Customer States & Mechanical Fails [Part 36]
Customer States & Mechanical Fails
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Here are some cheap tools that I use daily in my workshop:
Plastic removal tool:
-11 pieces removal toolset (I have bought this one for almost 3 years and I still use it)
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-22 pieces of a removal tool set
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-7 pieces of cheap removal tool set
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Torx:
-Torx Screwdriver Set from T5 to T30
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-Long Torx Screwdriver T15 T20 T25 T27 T30(use Torx t20 to remove the car exterior door handles almost all cars have this screw)
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Small Electric Drill Cordless Screwdriver:
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Hooks:
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Flexible Magnetic Pick-Up Tool:
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Rubber Eraser disk:
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LED Flashlight:
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Infrared Thermometer:
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you mean traded for a xdrive lol
@@aimized1460 I will update the comment from Quattro to xDrive. I don't know any BMW owner who switched from BMW to Audi. 😁
I had an xdrive 335 and live in Northern New York State. The damned thing would go ANYWHERE in the snow! 🙂
Worst car to work on? "All of them!" Now there's a true mechanic.
How, as a wise man once said: Hate your job? Continue doing it for the rest of your life. Be a man.
When I worked for Chrysler, we had 6 new cars arrive. The front trim and right fender said Aspen. The rear trim and left fender said Volare. So much for quality control there.
Except with a chrysler nobody is expecting anything from it. Be happy it starts up within the first 5 attempts and lasts 3 years.
The only thing that car had going for it was that the Slant Six was still in production. My Uncle put 300,000 trouble-free miles on a Volare station wagon.
@@SpitfireMkIIFan My Durango is currently 21 years old and still going strong. My Aspen only lived 19.
My first car was a Dodge Aspen. It wasn't bad for a $600 car I guess.
I was a a ford dealer, same thing. One side LTD the other Marquis
If I've learned one thing from years of computer repair and (fewer) years of driving cars, it's that you NEVER ignore error messages and/or strange noises.
I used to be an IT guy, became a mechanic a few years ago. There are customers in both fields that are exactly the same. There's the "oh my buddy can do it cheaper" that you inevitably have to put more work into to fix the original issue and the attempted repair, the "I will ignore every message and warning until it no longer does what I want" people, and the "that basic maintenance that will prolong the life of my machine that I ignored for the first three years is due" people. They're might be the same people for all I know.
Only ignore warnings if know what the warning is and know it doesn’t matter
@@MikeClowderyou forgot the people who come to you to fix it, then know more about it than you
@trekaddict, I've learned over the years from computer and car repair that I love but also HATE BOTH in large part because of the "Engineers" and those who micromanage them to create "piles of rubble" to litter your home/office and driveway whilst depleting your bank account in order to maintain/replace them! I'm also a "ST" fan Captain!😄
@@good-ql6un Which is most of em, if you drive an Opel
Fun fact, class 8 trucks actually have three check engine lights. One that looks like a normal one, one with a wrench inside of it, and a red one that tells you to stop the engine immediately.
We have different stages of "oh sh*t"
Looked like the freightliner cluster. The M2 I drove would periodically turn on both yellow lights, then start flashing the red one and then auto shutoff in like 20 seconds. After 3 restarts it would lockout and not start for 30 mins. Faulty coolant level circuit because I guess drivers nowadays are such dummies they have to code them to shutoff automatically when it thinks the coolant is low.... Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen as the exhaust brake stops when the engine shuts down. Had a pretty steep hill I had to cook my brakes on because this engine shut off. Mind you this freightliner had only 130k miles on it!
So let me guess: 1. Try to fix yourself or visit mechanic at free time 2. Your next destination - Mechanic 3. STOP, YOU'RE HURTING ME! 😂
And then: 4. (Flashing light) I can see you havent bothered to fix me so im just going to take a vacation!@@mariuszmoraw3571
They should have this feature in every car. It would save some of us so much grieve.
7:50 - lol HUGE hole in the engine block. "The belt's done come off". :)
🤣🤣
Just put a belt on there, it will be fine!
The camera could see the hole but the guy probably couldn't at the time of filming is my guess.
😂yes, I was hoping someone else seen that
@@IdontknowmaybejohnsmithI hope so😂
"German engineering. You will never feel a smoother ride or hear a more pissed off mechanic."
Yes, but the porsche is the BEST forever
Whoever said that doesn't deserve to own a Volkswagen. Hello to all MK3 drivers from a novice car mechanic and owner of a Mexican Golf with ABA engine. ❤ God bless you, guys.
