Customer States Compilation (Best Of 2023) | Mechanic Problems | Mechanical Nightmare
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Those "bumps" and "potholes" are probably actually called "curbs." LOL
Yes, Driving over Curbs tend to rip and Smash everything underneath the Car.
…or parking barriers! 😅
@@jimschaefer7827 Iron Man?
@@Omegareed 😂😂
I may be confusing a clip with another one of these. I've been bingeing. But how about when the mechanic says, "states, ran over a hubcap, (undercarriage is a complete mess) that's one helluva hubcap"
"where tf the oil cap?" that got me. i did that ONCE and vow to never forget again. that mess took days to clean out of the engine bay.
Me too, got the oil covered t-shirt to prove it.
@@jeffsullivan3101 HAHA! A forever memory lesson.
It never ceases to amaze me how much "f*cked up" people are completely fine with.
When you understand how stupid the average person is and realize that half of them are stupider than that.
When I grow up, I am going to own a car. It does not seem to require any intelligence nor common sense to have one.
The confidence that mechanics have to touch strange substances with their bare hands will always astound me
Only so many fluids in a car.
What doesnt kill you makes you stronger
Petrochemicals are suspected to be cancerogenic.
That's how we know its messed up.
you'll be out of a job pretty quick if you fuzz about every single liquid
Normally dying battery sounds in electronics make me laugh, but there's something oddly musical about that dying battery car alarm.
Does Customer EVER state, "I drove the ever-lovin' shit out of it until it wouldn't move anymore."?
I have, except I didn’t take it to a shop, it was an 03 ford explorer that I got with 500,000 miles on it, I pushed her to 800,000, kept up on maintenance, took care of her, but one day she said no
Yes, my first winter car, a '77 Chevette. Bought it at 500k, killed it at 990k, but kept the maintenance up through that period until the motor mounts broke.
The first car I bought, the guy told that to me; he wasn't kidding either. I rebuilt it from the ground up. Ah the days when you could actually work on cars without the need for a computer to do your work for you...
nothing wrong owning a car and not having the thumbs for the grease work..
but then you sure as fk should respect the rules when to go to a workshop for x y and z... and also dont whine on the pay to do it properly rather then fk it up yourself and mutilate the machine into scrap in the process
If they don't want to cash in their insurance yeah
I had a customer in the 70s with a Toyota no ac plain car. Her only belt broke and the Alt light came on. She took her pantyhose off and tied them around the pulleys and drove to the shop
Lmao
SAME!! But it was the 80s, a first date, in a 62 Ford truck, and MY pantyhose!!! 😂
Smart woman, considering that she knew exactly what to jerry-rig to get her home and safe. A rarity!
I'm often amazed at the ingenuity of some people. Now, some just do the dumbest things in the world, hence the video above us. Some though, like the pantyhose thing, can figure out EXACTLY what to do to get them home or to the shop or wherever without doing much, if any, lasting damage to their vehicle! Bravo
But pantyhose won't work on every car. A lot of newer vehicles run higher loads on belt, and pantyhose would just slip on crank pulley.
"Up-sell me?" If 90% of these cars rolled into my shop, I would lock them down and make the customer sign a waiver and release to get their keys back, and then I would tell them to get their POS out of my shop and never come back.
وماذا ستصلح سيارة البنتلي أو المازيراتي 🤣
I was thinking the same thing. Video the issues and email them to them as well...
Better than me I'd be asking a member of staff to ring the police and the car taken and scrapped.
Shouldn't be on the road 😔
That's not legal in most states, holding peoples car hostage is scummy
Ye, here in Germany, 95% of these cars would be immediately taken off the road, it helps to have fairly strict regulations of what's considered roadworthy,
Even as somebody that knows nothing about cars, it amazes me how people can let their vehicles get this torn up.
I couldn't agree more the lack of common sense is astounding (educated car mechanic myself)
I found it to be due to laziness and having no respect for your own investment or your future. If You have no problem treating a 35k investment like a piece of toilet paper I can only imagine how bad the rest of your life is.
