Customer States The Just Did An Oil Change But The Light Is Still On | Mechanical Nightmare 128

[@nodak81]

When I was a vendor I had an assignment that had me doing some work in the garage bays of Walmarts in my area and I swear they don't even hire mechanics. They're just random employees they assigned to garage duty that day. I distinctly remember hearing one guy asking another guy a serious question, he didn't understand why people keep coming in for oil changes when they already have oil in the car. He honestly thought you "used up" the oil you had before refilling.

[@dizimz]

For the few viewers who dont know; The 2001 silverado that lags in Drive likely has low trans fluid and is slipping. If you deal with it right away, it’s usually not a huge deal. Check for leaks, repair leaks, replace the lost ATF. If you fail to address the issue, you will eventually need a rebuild or to junk it.

[@dawsondetrana5496]

That's exactly what I was thinking, dude check your fluid

[@jad43701]

Also. "can sit for minutes with out doing nothing" ? Huh ?????

[@VintageCars999]

Should be common sense to check the fluids but does that Silverado even have a transmission dipstick?

[@jussikuusela7345]

A rental tools company had rented a trailer to a work crew that came to renovate one of my workplaces. I ended up fetching my own tire wrench and tightening their lugs because the company had just swapped summer tires under the trailer and every lug was just finger tight.

[@mikefoehr235]

I use my chordless impact to seat them...then use torque wrench. I always go 5 to 10 ftlbs over recommended. I always check a week later. I have yet to lose a wheel or have one come loose.

[@CrazyBear65]

I knew a dude who worked at a Texaco station in the early 80s. He forgot to torque a customer's lugnuts one time. They got out on the highway and their wheel came off, caused a major wreck, and the insurance investigators figured it out. The dude got fired, I don't femember if they got sued or not. One time (also in the early 80s) I got stopped and harrassed by some mall security wanna-be cops, and while the one was at my window giving me a hard time about nothing, the other one was loosening my lugnuts on my driver's side rear, my buddies in the backseat busted him. Dirty bastard, he could've caused a wreck. (I reckon that was what he was attempting to do.) Nowadays there would be all kinda legal ramifications. Back then, we just got revenge by stabbing all their tires.

[@vmdenis3350]

1:35 he has a lot of balls to do that, doesn't matter if it was a head or a hand inside that wheel, that 1mm from chopping something off

[@ryans413]

I think he just stuck the camera inside not his head

[@Align700nitro]

@@ryans413 still, I wouldn't get near that thing

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Brave, or stupid.

[@robertwillis4061]

That's a nice claim. Free servicing for next 5 years ? Or lawyers?

[@vmdenis3350]

​@@robertwillis4061 none, you wouldn't have a hand, you can sue but the company (all of them) is secured by lawyers and documentation

[@ohger1]

I've left lug nuts loose as well, but the shimmy, vibration, and wobble will alert you to pull over or get it checked *LONG* before they get that far off the studs!!!!

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Yeah. The story doesn't add-up.

[@skylined5534]

​@@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ Some people just aren't very aware.

[@jayhemfindsyou]

A lot of people are so clueless, they hear a noise, they simply turn the music up louder.

[@sometimesleela5947]

"mechanic had just bought this car and ignored a slight knock, hoping it would go away" Yes, that usually works out well.

[@RaynmanPlays]

I was surprised by that. Shouldn't a mechanic know better?

[@alexanderthemeek]

Time is a great healer (and fixer)

[@ryans413]

Now I know where the saying drive it until your wheels fall off came from. These videos are case and point

[@fatblokes_ferguson]

Obviously watching a lot of these videos, I am amazed how many cars come in when their rotors are completely separated. I understand if you cannot afford to replace but have they one have no fear and two no care for anyone they could kill? It is beyond me know people thinks it's ok to let a car get in such a bad state of repair.

[@mikefoehr235]

Insanity

[@dagamer667]

If they can't afford to fix their brakes, how can they afford to think like that?

[@obocecha]

If you can’t afford basic maintenance of a vehicle you shouldn’t be driving one.

