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08-22-2018, 04:25 PM
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 Drives: 1993 z28/2010 2SS Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Las Vegas/Oshawa
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Went in for an oil change...
So I went into Firestone for an oil change, before I head across town to get a tune on the car. Also told them to replace the wiper blades. Well guy comes back and says he needs to talk to me. Says that they tested the battery and it’s weak. So I said I just had it replaced last September, and he goes well something is draining it and it’s weak. Car hasn’t been hard to start and voltage has been fine. So he asked who replace the battery...I said you guys did. He didn’t expect that so now they have to replace it under warranty. Dummy. Trying to get over on me. Oh he also asked if I leave anything on after I turn the car off and one of the things he listed was AC. Ugh you’re gonna have a bad time sitting in the car with the AC on if the car is turned off 😂
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08-22-2018, 04:37 PM
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Drives: 2012 ZL1 #1156, 2003 Silverado SS Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Cedar Rapids, Ia
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Yeah, when I was a younger man (20?) I took my '70 Chevelle into Firestone to have them do the ball joints. They said I needed new A arms cause the replacement ball joints didn't fit in the stock A arms. Thought that sounded kind of stupid so I said no thanks. Drove it from Iowa to California without any problems (except for the shocks).
Haven't been back to Firestone since.
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08-22-2018, 04:38 PM
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Drives: 2017 2LT/RS & 2013 2LT/RS vert Join Date: May 2014
Location: Georgia
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08-22-2018, 05:12 PM
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Drives: 2010 2LT/RS Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Looks like they tried to pull a fast one on you. Luckily you caught on to it.
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 ZL1 Appearance package, Flow Master American Thunder Cat Back Exhaust w/ QUAD TIPS, K&N Typhoon CAI, Ported VMAX TB, OEM GM Brembo Brakes Package w/ Hawks Carbon Ceramic Pads, Night Owl Halo Kit (WIFI), FRONT/REAR Carbon Fiber Wrapped Bowties, Rear Oracle Blue LED Bowtie, Oracle Ghosted Painted Side LED Markers, Silver Side Faded Gills, OEM Satin Camaro Fuel Door, OEM Strut Tower Brace, Detroit Speed Engineering 1.5" Lowering Springs, Koni Orange STR.T Struts, Z28 rear LCA's, Black Magic rear 32" sway bar, 1LE front sway bar w/ DSE end links. Evil Energy Catch Can. |
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08-22-2018, 06:59 PM
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Drives: 2017 1SS auto vert Nightfall Gray Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Central Coast, CA
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You have to be careful with these franchise operations. They sometimes reward their people for “upselling”.
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08-22-2018, 07:28 PM
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Hard to want.
Drives: 2020 red hot 1SS 1LE Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Nashville Tennessee
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My wife works for corporate Bridgestone. They try the same crap on us!!! Lol.
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08-22-2018, 07:44 PM
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Drives: 2017 1SS auto vert Nightfall Gray Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Central Coast, CA
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Not surprising. The Japanese parent company that owns Bridgestone also owns Firestone. Welcome to the global economy!
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08-22-2018, 08:34 PM
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Drives: 2013 1SS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Ixonia wi
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I change my own oil... never had any problems or complaints
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2013 1le- Katech 416 short block, TSP custom grind cam, LOD intake, cnc heads by F.ED., Nick William's 102mm T.B., CORN fed, Pedders coilovers. Performance street alingnment by Justin at Lake Country Alignment and dyno tune by Late Model Throttle.
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08-22-2018, 09:43 PM
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Fast Cars and Old Guitars
Drives: 2015 2SS RS (L99, baby!) Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: N. CA
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My battery died last weekend. Almost 2 months to the day out of the 3 year warranty. One day it was fine, the next it was dead. I do use a Range and leave it in for a day or so at times but I think it’s a combination of a lot of electronic stuff in the car and a high compression engine. Dunno.
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08-23-2018, 06:40 AM
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Drives: 2014 2SS/RS A6 AGM Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Maryland
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It's usually faster, and always cheaper for me to just change my own oil.
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08-23-2018, 08:19 AM
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A Firestone store would be just about the last place I would go for an oil change.
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08-23-2018, 08:21 AM
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Drives: 2014 2SS blue Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Socal
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08-23-2018, 08:21 AM
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Drives: 2011 ss Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: E-TX
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Wow... I would've made sure to ask him to top off the blinker fluid before they wrap up after hearing his crap
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08-23-2018, 08:22 AM
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Drives: 2002 Camaro SS SOM; 2015 Malibu LTZ Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Queens, NY
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Check to see how frequent you drive your car, or if it sits for long periods without being started. Sitting for long periods inactive (weeks, months) will drain the battery, and if this is the case you may want to look into getting a battery tender. Tenders help extend the life of a battery.
Aside from this, good timing was on your side in that the provider of your battery caught the issue, and now is on the hook for replacing it. I'm not sure how good Firestone products and services are, so just keep an eye out for anything unusual.
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'08 TBSS AWD Black Granite Metallic '15 Malibu LTZ 2LZ Turbo '14 CAMARO ZL1 Blue Ray Metallic |
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