Customer States The Government Bugged His Truck

[@JustRolledIn]

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[@buttholasaurus99]

👍🏼👊🏼🦖🍺

[@gb123-ej8wh]

Did y’all find and delete the tracker/recording device for that customer?

[@sauceman8217]

"My truck has electrical problems!" "Well, all this ...custom... wiring needs to be fixed-" "I refuse."

[@BloodmoonPyke]

I swear, some people drive their trashcan on wheels to the shop, just to show the mechanic everything they won't get fixed. Just for the lolz. I don't have any other explaination for this behavior.

[@RRCDog]

@@BloodmoonPyke I can only guess that those people can't diagnose the problems so they want to professionals to do it for them with the idea that they'll do the repairs themselves, but are too stupid to realize that if they can't even diagnose the problems, they sure as hell don't have the chops to fix them correctly.

[@DougsHomestead]

Looked like phone cable wire to me😂😂😂

[@TheSeanUhTron]

I think the customer just wants the technician wave a magical wand and make the problem disappear.

[@HighSierra1500]

@@TheSeanUhTron I actually once had a customer ask me if I could fix his car with magic.

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

Guy tore out the wiring harness under the seats because the gobernment was tracking him? What a nutter.. everyone knows they hide the tracking devices in the headliner!

[@MS-Fin1917]

What are you talking about? The trackers are, of course, in wheels. There is a visible antenna in every rim. Just cut the antenna, and tracking will stop working.

[@engineerinhickorystripehat]

Behind the mirror inside the sun visor .

[@jacksons1010]

Rookie mistake, like making a hat out of aluminum foil. It needs to be actual TIN foil, people. Kids these days don’t know how anything works…sheesh. 😜

[@balinorgryffudd2963]

The tracking device is hidden in the owners pocket.

[@The513Warning]

That's what a hidden agent would say. They hide them in the brake lines and master cylinder!

[@JDSleeper]

"Shop refused to work on the vehicle" would be another good compilation.

[@Isthatyoudermot]

Yes.

[@JohnMoses1897]

Because they don't want to marry it.

[@David-jt9nt]

the mechanic i go to refused to work on one of my old trucks bc it was a diesel (they dont work on them) and the computer was reporting issues on all cylinders and transmission issues (i didnt have a scanner yet) i had it towed to my buddy's scrap yard and he used it as a yard truck, just a back and forth over the 20 acres of land the yard is on, for 5 months before the engine blew up his words "best $500 I ever spent"

[@ChosesinWon]

Customer is now back after declining a 15 dollar air filter. There's no compression in his cylinders because all the dirt that's scored the cylinder walls. I'm calling it now.

[@davidknight3249]

I'll say it'll be a bent valve from a small piece of dirt getting caught on one of the valve seats.

[@61rampy65]

But...but...but that screen will filter out the big chunks!

[@tmanepic]

Customer declined repairs

[@bajabret60]

At least he didn't use spray foam 🙃

[@alphagt62]

Because he knows better than the engineers who designed it!

[@spooderdoggy]

Moral of the story, don’t trust the government but leave your poor truck alone. 😆😆😂

[@Sashazur]

It actually is pretty common for new cars to have GPS trackers installed by the dealer. They use it as a way to make it easier to repo the car or to try to sell it as a profitable theft tracking service. They are so cheap now the dealer may leave the tracker installed even if isn’t activated. Check the wiring under your dash near the ODB port.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

​@@Sashazur My dad's focus se may have it.

[@FozzyZ28]

The funny thing is that the government is tracking him, just online!! 🤣

[@Cancun771]

@@Sashazur That _cannot_ be legal.

[@subaruxv19]

New Fords have tons of trackers that ford and police can use

[@jojojoker102]

It's insane how oblivious some people are

[@inucune]

Drives away with door open... so doesn't use their mirrors at all.

[@simon-oy6um]

Its also strange with all the gadjets on cars these days ,you almost need to be a 747 pilot to drive one these days 😂😂😂

[@salt-emoji]

And they're next to you on the highway:)

[@HewHolden]

So many complaints for the stupidest things. “My car smells like fuel” well did you remove the gas can from the back seat? 🤪

[@dave_n8pu]

@@inucune What? I can't hear you with all that air noise...

[@jpendowski7503]

After all the ‘customer declined repairs’ it is refreshing to hear ‘the shop refused to work on the vehicle ‘

[@s70driver2005]

Right!

[@lead4you]

Sorry dude your vehicle isnt bugged by the government.. its just your cell phone

[@stanstenson8168]

That's a fact.

[@Diaphat]

The best tip to avoid getting caught during a crime? Shut your cell phone completely down. DON'T DO CRIME! DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE KZbin OVERLORDS! Honestly though. Unless you are some crime lord or a suspected murderer, the government ain't bugging your car.

[@alessandroraso3602]

@@Diaphat modern smartphones still spy on you even if you shut them down, they only way is to remove the battery or use a phone with custom software and hardware

[@Diaphat]

@alessandroraso3602 Heh, I was only joking, of course. It's sad how much people freak out about the government doing this or that. That poor car may not have been luxurious, but it was stupid tearing it up and wasting money on repairs.

[@Wheeler590]

@@alessandroraso3602 Leave it on and at home....

