Customer States Brand New Corvette Shut Off While Driving
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
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0:00 Intro
0:05 A connecting rod busted through the oil pan. The technician just had this happen and is not sure what is the exact issue that caused this to happen. Very unfortunate to happen on a new car that the customer just bought.
0:27 Shop declined to work on this vehicle once they saw the rusted-out sub-frame was held with chains.
0:34 Two missing sub-frame bolts. This was on an Audi (the technician didn't mention what model). The customer also didn't mention which shop it was at and what work they did to it. The technician thinks maybe they were left loose and came out while the customer was driving.
0:43 The technician advised the customer to bring it to the scrap yard as it was unsafe to drive and would need a lot of work which would cost a lot more than the value of the car.
0:58 The technician said: "1999 Buick Park Avenue came in for overheating concern due to the intake manifold leaking coolant. No mentions of this problem or the several other issues this car had (including a completely shattered windshield, loose wheel bearings, dragging splash shields, and burnt-out lights) and the customer only wanted to fix the leak and declined all other repairs."
1:10 2015 Toyota Prius. The display to show fuel level, speed, and what gear you are in is projected on the instrument cluster. A little different compared to the typical instrument cluster.
1:22 Why it's very important to get an inspection done before purchasing any vehicle. This vehicle ideally needs a new frame or a lot of money spent correctly fixing it. The customer unfortunately got ripped off.
1:42 Exactly how it drove in. The customer said they never expected it or got it inspected beforehand.
1:48 Looks like a burnout gone bad. A piece of the rear differential (ring gear or pinion gear) must have broken off and gone through the differential cover.
2:01 The technician said: "A whole bunch of wiring lit on fire lol I should've taken pictures once I tore it apart. I immediately disconnected the battery after that video, then took out the glovebox and found they had robbed power from the HVAC blower module. Which was fine, until the a/c drain got stopped up and water shorted the wiring(they didn't use a fuse a tapped into the panel on the unfused side)." It came in for an air suspension issue, so the vehicle was idling in the shop and that's when smoke appeared.
2:13 Never seen this before! But this is what happens when you don't replace your brakes when you need to. Could have just needed new brake pads, but now a wheel, caliper, rotors, pads, and a tire.
2:27 The shop had to get a new clutch installed.
2:42 The battery is located on the passenger side in the trunk.
2:49 This is not the correct way to try and fix a wiring issue. A fuse should always be replaced with what the manufacturer recommends. Check your owner's manual!
2:59 The customer's insurance company covered all of the costs of the damages. The case has been closed for a while now so that's why the clip was shared with us.
3:17 Outro. Thanks for watching! - Авто та транспорт
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I don't know where these vehicles are, but in my State, RI, in USA, a mechanic is liable for any and all damages if they allow an unsafe, not road worthy car, leave their property, unless on a tow truck...customer refuses to have work done, they have to hire a tow truck to come get car, or it will start accruing storage fees from garage.
@@jfk64kennedy95 Sounds like a massive scam. "You're vehicle is unsafe, if you want to take it you have to call a tow truck - here's the number of a towing company you can use. Im in now way affiliated with them at all *wink wink*"
@@gaveintothedarkness did you see some of these cars, lmao, you want them on the road next to yor wife, mother, kids? lol, our state has safety inspections, if your car ain't safe, it not allowed on road...it no scam, it a safety issue, lmao...
I'm sorry but I called it, No way this mass produced flat plane crank BS is going to last.. GM is going to lose their ass on these.
Why can't they just put in an 800HP pushrod V8 or dual overhead cam twin turbskie v6 is beyond me.
I could care less for the overly high revving ferrari engine wannabe... Give me reliable American muscle.
@@jfk64kennedy95 I used to be a mechanic in a state that required yearly vehicle inspections,(I now work in a state that doesn't have ANY requirements other than the bare min.) and I have performed many inspections (in multiple states). There ARE ALWAYS some unscrupulous business owners in BOTH directions (fail vehicles for the overly trivial and some that would sell stickers for the right price without a second thought, (So Jordan L. was correct). And let's not forget how much the state charges for anything vehicle related (license, tag, title, registration, emissions, tickets etc). Should these things cost as much as they do? What kind of profit does your state make per year on any one of these things?
And let's not even talk about auto insurance🙄😡.
If I could find a horse 🐎 that could run 100mph,🤔 I probably wouldn't even own a car anymore😉🤣🤣.
I'm ready for the electric car revolution (IF we can find a better battery technology than the current lithium ion mess).
"The technician notified the customer that the vehicle was not safe to drive"
"The customer declined all repairs and drove the vehicle away"
I SWEAR IT'S ALMOST EVERY TIME
That one needs to be scrapped lol
@@JustRolledIn Scrapped, burned, buried, exhumated, scrapped again, nuked from orbit and an exorcism performed. Just to be absolutely sure.
@@JustRolledIn some JB weld and self tappers and it's good to go!
Just needs spray foam 😜
@@JustRolledIn don't forget the top ramen 🤣
Technician: Your vehicle is not safe to drive. Customer: Challenge accepted!