@@marknelson4856I work with a dude who drives an older toyota. 08 or 12 can't remember Corolla. He'll be in a customer states video one day. His car is a dump. Like the one in here. Front pass. seat has a mound of trash. Ashtray overflowing. I happened to look in one day and thought to myself holy shit!!! Yeah, hes a mess himself, so you're not wrong man.
It has a lot to do with money. Especially in this economy
A lot to be said for yearly rego inspections
Had a client with an older Ferrari - a Conv Mondial, so no supercar. Her tires were 10 years old and cracked to hell - I told her she HAD to get new tires or she risked a blowout. Her response was priceless. Can't we just MOISTURIZE the tires? She was from Newport Beach, CA so her response was not out of left field - lol
😂
Sure, no problem. This turn signal blinker fluid makes an excellent moisturizer and comes with a fresh pine scent!
I am totally mind-blown that people don't think of their own safety and let their cars get to the point of being a total death trap. The reason is what? Money? No money in the world can replace a person. I am an educated car mechanic myself and if any of these cars would come by me, I would have them sign a form that relieve me of any responsibility if the customer doesn't want repairs so I can't be held reliable for any damages, or accident that might happen due to the state of the car
No money in the world is kinda the problem yeah
These are the same people that probably just spent $200 on shoes though.
@@Boyso5407 ever gone to work in 12 dollar boots? Never making that mistake again
@@Boyso5407they got a 1200 dollar phone too.
@@Boyso5407 Not to mention however much cigarettes cost--and booze and monster drinks...
Decades ago, my friend's grandfather was hit and killed while attempting to change a flat tire in the safety lane on the freeway. I taught my kids to never stop on the shoulder of a busy highway if the car can still roll under power. In the case of a flat. You can always buy a new wheel. So, move to the outer shoulder and roll slowly to the next exit and access the situation in a parking lot or driveway. Your life is irreplaceable.
I see this at least once a month.
Changing a flat tire in the passing lane with 3 ft of others doing 75mph. Insane
thank you. my car broke down on a very busy shoulder and i stayed in my car until my dad could get to me to drive me home, but it still was one of the scariest things in my 18 year old life at the time
Pop
Customer came in requesting waterpump replacement.
They " repaired" it but started leaking again.
They poured at least 10 packs of JB Weld on the entire pump and pump was stuck to timing cover. It took an hour of grinding just to access the bolts.
Dear God man, leave some for the rest of us 🤣
That alarm sounds awesome I could really jam out to that beat
Didn’t someone make a remix out of a dying car alarm a long time ago?
I've never understood why people go to horror movies but I'm sitting here with my popcorn, terrified at every new plot twist!!
I find this to be more like black comedy, but it does blur the line with horror
@@nthgth Y
Same, these have completely terrified. I will never use a Backyard Bob or, 'I have a friend." Certified, licensed, reputable, experienced mechanic only.
This proves how totally inept a lot of people are when it comes to the basics in car maintenance and general care.
A garage I used to go to had a baldie of the week contest, the winning tyre would be displayed in reception for all to see.
A customer brought me his 2wd Toyota pickup, said the headgasket needed replaced. It had chocolate milk so thick it wouldn't drain out and was knocking. After I called him back, I found out the headgasket had blown a month and a half earlier, so he just changed the oil every week until he could get it serviced. Which means he drove it every day for 45 days and 5 oil changes.
Jesus christ😂😂😂
Honestly I put a clutch disc in backwards in H.S. auto shop.
Classmates played a joke on me.
The new disc had a sticker that read:
"Flywheel side." They switched the sticker to the wrong side. Ha ha fooled me! And yes a Chevy V8 1st gen clutch will make noise and still move.
