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Jiffy Lube's Underhanded Charges

Jiffy Lube charged Carlo for an oil change. They even warned his car suffered from a transmission fluid leak and an excessive oil leak. Only one problem: They hadn't looked at the car.
When I came back, they told me that my car was ready and even pointed out that my car had a transmission fluid leak and excessive oil leak. They even said that they replaced my filters and window wipers. I agreed to the charges and paid for it. After five minutes, the cashier comes back and tells me that my car hasn't been serviced, yet.
Carlo's car was a chameleon. They thought the car was green, even though Carlo told them it was "bluish-green." Well, that explains everything. Carlo had been a Jiffy Lube customer for six years. Now, he will service his car elsewhere. More »

2:49 PM on Sun Mar 4 2007
By Carey
44,674 views, 55 comments

Latest by infearandfaith: It doesn't just go for Jiffy Lube, almost all car maintenance/repair shops will try to "add-on" an additional service. It's business. The best thing to do is try to understand how your car works and know what to look out more »

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Jiffy Lube Begs For Forgiveness

A followup to reporter Joel Grover's undercover investigation revealing Hollywood area Jiffy Lubes to be staffed by crooks. More »

4:46 PM on Wed Dec 20 2006
By Ben Popken
1,127 views, 21 comments

wal-mart

Wal-Mart Takes A Page From Jiffy Lube's Book

Looking to Jiffy Lube for inspiration, Wal-Mart has seen the light: turn-around and profit both are a hell of a lot higher when you don't actually bother doing the work. More »

4:37 AM on Mon Oct 2 2006
By consumerist.com
865 views, 25 comments

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Jiffy Lube Scamming Customers Nationwide

Surprise! Jiffy Lube scamming customers for cars that have never been repaired isn't just isolated to the L.A. area. It's happening nationwide. More »

6:27 AM on Wed Sep 20 2006
By consumerist.com
2,080 views, 14 comments

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Jiffy Lube Scam Revealed (Again)

We talked about this back in May, but now there's an excellent YouTube compilation of all four of the NBC4 LA's hidden camera investigation into Jiffy Lube. More »

11:40 AM on Mon Aug 28 2006
By Ben Popken
3,669 views, 7 comments

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Jiffy Lube Up For Double Reaming

Yesterday, within 58 minutes of one another, we got not one, but two stories about Jiffy Lube trashing two separate customers' cars in different ways. Neither accusation is provable; by themselves, mere coincidences. Together, though? Too strange a dark alignment of the illest stars. More »

5:25 AM on Tue Aug 1 2006
By consumerist.com
763 views, 9 comments

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Best Posts Ever, This Week

• Company name notwithstanding, Jiffy Lube gets bent over the hood for ripping off customers on camera.
• Tales of The Perverse: Best Buy Enjoyed By Man.
• You really wanted this 24" monitor and it's still available for $759.
• Au Bon Pain, more like oh bun pain, huh huh, ew, this chili-dijon spread is disintegrating my cardboard-like sandwich.
• Who knew playing with plastic bags could be so much fun? [Glad pic jacked from Lisa Daly]

4:05 PM on Fri May 26 2006
By popkin
57 views, Comment

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Jiffy Lube's Scam is Sand in its Own Vaseline

NBC4 in LA put hidden cameras under their car hoods and took them to nine different Jiffy Lubes, They found six out of the nine didn't do any of the promised work yet charged for services in full. More »

4:47 PM on Wed May 24 2006
By popkin
2,177 views, 12 comments