I took my 2001 Olds Alero into Dobbs Tire and Auto Center on 9/6/05 for a squeak from under my hood. I was phoned two hours later to say that it was a belt and tensioner that needed replacing at a cost of around $240. I told them to fix my car.
I picked up the car, began to drive away, and found the same squeak within a matter of seconds. I turned around in the middle of the street and returned to Dobbs. I was told it was my front brakes making the squeak and that the cost would be $562 to fix. After questioning the replacement of the tensioner and belt, I was told that these were the cause of the second squeak I was hearing. (I had only heard the shrill sound of the brakes.)
I immediately left and took it to a local NTB. At a cost of $230, my brakes were fixed and there is no more noise.
This is the second time Dobbs has done this to me. Earlier this year, the car was in twice because some of my warning lights were going off. The first time I needed an alternator - the lights were still on. The second time it was a sensor in the wheels, the lights did go off.
So did my temper.
I'll be the first to admit that the car is a piece of crap, but the gentlemen at Dobbs Tire and Auto Center in Maryland Heights are no gentlemen at all. I strongly believe that repairs that were done to my car were completely unnecessary and that further repairs were exactly what Dobbs was looking for.
Don't go to Dobbs.
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