[@phoenixdoglover9403]

This channel is performing a public service by uncovering the extent of mental illness among the driving public. Let's hope some outreach programs can address the issue.

[@daveh7720]

As often as we hear "the customer declined all repairs," I think we know how that will end up.

[@jacksons1010]

But the government was bugging my car! Social media is making people dumber and more paranoid.

[@DBRONCOSfan]

They’re still on the road though…

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

It's actually shocking how many utter loons there are with valid driving licences?

[@UpperDarbyDetailing]

I mean, for some that’s the case, but I’m betting a little of the time it’s just that they can’t afford the repair.

[@jackmcslay]

The scary part of that last one is that it implies the driver never looks at the rear view mirror otherwise he'd notice the open door

[@jamesphillips2285]

Most cars built since the 90's tell you have a door open.

[@SloverOfTeuth]

And presumably there's a little more road noise and wind with a door open ...

[@johndilloway9762]

Probably looked in mirror and thought that cars very close !! its been there for age's.

[@pirobot668beta]

It's 'customers' like this that drove me out of the 'Handyman' trade. They come to me saying "Help me!", but the instant I point out that repairs take time and money, they accuse me of ripping them off. Now I tell people "Buy something newer; it's going to be a better value than fixing-up your old crap." "But this is my favorite [consumer item]...I can't be happy with anything else!" Ugh...people.

[@Lurch-Bot]

My 2001 Jetta likes the fact I won't buy a new car. Most reliable vehicle I ever had and that includes a lot of 'Murican veee-hickles. Besides, I'll never get a new car with a manual transmission, which I prefer because, unlike the vast majority of 'Muricans who got their driver's license at Sears, I actually know what I'm doing. I also literally got my license from the DMV at the mall that was right next door to Sears, lol. But I've had more training than they can squeeze into that 32 page pamphlet, which is the real point.

[@teramalik7260]

The "you are ripping me off" is sometimes understandable. Garage wanted 125EUR to replace a simple broken side mirror. 25EUR the mirror, 100EUR for the work. I did it myself in less than 10 min, while i had to find out how to do it on the fly. 100EUR for maybe 5min. work for a technician. You lose trust due to such actions.

[@rburn6677]

@@teramalik7260 you are paying for their knowledge.

[@orppranator5230]

@@rburn6677And sometimes, as tera pointed out, you’re just paying for their overhead.

[@ChrisBeevor0511]

That last dude turned around and brought that car straight back to the shop complaining that since they worked on it it won’t stop beeping at him 😂

[@Zanthum]

That last one makes me never want to leave my house again.

[@hampoon]

That one is pretty tame as far as these videos go but I'm amazed they didn't know. I've had a door not fully latched and my car goes apeshit as soon as you start moving with a door open.

[@Zanthum]

@@hampoon that's what terrifies me. That someone was so oblivious as to not notice the open door with the car screaming at them. It's not the door that scares me, it's what else they are oblivious to.

[@tenhundredkills]

@@hampoon A lot of newer cars won't even go into Drive if they detect a door is open. Even the ones that still let you drive still ding like crazy when a door is open. I'm amazed at how oblivious people are!

[@hashbrown777]

You guys need the car to yell at you? Even if a door is closed but not properly latched everything sounds so wrong. I have no idea how that person didnt just *hear* all the traffic, wind, tyres, and engine and think something was up.

[@5467nick]

@@hashbrown777 All that and they're also apparently not once glancing in their side mirror nor rear view mirror or they ought to see the door in addition to hearing it.

[@nicksivert5431]

Last clip: Situation Awareness is absolutely ZERO.

[@jon27d]

Probably too busy playing on their phone already

[@wolfoftheages]

Reminds me of a Tesla that some other drivers and I tried to help out today. They had forgotten their Yeti-type mug on the roof and were just driving along. (Props to whoever made that cup tho because the grip on the bottom held on through some major road construction bumps!) We kept trying to get the driver's attention, but nope. Too distracted with his Tesla jumbo por- I mean, "infotainment" screen to talk to us plebians. And I mean, he was making an active choice to ignore us and focus on his screen instead. I fo wonder how long it stayed on. I kinda hope it stayed on the whole way because I'm in Houston, and it's way too hot out here. Most of us still don't have power either, and I want him to feel the guilt of "Wow, we're all miserable out here, and those other drivers were just trying to help me, but I was a dick" lmao

[@ATruckCampbell]

Yea, not only would the wind noise be deafening, the car is also telling you it's open, and at higher speeds you would even feel it in the handling a bit. How tf do you miss all of that?

[@stephenremick9886]

Insurance companies put those in cars and trucks to get reduction in their rates it's checks to see how you are as a driver

[@ferzbeitel6026]

Probably can‘t read the warning message in the display, also deaf because not hearing the accoustic warning and finally blind because not seeing the open door in the side mirror.

[@BenKuipers]

stupid is as stupid does... unbelievable what people do...

[@philiprice7875]

the government censors all pictures from the ISS to avoid the big sign in orbit WARNING: THIS PLANET CONTAINS NUTS

[@samspade8612]

Customer states, my air conditioning isn't working. Mechanic, close rear door, fixed.

