Transportation: Fixed

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By AnonymousOne - 08/12/2016 10:57

Today, I took my car to dealer because of the loud knocking sound I heard while driving it. Twenty-four hours later, they told me it was fixed. Fifteen minutes after I drove away, the tire flew off my car while I was on the highway. My car is now totaled. FML

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By exalia - 07/05/2012 20:40 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I finally bought a car, after saving up for a year. My dealer had told me it was a good buy, so I snapped it up then and there. On the way home, the rear axle practically fell out of the car due to frame rot. My dealer wants to buy the car back at half the price. FML

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By alucas3 - 29/05/2016 20:14 - United States

Today, I got a rental car because my car needed new tires and I had a long drive ahead of me. Today, the rental car got a flat tire. FML

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Whoops

By mmv - 18/09/2009 00:02 - United States

Today, I took my car into the shop to get a minor problem fixed. I left several hours later, without my car. Why? The mechanic crashed it while out on a test drive to make sure he'd fixed the problem. FML

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By Jim - 12/04/2018 01:30

Today, I dropped my car off at the dealership for a bumper replacement due to a hit and run in a parking lot. After being told it was ready, their shuttle picked me up, and backed up into my just-replaced bumper. FML

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That's nuts

By shbaxter - 16/03/2020 06:00

Today, I finally got my car back after it was in the auto shop for a week. On my way home, I started swerving all over the road. It turns out they didn't tighten the lug nuts on one of my wheels properly. FML

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By 205 - 13/11/2009 21:23 - United States

Today, after getting my car completely fixed after it being damaged for a year, I was driving and the entire side panel on the car fell off. The repair man forgot to put the screws back in. FML

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Burning rubber

By Anonymous - 16/05/2021 00:01

Today, I bought a car that literally caught fire seconds after I started the engine. The dealership then fobbed me off, saying I'd driven it off their forecourt (by about 3 yards), so it was entirely my problem, but they still expect my monthly payments to be on time. FML

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Ouch

By Anonymous - 17/02/2018 15:00

Today, accustomed to dealing with my old car's faulty accelerator, I pressed the pedal way too hard in my new car and crashed into a pillar, totaling the engine, and giving myself a concussion. I could still see the dealership down the street. FML

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Thanks, I hate it

By effmylife - 23/10/2009 10:09 - United States

Today, I took my SUV in to get the oil changed, and the tires rotated. They allowed me to stay there, because they said it would only take 30 minutes. So I sit there in the waiting room, and I look through the window only to see my SUV falling off the lift, from 6 feet in the air. FML

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Pull!

By Anonymous - 08/10/2020 11:01

Today, my tie-rod snapped, forcing me into a parked car. The wheel literally flew off my car. FML

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Oh_fuck_from_ks 13

Thursday 8 December 2016 17:32

lawyer up

Mauskau 35

Thursday 8 December 2016 17:48

They should reimburse you because they said it's fine, someone didn't do their job properly and they could've killed you.

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everton99 16

Thursday 8 December 2016 19:24

Absolute blessing in disguise, they'll have to pay everything, and you could potentially sue for emotional trauma.

Giraffie5 11

Thursday 8 December 2016 19:29

I smell a law suit

ami200485 14

Thursday 8 December 2016 19:38

Get a lawyer for sure

PegLegRacing 34

Thursday 8 December 2016 19:42

I hate how we live in such a litigious society. Yes, sue for vehicle replacement and a little on top. But suing for ridiculous amounts of money because you can is greedy unless it was intentional or grossly negligent like not putting the lug nuts on at all. I assure you they didn't intentionally do whatever caused the wheel to come off. Not to mention, I can't tell you how many times working on my own car I heard a sound and couldn't reproduce it the next day trying to work on it. Happens all the time with professionals too. The thing is, no matter how good you are, everyone makes mistakes. It's 100% unavoidable.

ellabellaboom 24

Thursday 8 December 2016 21:01

I think, and maybe I'm just completely mad here, someone not making sure a wheel is not properly attached to a car is a fine display of being "grossly negligent". Like, "not putting lug nuts on at all"??? maybe they did but not properly which once again is grossly negligent lol the bloody WHEEL flew off. That's not a little hiccup. OP's vehicle is totalled as a result.

PapiiChuloo 4

Friday 9 December 2016 8:34

As a mechanic myself, it's almost impossible to improperly put a tire back on if you're doing your job correctly. This definitely was a result of someone being lazy & skipping steps or what not. Not anywhere near a "hiccup" as you so call it.

JGreene2452 0

Thursday 8 December 2016 20:07

Get a lawyer and sue the living hell out of them. That was serious neglegence that endangered your life and the lives of anyone on the road with you and that kind of neglegence should not go unpunished.

fordkiller220 4

Thursday 8 December 2016 20:39

I'm with #17. sue what your owed and a LITTLE on top.. a 100,000$ goes a hell of a long way if it's used correctly. nobody needs millions.

PapiiChuloo 4

Friday 9 December 2016 8:36

First, you wouldn't even get millions, second if you did, the lawyer & court rape the **** out of you with their fees & what not to make sure you didnt get millions.

menja 29

Thursday 8 December 2016 20:48

Same this happened to my mom years ago. I'm still traumatized.

goream2013 6

Thursday 8 December 2016 21:08

My husband works at an autoshop and they've been sued before. They fixed a guys car and rode off with it, few days later it broke down in the middle of the highway, he sued. Come to find out, he had another problem he tried to fix himself and it wasn't the autoshops fault. Luckily. Anyways they were gonna be in big fiancial trouble over $100,000. it's definitely worth the lawsuit.