A coworker told me his windshield wipers quit working. He tied his shoelaces to the arms. He and his passenger pulled the laces back and forth. 😂
Yeah...there's videos of that on the internet. We had a wiper motor go out here, recently. I made a suggestion to the boss that we do that---he didn't seem too amused! lol
Dad has a similar story, except they were using sport tape to move tge whipers on a bus on the way back from a game in the US, had to keep that going 30+ miles in a storm.
A little ingenuity can go a long way to get you home so a problem can be dealt with properly
7:07 That messed up alarm goes from frog call, to laughing, to sick chiptune beat 😂
I have a 2010 fusion, took to shop as the A/C heating was slowing down, found out it had a cabin filter that was never changed. Did not know it had one. It was replaced and works great now.
Customer States: Denies Repairs
total respect for mechanics- tough, dirty job that keeps everything going, and unbelievable stuff they have to deal with...
11:41
that engine got offended when the person thew a rag at it
I think its a fair assumption these customers “let jesus take the wheel”
Dude!!!! Great video!!! All of your tips really make that first time easier!!!✌️
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@15:29 I aint gonna lie : whole bunch of exhaust putty , chain , cut CO2 sensor, there is no wiiires , Toyoootaaa, a 90 degree angle here, goes into a 45 , they are on to the chimney shit… I don’t even understand this I mean how is it not leaking out ? up and over the crossmember then we come over here to the Chryslerrr. 😂😂😂😂
Non-mechanic here... what are the metal bits at 3:25? im pretty sure they dont belong there... but where did they come from?
pause at 101:55. That is what all of those pieces are supposed to look like
People spend 1,000s on sound systems but won’t pay for an oil change.
28:26 This is why I just keep fixing my old Jetta.
Some of this is pretty scary. But I saw some even scarier things when I worked major overhaul on cargo planes that operated in third world countries. I fixed hinges on an access door that was about to blow out because someone thought it would be OK to put a metric automotive bolt in a hole meant for an SAE aircraft bolt. Literally would have taken another flight or two to fail. I've seen major structural damage that wasn't repaired correctly and a whole bunch of other things that made my jaw drop.
Drifting and burnout trend will get a lot of shops rich.
Saw a 2017 Camaro SS with the 6.2 liter and about 30,000 miles on the odometer with a rod through the block about 2 weeks ago. 19 year old kid just bought it apparently and it still had temporary plates on it. All of the rear tire tread was on the rear inner wheel well liners. Warranty claim......good luck!
@@Guillotines_For_GlobalistsFucking A. Hey, a douche car, ruined by a douch kid.
definitely not a trend it was a thing before all this 😂
As someone who currently has some front end suspension problems with my 13 year old mustang, I feel attacked by all these suspension clips 😂
Why is your 13-year old driving a car?!
@@Boyso5407 it autocorrected mate and it ain’t supposed to be there
Get it fixed before you become part of the landscape yourself. Unless you really know what you're doing, do not attempt it yourself--you'll never get the alignment even close to correct.
Yeah I feel the same with the flooded cars since I found a pool in mine yesterday
I don’t know the procedure in the States but here in the UK, a yearly MOT, (ministry of transport) test, is mandatory, there is no way half of these vehicles would be allowed on the road. If a vehicle did come into a garage, and the customer refused to have vital work done to make it safe, and the garage let it go, if that vehicle then caused an accident that garage could be held responsible to some degree for allowing to leave on the road.
Not all the inspection stations here in the US actually enforce everything they should. And here you sign a liability waiver if they refuse vital work.
عن ماذا تتكلم ان السلاح في الشوارع 🤣🤣
Inspections are only required in some states.
@@lindsaycarr4354 Used to be in every State, and they used to be fairly uniform on their requirements. Now? Not so much.
@@nobody7817 yea, the woes of all that "big" government fighting. Now everyone wants more inspections and mental institutes and police funding. Go figure🤣😅😂🤣
Amazing how many customers think brakes and suspension are optional.
Oh, lugs nuts too.
first time ive ever laughed at a broken car.... "Kachow"
I think the ability to do basic service on a vehicle should be a part of your license and insurance. These types are vehicles are unguided bombs.
and people ask me why i detail cars rather than fix them being a trained mechanic, i already have enough "wtf moments"
I'm not a gearhead, but these still crack me up!
