Poor Workmanship Brought my 2017 Subaru Forester here because the AC was blowing hot air. I paid $2,496.13 to remove and replace the compressor, but only a couple of days later, it was blowing warm air again. When I took it back, they refused to take accountability. They claimed it was a completely "new" issue, diagnosed a leaking evaporator core, and wanted to charge me another $1,822.37 (which supposedly included a $300 discount) to tear apart my dashboard, and remove and replace the evaporator core, for a 3-day repair. I declined and took my car straight to the Subaru dealership for a second opinion. The dealership immediately found that the actual cause of the leak was coming from the compressor outlet and expansion valve. The compressor O-rings were dried out and squared, and the expansion valve was missing a required second O-ring, while the single one installed was the wrong size. The dealership fixed the butchered installation by replacing the O-rings for $770.61 (labor and parts), and my AC works perfectly now. See the pic of the receipt from the dealership with the description of the work actually completed and the cost. The first shop completely misdiagnosed the issue to cover up their own poor workmanship and tried to charge me for an expensive, unnecessary remove and replace of the evaporator core behind the dashboard. See the pic of the receipt form this repair shop with the description of the work to be done, and the estimated cost – and the evaporator core wasn’t even the problem. Poor workmanship, zero accountability
Good afternoon Rick and Amy this is Benjamin the Assistant District Manager. I thank you for the time you took to leave the review. I have been trying to get in contact with you guys to get this situation corrected for you. Based on the repairs we did and the repair the dealership performed it sounds like the o-rings that were replaced during the repair possibly got damaged during installation of the parts. This is something that we do watch very closely and try to avoid. It is also something that we would absolutely cover and issue reimbursement under the warranty. Please call back at 714-528-1828 or email [email protected]. I have attempted to call and message on multiple occasions. We truely would like to make this right for you. I hope you have a great night. Talk to you soon.
- Placentia Super Service