Today, I got my car back from the shop. The engine has been rebuilt twice in the past 3 months. My check engine light just came on. FML
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Today, I bought a different car because I was having to constantly repair my old one. On the way home from the dealer, the check engine light came on. FML
Today, I picked my car up from the shop. After 5 minutes I noticed the oil and check engine light on. I pulled over, then the engine shut off completely. Turns out they forgot to put oil back in my car. I'll be needing a new engine. FML
Today, my car was broken in for a second time in a month and a half, and for the second time it's now Inoperable. I only got it returned from repairs two days ago. FML
Today, after having my car back for a few months after a $2,000 repair, I got in, only for it to not start. Don't worry. It's not the battery. It's the engine, which was fine yesterday. FML
Today, my check engine light came on. I took my car to the dealership, to be told it wasn’t an issue, and I would be fine to drive and use my car normally until my appointment in 4 days. Four hours later, my car won’t start 45 minutes from home. I guess a $200 tow bill means I wasn’t fine. FML
Today, I paid over $500 to pick up my car from the mechanic, after it'd spent almost a month there. It broke down again on the way home. FML
Today, I waited 3 hours and paid $360 to have a routine tuneup done on my old car. As I pulled into my driveway, about to turn off the engine, one of my headlights blew. FML
Today, after waiting a week for an update on my car after the engine blew, all covered by warranty, I was informed that my car is under investigation for warranty fraud. This is its fourth engine. FML
Today, I drove my truck into the garage for a couple of minor repairs. It was returned on a flatbed with a blown engine. FML
Today, I paid $2300 to a mechanic for fixing my car. It's also the day I got into an accident and totalled said car. FML
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rockhound 0
You need a new mechanic.
maskedman 9
I guess it's time for a new car.
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Comments (148)
6dia2blo6 0
just because the check engine light is on don't mean your problem is with the engine and if you had the engine rebuilt 3 times YDI for being retarded and not trying to find out what's wrong in the first place
GeneralTso 2
The mech knows you can afford to keep having yourengine rebuilt so he's robbing you
horneyhic 15
yea i agree unless Ur car is from the 60s or older it shouldn't need a rebuild those cost like $10000
SirEBC 7
It could be a problem with the continuum transfunctioner.
scott_m319 0
Or perhaps it's the Minovsky field matrix contusionator?
Blacksmokehick 0
just because the check engine light came on, doesnt mean it needs to be rebuilt. have a different mechanic hook it up to a code scanner and check what it is.
nebula748 14
Gotta be a Capri...or a Pinto.
johnsese 0
doeant mean its bad engine you just have to reset your the computer for ur car
metalwolf 17
Please, never give car advice again. You cant just "reset" a car computer like your home pc.
xstolix 1
It solves nothing the problem will still be there but just unhook the negative from the terminal and put it back on just pretend to be oblivious when it happens again.
thebeanishere 8
Actually he is right you have to reset the codes after your finished doing the job or they will never go away.
Alleged_Cranium 7
*Wow, that's so (choose one): A) great B) terrible C) Raven D) all of the above *FML auditors seem to have a problem with my rather innocuous comments. So, I figured this is what they are looking for.
Cinn_fml 23
As others have said, it might just be a faulty light. The car I drive has a faulty light, it's been checked and we've no idea why it comes on (seemingly at random) but we know that it's just a faulty light or signal telling the light to come on. So maybe it might not be that serious.
LexusFlu 1
must have been a chevy
dmmcintyre3 8
My friend has a 1983 chevy with over 400k miles and the original engine. It's a little hard to start but otherwise runs great.
macskapingvin 0
Maybe you should have sent your car to a garage instead of a shop. That might have been of more use.