Crap. That's to bad. Good luck though.

 

Damn, that sucks!

Check your copy of the work order. Did they write down your request to check the parking brake?

If yes, you have written proof on a legally binding contract that they failed to fullfill

 

Good point. Otherwise is just his words against theirs.

 

I didn't take it by there since I had band practice. I called them and talked to service manager from yesterday and decided i don't trust them to touch my car again. He didn't understand when I told him the parking brake system needs to be checked. He just kept saying that the caliper is the parking brake, it took a few minutes for him to understand that there is more than the caliper. I had to get him to walk through how it works, but he still insisted that even if something else was wrong.. a snapped cable, etc, then the caliper would have had to been replaced anyway. And he assured my he was a mechanic for 13 years and is blah blah certified when I asked him if he even knew how parking brakes worked. That guy has never been under a car in his life, he didn't even know what a CAI was called when I was talking with the mechanic yesterday.

Will just take it to ford tomorrow.

 

Actually the caliper is part of the brake. When u pull the handle that pulls a cable which makes the piston in the caliber move until the pads make contact with the rotor. There's no separate mechanism for the brake

 

Right, he just couldn't get it through his head that it could an issue with the cable and the caliper could have been fine the whole time. So the caliper replacement may have been unnecessary.

I just went and disengaged the parking brake. Hopefully it will warm up enough in the next day or so for it to unfreeze, assuming its the same issue that others are having. If so, then I'll just take it by ford in a few days, or wait until I go to my parents' house next and just fix it there.

 

****ing lame *** repair shops screwing people over! Sucks

This is why I do all the work on my car. Like you, I have been hosed in the past.

 

Another thing you might have on your side: Do some research and find out if inspecting the parking brake cable(s) and other parking brake mechanisms is industry standard for trouble-shooting stuck brake calipers/drums/whatever.

If it is, the moron failed to follow industry standard to inspect the parking brake anyway, and he owes you a free repair and parts for is F***-up.

This guy sounds like a car-quack.

 

Ya, I should have done some research, the google, yahoo and yelp reviews all give this place a 1 out of 5 stars and tons of complaints....

 

Found the parts at summit for $170 plus shipping. Sounds pretty pricey.

That was rotors and pads for rear, new rebuilt caliper. Did not include fluid.