Don't ever take your car to Walmart and get the oil changed!

My husband went in once a few years back. They told him that it would be about 1 to 1.5 hrs because of being shorthanded. He waited 2 hours and finally was able to get someone in the back, and when they went to charge him they couldn't find any paper work. So the attendant went and asked the "mechanic" what was up, and he said the truck was too durty that he couldn't change the oil. Needless to say we have never gone back.

I would NEVER go to WalMart except maybe for tires.

I do the oil myself! Saves all agony.

That.
-wtk

they've got the same type of folks working at Jiffy Lube for 3x the cost ..... stuff happens until you do it or yourself or they make an oil changing machine there will be error where ever you go. And for Christs sakes never get your oil changed at the steal er.

I prefer Mr. Lube.

I don't think in all the years I have been driving I have ever paid anyone to change my oil. It's just so simple, why would I pay someone to do it.

Especially Walmart, I went there last week (edit: I live in a super small town we have like 3 major stores....) to get lightscribe CD's and the person in electronics asked, "Is that the brand?" are you for real???? Working in the electronics dept. and you don't know what lightscribe discs are? :noway: OMG I try to avoid all contact with walmart employees for fear of their stupidity.....(sorry if any of you work there....)

Two months ago we gave my daughter my Toyota Camry to drive. Yesterday she took it to Walmart to get the oil changed. They didn't put any oil in it whatsoever and she drove it 34 miles and the engine blew up! A perfectly good car ruined! It 's now sitting in the mechanic's garage waiting for the Walmart manager to come hear what's wrong with it! I'm afraid we're screwed! What a day!

No lights came on, warning that there was no oil in the car? :huh:

I had them put the wrong size filter on, and was leaking oil all the way home. Any of these things could happen anywhere, though. Where is everyone getting this "Walmart has lesser quality employees than any other oil change place" from?

My thought is dont go to Walmart ever for anything. 16+ years and counting since I have stepped foot in that God forsaken place.

You're right. They should fire the hundreds of thousands of employees nation wide, and shut that budget-friendly place down (largest employer; second to the government). We'll all be better off for it.
/end sarcasm

WTF is a lightscribe CD? :huh:

I take my Highlander to the dealer I bought it from. Back when I was younger, I would take my truck to Walmart.

Actually my mom brought her car there once a few years ago, and a month later her car was running bad (It was a pretty new car) brought it somewhere else, and her car was leaking oil, because they never screwed the top back on tight! I hope her car is fixable for a decent price. Wonder if you can prove it's there fault...

They didn't put an oil filter on one of my cars.

Now I bought a garage lift and do them all myself. PEACE OF MIND.

I take my car to WalMart and have never had a problem with it. Just because you work at WalMart doesn't make you stupid....

My thought is dont go to Walmart ever for anything. 16+ years and counting since I have stepped foot in that God forsaken place.

You're right. They should fire the hundreds of thousands of employees nation wide, and shut that budget-friendly place down (largest employer; second to the government). We'll all be better off for it.
/end sarcasm

And this ^^

I take my car to WalMart and have never had a problem with it. Just because you work at WalMart doesn't make you stupid....

No, it doesn't. But they go hand in hand 99% of the time. The employee's are mostly worthless, lazy, drunks or pot heads (in my area) and I know more about their store than they do and I hate it.

*waves* Greetings from one of those worthless, lazy Walmart employees!

TLE is hit or miss. It's hard to find people qualified to work for a tire lube express and then to get them to work at Walmart over a shop is even harder. It's like anywhere else; some bad, some good.

Two months ago we gave my daughter my Toyota Camry to drive. Yesterday she took it to Walmart to get the oil changed. They didn't put any oil in it whatsoever and she drove it 34 miles and the engine blew up! A perfectly good car ruined! It 's now sitting in the mechanic's garage waiting for the Walmart manager to come hear what's wrong with it! I'm afraid we're screwed! What a day!

No lights came on, warning that there was no oil in the car? :huh:

I had them put the wrong size filter on, and was leaking oil all the way home. Any of these things could happen anywhere, though. Where is everyone getting this "Walmart has lesser quality employees than any other oil change place" from?

You're right, it could happen anywhere. But it's MUCH less likely to happen at a reputable shop. Because yes, Walmart has lesser quality employees. I don't believe that's even debatable. I'm not saying they don't serve a purpose. But if they were skilled at something, they wouldn't be at Walmart.

That's a pretty bold statement there because I have known several people that have worked at wal mart and it wasn't because they were "dumb" or "unskilled" as you put it but because it was a job and it paid money. A friend of mine in particular has been working there for the last 4 years while going to school and taking care of 3 kids, and she just graduated and it on her way to Grad school. Ya know sometimes when you go to a trade school (like for auto mechanics for example) a lot of the time you have to put your time in doing the crappy jobs before working your way up to the better shops. I've known people that started out a wal mart, worked for a few years and then got a better job.