[@theglitch99]

Remember, it just happened (noise or no break pedal) so they always take it to the shop immediately (really its been like thar for months) and then decline repairs and keep on driving doing 90mph on the hwy while on thier phones!

[@ryanwaltos2206]

And yet all of these kinds of cars manage to have [current] state inspection stickers punched within the last two months

[@lotharrenz4621]

0:30 when I was learnign car mechanic in late 80's germany, after the first year there was a test of abilities learned so far. it also tested how much you got taught by your parent auto shop. so I came to that old Opel and had to take the front wheel off and diagnose tyre, wheel, and brake condition. it started out with the wheel nuts beign put on backwards by the previous apprentice, continued with the wheel been put on wrong (Opel saw fit to put a little bolt onto the hub fitting a little bore in the wheel, so you'd put it on in same position always. it was only this model they did it), so it was already warped. I diagnosed all that properly as well as the brakes, and tightened the lugnuts with the correct torque. tester was satisfied and waved me through quickly. (I have to add the first of three years learning was mostly sitting at the school, but you always had days off you were working at your auto shop to see the practical side of things. too bad if they only let you wash cars and swipe the floor...) 3:14 BMW seems to have had problems with the crank pulley's silencer rubber insert, which can break away over time. had it with an older X5 one time. it made a lot of noise, and you could see the pulley running uneven. as I went to cut the engine, the pulley broke off for good, snapping the belt. without the engine running in idle the pulley could have shot away into where it shouldn't run into, including my stupid facade... customer was driving around with that noise for a while. :P

[@luciw9928]

There are alarms that can be put on catalytic converters. All car manufacturers should add them. A couple times a thief gets his ears blasted and cracks his head when he jumps, he may find a different profession. 🤣😂🥰❤️

[@jayhemfindsyou]

Motion alarms can be put under your car as well. Wait until he's under the car, call the police, use a tire valve stem tool to take the valve stems out of half his tires, and then pepper him with paintballs!

[@stevenv2190]

That Wally-world job - some body must have been asleep on "Lug Nut Day".

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

The oil light on while they just keep driving is very common. I've had two people tell me they thought that it may just be a broken light and kept driving.

[@VNCTHE1]

If a man sees that light blinking and doesn't pull over and check the oil but just keeps diving like that...that's not a man imo. A man should not be this mechanically clueless...then again all types of things pass for "men" these days...

[@GrnXnham]

@@VNCTHE1 "Men" today are clueless when it comes to cars.

[@VNCTHE1]

@@GrnXnham That's pathetic

[@jayhemfindsyou]

@@VNCTHE1 If you are a man and your girlfriend knows more about cars than you, you should both date other men.

[@VNCTHE1]

@@jayhemfindsyou😅👍

[@jayhemfindsyou]

I just picked up my car from the shop, the only time I take it to a shop, for new tires. Well the shop finished it up right at their closing time and good thing I checked the lug nuts, because they were all just hand snug, tech clearly forgot to torque them before he pulled the car out of the garage. Check things twice. Three times would be even better.

[@itweeb4765]

So the brakes were squishy.. but they were working... HOW?!

[@RJones112538]

Neglect and lack of maintenance are not covered under manufactures warranty.......

[@ehsnils]

2:02 - Subaru engine runs, pulley bearing is bad, just about time for a cam belt change with new pulleys and water pump and good for a few more years. Someone did have the good sense to use their ears!

[@timsiemssen1148]

So many great clips. Loved the Walmart lugnuts.

[@07sprint1050]

On the plus side, think of how much money was saved by not doing maintenence...😂

[@Mygfisawesone]

We had an old jeep Cherokee sitting in my shops parking lot for like a week because the customer wouldn't get back to us. When they finally called us back, we started the car to pull it into the shop and work on it, and someone had come by at night and stolen the cat off of it. Been about 3 weeks since then and haven't heard back since

[@jayhemfindsyou]

The sheer number of driver's who simply drive their cars until they literally fall apart with no thought on preventative maintenance is mind boggling.

[@jasonhooey5677]

Ahhhhh the usual sounds of a subaru, that damn bird fighting with rocks inside the engine again.

