Dealer Doesn't perform Scheduled Maintennace?!

[RichardCranium]

I agree with you. I am guessing if you take your Maverick in just for an oil change you will get the Quicky lube service that is performed by an "oil change tech" who only changes oil as fast as he or she can. All the so called inspections are penciled whipped. The reason I believe this is because the Ford dealer I took my Fusion to for the "works" overfilled my engine with an extra 4 quarts of oil. Man did that car smoke like a freight train. My Maverick will never see the Ford dealer for a oil change. The Ford dealer did follow up with me and said 2 techs were changing the oil on my car and they both went into the parts counter and asked to have bay 2 charged with oil for the filling station. Anyway if they could not check the oil level after changing my oil why should I believe that they check anything.

Shop I worked for was an honest shop. The owner even said the inspections were bullshit, but we worked for fleets and service companies that required the inspections so I made one up one day that the mechanics would use. Most of those things were done anyways when changing the oil. And yes, the cheap services were used to check for other issues. We did get a lot of work from services. But we would show the owner the problem, not just expect them to take our word for it.
even as an honest shop, some of the lube techs that would come through were idiots. We had a guy for a while that we let go. When we did, we found a bunch of brand new fuel filters at the bottom of the tool box. Turned out he wasn’t changing them. Even his own parents car, he did a half ass job on. So even when you have an honest shop, you can still get some dishonest techs.

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[Bilbo_B]

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when I finally did my own service on the car, the drain plug was over tightened and I had to destroy the filter to get it off.
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Now, that's the sort of BS that makes me not trust the dealer mechs. I know that most of the time they're excellent. I did bring in a car for servicing, an older Ford Escape. when they said something about changing the oil, I said don't do it and that I had just replaced the oil with Motorcraft semi-synth. They did it anyway and put in their cheaper oil. When i complained, they made right and put in semi synth as I asked. (At least I think so) But if they did the work that they said, it doesn't hurt to have a double oil flush.