Auto Repair Shop Recommends $2,700 of Repairs On a 3 Year Old Vehicle

Yet another case where a shop recommends close to $3,000 wither of auto repair work on a 2018 Nissan Versa (only 3 years old) with 41,000 miles. The question is Do You Really Need The Work Done? Why is it so much? What's the most important repair? Always get a second opinion, specially when the price is high.
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[@Evilthx]

He ain't lying. I worked at Oreilly's and we sold parts to local mechanics, local shops, chain shops and dealerships. Rarely did they order or request anything more than our house branded products unless they absolutely needed to.

[@ABQSentinel]

This situation is EXACTLY why I learned to work on cars myself!

[@kvernesdotten]

I had this conversation with someone today actually, stuff like this is what makes people so hostile towards both mechanics and garages, which is such a shame for the good ones out there. I guess its also why Scotty Kilmer keeps saying that when you find a good mechanic, never let go

[@ABQSentinel]

@@kvernesdotten Yeah, that's really the thing. You need to find a good, trustworthy mechanic. There are good mechanics who just aren't very trustworthy, and there are some trustworthy mechanics who just aren't that good. If you can find someone who is both, then you're in good shape!

[@russellstephan6844]

My elderly mother received a $512 labor estimate (parts extra) to replace the valve timing cam solenoid on a Chevy Equinox at a Las Vegas Pep Boys. I then drove 2,000 miles one-way to do the job for her. She stood over my shoulder for the fifteen minutes it took me to replace both the intake and exhaust version of the valve to clear the complaining trouble code. She goes, "Is that all it takes?" "Yep, that's all it takes!" Seriously, there's enough business out there to keep everyone in the industry well compensated with honest repairs and prices. Flippin' thieves.

[@HomieHektor]

That’s what I’m taking about 👍🏼

[@russellstephan6844]

I also got to visit and do a few other things for Mom. And, it kept blood money out of the hands of the thieves.

[@drewsmith6066]

@Scotty secretly loves Chryslers narr he got free diesel : )

[@papi-champoo6033]

What was the labor rate for the job, you do know all shops charge what the labor rate is, I've done jobs that charged 2 hours and finished it withing 45 minutes. It's ridiculous what is recommended to do on some of these jobs and more than half the time you dint need to do every single step.

[@russellstephan6844]

@@papi-champoo6033 Oh, I know what the jack@55 mechanic did... They looked up the book rate for changing one solenoid and simply doubled it for both. The two components are right next to each other. Doing one or two takes the same amount of time... Still skanky, dirty, and highly unethical.

[@pillcosby3949]

This is why I encourage people to invest in some tools, watch some KZbin videos, and fix most everything on your car, yourself. It might take you a day, but you will save money and you will have learned something

[@twoknightfall3722]

Yes and after you screw up , take it to a shop to fix it .

[@BrandonJ.88]

I've done so much to my truck already. And did mostly every install.

[@twoknightfall3722]

@Moe Barker You and me both then . The only problem is that in the cars i work , if they can not afford to fix it right the first time , they will not have the money to fix the expensive mishaps .

[@GaryKari]

Or you can work more and earn cash to pay someone else to fix your car... :)

[@fastxsam]

@@twoknightfall3722 Lol. Do you also pay someone to do your taxes, hang your dry wall and assemble your ikea furniture? Car is just a mechanical device, learn to fix things on your own. If not ask for help, things really are not that difficult. If some shop guy can fix your car why can't you?

[@carbonio28]

It's nice to see honest mechanics now days .. keep it that way and money will never stop pouring down your way 💪💪💪💪

[@VitoVeccia]

Not in the real world. Honesty has no relevance to competance. I can't tell you how many times someone thought I was trying to rip them off, strictly based off of the dollar amount of the estimate. They get it done "cheaper", by an "honest" mechanic, and are satisfied until the car breaks down on the side of the road. Granted it's hard to find a service writer than can actually do their job, and communicate properly, but that's another story.

[@michaelacosta6020]

Harbor freight for a great affordable home press, and get you a bend pack maxjax m6k lift for your garage brother. Save your knees and back while you can.

[@HomieHektor]

🤝

[@michaelacosta6020]

What I like about the max jax is I can wheel it completely out of the way if I need the whole garage for non lifting projects, and it's perfect for home garages that don't have a lot of height. It's perfect for brake jobs, oil changes and suspension work.

