Damaged car

MacBerg

On Saturday last I went to my local tyre depot to get my car tracked, while they were tracking the car they sheared a camber bolt, the let the car down off the lift & told me to come back when I got it repaired, It cost €40 to replace the bolt, I did that yesterday & returned today, 28/5/2013, low & behold they did it again. they sheared another camber bolt off, yet again they handed the car back to me to get it repaired AGAIN, another €40, am I responsible for the repair each time although I have paid them for the tracking. Is this not their responsibility to pay for damages they cause???

Harcrid

If the bolts were seized then I don't think they can be blamed for that as long as they were not broken because they were being ham fisted taking them off.

Over time bolts can seize and rust especially on the underside of the car which is exposed to the elements. It may not have been possible to get them off without breaking.

MacBerg

on both times they used brut force to get them off, I suggested to heat them first but it wasn't listened to.

Toyotafanboi

was it the same side both times? if so they may be being heavy handed.
if it was the opposite side, is it not possible the both were seized.

MacBerg

Its possible that both were seized but they didn't make any effort to heat them off or to stop the second time, in both cases they used a 3 foot extension on the wrench to lever them off.

Colash

Don't make the same mistake the third time . What car was it ? Some camber bolts can almost her welded on solid over time .

MacBerg

it was a 07 opel Vectra. should I look for a refund & go some where else??

Colash

MacBerg wrote: »

it was a 07 opel Vectra. should I look for a refund & go some where else??

Go somewhere else and cut your losses . Heat and lots of it may be needed .

Colash

Colash wrote: »

Go somewhere else and cut your losses . Heat and lots of it may be needed .

Ps are u sure it was a camber bolt ? And not a track rod nut ?

MacBerg

Yea, im sure its the camber bolt, to add to my misery he wrecked the bush whilst trying to get the bolt out & I cant replace the bush so I have to replace the whole wish bone, suddenly its ballooned into a €300 job instead of a €50 job.