I had my front brakes replaced in November at Tuffy on Fuller. I went back in May to have the rear brakes done. There’s new management. The employee was having a lot of trouble verifying or understanding their records. He said he wouldn’t know if they’d been fixed there or not until he inspected it. I ended up taking it to the dealership for the rear brake replacement. The dealership called, sent photos and a narrated video inspection in which they said “we can tell someone did work on your front brakes based on pad measurements, but it was done “poorly.”
Sorry,” they said, “the front brakes need work more urgently than the rear.” (The rear brakes haven’t been replaced in the 5 years I’ve owned the vehicle, for reference.) I had them do both sets. Then, I found my original receipt from Tuffy and brought it to them along w all the documentation from the dealership. They refuse to refund me the over $500 I paid for the shoddy work that their shop had done. They took all the photos from the dealership inspection and said a DM would get back to me. After a week, she contacted me by text, stating they will not refund. They said they would have fixed it for free but since I had the work done elsewhere I forfeited my rights.
I’m frugal, but I’m not crazy. Mess up my BRAKES one time, shame on you. Trust you to touch them again? Shame on me. Safety 1st!
I plan to take them to small claims court to try to get back the $500-$600 I paid; when I replied to the text calmly requesting the name of the District Manager who made the decision. I’d been told over week ago that we were a waiting to hear back from the DM. They refuse to name the DM, General Manager, or any employee I had contact with - stating, “we made the decision AS A COMPANY. “👍🤔 The dealership, on the other hand, had no qualms about providing as many names or credentials as I needed or wanted. ◡̈ (Seems telling, doesn’t it?)
I will add the photos & update this, after court!