Customer States Please Patch This I Have New Tires On The Way

Customer states and mechanical problems in one digestible video for you to enjoy!
In today's episode of customer states and mechanical problems, a customer complains about a strange squeaking sound that comes and goes whilst driving. Another customer states they put a new battery in and the dash went crazy.
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Video descriptions:
0:00 Intro
0:04 Customer States AC not blowing, at least it's an easy fix
0:38 The motor had spun a bearing and hydro locked itself. In the end the car got a new motor
0:52 Got to love customers homemade 'fixes'
1:07 Hopefully there's not many hills on this delivery vans drive
1:20 Turned out to be a loose wire from the coil to the cap arcing off of everything causing the dash to go crazy
1:31 Customer States "my cars got a shaking problem", It's amazing they drove it in like this
1:39 This is a first for me seeing a rear main seal pushed out like this
1:52 Customer States "my brakes get hot" the caliper was completely seized
2:01 Happy ending for this lucky Kitten
2:22 Customer States "my power steering pump sounds like a mini chainsaw cutting wood"
2:37 There's no way you could safely patch that tire
2:44 Customer wanted wheel bearing inspected and the mechanic found this
2:48 Just a 'little bit' of excess play in that turbo
3:03 They would not tell the techs what they hit so the curb is just a guess
3:11 I've never heard this before, I feel like this has to be a tire noise
3:49 They wanted to try fix it and then use it as a daily. I'm really hoping they didn't buy it
3:59 Outro
#customerstates #mechanicfail #mechanicproblems

[@Spekor]

the last one: "should i buy this? it's cheap" me: ".... won't be cheap for long...."

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

"Went through some puddles." You mean tried to drive to Australia?

[@sweatytea333]

Only time I'd buy the puddle story is if they're in south Louisiana. We call it "puddles or potholes" when it rains. And sometimes those "potholes" can eat a whole car. Roads down here are f****d up. There's a buckle in the road near my house. It used to just be a bit of a bump when you hit it at 50mph. With the recent heat wave... you don't wanna be going more than 25 when you cross that thing. Oof.

[@t.mendous7922]

Sounds like something a Jeep driver would say

[@gyvren]

2:15 I gotta hand it to mechanics…most of y’all have great big hearts. It always makes me happy when these kittens and animals y’all find are adopted/taken home. Big love, gents. ❤️👍

[@jeffharper7579]

True. I run a front end loader at a stone quarry and 4 years ago a kitten came in to the office , it was there for three days and always in my seat so I took it home, now he gets me up by 4:40 am if I'm not up yet and as soon as I get home he greets me . if something is not right at night he wakes me. Priceless my opinion.

[@brandons9398]

@@jeffharper7579❤🐈‍⬛

[@valiroime]

0:53 No, the _dipstick_ is driving the vehicle. Guess it seemed like a good idea in theory.

[@dogs-and-destruction-channel]

1:25 Ah the good old "Christmas tree dash" syndrome. It's a Jeep thing.

[@hat2020tan1]

I think the noise is related to AC compressor belt when it engages the belt slips

[@FireoftheGreeks]

That dipstick with the glue: run a screw into the plastic in the tube, heat the tube with a torch and it comes right out.

[@razvanursache9493]

Tried that first. The screw just spat the plastic out until the tip of the screw touched metal. So no joy. I had to remove the entire tube with the dipstick. Should have done that in the first place. It would have been easier.

[@rustler08]

You need to heat it up, then put the screw in. If you put the screw in first then heat it, the heat expands the plastic around the threads and it's more likely to destruct. The opposite is true if you heat it first then put the screw in: the plastic is already expanded and once the plastic cools it contracts it will actually be tighter on the threads.

[@razvanursache9493]

@@rustler08 there wasn't enough plastic left for the screw to go in in the first place, because it was snapped close to the metal. It's done anyway.

[@jessestreet2549]

i've pressurized the crankcase with shop air and blown the dipstick out.

[@metzmatu8409]

​@@razvanursache9493 You are right. Remove the tube together with the dipstick first. Do the removal of the dipstick by heat and push it out from the other end of the dipstick.

[@bloodyblade916]

WOW that last car the SUV was steal lol good job team .

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

If it's really cheap, get a mechanic involved to make an estimate on how much it would cost to get it running right and do the math and work out if its really a bargain, it's really up to you.

[@eformance]

Just remember the 1.6L Ecoboost is a turd of a motor... They had overheating problems and consumed coolant.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Doesn't sound all that serious, just loose camshaft-lobes, and pieces of valves being thrown around!