[@mhfuzzball]

Well, there was the case of the customer who brought their vehicle to the shop saying the A/C only blows hot air. The mechanic switched the climate control from 'heat' to 'cool' with one button press and solved the issue.

[@Jeff.78]

​@@mhfuzzballI hope he charged them double.

[@5467nick]

@@mhfuzzball I remember that one. It's one of my favorite clips on this channel.

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

$30 stupidity fee.

[@hyacinthtiger62]

​@@mhfuzzballIt's actually the most popular video on this channel lol

[@robertkartechner5850]

One of the craziest things I ever heard was a friend of mine (a mechanic) came into his shop and asked if he could cut the top of the highback seat down because when he was driving, his baseball cap, that of course he always wore backwards, would push against the seatback and then push his hat off. Jim thought the guy was messing with him but found out this was a real serious request. Yeah, we have our lunatics up here in Canada too.

[@truthsmiles]

Those headrests help keep your neck from snapping if you get rear-ended.

[@BakedRBeans]

A baseball cap? In Canada? I thought they only wore watch caps, or whatever those wool things are called. Can the owner of this page (sorry, I forgot your name) weigh in on this?

[@Wheeler590]

@@BakedRBeans Touque, Mr Beans

[@garfieldsmith332]

@@BakedRBeans Sacre Bleu. The famous Tuque/Toque. We have Toronto Blue Jays baseball caps. World Series winners twice. However we still do live in Igloos, and wear snowshoes in July. They do not call it the Great White North for nothing. And we are all Hosers. 😀😀😀

[@garfieldsmith332]

Yep. And we have lunatics in both languages.😀

[@Tiro84]

0:19 Typical case of: The lights on my dashboard annoy me, because they remind me, that my kids in the back don't have their seatbelts on. Solution: Put the seatbelts on without putting the seatbelts on. 🤦‍♂

[@amiman.yesiam.8791]

judging by the fact that even the middle seatbelt was buckled, i think the more likely scenario is that a mechanic plugged all the seatbelts in, probably while it was in for a service.

[@HighSierra1500]

@@amiman.yesiam.8791 Possibly a safety inspection.

[@onedayiwillmakesomecontent]

Or they carry heavy stuff on the backseat which sets off the seatbelt alarm....

[@ptonpc]

If you are carrying something in the back / boot / trunk. It is recommended that you buckle the rear seatbelts so, that in the event of an accident, the contents of the boot don't intrude into the passenger cabin. At least it is recommended here in the UK. Not that many people know it or do it.

[@Gynra]

@@ptonpc Thank you! I think you have just explained why my Mercedes always gives me a "rear seat belts not fastened" warning when I start off even when I have no passengers in the rear seats.

[@Bloodbain88]

I'm a heavy equipment mechanic and do federal inspections on big trucks. That garbage truck with cracked brake shoes and loose tag axle was very mild. I see them come in all the time with the truck basically falling apart and on fire and the owners just expect me to slap a sticker on it so he can drive away. You would not believe the lack of maintenance on big trucks. I've seen them in such a state of disrepair it took me over an hour to write down everything I found. Its like they think they can drive over incredibly rough roads while hauling tens of thousands of pounds 12 hours a day 7 days a week for years and nothing will need work.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

I agree, we own 3 trucks and regardless of cost, if it's broke, it gets fixed, on the road or in our shop. Very few repairs "can wait until you get back to the shop". If the driver has a major issue like trans or engine, we've gone out to the truck and towed it back on a 5th wheel boom, big repairs are definitely cheaper in our shop but trucking ain't cheap neither way.

[@WastedTalent-]

I work the scalehouse at a county landfill and some of these trucks are 2 years behind in inspections. The tires are bald, but just enough tread to leave tracks in the the dirt. If you put a penny in the treads, it wouldn't even cover Lincoln's hair. I've also seen that on tractor trailers and it's scary that they are flying down the highway like that.

[@jesseostone386]

As an OTR truck owner, I just passed a Level 1 DOT inspection while hauling 1.1 explosives. The officer very kindly pointed out the things on my equipment that would need attention in the near future, but that were not yet out of compliance. Within a week, I had those things addressed. No way am I running with less than optimal mechanical condition. I see and read enough about scary, preventable things that happen on the road. I’m doing my part to not end up as a statistic regarding something that is within my control.👍🏼

[@Varmint260]

I perform provincial commercial vehicle inspections up here in Canada, and it hit a new low last week. Had a local fire truck in for inspection and found metal-on-metal for the steer axle brakes, as well as wipers, washers, headlamps, horns all inoperative. Thought maybe I was missing a cut-out switch or something, but looked underneath and the harnesses were in shambles, oil and coolant leaking everywhere, and it looked like it hadn't been washed in years. Only complaint from customer was "it pulls to the left a bit under braking."

[@jon27d]

Those garbage trucks have to take unbelievable abuse with all the stopping and starting not to mention the twisting and pounding and torque that gets applied with the lifter arms and the compactor. I imagine the lifespan on those brakes is shockingly short with all the abuse.

[@ExUSSailor]

Believe me, as someone who used to work on commercial trucks, what that garbage truck had going on was NOTHING! I've worked on trucks where I wondered how it even made it to the shop without getting into an accident.

