Fred Haas Toyota Country - Service Department

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If you use this dealership for service, use extreme caution reviewing your bill. I just had some work done on my car. I was in a rush so I just paid my bill and left. I looked at my bill and couldn't get back to their numbers. They overcharged me by $370!

They also managed to gouge a chunk out of my front bumper and break the driver's seat headrest.

They have promised to make this all right but this never should have happened I the first place.
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I don't think I've ever had a positive experience with dealer services. They're always trying to **** people over, especially women. It's infuriating
combat wombat™
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Here are the services they tried to sell me that I did not need.

They said both of my side mirrors needed replacing because the turn signal in the side mirrors was not functional. I get in my car and, lo and behold, both are functional. However, they failed to repair the puddle light. I asked them to repair on one of the side mirrors. They just shoved it back into the hole without regard to the fact that one of the tabs on the puddle light itself was broken. I ordered two new puddle lights on Amazon. Gonna make this repair on my own.

Told me I needed a new engine air filter. When I put the new one in myself after declining their service, the one that was in there looked practically new. I replaced the cabin air filter at the same time. Now, so they don't try to screw me again, I wrote with sharpie on the air filter, the date and mileage when it was replaced

They said that the drain plug on my oil pan is damaged and that they can't fix it. I need a whole new oil pan. The charge for this is $800. I don't think so. The plug may actually be damaged but I think it can probably be repaired.

They told me I needed to have the rear diff service done. It's already been done with the last several years. This is even on the Toyota website. Either they didn't bother looking or assumed I was too stupid to know the difference.

Tried to sell me new spark plugs. Same as the rear diff. It's on the Toyota website and I'm well within their lifespan.

They charged me twice to repair an item.

My battery test failed. This seems to happen on my batteries pretty frequently. I think it's where we live. The battery was still under warranty and I was supposed to get a prorated price. They charged me full price.

They charged me $8 for a "complementary" battery service.

And lastly, they got my mileage wrong in the system. So on the day I had the services done. Their system already shows that it's been 20,000 miles since the service was last performed.

Once these issues are resolved, I will not be returning to that dealership.
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If you want a person you can trust to service your car in Cypress area especially a Toyota, I can't recommend Todd enough. He's a top Toyota mechanic.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RM1oRLm1Y1pDCYJv9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
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This is why I don't go to dealers except for warranty work.

Side Note : I'm sure toyota is the same, but Ford's drain plugs are made from a softer metal than the drain pan I'm told. This is why the drain plug will cross thread / gall threads and not the drain pan. Its also a $15 dollar plug not an $800 pan if you give too many ugga duggas on the oil change LOL
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aggiedata said:

If you want a person you can trust to service your car in Cypress area especially a Toyota, I can't recommend Todd enough. He's a top Toyota mechanic.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RM1oRLm1Y1pDCYJv9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy


Todd is great and has a great reputation, he used to work for GST as a troubleshooting guy I think.

However, he was 750 dollars more than Westside Lexus on a quote a while back for a timing belt.
aggiedata
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That's a lot. I would take it to Robert at Telge Automotive if that was the price.

I'm willing to pay a little more for his honesty and expertise, but you would think his price would be equal or hopefully less than the dealership.

He did steam clean my 14 year old V6 engine for free once.



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aggiedata said:

That's a lot. I would take it to Robert at Telge Automotive if that was the price.

I'm willing to pay a little more for his honesty and expertise, but you would think his price would be equal or hopefully less than the dealership.

He did steam clean my 14 year old V6 engine for free once.






Shiny!

I heard good things about Mike over at Toyolex.

In the end I'll probably have Harold's do it.
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aggiedata said:

That's a lot. I would take it to Robert at Telge Automotive if that was the price.

I'm willing to pay a little more for his honesty and expertise, but you would think his price would be equal or hopefully less than the dealership.

He did steam clean my 14 year old V6 engine for free once.




With all of the coverings in that engine bay, there could be a small Briggs & Stratton under there and few would ever know.
aggiedata
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What you can't see won't hurt you.
combat wombat™
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aggiedata said:

If you want a person you can trust to service your car in Cypress area especially a Toyota, I can't recommend Todd enough. He's a top Toyota mechanic.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/RM1oRLm1Y1pDCYJv9?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy


Thanks.
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