I guess I need to sue my mechanic - I need some general advice - any lawyers would be appreciated.

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Yes actually you need to have someone with an unbiased perspective, was there a passenger that had seen it working that was non family? the last owner of the car?

Unfortunately the above is true. Too many people looking to blame other problems on the last guy working knowing they can score an easy repair.

I have done a lot of car/boat/truck and IT work...if I am doing something for someone I dont know and I see problems, I take a note of them and date them.

There have been a few times I get an odd repair, go fix it...then later that night called up and told, "I need my money back/discount because you broke, scratched, dented, etc this and that".

If you tell them I have documented all the damage I saw working on it, and tell them about some of it, usually they will go away.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: RyanSengara

Originally posted by: episodic

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: episodic
Could I not bring in the wife and family to attest to the fact it worked fine before sending it to them?

What would that prove? It's not like your wife and families word is somehow better than your own, and it seems pretty obvious that they wouldn't side with the shop over thier husband/father.

Maybe if you brought in another mechanic from a different shop who said it was working and wasn't out to make aprofit if the case went one way or another, then that might hold some credibility.

I don't have anyone outside the family that can attest to the fact. I only bought the car 3 months ago.

C'mon this farking sucks! What the crap does a person have to do - do a comprehensive inventory of the car's functional and non-functional parts before someone works on it and get it notarized?

The SOB broke stuff on my car. WTF can I do about it? Normally I don't curse but I'm seeing red over this.

I mean if that were the case, if a doctor made you sick he could just say that you were already sick. All sorts of bull.

Yes actually you need to have someone with an unbiased perspective, was there a passenger that had seen it working that was non family? the last owner of the car?

It doesn't really matter... So what if the tach was working three months prior, or even one day prior. It doesn't mean the mechanic broke it.

I realize you are convinced the mechanic broke it and are upset about it, episodic... But try and have an open mind. What (specifically) could the mechanic have done to break it?

Take it to another mechanic and have them troubleshoot it. If you don't have a full understanding how the onboard control units and the gauge cluster works, that's really all you can do.