I bring nearly 40 years of being in and around the auto repair business. My mechanical advice isn't based on changing a tail light bulb once every few years. Here are some examples of why I feel the list is sue happy before knowing the facts.

Seeking advice for legal action on bad repairs.

The owner took the car in for non transmission related repairs and is blaming the trans failure on the dealer. All this before he even knew what was wrong with the trans choosing to seek legal action advice instead.


how could my om617 be compromised so quickly?

This is the thread that really slanted the diesel sue happy trend for me. There were a lot of people piling on placing blame on the oil change place. Few of the posters realize what is going on with most others choosing to blame the shop.

Have a look at the top pic in post 43 and tell me specifically how an alleged lack of oil pressure would have caused this failure? . . After 10 min of run time, while driving a few city blocks at low speed.

" I think the OP would have better luck just stating the Facts on a sign on top of his Vheicle and park the Vheicle near where it can be seen by potential customers. As long as the Sign sticks to the facts like; I brought my Car here, they changed the Filters and after that my Engine was damaged due to loss of Oil Pressure; they would have trouble if they sued you for deformation. "

" Now it's all about documenting everything and file a claim with shop.
I've never done small-claims, but imagine that will be plan-B. "

" State your case to some helpful lawyer websites out their,theyll give you some indication on how it might play out if you decide to move forward with the case .Flip side ,you can go pull another 617 junker and use your energy and money putting the LANDCRUIZER back on the road,if it were me I might be inclined to drop the block of the old motor at the service station after I was done,right in frt of the door that welcomes another victim. "