Charges me $50 to clean corrosion off of my battery.
I am new to the state of Maryland as of February 2022, and initially r... read more I am new to the state of Maryland as of February 2022, and initially received an inspection a year ago with Columbia Auto. With the first inspection, my vehicle failed due to tinted windows. I requested that the tent be removed, and the mechanic informed me that they were not able to do so, and agreed to pass inspection, although the tinted windows would remain. Instead of suggesting that I find another place to have the tint removed. With the second inspection on March 10, 2023, the vehicle failed due to the ticket windows again. Again the inspection Failed due to the tint in the windows. The mechanic decided not to let the inspection pass and told me that the mechanics license would be at risk if he allowed this to pass. This did not seem to be the issue back in March of last year. Therefore, wanting to charge me $150 to have the tint removed. I am not happy with the fact that this mechanic shop was not consistent with processing the inspection. I will take my vehicle to have the tint removed and pay half of the price someplace else. I have no issue that state regulations require that the tint should be removed. I just don’t like inconsistency and dishonesty with shops. I will notify the DMV of the issue and whoever else needs to be notified. I also choose not to use the shop in the future. I will not recommend any of my family members or friends to do so as well.
The said review on our shop was very dishonest. The unfortunate situat... read more The said review on our shop was very dishonest. The unfortunate situation was this had been set up on a relay call I think things got miss translated in the conversation. This customer brought their truck in on a tow truck his vehicle wouldn't move. Found the transfer case bone dry. When we removed the transfer case fill plug smoke came rolling out. This a part that shouldn't have smoke coming out of it. On top of that the entire transfer case had multiple fluid leaks. So we recommended letting us pull it out and have it sent out to be rebuilt. And do to the rarity of the vehicle the rebuild shop couldn't give us but an estimated price. I relayed this to the customer. He choose not to let us go any farther. We had already had an hour of diagnostic time in it. He told us to stop right there. As into his vehicle being held hostage is just an outrageous allegation. We just asked for the bill be paid before it got removed our lot. I am sorry you feel this way. But you have made some very serious accusations that couldn't be farther from the truth. We are a family owned and ran shop. We haven't been in business for over 30 years by being dishonest or ripping our customers off. It's just not what we do. Again sorry you feel this way.
