Hi Everyone!
I'm frustrated! I took my 03 Jetta (ALH engine) to a mechanic on the "trusted mechanic" list and have not seen my car in almost 3 months. I took it there because my car (who's name is Fred) had low power, so I checked the many suggestions from the forums (MAF, vacuum tubes, etc). I recently moved up to NorCal from San Diego and love this forum, so decided to take it to "Streetwerke" in Palo Alto, which is 40mins from where I live in the Bay Area. I also asked them to just do service since I don't have tools up here. The mechanic named Josh was the one working on my car at the time and he replaced the oil/ filters/ checked all the vacuum tubes. They called me to tell me it was ready and they were taking it for a test drive and then they called back to tell me that the car kept accelerating (runaway engine). They told me that the pistons were blown and some other stuff. But now since it's been so long, I feel like they are just taking advantage of me because I am a girl. I've talked to the guy who own's the place (Darren) and he refuses to call me back to let me know what is going on, nor has he given me an estimate on the work he has done.
Any advice? I think I should tow the car somewhere else because I kind of need a car now, I just started volunteering at the Aquarium of the Bay and the SF weather is usually too cold for me to ride my motorcycle.
Thanks in advance! and thanks for reading my rant about my troubles
I'm frustrated! I took my 03 Jetta (ALH engine) to a mechanic on the "trusted mechanic" list and have not seen my car in almost 3 months. I took it there because my car (who's name is Fred) had low power, so I checked the many suggestions from the forums (MAF, vacuum tubes, etc). I recently moved up to NorCal from San Diego and love this forum, so decided to take it to "Streetwerke" in Palo Alto, which is 40mins from where I live in the Bay Area. I also asked them to just do service since I don't have tools up here. The mechanic named Josh was the one working on my car at the time and he replaced the oil/ filters/ checked all the vacuum tubes. They called me to tell me it was ready and they were taking it for a test drive and then they called back to tell me that the car kept accelerating (runaway engine). They told me that the pistons were blown and some other stuff. But now since it's been so long, I feel like they are just taking advantage of me because I am a girl. I've talked to the guy who own's the place (Darren) and he refuses to call me back to let me know what is going on, nor has he given me an estimate on the work he has done.
Any advice? I think I should tow the car somewhere else because I kind of need a car now, I just started volunteering at the Aquarium of the Bay and the SF weather is usually too cold for me to ride my motorcycle.
Thanks in advance! and thanks for reading my rant about my troubles
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