Valrico Auto & Truck Repair

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Dont even think about taking your car to this shop. This guy is a dirtbag owner. The guy lies straight to your face and cheats you. I had my ford taurus in for a transmission problem and Ron promised me it would be ready in 2 days. 3 weeks later my car is still in the shop and not fixed. He refused to let my car out without payment but I got my lawyer involved. This guy is a shady weasel. One day he's gonna wake up dead.

I went to valrico truck and auto repair for some trouble i had with my saturn,i asked the owner of the shop how much it would cost to diagnose what the problem is ,he said $75. i said ok but do not do any work to it until you call me he said that was fine. they finnally called me and said they check it and it was my map sensor. i saidare yousure he said yes i gareentee that it is and the car will run perfect i asked howmuch will that cost, again that it would be $430.00 dollars i said let me think about it. i went up there to ask some questions i found out that they started doing the work without my concent so stupid me said thats fine go ahead and fix it. two days latter he calls and says that he needs to dig into it deeper,and the map sensor that he replace didnt fix it. that he nneded to be paid the $430.00 first before he goes any further, i said are you crazy you didnt fix it like you promised after much debat i had to pay him for the part and the labor costing me $230.00for nothing,i took the car to saturn and they said it was the caddilac converter,and that it was never the map sensor.they fixed it in about two hours and it ran great. they told me that he should have found the problem fast. and the best part it was fixed for free. ( IF YOU WANT TO BE RIPPED OFF THAN I SUGGEST YOU GO TO THEM) but if not stay far from them. and the rotweiler tied up in the office is true you cant even go in there to talk. (PS STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!)

When applying the brakes on my Explorer the vehicles front end was starting to shake and I heard some light scraping so I took my vehicle to Valrico Auto Repair. They informed me the right rear caliper was stuck and that the both rear calipers needed to be replaced, the rotors needed to be turned and new brake shoes. I told them it sounded like the front of the vehicle not the back. The mechanic David, told me that it was the rear brakes and that the front brakes were fine.(Valrico Auto did the front in Feb.07)So I Oked the repairs and was told my Explorer would be ready sometime before noon Thursday.

Thursday I called to see if my truck was ready, mechanic David ask me if I had trouble with my master cylinder. Told him no the master cylinder was fine. The owner Ron got on the phone and told me he had double checked David's work and the master cylinder was bad. So I oked the master cylinder replacement. I paid a total of $841.95 so I can pick up my Explorer. I get in and the brake pedal goes right to the floor. I asked Ron if he test drove the Explorer and he say yes, there pumped up great! When I asked him to check the brakes again he said they were fine and working normally. He refused to check the Explorer and told me if thought something was wrong to take it some place else. So I did.

Monday at 7:00am I took my Explorer to Just Brakes and they put it on the lift and pulled the tires. They informed me (this is printed on my bill)that the rear calipers were installed upside down.(I have pictures).

They also informed the rotors were turned so badly that the right rotor could not be used because it had been turned below allowable limits.(also in writing from Just Brakes). This was done by 7:30am. At 9:00am Just Brakes called and informed me that the Explorer was shuttering when the brakes are applied and that it is the front brakes. The original Caliper had failed and caused the front rotors to overheat and warp.

Will never use Valrico Auto and Truck Repair again!