[@Pigtrapper]

I worked for a commercial mail hauler. Had a semi trailer come in with the brake chamber spring showing through the chamber. It had to be in Denver in a few hours so the manager told me to sign off on it and let Denver fix it. I refused and made him sign it.....

[@1pcfred]

Yeah that looked like the stock garbage truck package to me. The wheels alway wobble on those things. It's a garbage truck.

[@Bloodbain88]

Same here, I work on commercial trucks. I'd be overjoyed if cracked shoes and worn tag axle bushings was all I found on a big truck. Usually the entire truck is one giant dumpster fire and the owner is shocked and argues when it needs any work at all.

[@Bloodbain88]

​@@Pigtrapper Yep, I flat out refuse to sign my name on inspections unless it passes. I would gladly get fired over that, because if the truck gets in a wreck, it's MY name on that paper. Never let your boss or the owner of the truck bully you into signing it. If something goes wrong they'll point right at you.

[@Bloodbain88]

​@@Pigtrapper I was doing a service on a Mack dumptruck years ago, and all the driveline u-joints were trashed. I mean TRASHED. The owner refused to let us replace them. I warned him and my boss he was going to lose a shaft if he drove it. He demanded the keys so we made him sign a waiver in order to drive away. He got a few miles down the highway when a section of driveshaft shot out from under the truck and went straight through a passenger car's windshield. Luckily no one was hurt and he had to pay all damages.

[@Hykje]

The day a car made from spray foam rolls into the shop is getting closer.

[@DistrustHumanz]

The day a company makes a spray foam that is so strong and durable that it actually becomes a legitimate solution is getting close.

[@petej.8676]

These people have issues but not with their cars.✌️

[@joeyjamison5772]

Psychiatric care generally costs more than shop time.

[@H33t3Speaks]

@@joeyjamison5772At 120+ an hour I’d say it’s deeply comparable. Sometimes the biggest issue really just is a wingnut stuck between the seat and the steering wheel.

[@1957mrbill]

IF the government hid a tracking device on my vehicle, they would get bored very quickly with the results.

[@1pcfred]

A computer is never bored. The data won't ever be accessed unless someone is actually interested. But if they ever are then it is there.

[@ptonpc]

You would be surprised.

[@henryd4331]

Customer declines repairs. Shop declines customer. PWNED.

[@The513Warning]

@@henryd4331 God, I haven't seen "pwned" in ages. That brought back good memories 😂

[@henryd4331]

@@The513Warning I'm glad! 😊

[@alainarchambault2331]

1:12 That guy who thought his vehicle was bugged must have been guilty of something to be that paranoid. Or, he's had enough Meth.

[@GearGuardianGaming]

i dont recall meth making anyone paranoid. heroine or LSD on the other hand...

[@rogerwilco2]

Some people are weirder than any fiction can come up with. I wish there was a cure for stupid.

[@max_coast]

meth and podcasts for sure, lol

[@JS-ol4dx]

1:12 not 11:12

[@immortalsofar5314]

That's the irony - anyone that stupid really isn't important enough for the government to be bothered with. I'm fine being a pain in the ass to those in power and I've only been tapped once, back in the '80s.

[@jellofuel]

i wonder how many dads out there would see the "door ajar" light blinking, and say it's not a jar, it's a door

[@farmerdave7965]

I've said that many times. My kids hated me saying it.

[@DistrustHumanz]

I say it in that 80s Chrysler LeBaron robot voice.

[@PureBlood0420]

if you are worried about being "bugged" by anyone at all, u shouldnt be driving ANY type of newer vehicle to begin with, or carrying a cell phone...

[@joshuahudson2170]

When I don't want to be tracked I put my phone in airplane mode.

[@jmi5969]

@@DarkForce2024 Lucky if you can live without these evil contraptions. It's much worse outside of the US. I need an "app" just to enter the courtyard of my urban apartment block. Sadly, a lot of residents here are very old and they cannot reliably see and control tiny touchscreens. Especially when the network is down. Brave new world.

[@600wheel]

@@joshuahudson2170🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣so you think that’s how it works huh?

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

@@jmi5969 Wow. That's pure crap.

[@ObamaoZedong]

@joshuahudson2170 the govt can still access everything on your phone in airplane mode. If you don't want to be tracked, keep it in a Faraday cage.

[@Summit2012]

Government doesn't have to bug your vehicle. We've been convinced to carry portable bugs with us everywhere we go.

[@600wheel]

You only have to worry about being bugged if you’re doing something you shouldn’t be

[@cenciende9401]

I don't need to be 'convinced' to keep the most convenient and useful device in the world at hand... I'm happy to.

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

You've only been convinced if you've chosen to be. People's dependence on cell phones is disgusting.

[@19freddy73]

Don't worry, Bill Gates has most of your fingerprints too

[@sgtjonzo]

​@@600wheelwhy don't you leave your toilet door open? you must be doing something illegal in there

[@Paul_Wetor]

I'm reminded of the Three Stooges film where they are plumbers and wonder "What are all these wires doing in here?" when they encounter electrical conduit pipes. Naturally they pull the wires out. Some of these homemade electricians seem to have the same skill set.

[@richardthomas1743]

OMG , the people thought that their truck was bugged by the Government so they ripped out a lot of wiring. I can imagine them doing that as they were wearing their tinfoil Dunce caps! LOL

[@JS-ol4dx]

OMG mental illness LOL

[@CockMcBallsddd]

Meth makes people crazy.