[@RobertVivian]

It hurts so much when our customers buy cars THEN get an inspection to realize that it's junk. I don't understand why it's so hard to get an inspection first, then decide if it's worth it to buy.

[@JohnG6]

Sometimes life happens in ways you don't expect. My wife is a nurse, and at the onset of the P-word, nurses were being offered obscene amounts of money. She got a great offer at a hospital 4 states away. I was working from home for a national bank doing credit card fraud claims. We only had one car, and even though I worked at home, I needed transportation. This was in November, and she was going to leave on the 1st, so we had about 3-4 weeks. I found a 94 ZJ, took it for a nice long test drive. The guy was upfront about what worked and what didn't, no issues there. Had some drips but no leaks, tracked straight, sat level. Decent tires and brakes, fluids in good condition. Oil nice and brown, no shenanigans there. Agreed on a price, scheduled a professional pre-purchase, all good. Then things went sideways. Some kind of emergency, plans changed, wife had to leave in 3 days, not 3 weeks. This was nobody's fault. So I had to meet the guy and his wife with the cash, get insurance and register it. It needed to be road legal before she left. We had to skip the pre-purchase, and the only thing he didn't mention is that it has a parasitic draw that will kill the battery in about 5 days of non-use. I don't fault him for that, I'm not even sure if we mentioned it would only bre driven about once a week. That's my long-ass story about why people sometimes don't get an inspection beforehand. On one hand I got lucky. On the other, I had a pretty good idea what to look for.

[@waldolemmer]

Sometimes it's better to tear it apart and sell the parts

[@chucktaylor4958]

It really helps to acquire mechanical knowledge when you buy a car. And get a set of tools and manuals as well. Have fun.

[@francoisdvanderwesthuizen6772]

2.53, I had a "customer states no power" issue, when wiggling the turbo impeller I actually pulled the impeller out, I guess it was only luck holding everything there while driving, the guy was somewhat mechanically clued up and totally understood that a new turbo is a must and got a new, bigger turbo and intercooler.

[@keith3761]

I hate my turbo, when I was young I thought oh cool more power FUN! now I am old and it just costs me MPG and there is nowhere to speed anymore anyway with all the cameras :(

[@arkayarkay7556]

The customer in the last one did good tho: he has no idea, but consults a professional before he makes a mistake, thats how you do it

[@mikefoehr235]

Do people change the cabin air filter? Rodents love turning them into nests

[@aidanbrooks771]

When I got my car the engine air filter was completely full of crap and there was no cabin air filter. Gonna take a fair guess seeing all these videos that it’s a rarity

[@Evil12monks]

I changed mine when my a/c started to smell weird.

[@jackiebishop9574]

@3:12 I have an ideal. Have the customer roll the window up and turn the radio volume up the noise will more than likely go away.🤣

[@metzmatu8409]

End up riding on a tyreless rim/wheel 🤣

[@misterdeedeedee]

3:50 when did pixar make a "cars" version of drumline?

[@Lost10mm.]

I've had that very same thing happen to me. The dip stick broke, so I tried everything to get it out, magnet and skinny needle nose pliers then it came out. It's a Subaru so checking oil is a must and frequent.

[@My-Hunt]

Dash flicker is because the battery was installed reverse polarity. Parts place did that to my car (last time I ever let someone out of convenience) install a battery reverse polarity before doing it the right way. Over $1000 in damage and the court ruled against them. Always watch when you can someone else working on your car.

[@dog3y3]

Yeah, I was gonna say... that's a polarity issue. wrong cables on the terminals. Hopefully the computer isn't damaged.

[@My-Hunt]

@@dog3y3 that would be absolutely worst case and I'm just going off visual but it looks like an older dash cluster and as such (my opinion), older ECUs are more suspectable to adverse conditions. Hope that's not the case and just fuses and wiring (which was what happened to me).

[@boyracer19941]

That last one sounded like the drumming start of hot for teacher 😂😂😂

[@marymulrooney1334]

Until this last year, I didn't even know cars had cabin filters. I have never changed one, but then, I don't know if any of my cars had any. My present car does not.

[@mikenelson6630]

I recently saw a picture of the underside of a truck with a caption - CUSTOMER: My truck makes a whistling noise when in motion. MECHANIC: I'm no tech, but it COULD very well be your friend that zip tied a freaking harmonica to the underside of your truck, bro! 🤣

[@pextor]

2:30 sounds like every 80's Ford product I ever owned.

[@TekuTaurus]

That Escape at the end just needs a new flex plate. They tend to crack and make it sound like the engine is knocking.

[@jamesu]

That last car was cheap because the auto wrecker (Junk Yard) offered them $500.