[@freakymrq]

maxjax is one of the best investments. as long as your concrete is thick enough you're good. It only needs 6ft of height to work in the garage and it lifts 4ft without any adapters. Shipped to my door ran me $2800

[@freakymrq]

@Scotty secretly loves Chryslers My ceiling is only 10ft high lol, Maxjax is for low clearance situations bud. Not everyone has the luxury of a 13ft high ceiling shop.

[@freakymrq]

@Scotty secretly loves Chryslers ahh yes, I too just pick up my hammer and build onto my house like it's minecraft.

[@dennisrecinos1160]

There is a nail in the front driver side tire. I noticed it when you remove the wheel. Its on the edge of the tread.

[@pvdg3515]

can't repair lol!!!!

[@scottmorton21]

Great video! My only recommendation is to take off those dirty gloves when you test drive the car. I've have mechanics leave grease spots/streaks around the door handle and on the interior because they didn't remove the their gloves or wash their hands. It's the little things that people remember. It's also just really sad to see a car that is only three years old need that much work.

[@fredsalter1915]

3:31 Dang! You even did dude's laundry! That's what I call service! Go Hektor!!!!!

[@gam3kid]

Lol

[@stevek343]

You washed his undies?

[@johnslesinger7109]

Everyone is a mechanic, but not everyone does laundry too.

[@haasmengloi]

I'm most impressed with the torquing of the lug nuts. That's legit!!

[@josechavez9793]

You’ve never seen anyone torque lugs before?

[@pvdg3515]

@@josechavez9793 lol

[@vasiavisilievic1873]

"Take care of the customer, and business will take care of itself."

[@addambyers]

Says no jiffy lube ever..lol

[@cal88usa]

The world needs more honest and helpful people like you . 🙏🏼👍🏼

[@csinalabama]

that car has had a tough life, at least from all the body scrapes I see. Nice work!

[@bigjohn2241]

Customer decided to hold off on the battery until hes finished crashing into stuff

[@CL4SSiCS]

It could be completely taken care of on the inside but not the outside

[@teebo5298]

@@CL4SSiCS I dunno man. If you care about the inside you for sure care about the outside . Like me I actually enjoy wiping it down and waxing

[@305dadecounty305]

Probably live in Ny

[@cantecleer]

I'm not familiar with how long brakes typically last on Versas, but seems like the owner must be braking pretty aggressively to have already worn the pads down like that and have some heat spots on the rotors after only 40,000 miles. IDK, maybe normal wear and tear, but my car has 53,000 miles on it and the brakes and rotors are still in pretty good shape.

[@Furyataurus]

I would've gone OEM pads, when I was at lexus we had a few customers who tried going the cheap route but came back to us because of horrible brake squealing and they still had to pay almost $1K for new pads, rotors and hardware.

[@GeorgiGeorgiev-ne9ps]

There are higher or at least as high quality aftermarket pads and rotors that would cost less than oem

[@mindspinn311]

Lexus vs Nissan Versa

[@absboodoo]

The best you can do is to avoid dealer markup, but if you bought cheaper part to begin with, it's not going to fix the problem.

[@654Crossman]

The duralast golds recommended by firestone are good. He put silvers on and those are too cheap for most shops to justify installing. But what does he care? He doesn't give any warranties out if his garage...

[@larrylucas5731]

I bet Firestone will regret letting you go. You just busted them out on the national tube!

[@JAI45624]

Homie Hector the thrid got fired from Firestone, NO WAY

[@wileecoyote5749]

U.S has 350 million people. He has 60K subs. Probably not

[@kostasdramoudanis2627]

Fire stone is a shit hole this dude prolly makes more on youtube

[@654Crossman]

This guy literally showed that all of their recommendations were valid. I suppose if you actually knew shit about cars, you could see that from the video itself...

[@davidl2033]

@@654Crossman Man I really hope you're just a good for nothing employee and not a shop owner, because you don't get it.

