Customer States Compilation (Best Of Episodes 161-172) | Mechanic Problems | Mechanical Nightmare 

the laughing axle was the best lmao

In the early 70s, my father bought a 62 Ford Falcon wagon. The original wood-look detailing on the sides had faded badly, so my dad got some wood-look contact paper for lining kitchen shelves, and carefully applied that to the car. Over time, the passenger window started coming off the track, to the point where we finally just keep the interior panel off, so we could reach in and fix it. The car would whistle when getting gassed up. There must have been a pin-hole somewhere that air was pushing through as the tank filled. It whistled the same tune every time - the pitch changed as the tank filled! That car was a trooper!

Every time i watch one of these videos i want to change my oil whether it needs it or not

10:39 If I ran into this hub situation at work, I would be working on that all day due to laughter. I would also save it as a decoration on my toolbox for a conversation piece 😂

Engine goes: Tik a tik a tik a tik a tik a Customer: "What is that noise?" Me: "Your bank account crying, probably."

"But Liuetenant Dan. You got no linkage😂😂

Scary part, these people are out there, on the roads, with us.

Good knows ain't nobody gonna say "Yeah-I screwed up and ignored the high water signs and drove right into the water even though I saw it plain as day. I took it as a challenge for my Honda."

Britain has a system where all road motor vehicles have to pass an annual inspection. Brand new cars are exempt for the first three years. Your car can be seized by the police if you continue to drive it without the annual certificate.

Sometimes I run over my oil change by 200-500 miles and I start sweating and worrying and there are people out there going 30k miles without an oil change is absolutely insane.

I love the diagnosis of "thats fucked up"😂

Then the customers act like they have no idea how that happened. Or the customer states. "You were the last one to service my vehicle", "Its going to cost how much?" "Whats taking so long I watched a RU-vid video. Its just a few bolts. Remove the old one and put the new one in", You charged me storage?", "If I buy the parts will you put them in?", "Why do I need to get a loaded spindle for my 2005 CRV? All I thought you said I needed was a front wheel bearing." Technician responds. "Sir, according to your service history we put new brakes on 2 years ago. But, the Inspection sticker belongs to another service center. So obviously we were not the last garage to service your vehicle. " "Sir, the parts cost x-amount. You have an hourly labor charge of 3 hours. It actually took 4 hours due to the rust and overall poor condition of the vehicle. I cut you a break on the labor and only billed for 3-hours. You have a $10.00 charge for various shop supplies. A storage fee for the 2 days we were waiting on parts and your vehicle was taking up valuable space occupying one of our lifts. You have your state sales tax. That's why the amount is what it is." Sir, youtube videos do show a lot of DIY videos. Like how to program a universal remote. Or how to start a vegetable garden. But when it comes to replacing major engine components. I'm not sure you would want to rely on a youtube video". "Sir, as I discussed with you prior to service. The reason we need to get a loaded spindle is because your old spindle is almost 20 years old and very rusty. The wheel bearing on the 2005 CRV is not a hub assembly. It's a press in wheel bearing. Remember I told you that your vehicles spindle is heavily rusted and corroded. It might not handle the extreme pressure of a bearing press. That's exactly what happened. It couldn't take the pressure while trying to insert the new wheel bearing and it cracked." The loaded spindle comes with a bearing already pressed into the assembly. Also, I highly recommend that since we have everything apart. We should replace the upper and lower ball joints and the tire rod. If you want to be smart and proactive. The other side should be replaced also. When one side goes bad the other side is not far behind. We also had to perform an alignment since we replaced the suspension components". " I apologize Sir. We don't install customer supplied parts. The reason is we can't guarantee or warranty any parts we don't sell. Also, if that component fails we take the heat from the customer because we installed a cheap generic part that failed. Then there is the possibility that the part is wrong. I can't tell you how many times we have had to inform the customer that the part they brought in won't work. Then we get accused of trying to swindle the customer. When you buy parts from your service center you are not just paying for the part and labor. You are buying a reliable warranty on those parts and labor. If I put brakes on 6 weeks ago and you come to me and tell me the brakes are making noise. I will fix the issue at no additional cost. If the brakes are squeaking because you put your Emergency brake on in -15 degree weather and it got frozen and locked up. That's a different story. Auto repair shops have gotten a little bit of a stigma over the years due to a few bad apples in this Industry. The vast majority of professional legitimate repair shops are honest and trustworthy. You just have to find one. Ask your friends and family where they take their vehicles for service. But you have to understand. This a hard labor intensive job. It is very expensive to run a repair shop with highly qualified technicians. They have automotive knowledge and experience. Our shop Technicians make $30/hour to start. If they work on your car for 2 hours that is $60.00 they have earned in wages. Then you have business expenses, shop supplies, over head, taxes ect. So when you get charged $125.00 an hour for labor think about how much money the shop is really making after every expense is considered.