[@ourv9603]

Sure, he hit a curb lightly while he was running from the police. !

[@anonymuswere]

lotta people don't even know cabin filters EXIST, let alone they have to change them. had that happen with a minivan when I opened the glovebox and spotted a second door. good thing I looked. mouse nest built right on top of the filters.

[@dholmes498]

3:45 sounds like wheel bearing starting to fail. My 2008 Ford Focus made that sound shortly before having to replace both fronts.

[@dylanconnelly9845]

Reminder that it's cheaper to go to a mechanic than go to a mechanic after you tried to fix it yourself

[@01Z06guy]

Only if you're an idiot.

[@johnkilcer]

Lol sounds like the old ford ps pumps.

[@sf-dn8rh]

The weird noise is the mirror, if the motor that moves it malfunctions it does that. Had a topaz do that.

[@The0gr3]

3:30 Tire is likely not clearing the trim somewhere. Judging by the video, this only happens in turns. Check full travel of each wheel and ensure the tire is not making contact with any part of the mudguard/wheel well/fender trim pieces.

[@RandThompson-dd3sk]

Squeeking while driving is: a small stone riding the brake pad and caliper. Driving thru gravel or tar& chip roads

[@TwinShards]

I mean if they really have new tires on their way i wouldn't mind patching this tire. But i sure would try to stay updated on this customer's tire status. -Fool me once, shame on you. -Try to fool me twice, 7uck you

[@williamduncan8097]

That noise is probably the tires running on the painted lines. I've heard similar. As you can see the yellow it's on the right side on the white line.

[@HesmiyuMC]

So that's where the cabin air filter is located. I had no idea, as my own car has no air con. uses engine heat as cabin heater (Fiat 126)

[@Evil12monks]

That cabin filter is nightmare fuel. I changed mine every thitd time i change my oil.

[@TheRealLemongrab]

3:12 have you checked the pulley? It could be that the pulley doesn’t have oil causing the bearings to rub making a sound like that

[@fredk.2001]

Name the kitten Toyota!

[@stevefick3919]

Turbos......"T" for trouble.

[@jamesc9327]

Thank God for real mechanics or we would most likely all be dead with these lovely customers not taking care of their vehicles. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@MR.F30]

That's why I take good care of my car, to avoid this and lots of money wasted!

[@danwall5010]

Probably the wheel well cover catching wind and bending into the tire. Lol

[@rustler08]

I love how they said they were going to evac and recharge rather than just replace the air filter. Typical shitty mechanic.

[@lotharrenz4621]

then again, if the filter looks like this, a maintenance would be in order, anyway. I'd change the ACs filter, too, though. even if pressures look correct there could be not enough coolant in there to make the AC work properly. and there is no other way to make sure.

[@Kingswood7189]

In all fairness, not all vehicles have cabin air filters (ex: '03 galant and '04 durango, ask me how I know, lol)

[@tomr3422]

Evac and recharge even with out dianosing anything - not somewhere you should take a car, padding the bill with labor not a good look. Just do stuff till its fixed the customer can pay for it.

[@knurlgnar24]

I'm guessing the air wasn't cold and the air filter was unrelated. Filters that look like that still pass a good amount of air - the filter wasn't related to the problem.

[@Dalorian1]

@3:20 it sounds like rubber rubbing on a cable or something it shouldn't be. My first thought is that he has tied stuff to his roof and the ropes are rubbing on the tires???

[@rickvan102]

squeaky tire noise - summertime bugs outside the car along the road.

[@thatgraysuburban]

free kitten

[@papo862]

I'm pretty sure the cabin air filter in my 98 is stock

[@cgwworldministries83]

The noise sounds like a bad cv joint or the axel bearing going bad.

[@Guillotines_For_Globalists]

The Ford Escape, sounds like a flexplate OR transmission to me. Not the engine.

[@chreynest]

Volkswagen had an oil dipstick with plastic elements along its length, so after years of intense heat cycling chips of plastic broke off (the dipstick) easily and of course went down into your oil. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

[@WC3fanatic997]

I love how many of these people were most likely being disingenuous or even outright lying. "It was a small puddle teehee" It was lake God damn Michigan and you tried turning your car into a boat. You're just making yourself look like a bigger fool, stop lying about it.

[@SvdSinner]

Is the squeak a wheel bearing issue?

[@batmansdad3195]

A little acetone will kill that super glue. If it's gorilla glue give it around 2+ years and dont ask how I know 😂

[@MARKLOCKWOOD2012]

sounds like something rubbing or pick up a stick. definitely needs looking at

[@jonzo22]

That sounds like an electric motor turning so maybe broken windshield wiper motor or something with a belt slipping

[@dragonflydolemite]

1:32 Yoooooooooo

[@onotorixd5895]

maybe noise from power steering pump ?