Hold my beer
Well if you wanna lick boots and do as your told go ahead I don't take orders
Tell my wife
*american customer.
Try that here and you might be walking for a while.
Here's how it goes here. We have the technical inspection. ALL vehicles must have the technical inspection valid, from mopeds to semis and busses. All vehicles have an ID document, just like your personal ID. You get caught with an expired technical inspection - the ID is cancelled, the car is literally erased out of existence. If you continue driving the car, you are already risking prison time.
How isnt that forbidden by law like in Europe?
In Europe a garage NEEDS! to shut down the car. no way around, because if the company lets them drive away, they can get lawsuited!
"This is 100% dangerous to drive."
"There's no damage if I don't see it." *drives off into the sunset*
Or the nearest ditch.
It made the trip in. It will make the trip out.
*then exploads into a bigo fireball because part of the frame just got shotguned into the engine block that then caused feul to go.*
@@christopherconard2831 i wish that mantra was not real for thoes folks but it is.
@@crispindry2815 loses suit with sunset. Sunset had a dashcam!!! 😀 📷
For future reference- when you drop your 10mm socket, check the clutch assembly first. That socket will invariably work itself into the most damaging area possible, should you decide to live without it.
And it's always a 10mm
Most mechanics would move Heaven and Earth to recover a 10mm socket, 9mm... not so much.
I am missing a 10mm wrench after installing a fresh rebuild in my truck. It makes me nervous as I had to rebuild the engine as someone previously managed to get the air cleaner stud down in the intake. I drove the truck for 2.5 to 3 years before the stud make it to a valve. Wiped out the valve, head and piston. It's a Toyota 22R and the stud must have been jammed in the tight intake runners. Oh, the stud didn't fair too well either.
When I work on stuff nothing gets started or used until every tool is accounted for.
@@Sonny_McMacsson Standard procedure for "sensitive" Aerospace operations. You and your tools are individually weighed and inventoried, going into and out of "the cage".
This one checks off just about everything on Just Rolled In Bingo!
- Customer declined repairs
- Rusted out underside
- Used car they just bought has obvious issues
- Worn tires
- Questionable electrical work
- Brakes? What brakes?
- New car blows up, gets fixed under warranty
-Filthy car
-Five-second "fix"
All we're missing is live animal(s) and a "My car sounds like"!
Let's not forget "random item left in car cause of problem"
No click bait and straight to it, that’s why I love this channel
Social Media couldn't get any better, you say? 🤪
Yes! I watch everyone!
I've _never_ been clickbaited with Just Rolled In, and I've probably been here for a year or two.
@@101Volts he doesn't need to. Fact is stranger than fiction
It's kills me to see greedy sellers sell unsafe vehicles to unsuspecting buyers. The fast buck is all they care about instead of the lives those who travel in such vehicles.
thats why its best to test drive it straight to a mechanic for an inspection.
@@_AndromedaGalaxy_ and if they object to the pre-purchase inspection, you walk. No ands, ifs, or buts about it
@@mechcommander7876 Exactly. Whenever I sell a used vehicle, I even write in the ad that they can have it inspected by any mechanic they'd like because I don't mind and want them to be comfortable. With that being said, nobody ever takes up that offer though
First car I ever bought was from a local used car dealership, and I took it to a chain auto shop and had a multipoint inspection done on it. The technician nitpicking the hell out of it saying the brakes were going to need replacing sometime in the future and etc. I ended up haggling the car down and then haggling the price of all of those repairs he recommended off of the cost of the car. Worthwhile to spend the $20 on the inspection in the long run.
We don't know what what the seller knew or didn't know. We don't know if the problem just occurred on the drive home.
The real issue here is manufacturing. It only had 1300 miles on it. What could possibly go wrong at 1300 miles? That is utterly ridiculous. Something is afoot since post covid production in manufacturing and or engineering and I've seen many on this channel. I bought a used Toyota with 20K on the clock and didn't have it inspected with no problem. What could go wrong with a Toyota at 20K? Nothing back then. Vehicles are breaking in unprecedented numbers, It reminds me of bad manufacturing in the 70s and early 80s.
That brakepad working its way through the rim was AMAZING!! 🔥
Must've been totally ignorant of the horrible noise & sluggish acceleration!
I have seen missing caliper bolts and the whole caliper wearing into the rim in a similar fashion.
@@rupe53 - I was working as a track marshal at a MotoGP race and at the end of each session we have to check the track for debris and fluids. I found two front caliper bolts sitting in the braking zone at the end of the back straight. It must have been one from each side because we didn't have any crashes in out corner.
@@stevie-ray2020 Probably completely deaf/blind/no smell/have no sensation in the body at all with the following vibration and loss of brakes 😂
@@rupe53 That's crazy
We need a nationally-mandated sticker reading something like "DANGER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT ROADWORTHY" that shops could stick to cars that need them. We get warned, they get covered, everyone's happy.