[@Wheeler590]

What did they do to their house?

[@HDReMaster]

meth

[@matthewpere1975]

All I see is bugs bunny chomping on that carrot saying "what a maroon"

[@redsable6119]

Your cars aren't being bugged by the government, the manufacturer is doing it for themselves.

[@kingnull2697]

2112 reference checks out. Also, very much yes.

[@zoltankaparthy9095]

It's the customer that got bugged by the government not his truck. LMAO

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Drives to the mechanic to get a diagnosis, declines repairs and then goes back home to repair the issue but fails. I almost pity these people if I could stop laughing.

[@rogerwilco2]

I fear sharing the road with these creatures.

[@sweeptheleg.]

Fails to make repairs then goes back to same shop days later and blames his fuck up on "another shop." 😂

[@MmntechCa]

Declined repairs = "I'm broke dude. That's why I had my friend try to fix it."

[@alias1719]

That is exactly why.

[@1pcfred]

That's why I learned how to work on cars. I couldn't afford to take anything anywhere. Was it all the best work? Maybe not. But it got me down the road.

[@tenhundredkills]

​@@1pcfred Same here. I was a broke college student and sometimes repairs would demolish my shoe string budget. So, I started looking up how to do basic stuff (oil changes, pads and rotors, filter changes, etc) on KZbin. I saved a fortune, even after buying all needed tools. I'm not a mechanic by any means, but I know I have to be better than most of these clowns shown on this channel!

[@Cheepchipsable]

Not uncommon for people to get a diagnosis and fix it themselves, often successfully.

[@1pcfred]

@@Cheepchipsable yes this channel only shows the fails so that's a skewed bias.

[@gregdolecki8530]

Customer: "Muh brakes makin' a bad noise." Shop: "Your brakes are bad and need immediate repair." Customer: "Nah, I'm good........don't do nuffin'" Me: "What?"

[@brantmcfarland517]

The Government put a bug in there truck. lol. They must be very important.

[@bewilderbeestie]

That truck's not bugged. _This_ truck (pulls up JRI cockroach video) is bugged.

[@sloppyjoe400]

im just in amazement... no idea how these people function in day to day life...

[@rogerwilco2]

My big worry is that they vote and reproduce.

[@TheSkullcleaver]

Used to work with a guy that thought he was being spied on at work and covered everything he thought could be a camera with electrical tape. After he was fired we had to remove about 100 pieces of tape all over the cab of the truck.

[@youtubeaccount9058]

It's called paranoid schizophrenia.

[@Cancun771]

Best car repair tutorial channel ever. I'm learning so much! Making entire doors out of spray foam! Inspired!

[@davidp2888]

“Customer declined repairs.” I’d ban them from coming back to my shop.

[@gregatkinson7276]

People are getting crazier with each passing day.

[@Odin029]

I know someone who thinks the government bugs his truck... I pointed out that his 2021 Ford knows where it is at all times. And he said yeah it has GPS. I asked him who runs the GPS system. He asked Google which told him that its operated by the US Department of Defense.

[@joshuahudson2170]

You know how GPS works, right? _right_?

[@jhonviel7381]

who else could put satellites into earths orbit? libertarians im guessing.

[@1pcfred]

@@DarkForce2024 why do you think it is either or? They can use both.

[@jamesphillips2285]

@@1pcfred The GPS satellites essentially just send a timing signal (as well as a map of the constellation). They don't receive. It will be the vehicle's telematics phoning home.

[@1pcfred]

@@jamesphillips2285 I suppose they can't receive. Still, the government has plenty of other satellites that do acquire data. I know cell towers do track devices too. That is two way communication. People say there's dealerships putting tracking devices in vehicles to sell the data now. I'm sure the government can access that. There's CCT everywhere today. I can watch the camera streams online.

[@kyzercube]

0:37 If I were that tech, I'd give that " customer " a final heckle as they left saying " Tow it to your friend's house next time and save us both a lot of time and money! "

[@SiAnon]

How the hell do you not notice a door wide open. I notice when the window is open 0.00000000000001 mm.

[@thelyran]

"My seat is bugged by the government",it's a tweakers car.Look in the glovebox,there'll be a glass pipe.

[@600wheel]

No that’s in the console for easier access while driving

[@half-breed]

Naw, just a red hat

[@snaffu1]

One of the best channels on the web.😂😂 Thank you for making us all feel a little better about our car habits.

[@tonysheerness2427]

If a customer declined repairs once, take a deposit next time.

[@joshuahudson2170]

No point. You just end up having to give it back. Just take your estimate fee in advance.

[@PanameraTurboSEHybrid]

What about the diag fee?

[@leftyo9589]

$100 inspection fee up fornt.

[@rupe53]

@@PanameraTurboSEHybrid many shops have a diag fee posted in the front office. I usually see 1/2 hour labor as the minimum. My rule of thumb was if the car needs reassembly and leaves the property, it's nonrefundable. Glad I retired a few years ago!

[@grondhero]

@@leftyo9589 WTF would anyone go to your shop if you charge them $100 just to look at it? I can go to the repair shop down the road (or next door, in some cases) and get a free estimate.

