Jiff Lube sucks!

3 years ago, they messed up my oil gasket and over tightened the oil pan bolt while doing oil change. And I did not find it out until 6 months later from my car maintenance service. That cost me $400 to fix it and the store manager did not admit its their (his) fault and would not pay for the damange. And he insisted I should drive my car to his store for them to examine and fix it if required (How could I drive my broken car? Such a BS!).

dlee924 said:Connman,

I didnt get conned. The oil change was for my an older model car. I got the oil change with the synthetic oil for high mileage car. The coupon is good for an oil change of equal or lesser vaule.

thanks OP --- FW is full of ungrateful goof balls and idiots --- they knock you for sharing some good information --- it can get tiring to hear their noise --- but you can always hammer back with much more noise --- and if they really irritate you --- just delete the thread --- after all ---- you are gaining nothing from them --- you were trying to share information!

gizmotoy said:VictorGuttmann said:Its a "meh". $44 seems quite steep for an oil change. I get a synthetic oil change for $20 at my local VW dealership for my GTI. Thats an everyday price too no special.

Is your VW oil subsidized or something? You can't even buy enough synthetic oil to change a 4cyl out yourself for $20 unless there's a huge sale, let alone have someone else do it AND install a filter. I'd guess you're actually getting a dino/synthetic blend which is definitely not the same thing, but who knows. If it's a new GTI they do use full synthetic as the stock fill, but the older ones didn't. If you're getting a full synthetic change for $20, you're the one that should be posting a "Hot Deal". VW dealerships in the area charge about $70 for full synthetic in my neighbor's Passat.VW dealers have low balled oil changes for years. In the 90's I had a VW Corrado. The OEM oil filter was $14 and after adding the price of oil you realized that parts alone were $18 but the dealership charged me only $19.99 and would promise that they would be done within 30 minutes of arriving at the dealership.

staplers said:any one dare to go to jiffy after seeing these videos?.

http://www.nbc4.tv/mechanicinvestigation/index.html

It would be an idiot to go there after watching this investigation video. Thank for posting

green for OP in my eyes. Either way if your going to get an oil change for regular 10-40 oil its going to cost you about 30+ dollars anyways. 18 dollars an oil change isnt bad at all.

I might just do my oil a 1000 miles early and get my car and gf out of the way...

For everyone whos watched the video... http://www.nbc4.tv/mechanicinvestigation/index.html
It was made a year ago. You dont think the dealership or the local garage tries to scam you? This is why when your oil is being changed, you stand outside in front of your car and watch them work.

I had a friend that went to Jiffy Lube, they forgot to put the oil plug back on so he got on the highway and did not know he was leaking oil until the engine locked up and shut down on the middle of I-95. Fortunately he was able to get over w/o an accident. Jiffy Lube blamed it on him for improper driving technique and would not fix it. He took the to court and won.

gizmotoy said:VictorGuttmann said:Its a "meh". $44 seems quite steep for an oil change. I get a synthetic oil change for $20 at my local VW dealership for my GTI. Thats an everyday price too no special.

Is your VW oil subsidized or something? You can't even buy enough synthetic oil to change a 4cyl out yourself for $20 unless there's a huge sale, let alone have someone else do it AND install a filter. I'd guess you're actually getting a dino/synthetic blend which is definitely not the same thing, but who knows. If it's a new GTI they do use full synthetic as the stock fill, but the older ones didn't. If you're getting a full synthetic change for $20, you're the one that should be posting a "Hot Deal". VW dealerships in the area charge about $70 for full synthetic in my neighbor's Passat.


I agree with you 100% - I get synthetic in my car and think its a good deal at $35 or so. 6 quarts of synthetic alone (at least for my vehicle) costs more than $25...plus labor plus the filter....to get it at $20 is excellent!

nooch said:green for you op... this is a great deal.

an oil change at jiffy lube w/ regular oil costs around $30. so you end up get 2 oil changes for ~$15/each. try getting an oil change for cheaper anywhere else.

yes, you can save a few bucks change the oil yourself.

i'm sure some jiffy lubes are shady, but that can be said for any place you get your oil changed. i've been going to jiffy lube for quite some time and never had any problems. just don't leave change/valuables in your car and you'll be fine. and don't give in to the hard sell (oh, you need a radiator flush, etc).

edit - just noticed there is a $5 off coupon at this link. that makes the deal even sweeter. 2 oil changes for around $12.50/each.

The coupon may not be valid with the BOGO free offer. It says on the coupon.

Thanks for this informative video! Last time I took my car to one of these places (a Valvoline facility), they tampered with my spark plugs and wiring w/o asking me, which resulted in the car mis-firing so bad I had to take it to my *regular* mechanic to get it fixed. I threatened to sue them, so they ended up giving me my $$$ back. And this is just for an oil change - crazy stuff!

staplers said:any one dare to go to jiffy after seeing these videos?.

http://www.nbc4.tv/mechanicinvestigation/index.html