[@MARTYMEINEKE53]

To be fair the tech did a phenomenal inspection. You confirmed every thing they said was needed. Now if the company wanted to charge a premium for the work that is on them. You don’t have overhead nor a waiting room to pay for. You also perform great work. But working out of your house vs owning a garage and having to pay overhead are 2 different things. Keep up the good work on calling out scammers! This was a good job by the tech performing the inspection. As you know techs don’t make up the prices the service department does. Also do new rear drums come with bearings or would you have to transfer them? I have not run into any cars where the rear drums have to have the bearings swapped over. You could have save yourself time and money but I have not worked on a 2018 Nissan.

[@Reddum990]

Just wanted to say that I appreciate you doing honest mechanic work for ppl. There are people out there who either don't know better or maybe just don't have the time or patience to do the work. An these shops knowingly take advantage of them. So thanks again for being a decent human being and helping these ppl out. Take care, and stay safe my friend. 🤙 You earned my sub!

[@korybrown1126]

What is the price of new rotors vs. the labor to resurface the old ones? Now the customer has a thinner rotor that will be more prone to overheating and warpage, and the savings to justify that probably weren’t substantial.

[@654Crossman]

And none of his work is warrantied. So yeah. He's just a douche-bag that takes advantage of people, who don't want to pay for quality parts and labor...

[@deespasojevic3013]

Good to see you back to back homie! Just moved into a new home with a insulated garage got all my tool boxes in there ready to work. Its s beauty it's so much nicer working on concrete dude! And it's cool in there even when it's hot out

[@paulc2548]

Another honest mechanic! We need more mechanic like you, my friend.

[@654Crossman]

He literally did most everything recommended by the initial shop. He never tested the battery(most likely the battery that came with the car) and he even admitted that the control arm bushings were going bad. So tell me how this shop tried to screw anyone? If anything, Hector did, by putting cheap duralas silvers on the car, when no honest shops would be caught dead using those shitty brake pads. If you don't know the difference between duralast silvers and golds, then I recommend you stop acting like you know what you're talking about...

[@paulc2548]

@@654Crossman No where in my post that I ever claimed that I know everything :). I do know that $450 is less than $2700. You said "Hektor did most of the things recommended by the initial shop" but you failed to say that Hektor only charged 1/6 of the $2700 quoted by the other guy. Hector also said that the lower control arm bushings still have years of life ahead of them and the owner will put in the new battery himself...so I don't see any problem with that either. OK, cheap brake pads... I give you that! Hector could have used Akebono pads or some other premium pads, however, that wouldn't make Hector a dishonest mechanic. He did honest works and charged reasonable price. You must be the guy from the other shop :).

[@654Crossman]

@@paulc2548 the brake pads he it sed were duaralast silvers. Those specific pads are not used by any decent shops. If you look at the initi as l invoice, the shop was gonna use golds. That is a difference he knows. Additionally, the shop didn't say when to do the CA bushings. It was in yellow, indicating they are worn, and will need in the mew future. See how working in a shop helps expose back yard mechanics, that openly talk shit about shops they stole from and worked at? Notice some of the firestone shop supplies? Yeah. This guy is a fucking hack. Plain and simple.

[@WestCoastUSA546]

@@654Crossman You must be working at Firestone?!

[@noahdouglas702]

“Firestone INcomplete auto care” love it 🤣🤣

[@michaelh5055]

Firestone in my opinion is a complete ripoff. I am convinced you could take a brand new vehicle off the assembly line where the paint is still tacky. And they would say it needs brake flush, power steering flush, transmission flush, fuel system cleaner, coolant flush, alignment, brakes, and of course new tires.... Would you like to open a card and get 10% off today and 6 months no interest? We will throw in free wiper blades and top off the washer tank 🤣🤣🤣

[@654Crossman]

@@michaelh5055 do you know where to find your service recommendation schedule, for your car?

[@davidl2033]

@@654Crossman I bet he does, and $2700 is still a RIP OFF, and you're a tard for defending that.

[@darkroastlefty2803]

"Firestone Complete auto SCARE" ;)

[@nikkoalpha2]

A friend was told he needed to spend $3,400 on a bad catalytic converters by a local well known stealership. Took it to my honest mechanic and it cost just $25 to replace a defective O2 sensor.

[@Volksoner619]

I’m sitting here watching you do the exact same thing I do everyday. Smh

[@MrUltraDreamz]

I really appreciate you for lubing up the pins. I see so many people come into our shop saying they did they're own brake job but it didn't fix the problem. 90% of the time a pin is stuck seized in the bracket or the caliper is stuck.

