I figured I just needed my brakes changed and a tune up. I took my vehicle (an 89 Cadillac, Fleetwood) into MIDAS, a nationally well known company. I was advised that I needed to change out the whole brake system, rotars, pads... So on. I paid $670 in cash for the brake job. I picked my vehicle up and drove it home about 4-5 blocks away. Everything felt fine. I get up the next morning for work, (baby in car), I take off... Coming to a light I press the brakes and the car keeps going for up to about a half block.
I took the car back into the shop, and the next day was advised that I needed a master cylinder. Well my problem comes in here: I stated to the owner several times, "please be sure that all I am going to need to spend will be the $700 because if you do the brakes, and later it turns out to be something else, I can't afford to put anymore money into the car". I also stated that, "I will go ahead and junk the car if it is more than the brakes".
Not one whole day later, they advised that I need a master cylinder, but get this, they don't perform that type of work because no one in the shop has experience in the ABS System. My question is, if that is the case, why did they perform the work in the first place. If they had one doubt that it may have been an ABS problem, why wouldn't they advise me to take the vehicle somewhere else? Because they wanted my money. Now I can't afford to get anything else right now. With me being a single parent... Anyway, I broke the bank getting the brakes worked on when I could have waited and put that money on a down payment for another car... I am totally upset. What can I do?
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