Car repair is a highly technical industry, and most car owners are not very clear about it. Therefore, some non-standard car repair shops resort to various "black tricks" to deceive customers. In the field of car repair, there are occasional occurrences of substandard and fake products, and even some repair shops intentionally create difficult faults to achieve the goal of defrauding money.
Difficult to distinguish between genuine and fake car parts
Some car repair shops sell counterfeit spare parts, mainly parts that are frequently replaced, such as car "three filters" accessories, namely air filter, oil filter, and gasoline filter, as well as clutches, brake pads, etc. The retail price difference between counterfeit and genuine accessories can reach up to 10 times. Once a fake "three filter" accessory is used, it will cause early wear and tear on the car engine, resulting in high fuel consumption and a dull driving experience. When searching for the fault point, it is often difficult to consider using counterfeit parts. At the same time, there is a significant price difference between the original and auxiliary parts of the same accessory.
'Minor illness, big doctor' is a common trick
Yang Zhongmin said, "If there is no problem, it is called a problem, and if there is a small problem, it is called a big problem. 'Small problems are treated by big doctors' is a common trick used by some repair shops. In summary, if there is a small problem, it must be repaired, and if there is a big problem, it must be replaced.
Once the car owner drives the car into some non-standard repair shops, facing the door-to-door business, even some cars with no major problems will be heavily criticized by the repairman. If some cars only have a broken washer, it is often said that the clutch is broken, and even the owner is threatened that not replacing it will affect safety. A small problem that could have been fixed for only a few tens of yuan may cost the car owner several hundred yuan. Some car owners have reported that they once encountered a situation where the headlights of a new car that they had been driving for two months were broken. When they went to the repair station, they were told that there might be a problem with the entire vehicle's circuit. Therefore, they conducted a "full body inspection" and were finally charged nearly 2000 yuan in exorbitant labor fees.
Some repair shops take advantage of the weakness of car owners, especially many female car owners who do not understand maintenance, and make unscrupulous money by talking nonsense. So, when it comes to a "full body check", car owners may want to ask more stores, comparing prices from three different stores will never go wrong.
'Grinding foreign labor' becomes the way to make money
Auto repair technicians often calculate their income based on labor costs, so some car repair shops try their best to grind more hours. A car is originally just a minor problem that can be fixed in one or two working hours. Unscrupulous repair points will find ways to find more problems from the car, and some even intentionally damage some parts, and then tell the owner where to repair and where to repair. After obtaining the consent of the car owner, I lay under the car to carry out debugging. After a while of "busy" work, several working hours passed again.