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Hub You - Car Repair Prices: The Old Lady Gets Taken For $1500
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The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!
Nevertheless, the technician expected his 15 hours of pay. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical story you just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the service manager didn’t care about this deception.
The elderly woman was billed $1500, not because she was elderly or because her car was older, but because scenarios such as this happen every da
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She proceeded to authorize 4 hours of diagnostic time to investigate why her interior light didn’t work. Several hours later she got another call from her service advisor. Finally, they had discovered the root cause. A corroded wire at the connector of a control module was the culprit. Luckily, the control module did not need to be replaced, which would have exceeded $3000 including parts, tax and labor.
However, in order to fix the wiring as well as remove and reassemble all the necessary interior components, it was going to cost $1500. She agreed to the charges, and was relieved that “that’s all it was.”
What Really Happened
The above story sounds perfectly plausible, doesn’t it? You’ll be shocked to learn what really happened… The interior light problem was examined by a technician. Here’s what he should have done:
- First: ensure the interior light switch was turned on (it was).
- Second: check to see if the interior light fuse had blown (it had).
The fuse was the cause of the problem: a 15 cent fuse that’s quick to check and easy to replace.
Instead, the technician literally spent hours working on the problem. He reviewed wiring diagrams. He traced the wiring harnesses, consulted technical manuals, and removed multiple interior components looking for the source of the problem. After 15 hours, he finally thought to check the fuse and found the problem. 15 hours to find a blown fuse!
This is an outrageous amount of time, and was a direct result of the technician’s incompetence.
The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!
Nevertheless, the technician expected his 15 hours of pay. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical story you just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the service manager didn’t care about this deception.
The elderly woman was billed $1500, not because she was elderly or because her car was older, but because scenarios such as this happen every day
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However, in order to fix the wiring as well as remove and reassemble all the necessary interior components, it was going to cost $1500. She agreed to the charges, and was relieved that “that’s all it was.”
What Really Happened
The above story sounds perfectly plausible, doesn’t it? You’ll be shocked to learn what really happened… The interior light problem was examined by a technician. Here’s what he should have done:
- First: ensure the interior light switch was turned on (it was).
- Second: check to see if the interior light fuse had blown (it had).
The fuse was the cause of the problem: a 15 cent fuse that’s quick to check and easy to replace.
Instead, the technician literally spent hours working on the problem. He reviewed wiring diagrams. He traced the wiring harnesses, consulted technical manuals, and removed multiple interior components looking for the source of the problem. After 15 hours, he finally thought to check the fuse and found the problem. 15 hours to find a blown fuse!
This is an outrageous amount of time, and was a direct result of the technician’s incompetence.
The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!
Nevertheless, the technician expected his 15 hours of pay. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical story you just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the service manager didn’t care about this deception.
The elderly woman was billed $1500, not because she was elderly or because her car was older, but because scenarios such as this happen every da
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What Really Happened
The above story sounds perfectly plausible, doesn’t it? You’ll be shocked to learn what really happened… The interior light problem was examined by a technician. Here’s what he should have done:
- First: ensure the interior light switch was turned on (it was).
- Second: check to see if the interior light fuse had blown (it had).
The fuse was the cause of the problem: a 15 cent fuse that’s quick to check and easy to replace.
Instead, the technician literally spent hours working on the problem. He reviewed wiring diagrams. He traced the wiring harnesses, consulted technical manuals, and removed multiple interior components looking for the source of the problem. After 15 hours, he finally thought to check the fuse and found the problem. 15 hours to find a blown fuse!
This is an outrageous amount of time, and was a direct result of the technician’s incompetence.
The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!
Nevertheless, the technician expected his 15 hours of pay. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical story you just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the service manager didn’t care about this deception.
The elderly woman was billed $1500, not because she was elderly or because her car was older, but because scenarios such as this happen every da
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Instead, the technician literally spent hours working on the problem. He reviewed wiring diagrams. He traced the wiring harnesses, consulted technical manuals, and removed multiple interior components looking for the source of the problem. After 15 hours, he finally thought to check the fuse and found the problem. 15 hours to find a blown fuse!
This is an outrageous amount of time, and was a direct result of the technician’s incompetence.
The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!
Nevertheless, the technician expected his 15 hours of pay. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical story you just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the service manager didn’t care about this deception.
The elderly woman was billed $1500, not because she was elderly or because her car was older, but because scenarios such as this happen every da
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The repair should have taken 15 minutes, not 15 hours!
Nevertheless, the technician expected his 15 hours of pay. The service advisor made up the detailed and elaborate electrical story you just read, as well as the “lucky” savings to cover the technician’s time; the service manager didn’t care about this deception.
The elderly woman was billed $1500, not because she was elderly or because her car was older, but because scenarios such as this happen every day in every type of service center across the automotive service industry. It’s normal!
I use this "real-life" example (one of many) to illustrate that price-gouging (auto repair rip off scams) are extremely common, and can get quite elaborate.
The unfortunate truth is that these scams happen EVERY DAY, and that there is little "accurate" information to not only avoid getting ripped off, but to STOP getting ripped off altogether!
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