Just Rolled In stickers as somebody mentioned in another video 😜
In the UK, we have the online MOT checker for that...
How about an online reporting system linked with the BMV/DMV/MOT!
plus, the stickers would add to the structural integrity of their cars 😛
We have those stickers for commercial vehicles, but that's a whole other story.
I used to work at a quick lube station, and we were pretty busy all the time so corporate kept our standards and training high as we were their poster boy in the state. I do damn good inspections and know everything I’m looking at.
I have had many situations in which I’m telling the customer how dangerous their car is to drive, and they’re usually too poor to fix it. So I just tell them straight up, “I say this because I’m very concerned for your safety, everyone in the car with you, and others on the road around you: this car is dangerous and about to fail at any moment, probably while you’re moving. The cost of fixing only half the problems would be twice it’s worth just to make it stop okay. You should instead find another car on the marketplace which is cheap but safe, nothing special. The sooner the better.”
They usually don’t like the bad news but appreciate the honesty. I can relate because I’ve been poor and driven dangerous cars, also wasted a lot of money on them, so I tell the customer as much. Even if you spend money hopping from one rust bucket to another as they fall apart behind you, it’s better than being in it when it croaks on the free way.
Kudos to you for the sympathetic approach, and for knowing 'defenestration'. ;)
You are a blessing in disguise to many for your honesty. Sometimes people need the blunt truth especially with vehicles.
What an ingenious idea! How did nobody think about replacing their broken suspension components with wood slabs? Next when the engine fails, a great idea would be to install a massive main mast, rigging and sails and then maybe they'll be able to sail themselves out of the ocean of stupid
Hey! That's ingenuity. I'm using pressure treated lumber as a transmission cross member and it works just fine. And the three temporary spare tires I have installed have held up just fine for the past year and a half, thank you.
or a wooden piston
@@ronblack7870 .... Garage 54 did that already!
@@rupe53 Those redneck Russians will give anything a try!
hey.. least if you did that to an SUV you'd have an environmentally friendly SUV
I missed a turn in my truck today, causing a five mile detour.
After watching these videos, I feel like a dang genius. Thanks!🤣
No problem! 😜👍
@@waterlevelroute …🤣. Small town in PA. Lanes barely wide enough to get throats it was!
@@waterlevelroute You must be from Pennsylvania ...
One time on the Mass. turnpike/I 90, I got off at exit 15a rather than 15b. I was so angry at myself thinking about how it would take me 20 miles to get turned around. I went about a half mile up the road and came to a nice big old fashioned traffic circle(not one of the modern miniature ones). Sometimes things happen that make you believe in God.
bad drivers never miss a turn
I'm guessing that "another shop attempted repair" is usually code for "I attempted a repair above my abilities and am too proud to admit it".
Proud? Maybe, or it could be like "embarrassed."
@@101Volts, knowing people today it’s definitely pride
People think they can fix a vehicle cause they seen it done on TV. Can't fix stupid
It usually amounts to "My buddy and I tried to fix it"......
Or that guy who hangs out on the street in a poor neighborhood doing repairs for cash
About 15 seconds in my jaw hit the floor and stayed there. The amount of negligence, for all these segments......OMG!!
Leprosy?
Yeah this channel be like that though.
*Technician:* Sir, your car is on fire!
*Customer:* (Declines repairs and drives away in the burning car)
...And the charred remains were towed back to to the shop.
"yeah, suuuure it is... bet you just want to upcharge me on a fire extinguisher"
Somebody did have a flamin' propane heater in back seat of their death car on here:0
The horror continues twice weekly:/
You must not have seen the black Civic driving on a flaming flat that burned the entire thing to the ground... That's been done here already.
@@picax8398 I laughed so hard at this.....
It doesn’t matter how long you work in the field; every time you hear “customer declined all repairs” it will still make you feel the same amount of pain
The thing is, you can usually tell the people that are going to decline the work: Usually the cars with the $1,200.00 sound system, shopping cart wing on the trunk, oversize muffler and bald tires!
@@markkukowski3710 “I can’t pay to fix the things going wrong with my car cuz how else am I gonna afford those shitty aftermarket accessories”
2:34 at least he found out where his 10mm went
It's always the 10mm isn't it?
@@markoman5267 IIRC, I once lost an 8mm in the bay. So IIRC, no.
If you don't know what you're looking at when buying a used car, bring someone with you who does, or take it to a shop for a pre- purchase inspection.
maybe costs ya like 20 bucks (plus if you agree to gas to and from shop if the seller is gonna ask for that) so its dirt cheap tp get
Yeah it’s twenty for a technician to do a presale inspections at our shop
Some of these people are barely literate. Concepts like maintenance are out of their scope of comprehension.
@@birddoug8297 and im shure its just 20 regardless of what shop
You should ALWAYS get a used car inspected before buying it. And if the seller refuses or acts sketchy, walk away.
Wood you like a new control arm installed?
Yes! Spruce please.
🤣 love it
1:41 Puts a new spin on, "The steering feels a bit wooden".