After owning only 1 Chrysler product in my 50 years of driving I can safely say with impunity that ANY Mopar, Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto, Imperial or other branded product with the Pentastar(including the Mitsubishi's they sold as their own cars) is a piece of junk with the exception of the Slant 6 engine. I had friends who had Chiselers' with that motor; the thing would always turn over, start & run but the rest of the vehicle would completely fall apart long before that engine died. Let's not forget the fine electrical system with the ultra reliable fusible links & the ceramic capacitor mounted on the firewall that would fail at the worst possible time. All Chrysler products should have come from the factory equipped with a case of them and a 9/16 nut driver.
28:51 I found out that my 2019 Silverado will not do remote start with the hood open. Smart feature.
I've seen some sheared cranks before but that's choice! Really clean snap. Like a carrot! If it's a standard I'd like to see the throw out bearing. Probably looks like an egg!
These drivers are allowed to vote !
That guy: "2023 with 4,000 miles, full of forbidden milkshake."
YT captions: 2023 with 4,000 miles full of forbidden [ERROR 404: milkshake not found]
Uh, yep. TH-cam captions at their weirdest.
There WAS a movie on here that was about "Vlad the Impaler" (Vladimir Dracul -- the source of the "Count Dracula" movies--his real life story). In the start it shows him about to ram a stick up someone's back side to punish them for their sins (as he actually was known to do in real life); the person is screaming... oh no no no no. TH-cam captions were, Yes, more more more more! lol I think they did that on purpose!
I uh, think that Vladimir Dracul was IRL Dracula, correct me if I'm wrong there.@@nobody7817
Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive or own a car
@ 18:13 " something is very wrong", with a dodge, imagine that.
Ah yes, Rapunzel in the muffler
I remember cruising with friends when I just got my licence in my first car and they're like "yo, there's fkn hair in your car" I'm like what?
Pulled over and revved the car over and over til pieces of metal shielding and all the hair came out, I think it's fibreglass as well so it's itchy af
Every time I see these videos, I am happy that here in Europe, we have annual or bi-annual inspections of all cars, no matter how old. 😅
Some states still have inspections, but for the most part no. Smog checks in most, and money. Money solves all mechanical problems haha
Nope; not in all of Europe. In Belgium, without tow ball, you only need inspection from the 5th year onwards…
@@fendalynn6604 Yeah, from 4 years also many places, but problem is not 0-5 year old cars, but old junk that is never maintained or inspected. ;)
Have you ever considered telling the customers to take the bus!
7:45 I REMEMBER THAT ONE !! we just got that car back from the dealership after a engine light and had gotten its oil change there and i drove it back, engine got very hot as i pulled into enterprise, i parked it and everyone saw a line of oil from where i drove so we had to get it towed to a different service provider to get the problem fixed
The zip ties holding the brake caliper to the control arm is the best one! What a genius! The vehicle with the lower rear suspension held together with a bungee cord is next!
That poor squirrel. All that work - its going to be a tough winter.
Some of these mechanics should be doing stand-up at a club, they are funny as hell.
34:09 I would’ve told that customer to go home, remove all of the trash from the vehicle, then bring it back.
Mandatory state vehicle inspections would catch most of these problems before they kill someone.
Agggh thet sounds to much like socalism (you know taking care of every one equally and safety on the roads or we don't want no government interference with our freedom to drive a potential death machine 🤣😂🤣
There are always places where an extra 20 bucks gets you a pass, regardless of the condition of the vehicle.
@@tw4231In Germany there are companies which are doing the control, not the auto shops. The control can be done in the shop, but under the witness of the guy from the inspection company. And if the car is not safe and you were letting it through you will get a big fine or go to jail.
So no, there are no cars like this on the road in Germany.