[@bobclarke5913]

Nice job, they made that Fram air filter into a K&N

[@haaxxx9]

With about -50% less effective than a K&N air filter too! I give an B+ for effort though.

[@seisont]

I've got a dumb mechanical story. One time I took my skid-steer into service because the hydraulics wouldn't stay up. When I went to pick it up they showed me that the hydraulic pressure release was pulled and stuck in the up position, all they had to do was push the button back down.

[@willieverusethis]

I think we all have a story like that.

[@a.c.m.e.ink.4568]

0:38 Customer can afford to have the vehicle towed away. But the Customer declines, & can't afford to fix the brakes !🤨

[@kypparmstrong2775]

Idea for a new horror movie, THEY DRIVE AMONG US

[@philiprice7875]

yea cheapest blockbuster ever just copy 90 mins of JRI call it " declined repairs, undertakers cut"

[@andrewpeacock4695]

It's always nice to see the great customer vehicles lovingly maintained at the end of each video. They make a startling contrast with the wreckage in the rest of the video.

[@johnm.5848]

We've seen spray foam used in past videos for different reasons but what we saw at 2:46 is the granddaddy of all those reasons.

[@thomashowlett8295]

I may be turning away business, but I refuse to work on any vehicle that the customer has gone crazy on the factory wiring harness.

[@Madmedic6073]

How in the hell do you not notice a car door wide open 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@coldlakealta4043]

easy. it's difficult to notice such things when you're texting something on your phone

[@garfieldsmith332]

Some people do not have a clue about anything. let alone a vehicle. And they are out driving around. Scary.

[@exitmud]

Regarding the first one, that's the engine bay of 3rd gen Integra. I had the same issue, in the same spot, with my power steering hose when I owned it. I used a terry cloth rag instead of a t-shirt for mine.

[@silentpoet75]

I love the one that refused the repairs twice. But now it calls out for a more sophisticated customer who refused repairs thrice.

[@Nick41622]

1:20. My vehicle was bugged by the government.🤣

[@tototakto4611]

"the customer declined all repairs" is such a golden line, good luck customer! Try not to kill any other public road users.

[@Lurch-Bot]

Many of the cars I see here should have resulted in the driver being convicted of felony endangerment. But then they let some dipshit get away with turning a Cybersuck into a big mirror and blinding everyone else on the road...Not even joking when I say the government is asleep at the wheel.

[@tomlantis8016]

Window screen for an air filter. Rip those cylinder walls

[@Shadow_Lunatale]

How do you NOT notice the open door? Even with the windows rolled down, the vehicle sounds different and at least when you look in the left rear view mirror, you see that the freaking door is OPEN!

[@MrKim-kv2vv]

Why even bring a vehicle in if they are gonna decline repairs anyway🤷🏼

[@BigLisaFan]

Free diagnosis so Bubba can royally screw it up.

[@willieverusethis]

They only decline the repairs when they learn they cannot afford them.

[@TailFinGary]

They just want a free diagnosis. Then they go home and try their own repairs with spray foam, duct tape, or some other non-sense.

[@samholdsworth420]

A window screen in a fram air filter frame LOL

[@MrWombatty]

At least it wont suck in any flies!

[@crosslink1493]

I did something similar with my cabin air filter. Made a frame out of wood and used two layers of stainless screen, easy to clean off the debris it catches and saves me $30 each time. But I'd NEVER do it with the engine's air filter; a new air filter every so often is WAY cheaper than one new engine.

[@MadIIMike]

@@crosslink1493 Apart from your health, it might also be quite bad for the AC's compressor.

[@haaxxx9]

Is it around $20 - $30 for an engine air filter just about anywhere that last at least 6 months of use and no more than over a year till it becomes ineffective and starts deteriorating? How are these people functioning on a daily basis?

[@Centbair]

Last one - Do you not hear the stupid chime going off...? Or do they think doing a move that you do in gta would work? LOL

[@solandri69]

The chime is probably broken. People usually don't notice things which go missing. If you show them a picture, then an identical people with 5 things added, they'll usually get all 5. But if you show them a picture, then an identical picture with 5 things removed, they usually have trouble spotting even one thing removed. So it's highly unlikely for someone to bring a car into the shop because "chime no longer sounds when door is ajar while car is on."

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Have you noticed the number of vehicles at night with high beams on all the time? A study done a few years ago showed that 80% of people don't use turn signals and an insane 91% had no idea what the blue headlight icon on the dash meant. I believe the study or poll also revealed like 60% of those same people had no idea how to switch from high to low beam.

[@Ethan2xm85]

3:05 That shark nose 240sx is CLEAN!

[@DROGOC0P]

What's with all the spray foam? at this point it has to be a mental illness

[@robertkartechner5850]

Well, yeah !! Spray foam and a bit of duct tape and, man, you can fix dam near anything doncha know? LOL

[@mhfuzzball]

With this economy, not everybody can run out and buy $30 MIG welders that they don't know how to use. (And yes, I'm well aware that any MIG welder you could buy for $30 would be worth less than the cardboard box it came in.)

[@KaitouKaiju]

But surely it would be worth more than spray foam ​@@mhfuzzball

[@fu4616]

We are doomed.

[@MrWombatty]

Correction; It's just the USA that's doomed!