I live in Northern California and the markups on the new Corvettes are insane. I can't imagine paying that much money and having the engine go south with only 1,300 miles on it.
I've been hearing easily 30k mark ups on them. New vehicle prices are still so ridiculous.
Bet he beat that car until it stopped.
Even if they put a new motor in it the car will drop in value as it is no longer a numbers matching vehicle.
@@Slartybartfast465 That's not how numbers matching works.
@@Slartybartfast465 Is that still a "thing" these days? Oh, and this guy probably was thrashing the life out of this engine and it finally gave out.
It is amazing and confounding that so many of these vehicles are on the road!
Yep! Chains and rusted out strut towers. Bad time lol
@@JustRolledIn don’t forget the 2x4 suspension link 😂
Nah, what's amazing to me is customers who drive off or decline further repairs
@@XNick291X Maybe they don't have the funds to repair it at the moment! There should be a loan system to repair safety related only issues without interest, tax, fee's, mandates etc etc. But the more illegal gimmiegrants that flood our nations, because you know equality, the less social programs for those who pay into the system!!
@@XNick291X Yeah... I imagine some of that is due to cost, which is why most of those are like that and still on the road in the first place.
That guy with the new corvette is gonna wait for another year to get his warranty motor
Yep. I've heard GM is taking forever to send out engines.
100k car btw
@@georgie2844 that's not expensive these days. Fully loaded pickup trucks can be that much.
@@garyszewc3339 those ads at Christmas always get me for this. "hi honey I just got you a fully loaded GMC Denali", and I am thinking "yeah because the typical audience of this show can just go throw down 100k on a pickup truck without consulting with their spouse/partner on such a major purchase"
@@filanfyretracker while their heads trying till you can lease one for 299. They don't tell you it's me to put $5,000 down, you have to be an employee, you have to be a first responder, you have to be a recent college graduate, you have to be a veteran, and about four other qualifications, but nobody in the world qualifies for all those discounts. The real price is $700 a month if you are lucky.
Good ol GM “quality” 😂😂. 1300 miles and it’s already broken 😂😂
The wall of 30A fuses gave me a damn good laugh
1:22 If you intend to buy a used vehicle, pay a mechanic to inspect it BEFORE you buy it! It is cheaper to pay $100-$200, than to take them to court and lose.
'AS IS', is the default condition in every vehicle sale! Also, if the Vehicle Title does NOT have the sellers name on the title, walk away. A 'Jumped Title' is illegal!
I like that you described the problems in this video. Some of your older ones show the problem but sometimes it's hard to figure out exactly what wrong for us not so mechanically knowledgeable.
It's useful to read the video description sometimes as it often contains more info on each clip.
You would be a good idea if he reformatted the description to just say as the first line that the details follow at the bottom.
This was a real lower end of the gene pool video. A winner. 👍 👍 👍
Watching these videos makes me love the annual roadworthiness inspection we have in my country.
Ok maybe not love, but at the very least really appreciate.
1:42 should have used pressure treated.
I was waiting for that comment lmao
😆
wait till he goes to a garage in a few years and gets told he has wood worm in the suspension.
Seeing all those 30a fuses hurt my soul
They hurt my eyes
Hilarious, that's how you get a car fire lol
my ocd quite liked it. shame some were transparent and some were opaque. some were right way up and some were upside down. the green and beigey buff was a nice colour combo, too - would probably go well with the orange flames 😅
I know someone with a Prius that had that exact same dashboard issue, although in their case it was a pair of clip-on sunglasses they had put onto the dash that slid into the heads-up display. The dealer was nice enough not to charge them a diagnostic fee for that one.
Your videos never fail to amuse....and....terrify me! Thanks for the....laughs(???).
Holy shit, the fuse panel with all thirty amp fuses had me rolling! 🤣
If it fits...
Seen lots of old glass type fuses replaced with spent 22 cartridges .
I have seen more than once where someone put in LIVE 22 rounds in lieu of a proper fuse .
Nothing is idiot proof .
Why not just screw in a bunch of pennies? (Old timey screw-in fuse joke.)
@@fitybux4664 Remember, if you put enough current through it, everything is a thermal fuse.
@@kaboom4679 Good god! That's one way to make sure the 'fuse' will break the circuit eventually. Run enough current through it, ignite the cartridge, and shut off half the circuits in your house at once! Genius!
2:28 So *that's* where the 10mm socket went!
The gmc canyon and most of the vehicles shown, need to be rolled off into a canyon! 🤣
I chuckled at the plant-based suspension link 😜
2:13 come on, folks! if you won't change your pads for your own or anyone else's safety, please just bear this one in mind - a job you could have done yourself for $50 bucks has just gone north of $500 and still heading up, just for that corner.