[@mikefoehr235]

After Easter i am replacing my wife's front brakes on her RAV 4....I am sure the rotors I remove will be virtually new compared to the ones on this channel. I think a good buff with a wire wheel deglaze the old rotors will.make them near new. The pizza cutters shown on this channel is insane.

[@hdfxrs9121]

No, buy new ones. They're really not that expensive. Brakes and steering are two things I do not cheap out on.

[@MRtacoma22]

5:30 is why you do your own standard maintenance.

[@morrij01]

A Subaru with a blown head gasket? Where do you find these videos unicorn videos? Sarcasm aside never ignore a weird noise or a warning light, sounds always get worse and lights will only turn off when the car dies unless the issue causing the light is fixed.

[@TwinShards]

Last clip feel like, JUST not enough oil so a lot of air is getting push into the loop

[@JeffDeWitt]

I suspect it's WAY low on oil.

[@Jackthesmilingblack]

You would think a channel like this would kick-start US authorities into initiating more frequent and severe safety inspections, which are the norm in more civilised countries. Jack, the Japan Alps Brit

[@petergarofolo9385]

How do you drive with no rotor. Great video 👍 👍

[@sidviscous5959]

I actually had that happen on an old '72 Pinto many years ago (0:36).

[@daviddubeck2436]

I'm not a mechanic by trade, but work on my own cars. The one most important should be for mechanics, leave your phone in your vehicle or at home. Mistakes are made with the interruptions with calls and texts. I myself have found tools at junk yards that were left behind probably because of calls.

[@awdrifter3394]

5:00 They can still drive it if the rest of the exhaust is not dragging. Just fix it after the road trip.

[@rl2905]

Man I'm seeing so many catalytic converter thefts these days! I drive a Honda and and Acura and thankfully they design their engines with the catalytic converters in the engine bay....

[@DaTallFox]

I know nothing about cars I see these And have absolutely no idea what's wrong with most of these (apart from the ones where stuff is obviously broken) And yet I've been watching these for weeks now I don't know how I got here But I'm here now 👍

[@jmi5969]

What were they doing to completely eat out brake discs?! I had mine replaced after 10 years of service as a precaution, just like the manual warned. The original factory brake pads were about 50% left, the discs even better.

[@CheekyChan]

On that video with the chevy not moving in Drive. Check solenoids and check pressure governor.

[@dand3975]

Use a Torque wrench to tighten wheel nuts. Ask shop who done tire or brake work on your car if they used a torque wrench or torque stick? Never trust a tork stick, recheck tightness of wheel nuts with a real torque wrench.

[@bugjuicer]

So glad I live in a county with mandatory annual vehicle checks!

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

Yeah but it’s probably a salty frozen hell hole though.

[@mikenonameneeded3485]

Well, I do like my freedom and somewhat low taxes. Not every car is like this. These people that let their vehicles get like this are idiots.

[@TheDonSapius]

Tellese me meekly cause aesde wherever frisky skeyey

[@coachhussayn3379]

@@aaronburratwood.6957 he probably lives in a pro Brandon county.

[@Whyismytacoblue666]

@@coachhussayn3379 100 percent!

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

I wonder how many of the owners who think nothing of driving cars with worn parts literally falling off along the way also let their teeth rot out of their mouths before seeing a dentist.

[@FuckGoogle502]

Hell, I can't afford the dentist, so I've just been dealing with it for the last 10 years or so. Broken teeth stop hurting after a while as long as they don't get infected, but even I won't drive around with parts ready to fall off the car lol

[@FaustoTheBoozehound]

Cars are cheap to fix compared to dental work if you don't have insurance

[@neilfoster814]

Americans should be banned from owning or driving a motor vehicle until they can pass a basic maintenance course. Hell, 99.9% of Americans can't even drive a manual gearbox!

[@joejohnston2035]

There hasn't been a good car built for 25 years

[@chrisgabbert658]

We’re failing as parents for decades.

[@skylined5534]

Badly maintained cars in the USA have been a thing since cars existed there.

