Posted on 09/09/2021 11:22:05 AM PDT by simpson96
An Arizona woman who went to Walmart for an oil change claims she ended up with a blown up car instead.
Nikki Smith says she narrowly escaped with her life when her Jeep went up in a ball of flames at the Walmart Auto Center in Phoenix — and it was just by the Grace of God she didn't have her three-year-old daughter strapped in there at the time, either.
Smith told TooFab she brought the car to the supercenter on Sunday for a routine oil change.(snip)
"After I took my car to Walmart I started noticing that my car was driving funny and acting as if it did not want to drive," she said. "Then I noticed fluid leaking from my grill."
She claims after lifting up the hood, she discovered the oil cap had not been replaced, and had leaked all over the engine. She says Walmart agreed to take the car back, give it another oil change, and clean up the mess.
According to Smith, they even told her the employee responsible had been fired, and that the next oil change was on the house.
But after she left the premises, she says the car still didn't feel right.
"I had numerous service lights on on my car that I'd never had before, my car had also began smoking, and was not accelerating over 20mph," she claims.(snip)
Smith claims two minutes after parking and walking into the manager's office, a worker ran in after her to inform them there was smoke billowing from the car. She says by the time they got outside, the car was in flames, before ultimately exploding.
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I’m no auto mechanic but even I know how to get stuck tires off a car.
I’ve watched mr. mm do it a number of times, thanks to the salt used in CNY winters.
True about the insurance, but with the dry climate you can be killed by a De Soto with the original paint.
Back in 1988 I was at a Sears automotive place in Brooklyn Center area when this woman came rushing in saying her temperature gauge was in the hot area.
She had her oil changed at another place nearby and they had drained the oil but forgot to add any replacement.
I once saw a car with the front left tire that had fallen off and spun the car around. They had the tires rotated and someone there did not put on the lug nuts right.
Google: tire fell off due to no lug nuts
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In my state, you have a loan, you have full coverage. something doesn’t smell right.
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Illinois law requires liability coverage only. It’s lending institutions that require full coverage as a condition of financing your car.
I didn’t realize that Walmart’s offered oil changes.
Morgan & Morgan...and as soon as possible...
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