"The customer declined all repairs" now haunts my dreams 🤣
I think it needs to be like a Federal Law, where it states, If a Shop deems the Car/Tuck Not Safe to Drive. Then the Show has to Tell the Owner of Said Car/truck that the Only Way the Car/Truck can Leave is on a Tow Truck and the Shop should be Required to Notify the Police and Detail to them Reason for it to Not Safe to Drive and Also, Name of Owner of Said Car/Truck and License Plate. Where Police can have it in a Database, So if the Car/Truck is Seen driving on the Roadway, the Car/truck Can then be impounded and Only Released by a Judge, Where it is Court Ordered to have it Tow to a Repair shop to have the Repairs to Make it Safe and Legal to Drive or Towed to a Scrap/Junkyard.
It would at least be a good beginning to have a yearly mandatory inspection like in germany, where your car can be confiscated if it is concluded to be unsafe to drive and/or repairs can be mandated. Of course it has to be together with some kind of federal controlled register to have nationwide standards and eliminate inspecion fraud.
That fuse panel LOL. I laughed so hard at that one, my wife was like "What?" I had to explain to her why it was so wrong. I've seen some stuff on this channel, but that takes the cake for the funniest shit I've seen on here.🤣
Good now explain it to me!! Why wouldn’t a 30 amp work in a 15 amp slot or whatever it’s called. I’ve always replaced the blown fuse with same amp but why does it matter?
Fuses protect the wiring after them. (And they protect against a fire if shoddy equipment shorts out.) So... hopefully they've at least upgraded all the car's wiring to 10 gauge. 😆
@@JustConfused_24-7 Because if the rating of the fuse is too high, the wiring will fail before the fuse does, negating the entire point of having a fuse.
Also, if a fuse blows, that fuse blew for a reason, and that reason should be found and corrected before the fuse is replaced.
@@alaindelon5398 no not the owner 😂 i replace the fuses with what’s indicated on the cover/panel just didn’t understand the issue with a higher 🤷♀️ power fuse vs a lower
@@user2C47 thank you, that makes sense. I do get it checked if a one blew, i just didn’t get the correlation
thankful my country checks cars yearly
Your videos never disappoint.
They always disappoint......disappoint me about the intelligence of the human race....
2:28 the socket is a 10mm!!!
Always is.
Yeah and it's mine.
Nothing like having Bob the Builder doing your mechanic work. We can fix it, yes we can!!
You're having trouble with your 2x4 subframe? Try two 2x4s duct taped together! 😆
I thought _Bob the Builder_ had more integrity than these "Billy Bob's Bargain Barn" specials.
That last one was hilarious lol @2:59 There's a reason you should be sitting in the drivers seat to start any vehicle.
A couple years ago in Michigan, a dealership hired a non-licensed employee who reached in and started a Jeep with a stick, which drove forward, killing a mechanic. Scumbag lawyer tried suing the car owner, because Michigan law, stated the dealer could not be sued by the mechanics family, for negligence.
A lot of new cars won't allow you to start the car without putting your foot on the brake. And/or they keep the parking brake engaged until you turn it off.
@@annehaight9963 Most manuals that I know of require disengaging the clutch. Some let you start with the brake & neutral shifted.
Always a gold mine, E. I constantly feel guilty for not filming stuff that I should be sending in to you.
Thank you, M! and no worries. Whenever you send anything it's appreciated 👍
They're out there sharing the roads with us!!
And they'll be the first ones to blame us when an accident happens!
the 30 amp fuse "fix" is a great way to burn your car to the ground.
Always great videos and thank you so much for posting my unique vehicle. It stuns me to see what's on the roads these days. Real fright fest on how fast all these cars are rotting out.
It's hard to watch your videos from a year ago compared to how good they are now. Love the additional comments per clip. Thanks
Lol thank you! Lots has changed since then.
@@JustRolledIn Yeah about 340,000 subs! HA!
@@TheDisgruntledMechanic lol that as well! You learn along the way what to show and say. But glad to hear they have improved.
@@JustRolledIn You have learned well grasshopper!!!!
Nice selection of chunky trucks in the palate cleanser 😎
In terms of the new corvette engine going bad after 1,300 miles…. I have a funny story to retell.
In aviation class out teacher was explaining destructive and non-destructive testing on aircraft parts.
One such test was “dye test” where you check an aircraft crank shaft with a specific dye to look for ANY cracks in a crankshaft.
One crack fails a aircraft engine crank shaft. It’s now an expensive paperweight.
Welp. Teacher had a friend come to our school, he had just bought a new crankshaft for his fancy corvette, and wanted to see how it faired in a aviation test.
Welp. That thing literally “lit up like a Christmas Tree” it had so many hairline cracks in it.
His buddy was NOT happy, teacher could NOT stop laughing.
Let’s just say aviation parts are so freaking expensive because the manufacture and maintenance standards are so high.
If cars were treated just like aircraft in terms of scheduled maintenance, inspections, and manufacturing, they would easily last 20 years each on average.
Amen, I treat my cars like the aircraft I maintain. 4 of the 6 are over 20 years old.
Oh, that's weird. I wouldn't expect a crank to fail a dye penetrant test (or, more typically, Magnaflux since every crank I've ever met was ferrous metal). Any cracks in a crank just get bigger with every power stroke so that crank isn't long for this world.
