![]() ![]() ![]() Photo credit: Pep Boys Outlets that are primarily parts stores (including Pep Boys and Walmart) typically quote service prices based on the assumption that you've purchased replacement parts from them. And if you feel pressured in any way, consider taking your business elsewhere. So unless it's a mechanic or service center you know and trust - Jiffy Lube, for example, requires all technicians to undergo intensive training at Jiffy Lube University and is said to set a high standard within the industry - think twice before agreeing to extra services. Costs can vary greatly, however, as can the quality of the additional work. ![]() Each offers a host of other services, as well, ranging from basic maintenance to full auto repair. If the contents of this answer discuss debts or bankruptcy, this office is required to advise the recipient that the US Congress has designated our office as a debt relief agency that is authorized to assist people in filing bankruptcy.Of course, an oil change is just the main course on the menu at most of these shops. federal tax advice provided in this communication is not intended or written to be used, and it cannot be used by the recipient or any other taxpayer (i) for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties that may be imposed on the recipient or any other taxpayer, or (ii) in promoting, marketing or recommending to another party a partnership or other entity, investment plan, arrangement or other transaction addressed herein. To ensure compliance with IRS Circular 230, any U.S. There is no right to rely on the information contained in this answer and no attorney-client relationship is formed. Any information in this communication is for discussion purposes only, and is not offered as legal advice (and only applies in Georgia). Now here's the "legalese" we lawyers need to add: Please do not construe anything here to make you a client of Glen Ashman. Many legal cases have vital deadlines that you may miss with delay, so please be aware of that. You should not rely on online questions as a final legal answer or a "how to" and need to sit down with a lawyer to get an answer to safely rely on. Please be aware I am licensed only in Georgia, so an answer in another state may be different. (Please note that my office does NOT presently handle new bankruptcy cases, criminal cases, traffic tickets, appeals, juvenile court matters, DFCS cases, or landlord-tenant cases and although I have done contested custody matters for decades I'm semi-retired from those). AVVO has useful tools to contact the lawyers you see on AVVO. To retain a lawyer you need to enter into a written retainer with the lawyer (and you have not hired me simply because I answered something here). Please know that in answering I am not your lawyer and am only providing general information. In answering your question I am basing my answer on the limited information here, and more information is likely needed to properly and fully answer, but hopefully the answer helps. If my answer does help you, please consider marking it helpful, or a best answer. Your key to winning here, be it in court or just negotiating with Wal-Mart, is a TON of documentation and proof. Whatever car repair shop you use, be sure that the repair staff is willing to appear and testify if needed in court. ![]() They are very unlikely to give that to you without counsel. You want a lawyer TODAY, before the tape is erased, to get the store videos, that likely recorded the conversation with you and the manager or at least show it happened, and any video that was running when the car was repaired. Given the cost of an engine, you can expect a fight, so hopefully you can document everything. On most cars, the oil light also would be on, very fast, with no oil cap, and the car would run badly. Some of your story frankly doesn't add up, as if they actually hadn't put oul back in the car, your oil light would have been on continuously, and your car would not have even functioned for a day, so either you have left out key details, or there is an argument as to what caued the engine failure. Your first step, and that should already have been done, is to get an experienced licensed mechanic willing to give a detailed written opinion that the cause was what walmart did, and not something else. ![]()
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