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A customer's 2007 Civic in Spokane taught me to never trust a 'just replaced' part sticker without my own eyes on it.
I was about to start a timing belt job the sticker said was done 20k miles ago, but a gut feeling made me pull the cover and I found a cracked, original belt, so now I ask, what's the weirdest 'proof' of service you've ever had a customer bring in that turned out to be completely wrong?
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verar211mo ago
A sticker from 20k ago and the belt was still the original one? How does that even happen, did they just slap the sticker on and hope nobody ever checked? I've seen some wild stuff, like a receipt for a full brake job where the pads were worn down to metal. Who fakes a brake receipt, isn't that just asking for a crash?
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olivia_bailey27d ago
No way that belt lasted 20k miles without being changed unless the sticker was just for show. I've pulled brakes that were literally grinding metal to metal and the owner swore they just had them done. Either shops are lying and pocketing the cash or people are buying fake receipts online to flip cars. Both are stupid because that stuff gets people killed.
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elizabeth9001mo ago
Maybe they just forgot to change the belt but the sticker was cheap insurance?
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