German cars are the best to work with. The worst is a ford and french cars
@Yarkozhaluva strongly strongly in ever conceivable way disagree with you. I've worked on both and Fords are a cake walk compared to the stupidity and idiotically overthought German stuff. Not to mention all the special tools needed for little mundane things on German cars.
have no business near a car if you can't work on a German car. I guess it's just the cool thing to say
The toolbox got me right in the feels. The box alone was probably around 30k, then the tools in it. Truly heartbreaking. I wonder how they got it back upright.
Well, after the tow driver stopped crying and called his insurance, they probably used a fork lift
-10K gone in a blink of an 👁️
@Carhax that was way more than 10k. That was a snapon box with a hutch and 2 side lockers. I have a snapon box myself that's a little bit smaller and without the lockers and it was 12k almost 10 years ago. The box and tools together is probably around 100k depending on what tools he has in there. I had a manager move and scratch my box and we were about to fight. I can't imagine how that guy felt
Yeah and with the way it fell crooked with the weight of the tools I bet the box and both side lockers are twisted. My guess is its a total loss. Someone could probably still use it but every drawer is probably going to bind up going in and out.@@jondurrett9277
Why should tools break when the chest tips over? Serious question!
I’ve been a dealer tech at all big three and ran an Indy shop. Any tech that thinks BMWs are hard to work on is just a parts changer. Beemers are easy and you can get the factory diag and module programming software. I left the industry for greener pastures, but I buy and repair BMWs almost exclusively.
Hey been a Toyota guy since a teen. But I’m looking to possibly dip my feet with BMW. I figure I’d start with a m340i. What would you say are the top 3 differences in working with German cars opposed to Japanese. Srs questions 🙋🏽♂️
It never fails to amaze me how rotted some cars/trucks are in the US and still being driven around. Here in the UK, and in the EU, they would have been scrapped long before, because they wouldn't pass the annual safety inspections.
@rickconstant6106, well we still have safety and emissions testing which can be seriously annoying in some places because of how strict some are about "enforcement" BUT many of these vehicles you see falling apart are either already classified as "off-road" so not legally for driving OR the owner is padding someone's pocket for a "passing safety inspection." Vehicle owners in the "rust belt" also have a really rough time as it is... I've seen cars barely 5-10 yrs old already suffering rusting our structural components, road salts are seriously no joke! Yet I've seen some "California cars" where the frame looks almost like it rolled off the factory floor a month ago and yet it's "20 yrs old."
Yeah some vehicles here in new england get destroyed from the salt
Here in NW indiana, you are lucky if a car looks cosmetically not rusty for longer than like 7 years. There are no safety inspections, but much of the state is farmland. There are some jun vehicles around, but most people who are driving them simply cant afford a newer one, and do with what they have. The country is simply to big for public transportation or riding your bike everywhere, things aren't as "compact" layout wise as they are in the UK. You can be in a populated area, and still 40 minutes from a hardware or grocery store going 60 miles per hour, or 96KMH. It often is a reality that you need a car to live around here, but everything is expensive. I personally have a 2006 chevy Malibu, and a 2006 chevy silverado. I bought the truck in 2020 and have put approximately 50,000 miles on it in 3 years, that is a bit high to some, but sometimes it's necessary. The truck is miraculously almost rust free. The malibu is my backup, and winter "beater" if you will, It's rusty as sin, but I fix anything dangerous that breaks on it. In 5 to 6 years, It will be unsafe to drive. For now, cosmetically it looks terrible, but mechanically it is safe. Looks aren't everything either.@@Palmtop_User
I depends on where you are in the U.S. I am in the middle of Texas where it hardly ever snows. Very rarely do I ever see cars with rusted undercarriages. The ones that I have worked on always come from somewhere up north. You can put 200k miles on a truck here and never have a spot of rust on it.
The mario cart sounds was genius
1:19
That tiny accessories belt is dehydrated you need to add water.😂
🤣🤣🤣
That person at the end is a true friend
0:29 Got me in the first half
@0:58 that is the exact reason why I take my time raising a car and do a shake test 6 inches off the ground before I commit to raising it. I have to stand under and do not want this to happen. TAKE YOUR TIME SETTING A VEHICLE UP TO BE RAISED IT’S WORTH IT.