But European (actually German) cars last easily 20 years on average, that if we exclude negligence (which is heavily regulated by TÜV)..
Can you imagine the reason behind it? In my opinion it's the level of engineering and the quality standards.. American cars are looked down upon here in Europe.
My pickup was 23 when I traded it in for a better towing vehicle. It had the Ford 300 straight six.
@@ukpkmkk_2 Yeah because BMW, Merc, Audi, and Volkswagen are all known for their reliability and ease of maintenance 🙄. In reality its not necessarily about the build quality but how often and thorough maintenance is done. Yes airplanes are built to a very high standard but they also go through maintenance and rebuild cycles far more often than cars mandated by the FAA and other nations regulatory agencies. Most people are not so thorough with their cars. You Europeans and your cringe superiority complex 😂
2:07 Oh, that’s not good- the magic smoke is escaping!
Just put the smoke back in and everything will be ok😆.
one of the few channels on youtube that will consistently leave you speechless or laughing in tears
Damn. Darwin lost that round with the last clip.
I have to wonder, just HOW he was driving that 'Vette. Brand new engines don't usually grenade themselves without help from the loose nut behind the wheel.
From what I've been hearing their quality control has been non existent lately. So could be that but who knows lol
your channel is gold! keep it up
Is that a Suzuki Vitara at the end? 🤘 love it! Gee, I wonder how Mr Norubber popped his diff? 😂 I'm guessing a similar story for the Vette.
Thanks for showing that clutch. It reminded me that I need to order a pivot ball for mine. The clutch went from just fine to zero. The only indication was a missed 3rd gear shift occasionally that I just chalked up to my casual shifting routine. I guess 190,000 miles was enough. Hopefully I'll get 200,000 out of this one.
We report all completed repairs or maintenance at my shop to CarFax using the VIN. Wish something could be implemented where we can also report declined services to the DMV to red flag cars from being out on the road until they're state inspected. The negligence in some drivers is amazing.
This idea could also be used maliciously if in the wrong hands, more money for the feds and shops, corruption would be very easy
1:42 I give up! Every time I think I have seen it all you prove me wrong. 😅
That Subaru wins the internet this year AND IT WAS DRIVEN AWAY! Mother of God.
" customer declined repairs " , gee , I'm about to have a heart attack and die of not surprised 🤦
Most of the time the repair would cost more than the car is worth.
@@tinknal6449 Most of the cases there is nothing to repair - it should have been recycled ages ago...
@@janosnagyj.9540 Agreed, hopefully they drive straight to the nearest scrapyard.
Although I hated it in my youth, because you could hardly tune anything on your car, I am all the more grateful that we have the TÜV in Germany. Especially when I watch your videos. Keep up the great work :).
@@crispindry2815 there are inspections, just not thorough, honestly should be mandated by law to get it checked by a mechanic every year and have it logged, along with getting it forcibly repaired or taken if its not road worthy
@@crispindry2815 Or maybe it's just not as big a deal as dumbass Europeans and safety ninnies think.
I trawl a lot of accident salvage lots, and they aren't filled with old ass unsafe to drive clunkers. They're filled with late model new stuff, because people suck at driving a lot more than they suck at maintaining cars. Not that they don't suck at maintaining them, they usually won't physically move because of engine or transmission issues before the wheels fall off.
The stuff you see in the video ends up in a u-pick-it yard, without being wrecked because most people aren't suicidal. There's really no reason to give auto mechanics the ability to seize property as they see fit, nor demanding even more government intervention (ie, taxation, nothing more) The morons demanding such probably hate the police too, who will do something if you report something unsafe, but they ain't that smart obviously.
@@charlescourtwright2229 forcing repairs and confiscating a customer's vehicle will never ever fly, and rightfully so.
The problem with thorough inspections is that it takes time, and the profit margin for an annual vehicle inspection is right around 5 bucks a car because the garage has to pay on the machine they rent to do the inspection. It's no surprise that they hardly check anything these days.
@fosterpainter Probably being tickled by the above Dr.
We have no inspection law in Washington State, and don't have abnormally high rates of mechanical failure crashes.
Lack of salt used in winter here?
Now that’s what you call just rolled in
I see what you did there...
That thirty amp fuse panel was hilarious
That first story is a painful one to hear... 1300 baby miles on that Stingray... that's a sad thing to happen.
Just once, I'd like to see a picture of the drivers of these vehicles.
I think based on these videos , we know where Biden got all his support from. The drivers of these vehicles.
Type 'inbred' into UA-cam.....
@@WALTERBROADDUS Yeah I'm sure you'd love to believe that, but not every person who votes democratic is an idiot. Just like not every person who votes republican is an idiot. Keep that shit to yourself man. We got enough shit to worry about, I come here to escape all that. You're no better than the people you're shit talking.
No need for a picture, just go to Wal-Mart.
"Customer declined repairs..." Yeah, 'cause if I buy my cousin, Jeb a case of Coors Light, he'll do the whole job for free! (while polishing off the case!)🤣
Thanks for another great installment!
