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Mechanic broke the car - refuse to fix

  • 15-10-2014 11:43pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45


    Hey everyone .
    I really need advise, i'm just pulling out my hair of stress ! Make your self a coffe , long story coming :-D
    well it started of like this 3 weeks ago on thursday mechanic took our car to replace 2 chains (we bought them ) for our honda accord 2.2l . On saturday we went up to see how the work is going on and he done nothing , because he couldn't take out the injectors . So I told him to give back the car he said no i'll fix it . Ok well it was quit for a wile till my husbands sister called me and told me that mechanics wife is talking under my back saying crap and that my car is going to a garage ( no notice given. Charge 200eu) I was ignored by the mechanic, after a while we talk and he said 100 eu for his work + garage charge . But then after a emotional fight from his side , he called and said the injector is broken.. Well I said it's not my foult because it was fine before ! And i'm not buying it ! So he bought a second hand injector (i just found out and hour ago that it's second hand) it costed him 100 eu . So in total he ask me for 500 , we paid 400eu even when we didn't want to. But the real problem is we took our car yesterday and after 20 min Drive it BROKE DOWN! I called him . He deleted the prob with the pc it was a fuel rail pressure to low and EMC just bloked it and max speed was 60km/h car lost it's power. After the erros deletion after 10min drive same thing happend again ! So we drove the car today jo him to find out whats going on , he found a second problem 1. Fuel rail pressure to low .2 fuel rail sensor voltage to high . So he told us he was nothing to do with it and go find a mechanic with a better pc. So I did , he said it's nothing to do with the electronics and make the fella fix up hisfoulty work. I texted him saying that I was told it's nothing to do with the electricity and to fix the car up he just told me to fu*k my self and not to show up anymore. And I found out he's NOT LEGAL !!!! What should I do ?! Help help !


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,205 ✭✭✭Wompa1


    Sandrutute wrote: »
    Hey everyone .
    I really need advise, i'm just pulling out my hair of stress ! Make your self a coffe , long story coming :-D
    well it started of like this 3 weeks ago on thursday mechanic took our car to replace 2 chains (we bought them ) for our honda accord 2.2l . On saturday we went up to see how the work is going on and he done nothing , because he couldn't take out the injectors . So I told him to give back the car he said no i'll fix it . Ok well it was quit for a wile till my husbands sister called me and told me that mechanics wife is talking under my back saying crap and that my car is going to a garage ( no notice given. Charge 200eu) I was ignored by the mechanic, after a while we talk and he said 100 eu for his work + garage charge . But then after a emotional fight from his side , he called and said the injector is broken.. Well I said it's not my foult because it was fine before ! And i'm not buying it ! So he bought a second hand injector (i just found out and hour ago that it's second hand) it costed him 100 eu . So in total he ask me for 500 , we paid 400eu even when we didn't want to. But the real problem is we took our car yesterday and after 20 min Drive it BROKE DOWN! I called him . He deleted the prob with the pc it was a fuel rail pressure to low and EMC just bloked it and max speed was 60km/h car lost it's power. After the erros deletion after 10min drive same thing happend again ! So we drove the car today jo him to find out whats going on , he found a second problem 1. Fuel rail pressure to low .2 fuel rail sensor voltage to high . So he told us he was nothing to do with it and go find a mechanic with a better pc. So I did , he said it's nothing to do with the electronics and make the fella fix up hisfoulty work. I texted him saying that I was told it's nothing to do with the electricity and to fix the car up he just told me to fu*k my self and not to show up anymore. And I found out he's NOT LEGAL !!!! What should I do ?! Help help !

    How did you find the mechanic? If he's claiming in advertising to be legit then you should report him. Did he give you an invoice? I assume not since he's not legal...If it's some guy recommended by somebody else or a guy who does it out the back of his house. Just walk away. You could bring him to a small claims court to reimburse you the money and possibly what you'll have to pay to fix the rest but it's not worth it.

    Take it as a lesson learned.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    Sounds like you hired someone who wasn't qualified to do the job? Were you trying to get if fixed on the side for half nothing by any chance? It sounds a bit like it.
    If the answer to this is yes let that be a lesson to you.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    Probably best suites to the motor forum. Ask a mod to move it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,656 ✭✭✭✭Tokyo


    Thread moved to the Motors forum. Please note that their charter now applies.

    Regards,
    Mike


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,875 ✭✭✭✭bear1


    Very hard to read that post OP but here it goes.
    You mentioned that you are getting two chains done on a 2.2 CDTI Accord.
    Now you should probably have read up on this sort of job as it is very time consuming and expensive. It is not a job to be given to some backyard mechanic (unless it's a Honda specialist).
    Why did you get both chains replaced? Was it the mechanic who told you it needed doing or was it a pre-emptive fix? The Accord is known for needing chain and oil pump chains replaced.
    The injectors are also known to get stuck and in turn they need to be broken off.
    You then say that the mechanic bought a second hand (what a stupid idea) injector. A) How do you know he did? and B) injectors need to be coded to the car and unless he has the appropriate software than only Honda can do this.
    You are getting fuel pressure warnings which to me points to the injector.


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