Brakes and tires need to be maintained
@@georgeszilva1223 Yeah... who cares about bearings and front ends, 'U' joints, and the such. If the car loses an axle and the driver veers to that side only to hit another car and send them down a ravine... who cares as long as the bakes and tires are in great shape!?!?!?
Friend of mine had a nissan stanza. I lived in a motel that was directly behind an off ramp on a highway. I'm walking to the trash and u hear clack ,clack, clack, clack,boom, boom, boom. I see smoke. Mind you there is a wall that covers 75 percent of cars his size coming around the curve. All i see is smoke and the roof of an ugly rusted shit box. Dude comes flying in the parking lot pulls the emergency brake and slides into parking spot. Tires is leaning out about 10 inchs. We jack the car up and literally lifted the tire off the studs and there was still rim around the studs with the lug nuts on. Rim came off studs with no effort. 😅lucky sob..
The lube tech forgot to put the drain plug back on why did he restart the car to move it back in the bay? Maybe push it in neutral?
That poor truck , same thing !! Push it that motor start and go was just horrific on every part !
I've often said this would be a great job but for the customers!
It’s amazing some these folks made it through the birth canal even.
DO you mechanics call the cops to have the cars impounded when you find such dangerou cars..??
When I was a mechanic, and we noticed vehicle frames like the ones in these videos, we would call the DOT (Government Dept. of Transport) and have an inspector come out for a look. A lot of times, they'd rip the plates off of the vehicle while still on the hoist.
We didn't care if the customer said it was ok. It was all the other drivers, and family members on the road that could get killed because of stupidity that concerned us!
Nope never seen this also don’t live in the rust belt so idk lol
Depends on what state and their laws. I've tried to do that on a car with no brakes but my state allowed it to leave. I was so mad that it drove out like it did. Put his child's life and everyone else's life's in danger.
@@hotpackjay bear in mind, just because you don't live in the rust belt, doesn't mean your car or the cars around you haven't, always good to inspect a used car regardless of how ideal your local conditions might seem
The part from the Dodge's oil pan that the tech couldn't ID was the remains of the hydraulic actuator that adjusts detonation knock, or the timing tensioner (some damned how). I've been blessed with both in oil pan at different times. 😅
I just remembered I have a zip tie holding down my distributor cap in 98 Chevy 5.7.
If you know, you know....
That won't hurt anyone really. Worst case scenario your truck stalls out.
Time to get a new vehicle. Get rid of that trashy truck. I have to have the newest vehicle. I just bought a 2024 hyundai elantra hybrid, and it has all the tech I want. Cars from 2018 and older are just trash, especially cars from the 90s, 80s, 70s, etc.
@@aviationgirl542 Spoken like someone that knows nothing!
@aviationgirl542 wait until some of the electronics go wrong, keep your wallet full, you'll need it.
@@DanUren-yu4qvit’s daddy’s car don’t worry. Thinking like that cannot come from an adult
1:37 changed out a steering gear on a VW T5 today, the "oil" that came out when loosening the lines looked identically...like water, no oily characteristics at all xD
CONCLUSION NEWER CARS AND TRUCKS ARE JUNK AND IF DONT MAINTAIN THEM THERE EVEN WORSE.
I like a mechanic with a sense of humor😂😂😂
I have put a soup can and pipe clamps on the exhaust to make it to payday before.
Normally I would just roll with it loud for the week... but it was next-level loud and made my butt tickle 😂😂😂. The hole was just after the header, right under my seat.
Before it got bad it sounded good 😂 I was jokingly telling people I did an LT1 swap in an S10 😂😂😂
I love this channel content!
people really gotta start undersealing their vehicles around the rust belt, it just destroys everything, several coats too
Lol😂....the old engine start button on the key fob....all seems very flash till something like this happens....very dangerous, should have a safety feature where it can't be pressed in the pocket!...only really usefull for making a quick get-away after a crime🤷🤣🙄
Some people should not have a car.
These compilations often serve as a mix of entertainment and educational content, showcasing the diversity of problems faced in the automotive repair industry.
