Meineke Car Care Center

Took my car in because we had a radiator leak. Four trips and over $1,100 later, they've done more harm than good. Work was done piece meal. Correct diagnostics were not run. Now I'm stuck with a car that overheats after being driven for a few miles and a refusal from Tarik (the owner) to make it right. He was the one that started the work on my car, he was the one that didn't run the correct diagnostics. And when contacted by a mediator from their national headquarters he lied, and said that we didn't ""want to spend a lot of money"". Since when is over $1,100 not a lot of money? He's lazy, dishonest and shady. I'd rather have a guy work on my car from his garage than EVER take my car there again. more

re. dezavala location My experience here was a nightmare. My sons new (to him)car was ""skipping"", when i took it to Meineke on Dezavala I was told that the fuel injectors needed cleaning. It sounded hoaky to me...but what do i know? When I got home my husband laughed and said that I was getting robbed. he said that it sounded like the sparkplugs. I had left my son there with the car while it was repaired, and left them a check for 140.00 for the ""repairs"". When I got home my husband told me that it sounded like the sparkplugs, he said that i was b eing scammed.I called Meineke with my concerns and was told that ""well if your husband is a mechanic....whgy dont you have HIM repair the car?"" good point, i guess. The car was done at closing time, and my 16 year old son said that the second he pulled out of their driveway it began skipping again. I called them immediately, but of course, there was no answer. They were closed.UTo make a long story short, i took the car to the Lincoln dealership who immediately identified the problem as a sparkplug coil and repaired it. i looked up ""fuel injector cleaning "" online and found out that it is the biggest scam around...i put a stop payment on the check. When the owner Raphael called to ask me why i put the stop payment I explained. I said that i was more than happy to go to court and let a Judge decide. I never heard from him again\r Three months later my sons car was repossesed. He had finals the next dayy and all of his study materials were in the car. i was in Calif. and had to pay $800 for a flight back the next day, as I was the only person that the car would be released to. I was forced to pay Meineke the $140 plus $30 for returned check fee PLUS $350 to the repo company. the owner of the repo company told me after hearing what happened, that they would no longer work with Meineke. Apparently I am not the only victim of Raphaels.I am filing a small claims c ase, and i will get my money back...but I wanted to warn others. more