These videos always make my eyebrows raise. 😵
Good ones there dude 👌
Was that really a lump of 4x2 for a link arm 😮🤦♂️ although we did have a guy fit a piece of wood as a brake pad 🙈 Have a great week bud 👍
Yep wood is the new replacement for car parts 😂. Scary lol. Have a great week as well!
That wooden last for long!
@@dolanbaker 🤣🤣🤣
Watching these videos really make me appreciate the strict annual inspections we have.
If you were caught driving those cars on the road here in Finland you would be thrown in jail :D
Most of these segments just amaze me. Any vehicle that appears to be not road worthy is quickly pulled over and towed here. I remember when I was a kid and the damn rust buckets you'd see. Nice to have some rules in place now and see them enforced.
Mandatory safety inspections should exist everywhere to address vehicle over a certain age - especially in rust belts.
Same here in UK. You lose your licence, with a fine and maybe jail time. Plus, if your car fails its check, you can't get insurance, so add that on top.
@@unclenogbad1509 and now our piss poor tory government is proposing extending the first MOT period for new cars to 4 years and the following MOTs to every 2 years instead of every year. Supposedly to save money for the motorist (never mind the 60% tax on every litre of fuel they impose). Maybe they should watch this channel and remember why we have annual MOTs.
@@jonm7272 Well said.
The 2X4 got me. 🤣🤣🤣
In Washington, people used to have wood-shake roofing. When you said that the wooden vehicle had a shake, I got that pun right away.
Your videos are why I am greatful to live in a state with yearly comprehensive inspections and required insurance.
There are states that don’t require insurance‽
@@herculesrockafeller New Hampshire and Virginia
that's not gonna force the idiots to follow the law ...
@@rhuephus It does. Take a look at the cars on the road in Massachusetts vs New Hampshire.
Cars get failed in MA for the smallest amount of wheel bearing play or for worn brake pads. Cars get fixed or sold to dumb states quick.
@@derel1cte I'm in NY and inspections don't mean shit. There's always a mechanic who will pass any car for an extra $20. Many mechanics just plug in the OBD2 and run the inspection to print a sticker without checking the rest of the car. I had my cars inspected by a guy who told me he passed any car as long as it had no codes and looked like it was taken care of (never put it on a lift) after I commented that it was fast, literally, in and out. I went to another guy after I bought an old Cherokee XJ and was glad he had it on the lift for the inspection. He let me know that I had to start thinking about getting new u-joints because they were rusting up. It was nice to learn about it while it was a job I could do myself cheaply, before it became an expensive job I couldn't do myself. If you watch South Main Auto, Eric always has shitbombs in the shop that shouldn't be anywhere near a road that was sent over from another shop to fix whatever is causing the codes so they can pass inspection. Even though, the entire frame is rotted out.
What part of "NOT SAFE TO DRIVE" do you not understand!!!
Like they say, "Stupid is as stupid does." Seems like you guys get more of it every day. WOW!
Just found this channel. My husband's a lifelong tech and he's gonna love these. I told him HE needs to record the shit he finds. 😆
I have a website at www.justrolledinyt.com he can submit clips if he ever has any good ones to share
@@JustRolledIn Thanx I'll let him know.
The “customer declined all repairs” people are why here in the Netherlands every car needs to be checked over every few years and certified to be able to legally be driven, and the police do randomly check people on that so you can’t even sneakily get away with it
The difference between an inspection like that and impounding someone's car is that generally if you're getting the car inspected, you are going to a government licensed shop which has to follow certain standards in most countries. They're not going to "make shit up" just to con a customer into getting repairs. On top of that, when you take your car in for an inspection, you're saying it's ready for the inspection. You wouldn't take it to the inspector on its last legs and expect to drive away.
On the other hand, you WOULD take a car on its last legs to a mechanic looking for repairs. Expecting to have your car repaired for one problem, and then being slammed with a surprise bill for 2x or 10x the cost (or being told your car is irreparable) is a shock to most people, and many people simply can't afford to make those repairs on a moment's notice. Often they're hoping for a simple, inexpensive fix, and the added cost of a tow-truck bill does not fit in the budget. Frequently in cases like this "declined all repairs and drove away" in reality isn't denial, it's simply one last drive to park the car at HOME until they can figure out what to do next - either save money for the proper repair, or decide to buy a new car. If you don't have the money for the repair, leaving the car at the mechanic's shop is essentially the same as signing the title to the car over to the mechanic for free. Most people are not going to do that.
Not to mention how many dishonest shops out there will inflate the actual cost of a repair many times, and then act indignant when someone doesn't want to or cannot pay their inflated price. This happens so often (at least in the US) that many people are understandably gunshy about paying high repair bills without some "time to think about it".
Shops need to get off the attitude of making fun of people who choose not to make a costly repair. Chances are they cannot afford it, and in MOST of these cases, the car will soon be parked - permanently.
The majority is that a tow truck is more than the car is worth as scrap.
