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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
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
Three's the charm
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
Baby driver
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
Wreck
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
Luck of the draw
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
Christine
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)
lactosefree1 8
try tightening the cover for the gas intake (the screw on part)
foxhoundd 0
learned how to drive
ThatGuyTy 0
Highly doubt it's the driving skills that are the cause of the issues. Though coming from someone like you I guess I can see how you'd come to that conclusion.
UpsidedownKayak 9
You Audi get a new mechanic, one that can give you an Acura description of the problem with your car. It might be better to buy a new car if you can a Ford it. You need something reliable to get Toyota work and back.
123skyline 0
Here's an idea: GET A NEW CAR. You shouldn't be rebuilding your engine in the first place, it's not worth it half the time. It's high cost, and the engine never runs the same as it originally did.
darkmis1 18
Get a new car.
Hexefrau 5
Here's a thought- since it seems as though you may be mechanically inept and/or clueless, buy yourself an OBD II scanner. A good one runs you around $200. Buy one, and learn what the codes mean. Here in San Diego, getting the codes read costs arounf $80-$100; this is why I bought a scanner for myself. A check engine light can be anything from your O2 sensors, to your gasoline mixture running rich (too much oxygen), to your catalytic converter failing. The first thing I check if my check engine light pops on are my spark plug wires; an unseated wire will absolutely throw a code. So will bad spark plugs. And yes, mechanics do take advantage of women. That being said, I do also see a number of men taken advantage of when I'm in a shop, because their pride won't allow them to ask questions, and they bluster and bluff and bullshit their way through a mechanic's visit as though they know something. And as a woman, it seems to enrage them if I step in and suggest an actual, viable solution to their problem. Anyway, if you've had the engine rebuilt 3 times, perhaps you should find a more reputable mechanic and consider that the shop you've been going to might be run by idiots. Or perhaps that you've been paying for work that wasn't performed; after all if you think the check engine light is solely about the engine itself, and you don't realize that it pertains to the emissions system in some form or fashion 8 times out of 10, you're probably pretty easy for an unscrupulous mechanic to bullshit and scam.
moguidry 3
sometimes its not the engine at all but the computer in your car. instead of rebuilding the engine again, get the computer chip in your car checked out. that probably has a lot to do with it.
chevytruck99_77 0
just cuz ur light comes on doesn't mean the engine is bad :) believe me I blew motors all the time and I work on em all the time too :)
mongoosemike 23
If you blow motors all the time, you must not know how to work on them properly. Jackass.
locster3000 3
you need car MD. lol
brodie1709 5
check your gas cap, it could be as simple as that. and get a trusted and recommended mechanic.