I would strongly caution anyone from bringing their vehicle to Willow Sunoco given my terrible recent experience. Everything was working perfectly on my late model Mercedes (with less than 70K miles) until I brought the vehicle in for a simple oil change. When I got the car back, a strange noise from the engine compartment was immediately noticeable so I told the manager that something was not right. They agreed that the sound was not there before, said that it might be the oil filter, and asked to keep the car another day to look at it further. \r
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The weekend actually went by and only after I called a few times did they finally tell me that the compressor, a/c belt, pulleys and multiple other items needed to be replaced for over $1,500. Of course, I thought this was highly suspect - the car had nothing wrong with it before but somehow 4 days in the possession of Willow Sunoco, it was rendered completely undrivable. They claimed it was normal wear and refused to do anything about it so unless I was willing to pay their fee, I would be forced to tow the vehicle to another shop to get a second opinion (which I ended up doing). The other shop (a Midas) immediately said that it looked like ""outside damage"" and that the compressor seemed to have been tampered with (they put that in writing). I also took pictures and sent them to a few ""Ask a Mechanic"" websites online which responded that they agreed with Midas' assessment. \r
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I have the written opinions of several mechanics documented, EZPass statements proving the car drove well and at high speeds before the ""oil change"", and multiple witnesses who can testify that the car did not have any strange noises (or other problems) before taking it to Willow Sunoco. Unfortunately, Willow Sunoco is either incompetent or fraudulent - whichever the case, they certainly do not stand by their work and could be preying on unwitting Hoboken residents (who are either not mechanically inclined or just don't have the time to deal with these kinds of issues).\r
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Unfortunately for me, my only recourse appears to be small claims court at this point which is time consuming and costly if a lawyer and/or time off work is needed. I sincerely hope this review will help spare someone else the pain that I am going through - save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else!
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