1 /5 Ginger Walker: The manager, Mike, is an alcoholic who drinks alcohol as soon as he gets to MTD shop, and helps work on car repairs.
He was not only drinking when I took my car back to MTD a 2nd time because after paying them $570.00 to fix my oil leak, plus $95 for a diagnostic, and $47 for an oil change, my car was/is still leaking. After the 1st time I took it there for the oil leak repair, when I got it back, it was vibrating uncontrollably. So I took it back shortly after, and mainly Mike worked on trying to find the cause of the vibration, using a $3,000 handheld meter of some sort. Mike did not perform the actual oil leak repair: The older mechanic did that.
Mike was not able to stop the vibration, that the car didnt have before I took it to MTD.
Fast forward, I took the car back to MTD on Friday, December 1st, because the oil leak returned after several weeks. I generally drive the car very little, because Im a retired senior citizen, and because of the oil leak!
I made the December 1st appointment on the phone with Mike, a week before. Mike chose the day and time of the appointment. I arrived at MTD on Dec. 1, at 11:45 AM, and parked. At 12 noon I went into the waiting room, but Susie the receptionist was not there. Her husband Casper was filling in for her, until Mike and his friend Willis arrived, at 12:10.
I told Casper I had a 12:00 appointment because my oil was still leaking. He said I had to wait until Mike got there. I immediately was nearly overwhelmed by a very strong odor of gas or gasoline, and I had a surgical mask on. I asked Casper if MTD had a gas leak, and he mumbled something about it was in the garage or bay area. I asked him to close the door to the mechanics bay, but he was looking at the computer, and didnt do it right away.
After Mike arrived, he said hi, went back into his private office, where the door is always closed, and never came back to speak to me about the car. By then, I got a headache from all the gas in the air, in the waiting room. Yeah, waiting to pass out from the gas leak in the building.
Long story short, MTD doesnt like customers to wait for their car repairs. They tell customers they have to drop their cars off, but it usually takes 2 or more days to get your car back, no matter how simple the repair.
MTD does not guarantee or warranty their repairs or any type of work, so dont listen to Mike, who is a smooth talkin slick alcoholic lying shop manager. Im not sure if hes the owner. I hope not.