corlando52
New Member
My daughter bought a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon from an independent person.
The car is a manual transmission model, with 91,000 on it. The clutch
was changed, along with the pressure plate, throwout bearing, and the
flywheel was ground down by Augie's Transmission in February 2008, one
month before she bought the car. This new clutch was figured into the
cost of the car, so my daughter paid a bit more for it. The total cost
of the clutch work was around $800.
After driving it less than 150 miles, the clutch was slipping and
smelling. It was only noticable after the car was driven and warmed up
for about 15 minutes. My daughter hadn't driven the car that long until
recently. She asked me to check it out and I concurred that the clutch
was indeed slipping. We called Augie's and they flatbedded it (at our
expense) to the shop. After holding it 3 days, they finally decided it
wasn't the clutch (which was "perfect" accoring to them) but the slave
cylinder, and replaced that for an additional $300. This seemed strange
to me because I didn't think the slave cylinder would cause the clutch
to slip as it only makes it easier for the driver to push down the
clutch pedal, but they were the experts, so I charged the $300 and
drove the car home, with my daughter in the passenger seat. After about
15 minutes, the clutch started slipping and smelling again. We were
panicked because we were on a busy street about to enter a highway. My
daughter called Augie's from the car and he said "It must be the
clutch". My daughter, now very upset, told him that's why we brought it
back to you, to fix the clutch..." and he hung up on her. We barely
made it home and she called him again. He was unresponsive, and started
yelling at her. I called my regular mechanic and we brought it to him
(he's 5 minutes away) the next day. Upon removing the clutch et al,
they concluded this clutch was faulty, being either a re-furbished one
(not new as charged), or just the wrong clutch for the car. After
replacing that, they also concluded the slave cylinder that was just
put on the car was also wrong, or faulty, so they replaced that as
well.
We called Augie's to try to resolve this situation, asking if he would
re-imburse us for the faulty work he did. He told us he didn't owe us
anything.
We called the charge company and put the recent $300 in dispute. Now we
are faced with trying to recover the rest of the $800. Is our next move
to go for a supena for a small claims court suit? Can we sue AUgie's
for faulty work and parts, even though the work was done on the car
before we bought it? If not, what other recourse do we have?
Thanks!
The car is a manual transmission model, with 91,000 on it. The clutch
was changed, along with the pressure plate, throwout bearing, and the
flywheel was ground down by Augie's Transmission in February 2008, one
month before she bought the car. This new clutch was figured into the
cost of the car, so my daughter paid a bit more for it. The total cost
of the clutch work was around $800.
After driving it less than 150 miles, the clutch was slipping and
smelling. It was only noticable after the car was driven and warmed up
for about 15 minutes. My daughter hadn't driven the car that long until
recently. She asked me to check it out and I concurred that the clutch
was indeed slipping. We called Augie's and they flatbedded it (at our
expense) to the shop. After holding it 3 days, they finally decided it
wasn't the clutch (which was "perfect" accoring to them) but the slave
cylinder, and replaced that for an additional $300. This seemed strange
to me because I didn't think the slave cylinder would cause the clutch
to slip as it only makes it easier for the driver to push down the
clutch pedal, but they were the experts, so I charged the $300 and
drove the car home, with my daughter in the passenger seat. After about
15 minutes, the clutch started slipping and smelling again. We were
panicked because we were on a busy street about to enter a highway. My
daughter called Augie's from the car and he said "It must be the
clutch". My daughter, now very upset, told him that's why we brought it
back to you, to fix the clutch..." and he hung up on her. We barely
made it home and she called him again. He was unresponsive, and started
yelling at her. I called my regular mechanic and we brought it to him
(he's 5 minutes away) the next day. Upon removing the clutch et al,
they concluded this clutch was faulty, being either a re-furbished one
(not new as charged), or just the wrong clutch for the car. After
replacing that, they also concluded the slave cylinder that was just
put on the car was also wrong, or faulty, so they replaced that as
well.
We called Augie's to try to resolve this situation, asking if he would
re-imburse us for the faulty work he did. He told us he didn't owe us
anything.
We called the charge company and put the recent $300 in dispute. Now we
are faced with trying to recover the rest of the $800. Is our next move
to go for a supena for a small claims court suit? Can we sue AUgie's
for faulty work and parts, even though the work was done on the car
before we bought it? If not, what other recourse do we have?
Thanks!
