Customer States Compilation (Best Of 2023) | Mechanic Problems | Mechanical Nightmare
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The confidence that mechanics have to touch strange substances with their bare hands will always astound me
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"
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'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
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,
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.
"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.
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
Normally dying battery sounds in electronics make me laugh, but there's something oddly musical about that dying battery car alarm.
When customers tell me they need brakes I learned that there’s no telling what you are about to encounter. I’ve seen calipers on backwards, broken rotors, broken spindles, no bearings, the possibilities are limitless
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.
@@jasonboisseau409 ever gone to work in 12 dollar boots? Never making that mistake again
@@jasonboisseau409they got a 1200 dollar phone too.
@@jasonboisseau409 Not to mention however much cigarettes cost--and booze and monster drinks...
Customer States: Denies Repairs
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.
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?
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 🤣
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 😂
This proves how totally inept a lot of people are when it comes to the basics in car maintenance and general care.
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
first time ive ever laughed at a broken car.... "Kachow"
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.
Just think that these types of cars are ALL around you on the roads... How anyone makes it anywhere is amazing to me...
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?!
@@jasonboisseau409 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.
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.
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😂😂😂
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. CZcams 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. CZcams 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
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.
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.
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!
I'm not a gearhead, but these still crack me up!
and people ask me why i detail cars rather than fix them being a trained mechanic, i already have enough "wtf moments"
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. ;)
These will generally be the people flying by you at 20 mph over the speed limit.
Oh yeah bigger pcs of sh*t they own more immoral they feel
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.
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..
3 people you should never lie to: the cops, your doctor, or your mechanic.
always lie to your doctor, they like it 😆
Make it 4: the IT guy
It's your accountant, your doctor, and your mechanic.
@@maxpulido nah the accountant doesn't need to know anything you don't want them to /s
I feel most people don't lie... they just honestly don't know and don't keep track...
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
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!
Dude!!!! Great video!!! All of your tips really make that first time easier!!!✌️
🤣
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!?!?!?
people really gotta start undersealing their vehicles around the rust belt, it just destroys everything, several coats too
That alarm sounds like a bad video game.
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.
Kudos to the 6 out of several dozen or so that turned the phone sideways, thank you !
Yeah, people are stupid. That is soooo annoying.
Sometimes i wonder if people have positioned their TV on it's side too...
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.
Some people shouldn't be allowed to drive or own a car
I've often said this would be a great job but for the customers!
"Customer states "This is a car" -I disagree."
Drove in in a jeep
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?
7:07 Dudes car has intercepted alien communication 👽
1st contact!
total respect for mechanics- tough, dirty job that keeps everything going, and unbelievable stuff they have to deal with...
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.
16:10 thats what you call a "Dodge-podge" of vehicle parts and accessories.
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!
amazing how many times I can say OH NO! out loud on this channel!
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 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. 😅
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
I just found out where the rest of the guys are hanging out and I'm glad I made it here
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).
7:21 ALMOST sounded like "SOS" at first. "HELP ME... PLEASE SOMEBODY!" lol
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🤷🤣🙄
34:09 I would’ve told that customer to go home, remove all of the trash from the vehicle, then bring it back.
was ASE master tech for 40+ years and would rather restore a crashed helacopter than work on a customer car.
I don't care what that guy said about the converted Volvo ute with BMW wheels. That was sick!
2:30 bro really tried to cover up his fart
I do light construction. I'd like to get a call to some of these mechanics' houses when the "homeowner states..." but while I'm thinking "why are you surprised that there's $90,000 damage after you ignored a roof leak for three years, wtf did you expect? It kills me that the main focus of these videos is them laughing at their customers' behind their backs.
That poor squirrel. All that work - its going to be a tough winter.
The "Kachow" sent me over the edge 🤣
I ran my jeepCJ7 into a snow filled ditch. After recovery I drove off & the front end started violently banging. We pulled over & half of one front wheel was perfectly packed with snow.
As a mechanic I couldn't replicate any of these if I wanted to.
I like a mechanic with a sense of humor😂😂😂
7:23 When your car inadevertently beccomes an 80s sci--fi soundtrack...
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.
Man I get so jealous of all these vehicle owners who can afford the optional Chocolate milk makers. That's too rich for my blood so I'm stuck using those areas for oil and coolant storage. Although I was lucky enough to have a 2002 sunfire with the optional mosquito fogger back in my 20's!
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.
I worked at a tire shop. Once pulled an adjustable open end wrench out of a flat tire. Went completely in through the tire.
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.
28:51 I found out that my 2019 Silverado will not do remote start with the hood open. Smart feature.
i've seen the entire gas chamber and rod rusted away from the mounts. 2013 2500HD in northern MI, never had shocks replaced in 10 years
Have you ever had a customer scream at you "YOU JUST DID THAT TO MY CAR!!!!"
0:53 “I got the dew dew on meee” 😂
I ****ing love this channel
So I consider myself to be a car moron but my dad is a mechanic which is why I think that about myself. Generally compared to most people I know I know a lot about cars. That being said my dad knows a lot more and compared to him I am a car moron. I cannot understand how someone would let their car get this bad
That alarm sound like Michael Winslow!
7:05 got me 🦟🦗🦟🦗
I love the soothing music in the background ; )
As a person who isn't a mechanic and sees all these clips, I'm seriously worried about the moron drivers nowadays
After watching this, I won't complain about the mandatory annual technical inspection we have in my country
Well in estonia most of this wont happen cause we have yearly mandatory inspection, and people fix thair cars. Even with small problems we must fix it or wont pass inspection, and cant drive.
Same in the Netherlands, Not so much for new cars since they can go for a couple of years. But after it reached a specific age (5 years or so but not sure right now),
It'll have to be inspected once a year.
If it fails inspection, there will be a note on it's registration so the police can see it's not legal to be on public roads if they happen to run the plates.
The specifics change from state to state but we do have vehicle inspections in the US, it’s just that a fair number of our inspection stations just pass anyone who pays. And there are always the states with no inspections to provide some horror stories.
6:10 This happened too my neighbour just when he did back into his driveway when he did come home from a 4 hour drive on the highway i did tell him he was lucky it did not happen on the highway and he was like "you don't say i did almost crap my pants when i did think about it"
man Ive had to deal with one of those good ol drilled fuel tanks, was moving states, stopped by my parents for a visit, father was going to drive me and my stuff to my new place 4 hours away...... anyway 4 days later we got there lol.... within an hour he got a ticket for being 1 day over on his sticker ( it was fucking new years day) then an hour later his belt went out. got towed, they had nothing on hand, had to wait til next day, got a hotel, went to mechanic, they got the belt, but ugh, well, while it was outside the shop waiting, some good ol boy drileld the tank. if they didn't have a belt, how do you think them replacing a fuel tank went lol. 3 extra days in a hotel, they didn't repair it but insurance finally decided to cover a rental.
My mother called my Dad one day. She was angry. “You have to come and help me, I have a puncture”.
Dad arrives to four, yes 4, punctures. She had hit a roundabout at speed. Then turned the corner badly, hitting the curbing on the next street.
I love this channel content!
@ 18:13 " something is very wrong", with a dodge, imagine that.
Tried the one with the missing valve cover/oil cap. Had just done my first service on my first car, toke it for a quick spin, came back feeling real proved. 1h later and my dad comes storming into my room, completely red in the face, cause of all the oil that was now all over our new tiled driveway. Ops 😵
I am a mech and this just made me lose more faith in humanity ....WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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.