50GMC253,
I don't think it's fair to condemn all dealerships
because you've had a bad experience. I've been working for GM for 20yrs, and take pride in my work, like all the other guys in the shop. When we service a vehicle, all that experience goes into it. We have one of the highest CSI ratings in our zone. I get tired of hearing, "don't take your car to the dealer, they'll rip you off!" Case in point; A woman came into the shop with a box of brake parts. She said; "Midas told her another 10 minutes, and you'd be dead!" They replaced...get this...master cyl,calipers, rotors & brake pads!! This was on a 2003 Bonneville. She asked for the old parts. They refused to give her the hydraulic parts beacause of the core charge. She brought in the pads & rotors, and wanted to know "why they needed to be replaced?" Factory spec on a new GM rotor for that vehicle....1.258".
I measured the rotors.....you guessed it...1.258".
There was also 5/32 of bonded material left on the pads. Took this lady for a real ride. How does that guy sleep at night?!? Good Year also tried the same trick with my brother in law's van.
All I did was replace the pads. They told him he "overheated the whole system" and "all the hydraulics had to be replaced." I can't remember the last time I had to replace a caliper on any GM vehicle!! And by the way, we get $14.95 for a lube service by experienced, factory trained technicians. The same guys that do all the other vehicle repairs. We don't have "monkeys" in "lube suits"!!!!!
Rant over!!
Jim Sgrig