[@johnme7049]

At 3:40 my Infiniti does that, but only when it's cold. If I warm it up it works fine or I can go out in the summer and start it up and it goes fine. Good luck getting anyone to do ANYTHING but tell you to replace the tranny. Nobody wants to actually diagnose the problem

[@fish.mp4]

its just low on fluid, my cherokee did this and i had a leak out of the output shaft seal. replaced the seal, topped off the fluid and that fixed it. all it is is the torque converter not engaging because it is low on tranny fluid

[@johnme7049]

@@fish.mp4 Sorry, the fluid level is fine. And that would not change with the temp. When it is, say 60 out, I can start and go. It will go if I put it in L or 2 but put it in D and no go until it warms up. Also the Speedometer started acting up until it warms up after I had it about a year. Sets on 0 then after about a mile, it would 'jump up to speed, 20 to 30, for a couple seconds, back to 0 over and over and slowly smooth out. A couple of years ago the speedo and odo died completely, no change with tranny. Thanks for trying though. Dang thing still runs great, 3.1 L V6. but I don't drive it much any more. CYA

[@fixingitrightish]

The truck that doesn't like to move in drive is likely a bad torque converter

[@drover338]

Must be from Brooklyn Park Minnesota....Hoopde Capital of the US

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

How could anyone put lugnuts on backwards?!?! Did they not have the shaped blocks with corresponding holes growing up? Square peg doesn't fit in round hole. Lugnuts are tapered to fit the taper in the wheel. Any idiot can see that!!!

[@buggerlugz6753]

Some people shouldn't be allowed to have cars. The same people shouldn't be allowed to procreate either.

[@FaustoTheBoozehound]

Bring back eugenics!

[@torew01]

The lug nuts weren't installed backwards. They were used on the wrong side of the car.

[@iwd1705]

Should not believe how braindead people can be...🙄

[@kylekowalski9111]

Chinese brake parts are making a lot of appearances lately They are made of less expensive materials

[@tdgdbs1]

Mexico or China; your choice.

[@vmdenis3350]

It doesn't matter where they are made from if you don't maintain them.

[@tielemobiel]

Seems to be very common in ‘murica

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Racism much?

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

@@tielemobiel No surprise given most their states lack any form of safety inspections.

[@JasonW.]

What is the deal with modern brake rotors. In the late 90s I never once saw a front rotor wear completely off.

[@5roundsrapid263]

Depends on the region, and if there’s road salt. In the Midwest they rot away fast, but not in the South and West Coast.

[@JasonW.]

@@5roundsrapid263 I worked in the Midwest, and still never saw that. Where the rotor attaches must be a lot thinner now

[@hammerdragon4321]

Walmart will hire anyone who builds bicycles in their garage to work on cars without real world experience on mechanics

[@mrt2734]

Exactly, people are still foolish enough to take their vehicles there. Damn Jiffy Crap, Jiffy Lube.

[@StopTeoriomSpiskowym]

2:15 I know what happened. someone flipped the engine to horizontal and it was vertical

[@johnmcdonough955]

Am I alone in thinking old well maintained cars with minimum ancillaries are more reliable than brand new cars with all the toys?

[@bigpapadrew]

can someone explain to me the american thing of stealing catalytic converters? i've seen it a bit over the past month and we dont have that here - why are people stealing them?

[@OneEyedGhoul84]

quick money from scrap yards can get over a grand for them sometimes. made with expensive metals, platinum, rhodium etc.

[@bigpapadrew]

@@OneEyedGhoul84 cool, thanks for explaining that! Seems to be a bit of an epidemic in some parts of the country

[@csjrogerson2377]

Hey Cleetus, why you changing the oil? You did it 15 years ago.

[@ffjsb]

"It would sit there for minutes without doing nothing"... So you mean it was doing something all that time???

[@5roundsrapid263]

My thoughts exactly. I hate double negatives!

[@kevinrivera1492]

Wouldn't buy a vilvo with a engine tic ever

[@JaakkoF]

I'm just happy that here in Finland there are yearly mandatory inspections that prevent this sort of problems like we see on these videos.