The worst ones I have found were Ford trucks. Usually I will raise it about about half a foot and then stand on the back and front bumpers. If it can handle 200 extra pounds, then it should be fine. I have been doing it for over 25 years and I am still nervous when I raise one. I have seen one too many fall. Luckily it was never one that I was working on.
6:04 Can relate its the only way to find out. 8:19 As a Retired Car Mechanic I would say the worst one I worked on was a Renault Megan from 2008. 2:32 Many reason why people don't see whats going on is quite simple: When buying a new car (or some brands of car) the Car Mechanics of that Car Brand DON'T allowe you to see the car on the lift And when its a old one some Car Mechanics that work privately don't allowe you to go under the car for "Safetly" reasons That apply to non-car people but not to a Retired Car Mechanic like myself. The Car I bought (Hyundai i30N) the Dealer allowed me to see under the car even,they really showed care for they customer wishes. And when I used to work with my Father in our Garage,we would always allowe the customers to be in the shop warm up next to the oven,chat,eat some food together as it basically was almost a family like feel to it,seen lots of the same customer as far away,short or long drivers.
With you on the Megane, headlamp ‘bulb blown sir? Certainly, let me just Jack it up and take a wheel off…..’
@@chrisdowns1987 I personally think its not the headlights,but rather when you do head gasket change and find out that the cylinders are worn out because the customer neglected oil change or the engine is that badly designed. Leaving you to take the whole front bumper to take out and take the engine apart.
@@neromastic4512 😱 I never had the misfortune to do much more than basic servicing on those thankfully but the stupidity of design doing basic maintenance like bulbs gave me a clue! That one just sticks in the mind. Those and Fiat Stilo bulbs were infuriating. Mind you, I now work for a certain premium German manufacturer and quite a lot of work instructions start with ‘remove engine’ 😳. Workmate next to me got a twin-spark v12 for a plug change last week, imagine the fun for 24 buried plugs! 😂
1. Mice can teleport, we all know this. 2. There is no limit on stupidity. 3. and yes, quality control is indeed a thing of the past.
Holy shit! 0:00 *bumble bee* faked a call so he can make his daring escape from the goverment garage!!
And there was someone working on the car in the pit underneath too! This could easily have ended a lot worse, but it looks like nobody got injured at least. Though the guy starting the car may have gotten injured later ;)
10:41 🎶Drifting through the snoooww... In an opened end rear wheel driiive.. Almost hit that pooole... How the hell am I still aliiiive???🎶
That fuel guage was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The owner installed a new fuel gauge, and that happened.😄
Top fuel engine. 😁
30k toolbox tipping over..... I would cry.
as an european i agree with bmw, but god damn VAG cars has everything made by logic, so its easy when u know how to do it... btw those american mechanics should try to repair some french or even italian car ( especially alfa romeo..)
VW's are so easy to work on especially early 00s. Ots just Mericans not liking anything but thier own cars that's all.
VAG is crap
If everyone will prefer VW, who will drive and repair those BMWs?.. Just don't sat anything, guys. Love your Volkswagen and don't tell it to anyone. But... You should know how i love my MK3 with 2.0L ABA ENGINE. Buying this was my best decition as a car mechanic. Sorry for my bad English, and hello from Russia. (^-^)
@@user-eb8ul1hc9w dont get me wrong, bmw’s are amazing to drive! But i was working on few of them and it is just anoying as hell.. there are like 70000 Plastic pieces everywhere .. and their bolts.. why just why are they using bolts for “E” socket ..
@@user-eb8ul1hc9w I had a MkIII Jetta for YEARS. So expensive to fix but so fun to drive!
4:56 left, right, left, right, left, right, NORTH!!!😂
The compass 🧭 doesn’t work, is pointing north all the time 🤣🤣🤣
That has got to be hands down the most bad ass grill I have ever seen! I would kill to cook some sirloins on that bad boy!
Did that guy just pure gas out of a bucket and then lit it next to said bucked that has a truck filled with said gas?
I'm sure he had his fire extinguisher next to him. Safety first and all that.
@@Bl4ckD0g or second.
Fun fact, at -45 you can't light diesel or gas with a match.
@@frederickclause2694 you can`t light diesel with a match at 20Celcius anyways
7:18 😆 it sounds like a plane!
6:48 the engine:"I'm sick of your bad breath! I'm outta here!"
0:36 facepalm... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! you got me!
I get the "German cars are the worst to work on". They run great for a good long time, but once they break they are a bitch to fix up.
