Free Brake Inspection

Free Brake Inspection

Free brake inspection means you are getting new brakes whether you need them or not. Canadian Tire got me for that one here once. The brakes were worn but still within tolerances. They would not let the car out of the shop without performing the repairs because the vehicle was unsafe. I found out after the fact that if you get the free inspection you are getting new brakes no matter what their condition. When confronted with this their defense is that if anything goes wrong with the brakes after the inspection they could be liable. Therefore everything gets replaced.

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My husband won't let Canadian Tire even look at our car anymore. One spring they were changing tires for us and said they noticed we were leaking a little transmission fluid. Had not been an issue because the level had not changed at all and there was a really tiny spot of it on the driveway where the car always parks. We decided to let them go ahead and fix it. After all we don't want something like that to get worse and break down. Big mistake they fixed it wrong but we were not going to find out till the dead of the following winter. The fitting they replaced apparently needs to be flared in northern climates to allow for expansion and contraction. If we lived in Florida we would have been fine. We don't. We live in Ontario, Canada. Temperature dropped to -35C and because my husband's shift ended close to midnight he had to start it and drive it home in that cold. Fitting broke and blew our transmission fluid all over the road. Thankfully the transmission survived although it worked kind of screwy till the day we junked the beast. Oh and we got new brakes after a free brake inspection before that incident and found out the same thing you did. Their garage lost our business forever.

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