carwash damage

[link040188]

hey has anyone ever dealt with a car wash damaging their truck i went into a car wash last night and it ripped the sun-visor off the roof of my truck i got the managers number but he is not in until tuesday

 

[paxlineman]

yeah i had it happen to a car and was told to bad. they usually have it posted somewhere that damage is not there problem if the part is aftermarket

 

[mjonesjr]

Good luck getting them to pay anything. I bet if you go look again, there is something somewhere before you go into the car was that says "not responsible for damage".

 

[link040188]

i went back last night and their is a sign that says like fold your mirrors in and some other stuff but its unreadable from more than .5 inches away im so pissed. my birthday just went buy and i really dont want to use my money to fix something that shouldn't be broken

 

[Otto]

Yeah pressure washer ripped the paint off my front bumper. So I ripped them off. Last time I was up there, the machine ate my loonies so pulled the "squeeze pressure" sign for the gun off the wall and put it in my back window.

 

[exbass94]

I once had a nice, long scratch that went down the entire passenger side of my Explorer. Luckily, it was a light surface scratch that I was able to rub out with some scratch remover. It's one more reason I always wash my cars myself. I will never go to another car wash again.

 

[pacodiablo]

They will not pay since it's an aftermarket part...I don't think most places will pay even if it's a factory part. I have seen lots of SUVs with broken off rear wipers from car washes.

 

[LearjetMinako]

Mostly likely, they will not pay for the damages. Its one of those things that go along with "use at your own risk" type deals. I use to go through a car wash until I installed a 4ft cb antenna. Now I only power wash the under carriage when I've been driving around on salted roads in the winter. All else, I wash it at home.

 

[dhinch279]

I worked at a Car Wash my first couple of years in college and they will refuse to fix it. If you complain enough they might give you some free car wash coupons, but I would be sure to tell them exactly where they can put them

 

[Mark_88]

I've had a few incidents with the automatic car washes...so I simply go to the spray booths and do it myself...

One time the machine ripped off my front license plate...and then I couldn't find the mounting hardware so I just stuck it on my dash...ended up getting a ticket for no front plate...and the cop had the nerve to say I took it off because he thought I thought it looked cool...WTF?

 

[kunar]

hey has anyone ever dealt with a car wash damaging their truck i went into a car wash last night and it ripped the sun-visor off the roof of my truck i got the managers number but he is not in until tuesday

is it broken, or did it just pull the mounting hardware out of the truck? if its just been pulled out, it shouldnt be to difficult or time consuming to fix.

 

[feellnfroggy]

I thought everyone knew you cant take the cars into a car wash with a sunvisor unless it brushless..... I have one on my expe and Ive never gone into a brushed wash. only the do it yourself brushless. Maybe if your real nice they will help you out. Or maybe if your really mean LOL

 

[Mark_88]

I thought everyone knew you cant take the cars into a car wash with a sunvisor unless it brushless..... I have one on my expe and Ive never gone into a brushed wash. only the do it yourself brushless. Maybe if your real nice they will help you out. Or maybe if your really mean LOL

Nice first...then mean if necessary...

 

[Jspafford]

Yeah pressure washer ripped the paint off my front bumper. So I ripped them off. Last time I was up there, the machine ate my loonies so pulled the "squeeze pressure" sign for the gun off the wall and put it in my back window.

Are you condoning the defacing of private property.

 

[Hypnotic Toast]

I actually work at a car wash and we have multiple signs up that say we aren't responsible for aftermarket parts. At all. We won't pay for a thing.

We also usually turn cars away that have paint flaking, excessive rust or a telescopic antenna that won't go down. We get people almost every week that complain about the wash doing something, which is completely stupid.

We've had huge trucks that have come off the track and gone sideways and there was no damage. Yet someone in a neglected 1990 Metro will come in and claim that our brushes put a dent in the side of their car.