[@Budicles]

This happens everywhere. You should see some of the crap I have seen at my work. Nothing surprises me anymore. I taught my daughter on what to look for and listen to before taking her car in. She worked with me for 3 years and know all the bulls#it that goes on. I feel for these customers.

[@davevaughn7057]

I’m glad you did this video to let people know how much to get screwed over from these places

[@wtf1231122]

How was it a rip off? I think the only thing they recommend, that wasn't needed, was the control arm

[@Azaron83]

I don't see anything that was a rip off. Everything was a recommendation. And they warranty all their brake work.

[@papi-champoo6033]

@@Azaron83 just another person that wants likes on their comments, the most expensive expense at a shop is the labor, also what he didn't say was did the customer decline parts for the camber adjustments? You can only get so much camber adjustment from the factory bolts maybe 1/10 at best, I'm not sure about that rear end setup but it probably could've used shims to adjust but that's extra money the customer has to spend. People don't know about how a shop works until they work at one.

[@riseabove3082]

@@wtf1231122 The price was a ripoff.

[@wtf1231122]

@@riseabove3082 Thats normal pricing. If anything he just proved that the Firestone was a good shop. The customer just got it cheaper with Hector.

[@robertmedina6875]

Prices so high because shop pays taxes overhead and the owner has to get paid and the property is expensive and businesses get charged more for electric than home owners and it pretty much works that way for every bill that a business has.

[@HomieHektor]

True 👍🏼

[@skeetmandoo]

Been working on junk for 20 years, still refer to a tech or a trusted friend for heavy duty work. Glad you're one of the honest people in the biz, getting few and far between.

[@daneldridge]

I marked my tires before a tire rotation at Firestone. Busted them and fired them for life.

[@seinundzeiten]

You are a fast, efficient and competent Homie...

[@georgecaspira3637]

It would be better to give final numbers on work you did against the same job quote from the other shop... brake pads, disc resurface against new discs, both bearings and new belt rather than just the few jobs you did total against the other shop quote for ALL the jobs, plus labour for both yourself and the other place.

[@654Crossman]

He wont, because he wants views. He proved all of their recommendations to be valid, but because he is working from home, everybody acts like he is a hero. He probably slapped duralast silvers on the car and he can't offer a warranty like a shop can. This is the kind of shit that makes me want to rip people off. I guess if you accuse good people of being scammers enough, you get what you asked for...

[@WestCoastUSA546]

@@654Crossman I AM SURE YOU DO JUST THAT: RIPPING PEOPLE OFF‼️ ALL DAY EVERYDAY ❗

[@Odoyle-Rules-happy]

You said in the comments fire stone Hooks you up with shop supplies but that you Bash them All those recommendations seems pretty legit they could’ve told the customer you got some time on the control arms

[@Azaron83]

Exactly, there's always two sides to a story

[@richlikeg3722]

Oh Nissan products, how you were once respected.

[@dighsx]

I changed the upper control arms on my wifes Tahoe, took it to the tire shop for an alignment. Told them I just replaced the upper control arms and wanted to get an alignment done cuz I just replaced the upper control arms. 30 minutes later they come back and tell me I need upper control arms cuz the alignment is off and it would be 1100 dollars. That was the day I learned to do alignments on my cars.

[@robertolopez-qv3qs]

You’re the Mexican Crisfix 🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼

[@savagevargas9299]

Hektor needs way more subscribers, he deserves it.

[@fenderstratguy]

👍🏾 Check it out, homie

[@mattrobertson3797]

nice to see a proper mechanic at work, taking their time to fix and adjust and even change grease things where needed, a lot of these so called auto shops seem to hire 'fitters' and not actual mechanics who know a thing or two ... great work and video

[@boppo2780]

you should get a master wheel bearing set. Those things makes a night and day difference.

[@RGV2300]

Nice work on the brakes, in my country, i usually see stucked or just grease-over-grease caliper pins.

[@lorenreyes2855]

As a young boy. My mom got really ripped off by Firestone. In the mid 70's. As a family. My 2 brothers and I and my mom. Never went back to any Firestone dealer again. Apparently there Firestone is still practicing rip off service to their customers! You truly are a great man and mechanic! I'm surprised to see Firestone still in business?

