Driving without adequate ATF.

Sometimes its difficult to know what transmission filter goes on what car. I
just replaced the filter on my 97 E150 and it was completely different than the
replacement I bought. An older Autozone worker discovered that I had a 96
transmission on my 97 vehicle, and explained that oftentimes the first cars
made in a new year are really last years model!! So it's possible for an
honest mistake.
Greg

 

our local news station did a hidden camera investigation on 'convenience
lube' places, juffy lube included, and caught the staff at several
chains deliberately 'creating' problems for customers that their cars in
fact didn't need at all. the camera crew recorded the mechanics doing
things like keeping bogus containers of fluids -long gone bad- in the
back of the shop, and surreptitiously dipping the ATF dipstick in that
instead of the customer's actual car engine, and coming out to show them
the dirty fluid on the stick and solicitously emoting how 'we'll fix you
right up, good thing we caught this" and then completely replacing their
entire volume of ATF when in fact the car didn't need ANY. this is how
the crooked places make their money. a person who maintains their car
conscientiously and well won't make them any money!! everything is clean
and in good repair!! so they 'invent' some trouble to run up the price.
i swear, your tale sounds like jiffy lube ran you around and then
tripped themselves up into thir own nightmare.
BTW- the managers and bosses are in on it.
the only such chain they found was trustworty was Econo-lube. they did
only what was needed, they showed the customer each honest step, and
charged only what the car needed. if it needed nothing, they told you
so.
everyone else was doing this ripoff of 'finding' problems and inflating
the bill and taking up your time.

one of the funniest was seeing the crew drive a brand new car with
'virgin' fluids into an EZ lube, and recording the mechanic, opening the
various chambers and clucking and presenting them with dirty dipsticks
of each of the various fluids.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and then the guy lied about it, when confronted!!!!!!!!!!
unbeleivable.
econo lube. nobody else. at least in los angeles.