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12-04-2019, 04:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Illinois
Posts: 818
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Bronco hit it on the head me thinks! Everybody's about money, themselves, and more money for themselves....I think it might be time to get in the van and go "Live down by the river."...for good!
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'01 Lexus 430 LS 'Luxobeebs
'20 Tacoma TRD OR 'Tacobeebs'
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12-04-2019, 05:14 PM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 374
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This is what mine looked like after loosing a wheel. All 8 lugs sheared off 100 miles after buying new tire. Tire shop insurance took care of it for about 70k. SMB had to take interior out, then to body shop to fix then back to SMB to have interior put back in. Took almost 2 years but no vermin (lawyers) involved. Guess I got lucky or maybe it was the way my cousin Vinny asked them, but it's all good now.
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12-04-2019, 05:28 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: boise idaho
Posts: 2,625
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 86Scotty
That's nuts!
Another banner day for our out-of-control society.
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...its like the movie idiocracy is playing out right in front of us. just asinine.
seems to me is would be the nail in the coffin for this business. I know for a fact I would never take anything there again even if I was a loyal customer and nothing bad had happened up until this case. basically they are telling you that hey, we may have fuct up, but there's no way we are going to held liable for it.
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12-04-2019, 07:42 PM
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#14
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 25
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This must apply to a certain NC Ford mechanic also.
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12-05-2019, 04:10 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: FL and VA
Posts: 1,953
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Yeah, I don't go anywhere after having a shop do something with my tires that I don't check the lug nuts before I leave. For that matter, if it is a rotation, TPMS reset too.
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2008 GMC 3500 Quigley Weldtec 4x4 Savana SMB
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12-05-2019, 06:15 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Croydon, PA
Posts: 308
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Wow... I typically rotate tires myself (when you own three lifts, you have little excuse to pay to have that done...). It does seem odd using a torque wrench isn't standard practice by most shops. Even when I was forced to have some tires replaced at a Walmart it the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania, I watched the service manager torque the lug nuts. She put enough force to rock the truck 8 times on each side, but the lug nuts on a Cummins 4x4 need something like 150 ft. lbs.
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12-05-2019, 11:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Posts: 3,774
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Factory spec on the E250's & above should be @140 ft/lbs.
I use just a touch of "light machine oil" (aka 3-in-1 ) on the stud threads to slow down the rust. Of course I'm running stock steel wheels and always have the wheel covers in place too.
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12-06-2019, 06:28 AM
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#18
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Beaverton, OR
Posts: 2,506
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Actually if you read the appeal, there are a couple of things that are interesting. The appeal is not about the owner of the car, but instead it was about her passenger. From all account the dealership acknowledged their negligence, the mechanic admitted the lugs were hand tighten and he had forgot to use the air gun.
This appeal was for a suit brought on by the passenger, originally for negligence for injuries that he experienced in the accident. Latter his attorneys amended the complaint to include the Motor Vehicle Service and Repair Act (MVSRA). The key point of using this was that it would enable the plaintiff to recoup attorney fees and legal cost. The plaintiff was awarded $40,000 for the negligence, and an additional $70,000 for attorney fees and costs in excess of $70,000 based on defendants’ violation of MVSRA.
The dealership appealed the use of the MVSRA in the case. To be clear the intent of the MVSRA was written to protect the consumer from getting charged for services that the dealer did not provide. The dealership appealed it on the grounds that the defendant was not the customer in the transaction, and that they did perform the tire rotation, although they admit it was done incorrectly.
The appellate court disagreed with not being the customer, but did agree that the section of the MVSRA used in this case did not state that the work needed to be performed correctly. Remember the intent of this law was for dealers charging for work not done.
The dealership did not appeal the $40,000 dollars awarded for their negligence, just the $70,000 in attorney fees.
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12-06-2019, 07:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 633
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scalf77
The dealership did not appeal the $40,000 dollars awarded for their negligence, just the $70,000 in attorney fees.
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In my opinion, that right there is problem with this kind of thing.
- Eric
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2005 SMB RB 4x4 6.0 PSD
A rocket on the pad is safe,
but it's not what rockets are built for.
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12-06-2019, 07:57 AM
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#20
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: TN
Posts: 10,251
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I just finished my coffee. I think I'll sue someone. I didn't burn myself spilling it or anything. Of course that would be too easy of a lawsuit. I'm just thinking of suing the coffee grower for not growing enough.
Where does it end?
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