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

That thing at the end, cheap better be about $300. or less.

[@officialFUKU]

@3:30 power steering pump?

[@stevie-ray2020]

Last clip; Doesn't sound all that serious, just loose camshaft-lobes, and pieces of valves being thrown around!

[@simonfowler7561]

Wheel bearings perhaps...

[@fredk.2001]

Pet the kitten!

[@sleepychallenger]

Dogman adopted the cat?

[@localgamerz..]

sounds like a tensioner

[@siementius2557]

I think its a slipping ac compressor becauce it is going on an off

[@craigdowney6438]

A friend of mine would buy that last car "because it's all I can afford" and then start dumping money into repairs.

[@knurlgnar24]

That actually seems like a good purchase. Lots of money to be made buying non-working vehicles with fixable problems. I've done it but not for profit - I drive them. That one just needs a new flex plate I'm pretty sure. An expensive repair to be sure, but if you can buy the car at scrap price that's money in the bank.

[@jeffschnee1167]

Sounds like a bad or lose belt

[@GetTheFOutOfMyWay]

Yes... No brainer buy the cheap car in the last clip for sure... "safer" than most of the vehicles featured here anyway... 😅

[@stevie-ray2020]

Much safer as it's going to be quite a while before you'll have it back on the road!

[@executive]

I don't know any chainsaws that sound like that

[@NO-background-music-in-videos.]

That shop sucks.. Do the easy testing first.. Damn filter should be checked before attaching ac hoses to the car. Seen way too many cars start leaking ac after attaching gauges if they dont replace the seals.

[@NotYourAverageLady]

I found my kitten in the undercarriage of a car. He will be 4 yrs old tomorrow… on his made up birthday because I found him at a couple weeks old-ish

[@trentryan27]

Couldnt hear the tire noise

[@BigLisaFan]

I have new tires coming. Yeah, I bet.

[@khrisyeet8022]

wheel bearing

[@tjlovesrachel]

Electric power steering unit noise

[@SnootchieBootchies27]

Birds. The sound was birds.

[@jackiebishop9574]

@3:49 sounds like a cheap couple of dollar repair, sure go far it.Oh, do you have friend who has a spare good engine just laying around who will just give it to you?

[@xray3525]

the noise is dying will to live yes

[@jonhunt5408]

Customer has new tires on the way ! Just squirt some rubber cement around the rock to keep the air in and send it. lol jk.

[@MysteicVoltronus]

Sounds like that cheap car should be bought to make sick beats with, not drive.

[@Kingswood7189]

If you have new tires "on the way", maybe you shouldnt drive on that tire (most cars come with a spare)...

[@the_explorer4600]

The last car sounds like its missfiring but idk 🤷‍♂️.

[@mikefoehr235]

Knocking

[@stevie-ray2020]

Doesn't sound all that serious, just loose camshaft-lobes, and pieces of valves being thrown around!

[@mikefoehr235]

@@stevie-ray2020 ready for I DO CARS

[@ryanmaxwelll2730]

I guess it's a good thing that not everyone knows how to maintain/fix cars. Otherwise there would be no mechanics and no patronizing "customer states" memes.

[@HenryB6568]

funny how the cat one was uploaded by dogman5555555

[@sjv6598]

You didn’t think to check the cabin air filter first instead of hooking up your expensive machine or is that just a snide way of fleecing your customer?

[@ryanm4013]

The customer could have checked/changed the air filter themselves before taking it to the mechanic. That isn’t something that requires brain cells to do. Maybe the mechanic assumed the customer had common sense enough to change that somewhat regularly? It’s not the mechanics job to automatically assume that an issue is caused by customer negligence and ignorance

[@tigletcat]

I would hook up a gauge set and check pressures to ensure they are good even after changing the cabin air filter. To not do so would be asking for a come back, however I wouldn’t evacuate and recharge the system if the pressures are in range, to do so is unethical (if you charge for it).

[@mrbrown6421]

So this was your car ?

[@Slicerwizard]

NOT checking system pressures would be unethical. You're ridiculous.

[@tigletcat]

@@Slicerwizard I would check the pressures ( to prevent a possible comeback ) I would absolutely not evacuate and recharge the system if pressures are in range.

[@timtim8468]

Blow them comments, please!

[@scattman3960]

Sounds expensive to me

[@boyracer19941]

That last one sounded like the drumming start of hot for teacher 😂😂😂