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I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 12:35 AM
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If y’all recall, my wife’s 4Runner was shaking when she slowed down. So I took it to Christian Bros in Murphy. I trust them. So they call and tell me I need a few thing, but mainly the shaking was from my brakes/rotors. I initially dismissed this as a cause early on, due to I just spent 600 bucks on brakes in January at Firestone.
Christian Bros quickly sent me photos of my brakes and rotors. So I call Firestone and get some flunky who says the shaking is tire related, without the car even being there. All I wanted to hear is “we will fix it”. Which I eventually got.
Very frustrating. I’m no longer going to be Firestones bi/ch.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 12:55 AM
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The entire firestone family is a joke
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:11 AM
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Bent rims can make a simple tire balance almost impossible. Just sayin. Good tires will balance out. A guy was tryin to balance some used temporary off season get me through the summer mudders for me one time. He said these federal pos' won't balance new much less used. I asked they from China? He said they ain't even that good.
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:24 AM
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Bent rims can make a simple tire balance almost impossible. Just sayin. Good tires will balance out. A guy was tryin to balance some used temporary off season get me through the summer mudders for me one time. He said these federal pos' won't balance new much less used. I asked they from China? He said they ain't even that good. There was entire thread about this problem from this member a month ago..... you should probably read other people’s threads more often....
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:26 AM
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Hey, go Firestone! Not really, I like Goodyear.
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:28 AM
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This website has its fair share of titts. Watch out for that IED
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:28 AM
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This website has its fair share of titts. Watch out for that IED
Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:33 AM
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This website has its fair share of titts. Watch out for that IED You’re the biggest boob we have.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:40 AM
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This website has its fair share of titts. Watch out for that IED You’re the biggest boob we have. He might be in second place but he’s close to it
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:55 AM
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:58 AM
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You went to Firestone for a break job... that's like going to Chili's and ordering steak and being disappointed in the quality.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 02:25 AM
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This website has its fair share of titts. Watch out for that IED You’re the biggest boob we have. He might be in second place but he’s close to it No, first for sure.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 02:26 AM
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You went to Firestone for a break job... that's like going to Chili's and ordering steak and being disappointed in the quality. No...... It’s much worse than that BigPig. I would have done it for free.
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 02:33 AM
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You went to Firestone for a break job... that's like going to Chili's and ordering steak and being disappointed in the quality. No...... It’s much worse than that BigPig. I would have done it for free. Ouch.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 02:36 AM
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I ain’t mad at you.....
When your tired of getting screwed, you’ll come see me.
I’m not going to charge you for a job that only takes a couple hours.
After you watch me do the job, you’ll be able to do it yourself next time...
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 03:10 AM
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I would not have taken it to either place to begin with either. Lefty explained why.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 03:11 AM
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You went to Firestone for a break job... that's like going to Chili's and ordering steak and being disappointed in the quality. Other than Lefty’s offer, pouring salt in the wound, I agree. Firestone isn’t a great place for a brake job. Sorry, RT.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:12 PM
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Firestone? You got what you asked for.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:18 PM
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Avoid Firestone like a plague. Took my truck to them for new tires. Told me I needed new rear shocks when I went back to pick it up. Handed me a estimate of more than $700 to install two rear shocks, a job that takes 30 minutes at most. Looked at the quote and noticed the guy had pulled a job item from the system that included pulling the rear differential, obviously to greatly inflate the cost of labor. Not a mistake and a tactic I'm sure has become routine. Remove the rear wheels and two bolts for each shock, remove and replace shocks and bolts, done.
STAY AWAY FROM FIRESTONE.
Footnote: Firestone's tire warranty (which is prorated) is absolutely useless. Got a nail in a sidewall with more than 50% of the tread still left on the tire and they offered me an $8 credit towards a new tire. Crooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 01:31 PM
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Brakes on modern vehicles have come so far. I haven't done a brake job in years and up till last year I was maintaining 3 vehicles with 200,000+ miles one over 250k all on original brakes in perfect working order and tons of pad left.
Unless you have a warped rotor or put a lot of trailers without brakes I just don't know how you kill breaks on new vehicles.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 03:56 PM
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How did you get bamboozled? Did they not put new brakes and rotors on the car?
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 04:08 PM
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I had bad dealings with Firestone years ago and never used them again.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 04:16 PM
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Expecting good service from Firestone would be like expecting good food from McDonald's.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 04:41 PM
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How did you get bamboozled? Did they not put new brakes and rotors on the car? Christian Bros told me my rotors were warped. Firestone said they replaced them. Christian Bros said they did not. I confronted Firestone who replaced all my brake work without question.
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Re: I was bamboozled by Firestone.
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05/09/19 05:18 PM
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How did you get bamboozled? Did they not put new brakes and rotors on the car? Christian Bros told me my rotors were warped. Firestone said they replaced them. Christian Bros said they did not. I confronted Firestone who replaced all my brake work without question. When FS worked on her brakes the first time did it fix the problem? The thing is, if they didn't replace rotors it would be obvious. The car would still shake. You could also run your finger over the rotor, and would be able to feel the lip left from being worn. It would take just one minute to check all corners for new parts. It would be awfully brazen of them to say they put parts on if they really didn't. I wonder if you might have a different problem.
Last edited by S.A. hunter; 05/09/19 05:21 PM.
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