The duck taped sway bar really got me

Why change your oil? Money grows on trees, so go out and buy a new car everytime it blows up. Yeah?!? 😂

I was really impressed by the ingenious use of duct tape to fix the sway bar.

Wtf do people do with their vehicles when no one is looking lol smh these are impressive as always

The Mercedes is most likely a chain tensioner in combination with low oilpressure on start up.

15:40 how nice of that guy!

The most terrifying thing is…. These cars are still on the road….. aluminum POS

My thoughts: 2:38: This sucks for the tech who will have to drill it out. 2:50: Phew, never mind.

wish their was more mechanic commentary on what was wrong with some of the clips

So I just bought a 2010 Laramie 3500 for 17,000. drove from Daytona Beach to Naples 400 miles. the left front brake was seized, right tie rod was shot, pitman arm just about gone, not much heating or a/c, pulled left when driving (still does after fix), hard right when breaking, no windshield wipers, Bought it cuz cab was mint. Drove it back at night in the rain. That's the scariest thing I've ever done.

do you not have inspections for registration? here in Oz we have mandatory inspections yearly for registration

I'm wondering how many of these vehicles were involved in the wrecks on my car crash channels! 😂

In Europe you have make an technical inspection every 2 years. If you dont, it's getting more expencive for every month it's overtime, if the Police see the Plaque at the license plate.

Sad thing is get worried after 6000km to change the oil until I see these lol

This spark plug was less than 5000 miles old.... What do you expect? It's a Champion.

I’ve learned from RU-vid that Mustangs handle like ice cream on a plate, especially when leaving car meets; Jeeps are absolute garbage; drivers think engine oil lasts the life of a car; if something breaks, keep driving without fix until the car drives no more and you can repair anything that’s broken on your your precision built automobile with with and spray foam.

You could make a whole video just on Kia and Hyundia problems like this!

Guy at 7:00 is ripping them off. Says it the filter but will vac and re charge the ac system just in case.

11:20 I hit a curb going 45 once and it did less damage so this guy would have had to have been going like 50 miles an hour at least

A lot of crispy cars that should never return to the road.

My wipers do that on my 98 Civic they just turn off wherever they want when you turn them off. So you just have to watch them and make sure as soon as they hit the bottom of the windshield that's when you turn them off. I've been dealing with that for 5 years and it hasn't been a problem.

I feel these videos should be used in some training courses for new drivers.

I think its my worst nightmare to run thru a puddle and pull water into the engine...

14:28 That looks like coffee brewing!

7.20 Yep, I changed our cabin filter in my wife's Pilot. I had forgotten to check it and when it was replaced our AC started blowing again.

Part of me would want to tell someone asking if they should by something cheap that makes that much noise to go for it. (the red Ford) Usually as the decibels go up so does the price of repairs.

3:36 had me thinking my video was buffering

I have a brand new Subaru with 6K miles, and already I'm questioning their QC

Makes you want to cry...😩

Wow, customer suggests new engine, while the shop says new timing tensioner. I like those folks.

The reason timing chains are better than belts is you never have to change them, ever...... Right? 😂

I don’t understand how you can think it’s worth saying $100 to skip an oil change to have to replace an engine for $10k

Yearly Mandatory safety inspections are a good thing

I changed mine after I got solid dust packed and had change the blower fan too cause it were out, trying to blow air through it

What'd the girl do to piss her boyfriend off that much?

I don't drive my car a whole lot, but i still change the oil and filter yearly.

35,000?!?!?! I get all stressed about 7,000

turn your volume UP please

Some of these people....

Garbage man isnt gonna be happy about that

@14:28 tea is served.