Over here in Germany it isn´t that bad - lots of hacks, manuals, and repair-stuff on the internet and helpful guys (and sometimes gals!) in discussion groups. Also torrents of spareparts. Choose wisely though: Audi A8 for example, avoid the V12 and the V8 5-Valve engine. Also have a spare 6000$ for an automatic gearbox overhaul (or, like me, drive the S8 with manual gearbox. Porsche-killer. 😁 ).
I worked on BMWs through the 70s. Compared to most American cars, it was a rats nest of confusion. But Once you understood it , the car wasn't bad. But the problem was, they were always in to get fixed or for recalls .
LMAO the 70's cars regardless of brand have changed a lot since the 1970's the most high tech car on the market in the 70's would be childs play compared to today's cars
The beefy baby III😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Good clips! Best car to work is Lada, because you just need a hammer! 🔨
At Oreillys we would prank call the new guy pretending to be a customer and ask for stuff they couldn't fine like a timing chain for a 1986 Kaboda or headlight fluid for a BMW.
Bro those steaks are way passed done😂
"Beefy Baby III" lmao
Super funny as usual! I think that the best is the engine falling after unscrewing. 😁😁 Thank you! ❤
1:07 That scare that absolute shlt out of me ☠
I've owned 2 BMWs E36 and a E46 and leased a E89 through the employee discount program with the dealership I work for. Hands down..the best handling cars out there, but they are POS's...lol The interior might as well be made with Play-doe and exterior rubber...chewing gum. When working...great power and handling. When it's time to fix something under the hood...time to take out a second mortgage..lol
Yeah I loved my low mileage 2007 335i, but would typically drive my 20 year old, 240k mile Jeep Cherokee on road trips because I trusted it more to get me to my destination.
I love my E38. Actual leather for most interior components not gummy vinyl crap. The 90's had better made interiors and the late 00's, while remarkably fast, are absolute trashcans. I used to work at a german car shop. Though still would take the BMW's over any Mercedes. The interior of new Mercedes smells like cheap chinese plastic vs the smell of leather and luxury in the newer BMW's. I think the only gummy rubberized crap in my E38 is my radio volume and navigation control knobs. Luckily they arent too bad.
@@OrionDakota My 2007 335i had REALLY nice and durable leather, while my 17 Lexus has crap leather in comparison. Crazy the short-lived car has a long lasting interior and vice versa
Lmao at that spinning vent
Best bbq ever.That will be perfect in our workshop.
6:56 Skipper: Kawasaki report. Kawasaki: Engine 1 is no longer running, engine 2 is no longer on fire
3:45 The timing belt pieces clogging the oil is super common for the Ford 1.0, even if you do change the oil. Piece of junk engine. Why the hell the timing BELT is oiled is beyond me.
The gdi engine is the now famous hyundai kia 2.4 rod bearing dance
Hey, the tv in the centre was genius. Stops the kids fighting I’ll bet.
This is my favorite channel! ❤❤❤
6:00 Ok, any mechanic that is perfectly fine starting a fucking fire on the floor of their shop is definitely someone you can trust
And when he said "I've taken a sample" I thought he meant the other kind of sample..
I don't think I should be laughing so much 😅😅😅
The two check engine lights are normal for heavy duty. The MIL is for any emissions related fault code. The CEL is for any engine related fault code that doesnt have time be tied into emissions but sometimes is. Its super common for a truck to come in with CEL/MIL on. And flashing CEL or MIL means shut that shit off now
Funny! 😂 Thank you! 👍🏻
i completely agree with the guys who hate german cars... i used to work in a junkyard where i didn't even have to do thing the "right" way, and i absolutely hated every single car that came into my bay that was german... what i could do to a chevy in 3 hours took 8 on anything german... but the one volvo (not german) i remember hating even more than those was a car where they designed it so that the drive shaft went THROUGH the GAS TANK, not above it, not below it, the stupid pos went THROUGH it...
and this is why mechanics hate engineers
Through the gas tank? Are you shittin me? Whoever the genius is that designed that needs slapped.
8:07 when your car is overheating and your friends dump cold water all over your hot engine... damn hearing the block crack like that was kinda sad tbh
Love these
8:33 as a BMW mechanic, I second that
Holy shit, guy in the snow twerkin to win! Laughed my ass off.
I need more of these
Interesting Mopar hack at 2:23. I drive one on of those. Mine's older than that one, but not as rusty. My endgate still functions. Transfer case is... Well, it's still working, so...