[@cliffdog2004]

You always find things that make me feel like a master mechanic 🤣

[@Triamgle]

that last clip is an easy way to tell that person doesn't use their mirrors

[@evilborg]

What is scary is that these are the people you drive next to.......

[@maximal10]

The last person probably will come back to the shop complaining of a loud wind like noise

[@Salutimondo]

He'll complain that there was no wind noise when he left the car for other repairs as well!!

[@steveb6103]

Ripped out the wiring under the seat? Everyone should know by now. The GPS tracking system is under the dash! Not even joking! People are finding them hooked up to the OBD port. They are being installed by dealerships, with the information being sold to insurance companies! And others!

[@jamesphillips2285]

They can be installed in the A and B pillar as well.

[@willieverusethis]

Yep. It's not big government we should be afraid of. It's big business.

[@Salutimondo]

When you don't keep up the payments and the car is scheduled for repossession they can then tell where it is

[@itsnotme07]

I know we see LOTS of cars/trucks here with not so bright owners/drivers...but if you're gonna decline repairs, why take it to the shop in the first place? Especially for a second visit to decline repairs yet again. HAHA.

[@j_taylor]

Yeah, it was Round 2 which killed me. 😂

[@88997799]

There should be state law that says any vehicle that is not safe to drive should be reported until the proper repairs are completed. This is insanity that these kind of vehicles are on the road. If a vehicle must be towed away from a shop because it’s unsafe to drive then the police must be notified that the vehicle cannot be driven until the vehicle is properly fixed.

[@j_taylor]

I agree the situation is nuts, but many US states don't even require safety inspections to keep a vehicle on the road. In other words, the customer could legally continue to drive it in that condition as long as it's not reported. So you'd have customers mad as hell at the mechanic for stopping them, and police who might have higher priorities. Put another way, in some of those low-regulation states, it's easier and possibly cheaper to buy a gun to settle a dispute than it is to get your vehicle repaired.

[@filonin2]

Go run for Congress and write a law and get it passed.

[@unclenogbad1509]

I live in a place (the UK) where this actually applies. Vehicles have to undergo an annual roadworthiness inspection and can't be driven on public roads if they fail. We may moan a bit sometimes, but seeing the sort of junk you guys have to share the roads with - the possibly fatal accidents waiting to happen - we just kind of bite our lip and admit that there are some regulations that make very good sense.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

The problem you could run into with that is a less-than-honest mechanic saying you need an expensive repair that you don't, then threatening to report your vehicle as unsafe unless you pay him his extortion money. That's why even if a vehicle fails a state inspection it isn't seized/impounded/etc. They just slap a "rejected" sticker on the windshield and send you on your way and if a cop catches you driving it after that then you're in trouble and it could be impounded. But the power to do that does not, and should not, lie with the mechanic as there's too much potential for abuse.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

​@@j_taylorit's 12 states that require no inspection yet the worst cases of hack repairs are in totalitarian states like NY, where you can't have a check engine light on but frame rust passes inspection as long as frame isn't cracked.

[@RandallWhitted]

That Coca-Cola Focus in the viewer photo grid - awesome!

[@lokedemus7184]

2:55 Tell me you don't use your mirrors without telling me you don't use your mirrors.

[@alec1202]

Or your ears

[@juliuskwak1263]

Bugged by the government??? That's a new one for me! It's like Batman finding the module mounted on the undercarriage of his Batmobile. Except, instead of ripping out wires, he just punched a hole through the vehicle's floor board. To think that someone handled their problem far worse than Batman punching a hole through the floor, now that's something!

[@mhfuzzball]

To be fair to Batman, the Batmobile was in motion, he had no control of it, and no guarantee that he could get to where the Penguin had hooked into the Batmobile's wiring. I'm just impressed that he *could* actually punch through the floorboard.

[@Paulie1232]

I was thinking 🤔 my car was bugged by my ex-wife and not the government 😅

[@lynnefloyd4096]

That final clip made me remember the second level of "Parappa the Rappa"

[@David-qo7lz]

Any vehicle past 2012 is “bugged” by the government.

[@noseboop4354]

Thank god I have a 2011.

[@j_taylor]

How are they bugged? And by which government?

[@farmerdave7965]

My car bugs ME !

[@j_taylor]

@@farmerdave7965 Your car bugs me too! Unless it's one of those beauties at the end. 😁

[@Tevildo]

1:13 - I know someone who did _exactly_ that, in an attempt to remove all the "5G antennas" from their car. I don't know if they managed to get it fixed afterwards.

[@patrickmorrissey2271]

@ 2:35 Ohhhhhh, hahahahah! You got me SO GOOD!!! Heh heh heh!!! I'm watching, ummm hmmm, cap on a brake reservoir, uh huh, sure.... Wait, what?!?!? Rewind, Oil cap on the brake reservoir!!!! omg.... Dude..... Heh heh heh! I shouldn't laugh.... Dude finds the reservoir cap over to the side, just chillin.... Because why do I have this extra cap??? No clue.... Awww that's too much.... Killed me. For some reason that really cracked me up..... Priceless..... How much motor oil was in the brake reservoir, just out of curiosity????

[@VintageCarHistory]

1:12 - Well, that explains why I lost the signal...

