I tried them because of reviews. I paid $160 for a diagnostic because of their reviews. $160 is very expensive diagnostic charge. They said their lift does upto 12000 lbs. My truck weighs 7000 lbs. They charged me but did not complete the diagnostic and told me nothing except they could not lift the truck. Asking me to empty a few tools weighing couple hundred pounds is an excuse not to do the work. Should have told me that before continuing work and charging me. I know they will say they wil look at it if I empty the truck. So the lift will work for 6700lbs but not 7000lbs. They said they lift 12000lbs all the time. I am relieved they were only able to extract $160 for nothing out me.
Robert, I am sorry you had a disappointing experience with your 2001 Ford F250 truck. I spoke with the team about the diagnosis we performed, to ensure policy and proper diagnostic procedures were followed. With these things in mind, I’d like to bring a few things to light, not the least of which was the safety risk of lifting your truck as well as our offer to provide you a full refund, which you declined. When you arrived, you told us your truck sputtered up hills only during certain times and that it had computer codes present. So, we quoted for diagnosis, spent some time discussing your vehicle, and received your authorization to proceed at an agreed upon price. We could clearly see that your vehicle had a commercial work bed system with racks, metal piping over head & closed drawers built in, all designed to carry weight in the rear of the vehicle far beyond that of a normal pickup truck. We specifically asked if your vehicle was unloaded before service, and you said that it was. We also advised you that based on what we saw that we might not be able to safely lift it to do a complete inspection. You acknowledged this and agreed to having us continue without lifting it if need be. Although our initial visual inspection of your vehicle found several unrelated issues in need of service or repair, we found your vehicle’s engine ran fine at that time and the initial scan showed no codes in the computer. It also showed no signs of the concern you requested us to diagnose. You subsequently let us know that you cleared the vehicle’s codes before you arrived. Unfortunately, this left us only with the ability to check general operation of major parts of the engine under the hood. In the meantime, the tech checked the truck’s drawers and found they were filled full, far different than what you told us when we asked. We take safety very seriously and rely on the techs to speak up if there are any safety concerns anywhere, at any time, on any vehicle. So as far as the weight of the truck and the capacities of our lifts, the person working on your vehicle spoke up and decided there was a potential risk lifting your truck and decided not to take the risk of harm to himself or damage to your vehicle and our equipment - regardless of posted weight capacities. We let you know this and confirmed that we could not safely lift the vehicle to allow us to check your oxygen sensors and to complete the multi-point check that we do on every vehicle. You acknowledged this and said "ok" and wanted us to continue without lifting it. When we ran a full system check and physical testing on all the major items looking for anything out of spec, we found everything to be ok and “in spec.” Because we could not duplicate the issue, we suggested that you to drive the vehicle until the symptoms reappear, and then you could simply remove items from the back of the truck, and you could come back and that we would continue the diagnosis at no additional charge. At that point, you responded to the manager that, “all you want is money,” and that the words “coming out of his mouth irritated” you. Furthermore, you confronted him to, “walk to the top of the block,” which you repeated several times, presumably goading him on to fight you. It’s unfortunate, but during the conversation when you paid, we offered you a full refund which you declined, and our offer still stands. Or we will also gladly continue the diagnosis once the vehicle runs poorly but we ask that the vehicle be unloaded, like you said it was. Just let us know how you would like to continue, and we will be happy to accommodate your request.
- Honest-1 Auto Care Mooresville