[@lillybunny9050]

So all the recommendations were spot on and the shop was not trying to rip the customer off just a bit over priced

[@654Crossman]

How was it over-priced? He can't offer any warranties, and he used duralast silvers, which are cheap as shit, for a reason...

[@brianiswrong]

Judging by the cars bumpers ,may I recommend front and rear parking sensors on their next vehicle 😲

[@joeycameron4744]

I took my car into a Firestone recently out of laziness to have them tell me what the creaking noise was in my front end. They said the struts were bad and quoted me $251 each for the struts with 1hr labor each side. (basically $800 for 2 struts) One of the local major brick and mortal stores had the exact same struts for $162. RockAuto had them for $85. And in the end...it wasn't the strut making the noise...it was the upper joint on the sway bar end link that attaches to the strut...so it actually only cost me $13 to fix the noise. I just can't get over how much the shops mark up their parts when they have to know we can look the prices up online instantly. And then to get the diagnosis wrong...I basically just wasted an hour of my time.

[@HomieHektor]

Sounds like Firestone Incomplete Auto Care 😬

[@richlikeg3722]

Your videos are great for calling these crooked places out. People who knows cars will always have trust issues with people who touch their cars

[@allothernamesbutthis]

f they are having all that work done on the front, they may as well change the bushings otherwise they will be paying full labour costs again to replace the bushings instead of an extra hour or two.

[@Multi4204life]

I had a shop tell me it would be an all day job to do wheel bearings on one wheel. And a rear axle seal. At 100+ an hr that's Over $1000. I just bought the parts and did it myself in three and a half hours.

[@freewayrail5732]

Shop owner here , it's good to see he enjoys his craft and likes to help out but there is a place for everything. Most shops offer insurance and qualified technicians to ensure that 2020 corvette gets handled correctly, in the case of the 2018 versa we are happy Hector is able to keep these cars at bay 😀

[@NicelowZ]

Right?? These youtube meckanics can keep these clapped ecoboxes to work on People with cheap cars=cheapasses that whine and complain about every little thing. When you have over 100k in tools and scanners...it gets old after awhile working for pennies.The higher end cars and customers are where its at.

[@blockbertus]

The real ripoff is that the wheel bearing and bushings were not replaced under warrenty after only 3 years and 41k miles. And why the heck do they need a new battery already? Do they install shitty ones from the factory?!

[@christopherrosas2738]

Just got some service from Firestone and on my 5 year old Jeep Patriot it wasn't even that bad.... only things I had to get taken care of were rear struts and front right inner tie rod..... did my struts, now just planning to get it back to get both inner tie rod done soon

[@jwarmstrong]

My inspection station does a checkup & was told $1500 on the 2000 chevy lumina for a valve cover gasket & rear struts. Fixed the struts for $200 & left the leaking gasket since less than a cup of oil was lost per year.. After that I never went back. Next the transmission when & was told $1800 plus tax - went to pick N pull for $140 & put in for $550 - sold car after 2 years..

[@markrup6369]

Great job, Homie. I've always used a ball joint press to get those bearing out -- no problems.

[@geraldryan8562]

Wow, what a professional you are. Thank god I also found in Spain, a trusted mechanic like you, rather than take my SLK to Mercedes. Saved me thousands of Euros to date, thank you Sir for a great video. 👍😘

[@JA-rc4uy]

Being a former ASE certified and Honda certified automotive technician, I completely agree. Front control arm bushings should not have been recommended. Great job, you even remember to apply anti-seize to the caliper slide pins and torque the lugs.

[@emmanuelcarrion5168]

My nissan altima sounded just like that ! After the wheel bearing it was so quiet lol

[@michaelcjohnsonmj]

I think the bushes should be brought up to he customer has a future thing since they do have a tear in it but not recommend to be fixed.

[@metalizawsome88]

I cant believe that the rear bearings have already been shot to shit, after 3 years?!

[@1wadesdad]

Great job! Please consider the cost of your time to take rotors to be machined. Once you consider it might be an hour there and back with the wait time, you might decide to just replace rotors with new instead.