These videos always make me feel so much less stoopid.
That racing pickup looked to have a bent frame.
@7:49 - That needs more than a belt, look at the hole next to & slightly above to the tensioner.🤑
last clip... twerktion control activated lmaooo
"Listen to that motor purring like a Chihuahua" Said no one, EVER !! (0:10)
1:19 when you ask her what's wrong 😆
I cant stop laughing at the last clip
"whats the worst car to work on" Fun tip, it takes 3h to replace a single cab filter in some fort trucks because you cant reach it, without dismantling the entire entirior.
What happened to the corvette at the beginning? Remote start on a MT car? It didn't look like anyone was in it.
You're probably right and it would mean that the customer added remote start themselves and probably leaves it in neutral in the garage (no safety switch!!). My guess here would be that the customer was sitting in the waiting area and accidentally hit the start button and is thus *fully* *liable* for damages. I hope so, anyway; if this is what happened then the moron could have killed someone just because they're a lazy SOB that can't even walk into the garage to start their Corvette. I say "garage" because very few people park their Corvettes outside. If you're adding remote start to a car, you're probably too lazy to drive anyway and should call an Uber.
Nah there was someone behind the wheel.
10:18 I had a toolbox try to go down my long, steep driveway. Fortunately, it was empty and I managed to steer it into the grass.
Good clip 👍
7:24 What a cool feature! 🤣
Hitch to hitch hook up was actually genius......😂
If it works, it's not considered stupid.. :)))
You know what's bad than a check engine light? 2 check engine lights 😂
Like the new traction control on the last clip😂😂😂😂
Twerk traction 🤣
いつも面白い動画を有難うございます🙇♂️ いつも更新されるのが楽しみです。
The blizzard twerking was my fav.
10:37 that BMW at the 😂😂😂😂😂
that must have been the check check engine light light
Double-check to make sure you checked! No need to actually check, the engine is still there. 😄
Like the doggie intake manifold 🤭
1:26 both of my mid 2000s volvos do that... You get used to it.
The last clip is from Romania. A true friend 🤣
@ 5:04 I have that problem with mine, except it's not the voltage meter that flicks with the signal, it's the fuel level guage that flicks.
Brooo i need that last clip😂😂😂
It's like in the new GTA trailer when the girl is tweaking on the car.
10:30 my tool box is bigger then your tool box.. I remember when I can fix anything on my carbureted car with a few hand tools
What’s the worst car to work on?-- all of em. Brother, get the heck out of the dealer for starts Hang in there
This is why mot tests save lives.
I think the GM truck's voltmeter gague flicking with the turn signal is normal. My dad's did that too.
"Quality control is a thing of the past." Uh yeah, no crap
Beefy Baby the Third got me.
The genius behind this name deserves a raise for sure!
I'm a body tech, not a mechanic, but i see dumb crap all the time also. The mismatched headlights do not surprise me. Many people seem to miss between l.e.d and h.i.d. Then you have o.e.m and aftermarket which will not have the factory logo stamp. It's also easy for people to miss the trim inside the light. Techs forget to switch the ballast, and they can't figure out why their lights are not working right. It's also ridiculous that these new cars need the bumper dropped to change the bulbs in some of them. They are making it where your regular person can't work on their own cars anymore what with 1 time clips and parts. You almost need basic mechanical knowledge anymore for the most simple task. Such as adding blinker fluid
Those shocks look fine: Good for another 100,000 miles at least!
I gotta get me one of those grills
I wasn't expecting a twerk in this video.
7:40 is my favorit 😅😆 and the last one
8:57 he is the only one speaking the truth.
8:40 wait to work on french cars, when you'll ne to remove the complete frace of the car (2 hours job) to change a light bulb (not joking)
Often a problem with compact cars.
The 15yr Chevy Malibu - Bumper off for headlight bulbs this kind of shit is everywhere now days
1:25 is likely just a faulty potentiometer, thus giving a wrong readout to the control unit....
It's encoder and it is indeed faulty. Proper way to fix it is to replace whole CCM
Man the first one... That's a bad day for some ppl 💀
I've never experienced anything like this before
"what's the worst car to work on"? Every technician - "mine"
1:50 a friend of mine swapped a 2JZ into a T100 and it rips. It's not as awesome as that Tacoma, but it's a good time.
the mouse crawled in through the massive hole in the reflector that was probably drilled for strobes or something previously.
Some of these cars are possessed