3:49 I had two aircraft in a row that other mechanics had adjusted the wipers like on this car so that they were in the middle of the windshields (plural) when stowed. Not computerized thankfully, so just had to adjust them

At 10:30 most Sube STI and WRX owners have one of these broken block id casting trophies. It means you've driven them to the edge as you should.

Yup thats good ol synthetic oil for ya

Had a filter from 98 installed in my car, when I bought it. That being said, the filter's been looking fine. Maybe the previous owners just vacuumed it.

14:26 the car just said KACHAUW

So happy to be driving an electric car

these are insane

8:37 MAH HART!!!!! 😭

4:40 I had huge cheapo chinese tires for an offroader (sue me, was on tight budget). The company that sold the tires and installed them on the rims had to put *half a kilo of lead* to balance one of them! It's been a decade but i think it was something like 550grams. The rest were easy, only 100-200 grams of weighs per wheel. Remember that when buying the cheapest stuff!

What is scary is these cars around the road alongside yours

16:52 That car sounds like the the Versus One By One theme from Star Fox 64

The wiper thing is the antifrost mode

2:01 Seriously? It's a broken cover, and a parking brake cable that needs adjustment. Weak sauce.

When the gremlin bell IS your bikes gremlin...

The weird thing is… I never changed the oil in my 1993 Toyota Starlet, I just topped it up every year. And when I traded it in 256,000 km later, it still ran like a beaut.

WE SEE THESE ISSUES AS COMMON PLACE.

Where are cars rusting that bad so fast??!! Atlantis??

And this is exactly way mechanics have work

I use amsoil in my truck it’s supposed to be good for 25000 mile change intervals I still change it at 10k or when it starts to get dark usually between 7500 and 10k miles depending on where I’ve been driving.

Scary part is… These people are out there on the roads!😳😱

0:55 30.000mls? More like 30.000 years...

It has been a lot longer than 36k for the oil change.

Mechanic states you only need a 10 cab filter but I'm going to charge you a couple hundred bucks to replace refrigerant. No wonder people don't like going to Mechanics

>MFW the bumblebee nest in the air filter

9:56 that wasp nest sort of looks like a skull looking at the camera.

I saw that broken spark plug... and first thing I said to myself.... "I bet that is a Champion" Champion plugs are pure garbage. I had one fall apart and the electrode fell into the cylinder and completely ruined the engine. I've never bought Champion plugs ever again. Absolute garbage plugs.

Is there no government safety check for cars like the annual MOT in the UK?

...i mean all the semi companys that do warranty/oil changes for the first 400k miles only change the oil and grease every 50k

Gas tank talking was purge valve canister failure

Was that an empty dog leash on the front of that red pickup at 4:23?

I wish people could learn to turn their phone sideways for a full view video

That transfer case is on a dodge please service your frount drive line

when your taking a photo you should take it in landscape. your videos would be so much better.

Sure... buy the car. All it needs is a couple of cans of JB Engine Overhaul in a can put in the crankcase and you will be golden 🙄

Your channel scares the crap out of me. Just knowing what kind of junk is on the road and lack of maintenance by morons is a real life horror story.

Not my GMC truck. Just had an engine installed and know the frame wasn't rusty. Would have junked it before spending 5 grand.

I love the content, except the F-BOMBS!!!!! (2024 me: Thank you for getting rid of newer f-bombs!!!) Really! I mean it!!! :)

Tf was in the gas tank

Whats up with the noisy Merc, rod bearings?

For the guy beign surprised at seeing lots of weight on a wheel: You'd be usrprised how fucking unbalanced some wheels can be, even new

I can almost bet that blown 4wd trans was from the idiot trying to go fast in 4L. Why are so many who dont know how to drive a 4wd vehicle buying them? At least read the owners manual before going into 4wd SMH

If the States had similar legislation like most of civilized countries ( having to take vehicle in for inspection every one or two years, depending on age ), you wont see this garbage very often…eh!

wait.... why was the gas tank honking? 9:09...

8:35 I don't care about the rest of the vid, show more of the kitten.

Real oil last to long

Why in he11 do drivers let their vehicles in such a dangerous condition? Their lives and those of their loved ones are at stake every journey.

Too many "mess ups;" (notice I didn't say. "f--- ups!)