[@fenderstratguy]

One more point about buying new rotors vs refacing used rotors. I agree new rotors are quicker, cleaner and look nicer. But even a new rotor could have internal stresses in the rotor until it’s been heated and cooled for a few cycles…finally it relaxes and you may get have some runout. So when you reface it that second time, it’s not only smooth again, it’s now really stable also. So besides being cheaper, another benefit of saving a used rotor and refacing it (like Hector did) might be a truer rotor, which means smoother braking. Of course, I’m assuming there’s enough rotor material left to do so safely, Tell me if I’m wrong, since I’m not 100% sure about this! Ive owned like 20 cars over the past few decades and have done brakes quite a few times, both ways.

[@Policematter]

outter pad was worn slightly more than the inner but that’s usually due to not being greased and them sticking. Those pads are easily half life still. 2. You need to learn to lock tight your bridge bolts before it bits you in the butt, there’s a reason there’s lock tight on there from factory. 3. Put brake grease on the caliper piston and fork. This will make sure your backing plate doesn’t get stuck to the caliper causing “uneven wear”

[@steveengland8505]

Was just reading comments to see if anyone pointed that out seen way too may caliper bracket bolts come out so I put thread lock on all of them

[@trewten5579]

Mechanic quoted my mother in law $1200 to replace all 4 motor mounts on a an 08 Camry. Bought the parts at parts authority for $230 took to my mechanic to swap out for $200. Saved a ton of money!

[@john050994]

Also I had a physical reaction to you pulling out that spring clip holding the bearing in. I squinted for you brother.

[@JoseVega-ig5bj]

I live in Southern Cali its difficult to find good honest mechanics. Where is your place of business??

[@russellaustin4988]

There is preventative maintenence and there is waiting for things to break. Do you know when something is going to go out? You also can save people money because you probably don't have liability insurance, shop insurance, insurance on customer vehicles when you test drive them.

[@HUGOSACCOUNT]

Sheesh, I’m surprised you got that bearing out with a hammer! Our shop press would struggle getting them out

[@WestCoastUSA546]

Where do you live, Hector???! I have been looking for a great mechanic LIKE YOU SINCE FOREVER! You seem to be doing such a great, quality work!!👍👍👍

[@john050994]

When the mechanic says "I bet you do..." But you actually have a guy that will do it cheaper.

[@dnegel9546]

My gm dealership wanted. $6k+ to fix everything wrong with my 09 Impala. For less then $500. I fixed everything myself. One of the major things they said I needed was a head gasket because mines was blown. Since I had "bubbling in the overflow tank and milky oil." Well I checked my oil and it was clean and new(had just changed it.) Next I checked my radiator cap..sure enough it was bad. Replaced and bleed the system. No more bubbling in the overflow tank. My so called "blown head gasket" was a bad radiator cap.

[@htownblue11]

HEEEEEEEEKKKKKTTTTTTOOOOORRRRRR!!!!! Great job homie as always and great job doing right by your customers.

[@randomvids2882]

Auto shop told me $1100 all in for exhaust work on an 162.000km at the time 2010 Mazda 3. Went to a muffler shop, took care of it for $200 and the car now has almost 210.000km in a new owner.

[@jasonb947]

Where do you get your brake lubricant? That looks much better than the one that applies with a brush. I’m glad I came across your channel.

[@stephendee7839]

At 5:50, I could see the c- clip holding the bearing in place. Also, good job lubing the brake pins. So important

[@this_time_imperfect]

You get a complementary shakedown with every free alignment appointment.

[@lovetobe6118]

There is an auto shop near my house that has a reputation for being honest. They are always booked, so they don't have time to do unnecessary work on a vehicle. They have a long waiting list and if you want an appointment schedule it 3 to 4 weeks out at least. Customers will travel up to 6 hours to go to this auto shop. When honesty and clear fair prices are you came a long line of customers becomes typical.

[@BeCoShooter]

Very satisfying watching a talented wrench work.

[@varmintgetter]

Maybe one day you and fixitangel will collab. It's nearly the same fun format and enjoyable. You guys make it seem so easy

[@xxuncexx]

3 years old and already cracking? Nissan quality

[@SpexSpexington]

You'll notice a major amount of road rash on the front passenger bumper. Driver obviously hit something or was hit. Very possible that a lot of this damage was due to that. It would make sense for things like the bearings at least. If you hit something hard, it'll destroy those. Brales and belt are unrelated. Not defending Nissan or anything because back in 2010, I was looking at getting a Nissan. I decided against it when while at a dealership, I was looking at a brand new Rogue and the grille fell off just from me touching it. At that point, I noped my way off their lot. Never looked at Nissan again... even after a decade.