[@BuriedFlame]

*grits teeth* _"You weren't. Supposed. To say. That."_

[@indrarush91]

Dont get me started on the literal shit boxes that come into my shop expecting to pass emissions and inspection but dont want to pay for repairs 😂

[@TheRoadhammer379]

I agree except with stupid tyrannical states like NY that subscribe to the California CARB bullshit. My Expedition purchased new in Pennsylvania and under 47 state EPA emissions... 360 bucks per cat converter. My wife's tahoe purchased new in New York and requiring CARB approved cats... 3600 bucks for the cats and Y pipe. Some people are not in a financial position to afford 3600 or the cheapest 1800 dollar CARB compliant cats, so they should not own a car? I mean would you be talking shit if your state started requiring all vehicles 2010 and newer had to run 104 race gas at 9 bucks a gallon instead of 2 dollar 89 octane and you were one of the poor bastards with a 2010 or 2012??

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Well, the guy who ripped the wires out of his truck wasn't wrong. The government is tracking information through the GPS system in cars. So is the vehicle manufacturer. And anyone else who offers them enough money for our information

[@cenciende9401]

And?

[@RickySpanish-RS]

Man i wish i had the deluded self absorption to believe the govt had bugged my vehicle.

[@adenn5855]

"Customer declined repairs" is missing the part where the shop quoted parts at a 200% markup. lol

[@1pcfred]

It is insane what people can charge these days. They think they all went to medical school and are entitled to earning hundreds an hour. Meanwhile they're dropouts.

[@SynchroScore]

@@1pcfred Nobody charges that; the hourly rate doesn't all go to the mechanic. Also, do you know how to fix a car? Then don't denigrate the people who do.

[@joketrain]

@@SynchroScore Whether or not some random person on the internet knows how to fix a car has zero bearing on whether it's accurate to criticize mechanics for overcharging, that is a ridiculous thing to bring up.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

@@SynchroScore LOL, also do you know people who are parts jockeys? Then don't denigrate the people who can get parts at cheaper prices than some shops charge.....

[@SynchroScore]

@@MegaDirtyberty I didn't do that, so your comment doesn't make any sense.

[@RM-th8ol]

Brembo's in the front. Drums in the back... LMAO

[@juliahello6673]

Note to Tin Foil Hatters: The government doesn’t track you. You actually aren’t that important.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

So if they aren't that important then why does the govt want their taxes and votes?.....

[@1pcfred]

What century are you living in? It's actually easier to track everything today than to pick and choose what to track. And yes they're capable of tracking absolutely everything. All over the whole world.

[@noobeenaut]

​@MegaDirtyberty but that's not aimed at individuals is it. Those are both a collective thing that applies to everybody.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

@@noobeenaut The individual is part of the collective, you try not paying your taxes, you will find then that you are very important to the govt....

[@j_taylor]

​@@MegaDirtyberty sure if you don't pay your taxes or you commit financial fraud or you assault someone, the government will take an interest. That's how lawful societies work.

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

"Hey, can you fix this problem with my truck, but leave the problem?" "No."

[@prestonchambers9490]

This was truly a rare video. Multiple shops managed to convince people to tow their junk heaps away👏👏🙏

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

Y'all, please, if you're a tech seeing unsafe vehicles and people decline repairs, call the damn police instead of letting these dangers roll out of the shop.

[@makojuicedaniel9307]

Yeah caise that'll be great for business

[@reonthornton685]

Not every place actually has laws allowing this, as bizarre or crazy as that may sound. I live in the UK myself though and every mechanic does have the law backing them if such a vehicle showed up, especially MOT test centre certified ones as their systems can be directly accessed by the police, allowing them to pull over and confiscate the vehicle if an owner does in fact try to drive off with it.

[@MegaDirtyberty]

@@reonthornton685 So if the customer declines the first mechanic's exorbitant price to fix the vehicle and wants to take the vehicle to get a second opinion at another mechanics shop then the first mechanic can use the cops to make the vehicle stay with them so they can fix it?.....

[@JamesG-k5f]

Florida has some pretty lacks laws when it comes to automobiles but every big name shop I worked at wouldn't let an unsafe car leave the shop without repairs or being towed. A shop can be liable when that car leaves.

[@BobPagani]

@@makojuicedaniel9307 Dead people aren't good for business either.

[@sylviaisgod6947]

Customer states: my rear door is open Shop: We can fix that for free Customer: declines all repairs

[@hybridsnowleopard]

People are broke these days.

[@central3425]

Customer: why is it so loud when I'm driving *Door is open* 🤦

[@alexandergrube6437]

whenever someone declines repairs and tries to drive away in an unsafe vehicle, they should call the cops and said person ticketed for driving with defective/unsafe equipment

[@Tiishen]

I will never understand -- why even come to the mechanic at all if you're just gonna decline repairs?!??!? "Hey Mr. Mechanic, here's all the stuff I won't be fixing in my car!"

[@isthatrubble]

they want a list of things they can google to see if they can diy a fix...... they probably think getting it done professionally is too expensive

[@ottopartz1]

Why take a vehicle to the shop if you're not going to get it fixed. I can understand if it's a fatal repair or costing more than the vehicle is worth. But why waste everyone's time and energy to get it looked at and estimated!