@@AlvinBrinson If you guys had 2 year mandatory inspections you would see far less problems because smaller things would get noticed and fixed before they became larger expensive issues.
@@frumsmcnoodles323 there are mandatory inspections in many States in the US, but not all States. What often happens is State Inspection shops just take money and pass vehicles that shouldn’t pass. So instead of fixing corruption they just got rid of inspections in some of those States.
Not the police, if the car does not have a valid inspection (expired or failed) the RDW (comparable to DMV) has all inspections registered centrally and will just keep sending fines to your house. Any accident and insurance will claim everything back from you. If you let this go on for too long, any moment where you encounter a police (speed check for instance) your car will be impounded.
I've always heard that you have to give a motor a few thousand beak-in miles, I wonder if that guy was going too hard on that Corvette?
I talked to some GM technicians and they mentioned the quality lately is terrible. A lot of new vehicles with issues like this lately. I even heard from some Audi technicians the same thing.
@@JustRolledIn Thanks for the info. I was looking into getting a new GMC 1500 with the AT4 package but now i'm thinking I should give that new Toyota Tundra a closer look.
@@sweeptheleg. Every brand is having their quality control issues right now from what I keep hearing. The new Tundra looks nice. I wish it was a V8 though lol
@@JustRolledIn I have a friend who just got a new Tundra late last year, so far he hasn't had any issues. It's also interesting that despite being a V6 it has more power than the V8. I dunno, maybe i'll check out the ram too, I haven't made up my mind yet.
@@sweeptheleg. Glad to hear he hasn't had any issues. Yep you can get the V6 twin turbo. Hybrids are available as well. I heard they make some good power. I love the 5.7 they had in the Tundras though. Not known for fuel mileage but reliable!
I always find your videos very amusing as well as entertaining.
The classics at the end are awesome. Especially this episode.
Probably not the last time I say that.
Here in New Zealand if you took yourcar into a shop and it was like these they would not give you ur keys back so you can not drive it away. Thats insaine what use get away with in America. So glad i dont live there with all those cars on the road
What you are seeing here is the worst of the worst, not a representative sample.
Makes me so glad to have MOT testing here in the UK after seeing these
I feel the same living in a state that has inspections.
Coz America is made up of 50 little countries, the majority with populations smaller than a decent city, all with their own rules for the same thing, there are States which dont require safety inspections at all. This contributes to their high road death toll (35,000/yr).
You have public transport to fall on if car doesn't pass or is broken. we don't, I'm glad we don't have inspections
That Vette puts a whole new meaning to break in period!
Love the ending stills you post with all the cool old cars/trucks
mechanic shops should be required to contact the DMV and inform them when a customer knowingly drives a car that’s not safe to drive. they’re just putting everyone else on the road at risk
It's not safe for you to not get an oil change, you're 5 miles outside the interval and I don't care you plan to change it this weekend yourself. Your engine may lock up and there might be a freak occurrence of the transmission also locking up sending you careening down the road out of control.
Sorry, but I've impounded your vehicle and suspended your license until you've paid me to change your oil.
Nutjobs, asking for this...
They should call the cops and have an officer come out to impound the vehicle. When i was driving trucks i would have the highway patrol and/or the DOT cops bust my balls over minor shit. Got stopped once because one bulb on the marker lamps above the cab was out. Got stopped another time because the mud flaps on my trailer wasn't stiff enough and was bending too far back in the wind and that was when they weren't doing random inspections. But yet they have these death trap vehicles driving around daily putting the rest of us at risk.
@@pontiacg445 theres a difference between needing an oil change and having no brakes, no one would ever say your car isn't safe to drive just cause you're a little late on an oil change...crazy how much common sense you lack
It is so nice to live in a country, where you are not allowed to decline repairs, when the car resembles a danger to other road users.
But freedom.... *sad american waving his flag and holding a gun in his other hand*
@@archonwarrior9146 Haha glad to see some of us have sense. Cheers! This kinda shit needs a stop put to it.
@@hurfdurfy8167 Since i cant clearly tell weather you understood my sarcasm... do i need to type more. Cheers anyways.
This is like daily dose of internet for cars
While in the military I was stationed in NY state. This state requires a vehicle inspection to determine if it was safe to drive. After watching many of these videos' it should be mandatory in every state.
The filmography on the last one was top notch
I love the videos. Makes me laugh every time.
3:00 holy crap!! I'm so glad I set my e-brake every single time I park. Because that could totally happen to me. I don't usually leave it in gear. Just neutral and ebrake up. but I've totally started it like he did.
First thing i was ever taught about driving standard. E-Brake is better than ER
1:14 okay I'll admit it I was not expecting that lol 🤣🤣 I can see how someone didn't notice that was The issue
2:50 I'm an automotive wire harness engineer AND I'M GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES.
Lol at the 2022 CorvetterStingray...I can hear the 1990 ZR1's engine laughing it's ass off
I appreciate how the thumbnail and title clips are always first. Very professional.
This might be the best one yet.