[@xxuncexx]

@@SpexSpexington yeah I hear they were bought by Renault a while back and quality has suffered.

[@JobeStroud]

Been working on my own cars since I was under 5 years old. Grew up poor so fixing your own stuff was required. I only get alignments done since it is just quicker and I trust that shop. Always better to work on your own vehicles. How many things have they hit? More paint layers on that car than my 80 year old house!

[@bizzle4819]

I got tires at Belle Tire awhile back, installed a leveling kit on the truck so I took it back there for an alignment(same deal as FS, they check it for free). They recommended I replace almost all of the brand new parts and then got all pissy when I called them out on it. The regional manager even called asking if I would remove the google review, I just laughed and hung up

[@codekasbigboy]

if you get yourself a fine thread long bolt with a good thick washer and 2 pices of metal blocks you can eazy turn the barrings out. and thin revurce it to but them jest as eazyly back in.

[@jeremiahcollins2141]

It seems he works for firestone an taken customer for there, the brake silicone he's using is from there

[@donaldpainter956]

I don't resurface rotors I recommend to buy lifetime rotors and when the car needs new pads warranty new rotors that way they buy rotors one time and never again

[@MiguelMartinez-hm1hg]

Where you get the lifetime warranty rotors it's been a while since I hear of lifetime warranty on rotors

[@Unobullito]

I know that there are cheap rotors and good rotors but never heard of lifetime warranty on rotors.

[@MiguelMartinez-hm1hg]

@@Unobullito a few years ago I'm not sure how long but yes I remember they used to be lifetime warranty rotors but most of the guys I do work on they keep their vehicles for a long long time or if they sell it normally is to a someone they know and with the sell point of have all this with lifetime warranty and you know what's next 😂 so from this imagine if is a work vehicle or truck they wear out fast and they get new parts thanks to the lifetime even if they refuse it's just a call to custumer service and they end up with free new parts anyway 🤣😅😂

[@ZoraPMC]

I'd gladly pay extra for lifetime rotors. Already got the lifetime alignment and lifetime time repair.

[@MiguelMartinez-hm1hg]

@@ZoraPMC yeah then be like the old lady who sold her car for like 500 thousand dollars she had all or most of her parts lifetime warranty from battery exhaust system aliment and way more stuff to the point they told her buy her car it was cheaper on the long run 😂🤣😅 oh have it as a trophy to show the car was almost a lifetime warranty I think even the paint on the car had lifetime warranty and she keep all her proof in receives

[@Mechaniclyfe]

Bushings still look good , they are just happy to see you hahah 🙌🏻

[@654Crossman]

The boots were cracked. It is a valid recommendation. Yes, they can last longer, but the point of a recommendation is to make you aware, that things are starting to look worn and will need replacing in the near future. But I guess I don't know as much as some youtube mechanic that got fired from a firestone, for god's sake...

[@davidl2033]

@@654Crossman "is to make you aware" That's great, but that's not what they say when they recommend stuff. A lot of people DO push. I've seen some messed up stuff working at shops and the dealer. All the way from gouging customer and even BSing warranty claims to get $$$. What is your beef with this page anyways? We get it. You don't like his opinion. It's just that... AN OPINION. But you still felt the need to come here and leave hard insults instead of normal criticism. You defend the $2700 quote. Good for you, but you're in the VAST MINORITY on this one. You just don't get it smh. I bet you'll never get it. You're honestly disgusting. How do you even sleep at night knowingly gouging everyday people?

[@matt-ti9ed]

@@davidl2033 it was a 1800 quote with 900 in labor

[@MotorHeadGreg]

With bearings I've always used dry ice or put them in the freezer then either baked or heated up the part. Depending on the application it usually pops right in with minimum effort.

[@ooscgt]

Love the video. Couldn’t help but notice how early those bearings wore out man. Also that busted bushing at 40k is crazy. Both seem a little premature. But I agree, the bushing should last a while more before it really gets metal to metal. Being a home mechanic myself the belt would of stayed there until I saw threads 😃

[@chunkyloverMC]

can confirm, do not forget to press the brakes BEFORE you test drive.