16:10 thats what you call a "Dodge-podge" of vehicle parts and accessories.
Second lt badger that ticking sound on a Lexus is a direct injection making that clicking sound.
Nothing is wrong with it.
I watch these videos to make me feel better about my work on my vehicles 😂
amazing how many times I can say OH NO! out loud on this channel!
That car alarm gonna make the best race hits of all time
"client says, its making a lot of noise, it goes PTAKATAKATAKATAKATAKATAKATAKATAKA"
7:21 ALMOST sounded like "SOS" at first. "HELP ME... PLEASE SOMEBODY!" lol
Blows my mind how rough some of these cars with less than 50k miles and under 5 years old are.
But then I have known many people to have an obvious issue and not even realize it.
Like... you can't hear that squealing or feel that grinding? You don't think the car violently shuddering when you come to a stop or give it gas is a problem? Just gonna keep adding oil or coolant... no interest in finding out where its going? 😂
That alarm sounds like a bad video game.
Anytime a customer asks for an alignment you KNOW you’re in for a can of worms.
I used to think the cars that appeared on 'Pimp my ride' were brought in from junk yards just for the show.After watching this and several other videos I am not so sure. Why would you ride in these death traps and think it's ok?
i love watching these videos
Holly Crap, is there no TÜV... In germany every Car must go all 2 Years to a Special Service it named TÜV the Check up for Safty like Rust on the Mainframe and so on...
7:07 Dudes car has intercepted alien communication 👽
1st contact!
I ****ing love this channel
Holy batman, I NEVER imagined someone could literally break a crank shaft.😬
If you think that's bad, wait till you see an engine throw a Main Cap
It's more common than you'd expect.
I did with my second vehicle. A 6 cylinder Chevy truck. Broke the crank going up the bridge in Surfside Texas back in highschool in '66.
Mechanics should have the right to impound dangerous cars like some of these, I seriously never thought some of these were possible, Loolz!
Its honestly SAD at how many people know SO LITTLE about how cars work. I mean by the time i was 17 i had taken my 1986 Trans-am COMPLETELY APART and put it back together. I took out the engine, transmission, fly wheel, steering column, EVERYTHING and put it back. I knew that car like the back of my hand.
1:39 please use gloves, mechanics.
Do you have some kind of inspection over at your side of the pond? Over here in The Netherlands we have a yearly technical inspection of all vehicles over five year old. If the vehicle fails, it has to be repaired before it’s allowed on the road again.
18:32 "The lube tech forgot to tighten the drain plug..."
He literally has one job: take out the drain plug, put back the drain plug.
This is why I have always done my own oil changes, going on 40 years, and I insist my son does the same with his car and his wife's car. And I have always tightened my drain plug.
With as difficult as cars have become to work on, I’m amazed we can still do it. You used to save quite a bit of $$ doing it yourself, but any more it’s negligible. I’m changing my Ram 1500 oil this weekend. It’s time to do plugs and coils (all 16 of them) but those back ones are a nightmare.
Basic rule of thumb, change the oil every 5 thousand miles, every oil change, change your filters ( air filter also) , rotate your tires. A good mechanic will do a thorough inspection of your vehicle while doing the job. My mechanic ( Christian Brothers Automotive) they take a picture of everything while they are doing it and show it to you during their work).
I love the soothing music in the background ; )
At 20:36. I see a lot of videos that show that same exact problem.
Is that a common turbo issue? Or what exactly causes that to happen?
I worked at a tire shop. Once pulled an adjustable open end wrench out of a flat tire. Went completely in through the tire.
The "Kachow" sent me over the edge 🤣
That's why, I quite being a mechanic, in 1995. I kept getting the vehicles, which the "limp wristed snowflakes", didn't want to work on.
35:53 Mazda Speed 6? Same kind of aluminum shock absorber top mount on the rear, also the left side that broke on ours. Ended up swapping out the whole shock absorbers since you can't get that part separate.