I went last week because my saturn was overheating, so I took it in at 9:30am and they gave me a ride home. They never called me, so I ended up calling around 4:30pm, the mechanic told me he would call back once he tracked down my car. He did call back soon after, he told me that my car was leaking coolant, they would have to replace the intake manifold and that it would cost $318.78. He also told me that it might be an internal leakage and that it would cost around $4,500!!! So, I told him that I would just go ahead and pick up my car, because that's a lot of money, obviously. Once I got there the mechanic had told me again what was wrong with my car, and made it seem like my car was soon to break down. Well, it's been a week since, and do you want to know what was wrong with my car...it was just LOW ON COOLANT!! They tried to trick me out of almost $5,000! When all my car needed was some coolant, which cost $15!! I mean just wow. It's been a week and my car is perfectly back to normal. I've been checking it twice a day and there's no leaks, it's not overheating, and the coolant has been at the same level for a week. The one good thing I have to say is that they were nice, except for the whole them trying to take about $5000 from me thing. So now I know to check my car myself before going to a mechanic, lesson learned.
Aimee you have completely miss-understood what we were telling you about your car. Your coolant is low because you have a coolant leak. We filled it before you left, and it sounds like you have had to fill it again. I'm not replying to argue your review, I'm trying to prevent you from a massive repair. Your water pump is leaking, and you have a lot of corrosion build up under the intake manifold by the cylinder head gaskets. We had explained that we need to replace the water pump and clean off the valley under the intake manifold to recheck for leaks. If the cylinder head gaskets are leaking it could be costly. Not $4500.00. I'm not sure where you had come up with that number. If you continue to drive it you will break down. It is not uncommon for water pumps to leak and then stop and start up again. even if you don't have us do the repairs have someone do it before your left on the side of the road and with a much more expensive repair. I tried to call you, however you did not answer. I hope you read this before its too late. You can come in and I will show you on your vehicle exactly what we are talking about so you can better understand. This is not us trying to scare you to do the work, it's simply because we care about our customers. Were not taking anything from you, we did not charge you anything, we advised you as to the extent of what could be going on with your engine. I hope that you will read this response and get your car looked at. Somewhere.. Thank you, Litchfield Auto Repair
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