[@nodak81]

Once Putin invades you'll have other things to worry about.

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

Them: Oh no, I can't take my road trip because my CC is gone! Me, cutting the cat off everything I've ever owned: 🤫

[@skurblord3401]

Most newer cars will go into limp mode without them. Also one of the o2's are usually attached to the now missing cat.

[@UCCLdIk6R5ECGtaGm7oqO-TQ]

Yeah, because fuck air quality/everyone else.

[@tinknal6449]

A year and a half ago I bought a good set of used tires for my F250. Waited in the lobby while the (new) tech replaced them. Wandered out when he was about done. Tech was mounting the passenger side. He mounted the front and hand tightened them. Mounted the back, torqued them down, lowered the truck, and said it was done. I asked him if he was going to torque the front tire on.... I told him to double check the drivers side. About a year later one of those tires exploded while parked. Tire was still in good condition, I suspect he over inflated it.

[@MJ-zo5gb]

Say what you want about electric cars, but damn if they’re not more simple and less things to break/maintain….

[@HesmiyuMC]

Tbh, maybe it's because I've never changed a car wheel, but i didn't realise all those lug nuts were on backwards in the first clip...

[@p52893]

Critical mass $$

[@bryant5993]

"Can literally sit for minutes without doing nothing" LOL... The truck's transmission is the least of his problems, he needs to work on grasping the English language

[@bearing_aficionado]

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!

[@executive]

you mean a 22 year old transmission is shot? say it aint so! I question why some of these clips get included

[@spider0804]

Anyone else cringe when that guy stuck his head/hand in the wheel well? Weight of 1/4 of the car would come down on his head and pin it to the wheel if that last thread had slipped from him pushing on the body. That truck has a bad drive solenoid.

[@fishingwithkar4871]

If Walmart put that customers tires back on that car with with the lugnuts backwards they hundred percent did that on purpose. They did that totally intentionally to try to get the customer to come back and have more work done to their car that they don't need.

[@skylined5534]

I don't think so, it'd be pretty obvious who's done it and Walmart aren't going to intentionally risk killing people in a hope for repeat custom due to their own bungling.

[@millionmiler]

Wow I have never seen Bluetooth brakes where can I get them Jokes aside I vote for mandatory vehicle inspection ever 2 years to be determined that your vehicle is safe

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I'm not a fan of vehicle inspections. But I'm starting to think that it might be needed. The only problem is, my vehicle is never going to be considered safe by a by the book inspector. I know it's safe. It's not right. But it's not dangerous either. I still say people should have to take a vehicle basics course before getting a license. If you know how a car works. You're more likely to get it checked out when you know something isn't right

[@FaustoTheBoozehound]

Should they take firearms safety course before being allowed to own a gun?

[@neilfoster814]

​@@FaustoTheBoozehound YES! Most civilised countries have an annual vehicle inspection required by law. Your vehicle fails and it's off the road until it passes. Just as it should be.

[@sbrmilitia]

@@FaustoTheBoozehound no

[@markkoeppel7932]

I hate when my truck WON'T DO NOTHING...

[@namzy410]

It would be nice if the title of the video is the ist video shown

[@simonreeves2017]

All these sh*t box cars - but not one of them an EV. Interesting. SO many of these failures are on components that an EV doesn't even have!

[@yeetandskeet]

Almost like the amount of EVs on the road is about 2% that of ICE cars and they are all fairly new.... EVs have plenty of failure points, and its very likely none of them could be fixed anywhere besides a brand specific shop.

[@xXAsunaxKiritoXx]

@@yeetandskeet dont forget the ungodly bill for battery replacement and electrical shit in general

[@brahtrumpwonbigly7309]

When an EV breaks you just throw the fuckin thing away because it costs more than a new car to fix lmao

[@xXAsunaxKiritoXx]

Or be that one guy who blew up his tesla when he found out the bill to replace the battery was more than the car itself

[@garymiller3264]

Ever try to get a can of electricity to put in your car when you run out?

[@myredute]

Jeez you blokes need to slow down on your camera movement. I started feeling sick after two minutes. Shhheeeesh!