrong items. I had to go bac ... more >>


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