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Video: JiffyLube Caught Upselling Car-Damaging Repair Services

Video: JiffyLube Caught Upselling Car-Damaging Repair Services

By Ben Popken November 13, 2008

KNBC undercover cameras caught local JiffyLubes and EZ-Lubes upselling customers to buy engine-flushing and fuel-injection cleaning services, services which have been forbidden by auto-manufacturers because they’re unnecessary and can severely damage your engine. One guy’s engine died while he was driving on the highway, and it cost him $5,000 to replace his engine.

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