[@ezeeduzzit]

You mad mad they let you go

[@jacobjames1171]

This was very satisfying to watch. I haven't done any wrenching for a years.

[@joeschmo5012]

Someone get this man a shop press for those wheel bearings

[@HomieHektor]

Please send it over 🤝

[@shipsinker8191]

Going to Firestone was that customers FIRST mistake. They are professional thieves.

[@israelcamacho7055]

Never bang on your sockets my jefito use to say 🤣

[@panzerwaffen2873]

The f is jefito

[@byrne1production999]

As the lower control arm bushings it is best to prepare a customer for a failing part then to just not say anything about it at all so they know how much it will cost when it does fail.... A failing part is never gonna fix itself.

[@alexjfalcon873]

You california auto techs have it so easy.

[@HomieHektor]

ThankYou 🤝

[@Raylude5]

I was jealous when he was doing the brakes and didn't have even have to grind the brackets. Hell, just taking off the wheels without beating them off cuz of corrosion😢

[@jamesr2888]

@@Raylude5 I have an 89 Mustang; no rust for a 32 year old car.

[@titoarroyo9984]

Thanks Hector!! Saludos desde Chicago!!

[@jackdamron382]

I can top that. I took my 22 year old Honda in to Chapman Honda in Tucson for a thumping noise in the front. They replaced the steering rack without driving the car - which - fixed nothing - and told me I needed $7200. worth of work on my $1800. car.

[@orest395]

Lol the part where he’s trying to get the bearing out of the drum with the hammer makes me think that’s how Jeremy clarkson would be if he was a mechanic

[@PJBonoVox]

Did the bearing come out intact or not? Exactly.

[@jasoncampbell5518]

Its great that you replaced the grease on the on the slide pins and that you replaced the break hardware clips. But why didn't you clean the old dirty grease out of the slide pin holes ? All that old grease gets hot breaks down turns acidic collects dust and causes corrosion in the pin whole which causes them to seize . And you should have also removed any rust from the bracket where the clips go and greased under them also to prevent rust all which can cause the pads to stick, drag , wear out prematurely and squeak.

[@fayyadhuq1203]

This is why I have no respect for Firestone. I went in because costco tire broke a mounting stud for my wheel(they were going to pay for the fix but they dont do it so they said go anywhere). Firestone was the only one that would do it right away(covid had just started). Its a 2007 hyundai elantra but i take good care of it, and always have it maintained at the hyundai dealer(Zimbrick is a big company that owns many dealers in my state, they have an in depth inspection everytime u bring the vehicle in for free). Firestone kept pushing me to do $2700 worth of stuff, on a car worth $2500. I kept saying no but they kept pushing. I took my car into multiple dealers that do free inspections and they all said everything looks great, and that it’s actually in great condition. Heck, one example is firestone telling me my cabin air filter is tearing in places and needs to replaced asap, multiple dealers told me the cabin air filter is perfectly fine, heck, it had been replaced 3 months prior.

[@bml33]

Worn out bearings at only 41k miles is insane. They should last waaaay longer.

[@zues2013]

Harbor freights press is perfect for your garage cheap and durable used them at the independent shop I worked at

[@zigzagrz]

Had a similar thing happen at firestone on a lexus that was 3 months old. Took it in to fix a flat, tried to upsell me on clise to 2k worth of "repairs"

[@mindspinn311]

They’re trained to rip people off. I never go to national auto repair chains unless it’s just for tires.

[@papi-champoo6033]

Did you confirm what they recommend was legit?

[@zigzagrz]

@@papi-champoo6033 well they gave me a whole form with the list of things they recommended to do

[@papi-champoo6033]

@@zigzagrz that work order is just to let you know what was recommended, take that qork order and confirm what they suggested was needed.

[@nydrell1969]

Repairing your own car is really simple,this is all you need to start 1.all your tools from harborfreight ....lifetime warranty and a damn good price 2.a good scan tool 3.good access to youtube. Thats it.

[@croc1608]

The control arms are marked in yellow, aka it's reasonable to change/check them in a years time. The camber is off with 0.1° if you have camber wear you probably got a camber of -3.0° or more.