Friday, December 16, 2011

Shop forgot to tighten lug nuts on all wheels - can I sue? Or what can I do?

I went to Midas to get new brakes. After 5 hours and a test run. I paid 672 dollars for new brake pads and rotors in the rear. Two days later I set out for my crosscountry drive back home. Within the first hour I started to feel this vibration that gradually grew. I thought at first it could just be the allgnement if the car which I had many problems with so I continued going 90 mph until finally it got so bad the whole car was shaking. I stopped at firestone to get it checked out because it was a Sunday and Midas was closed. Ten minutes into the inspection and a mechanic pulls me over to show me that I almost died. The rear left wheel was woobling and about to fall off. The whole shop was telling me how lucky I was. Fortunately it was fixable by just tightening the lugs. But that's not all. 7 hours later into my trip it starts happening again. And this time out in the middle of nowhere at night while it's raining I spent hours jacking up the car and tightening lug nuts. Apparently every lug nut on every wheel was loose and I had to hand tigthen each one. I lost 4 hours of my trip to this and now I am sure my car allingment as well as other things have been damaged in the extreme vibratons. Can I sue midas? I had firestone write up their own discription of what they found. If not what can I make midas do? I feel they should at least fix anything wrong with my wheels or allignment. Maybe even pay me back the 672 dollars for the brakes they installed. Any opinion or help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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