Mechanic Horror Story: The Brake Job

Here’s another adventure in Corolla land. This particular car has been nothing but a headache from Day 1. These have nothing to do with the car itself but it’s just been one incident after another.

Once I was at the local garage to have the pads and rotors serviced because I was too busy and lazy to do it myself.

When it was done my Mom picked it up. She called me to say there was a weird sound, like something was loose. I went over and test drove it. Sure enough it sounded like it had the suspension of a NYC cab.

Then I put my hand behind front wheels to check for loose parts. I’ll be darned. Both (!) front brake rotors were loose.

So I called up the shop manager about it and he apologized profusely. I brought it back and all was well afterward. It was an honest mistake but it is a miracle that cars run as well as they do.