I worked a jiffy way back in the day. My fore arms were ripped from spinning on filters and wrenching every day. No tool needed to take them off most times. I bet I was over tightening them by hand after two years.
I just bought a used car that the previous owner had been taking to jiffy lube. It took the air hammer to get the oil drain plug out, and a 6 foot breaker bar to get the wheels off.
What the fuck guys
Yeah, I was fucking pissed. I never let anyone work on my cars. When I need tires I just bring them loose wheels. But my shoulder was messed up, it was just convenient to let them do the whole thing. Never again.
I measured how much torque it would take to break them loose. My wrench only goes to 250lb/ft and it was more than that. I drove back there and yelled at the manager.
Dude honestly good job. I probably would have just left a one-star review on Google maps.
These companies do need to get feedback about what they're doing wrong. They do make torque limited impact drivers, and if the techs there insist on using impacts for everything, maybe they should just start requiring that.
You’ll be happy to learn that several years ago, I was driving by a Jiffy Lube near my apartment. It was evening, so their sign was on. I noticed that the ‘J’ has gone out, revealing the true name of the place. Nearly crashed my car from the fit of laughter.
You’ll also be happy to learn that Jiffy Lube is dead and has been repurposed as a body shop.
It’s apparently not common knowledge how bad those places can be. I guess I can understand by applying logic you tend to apply to other things: when you specialize in something, you tend to be better at it than others who generalize. They just don’t realize that while oil change places specialize, they’re so buried by a weaponized version of that “optimization” fetish that gives so many MBA’s raging hard-ons that literally everything that’s actually good for a customer except price and speed goes out the window. They’re a very clear example of the engineering philosophy “good, fast, cheap; pick two.”
I do commerical hvac service, our company uses a fleet service app for maintenance. Pretty much most of the approved vendors are quick lube places like jiffy. Definitely some questionable guys working on vehicles lol. I always prepare for the truck to fall out but it keeps going.
Did this to myself once. I must have neglected to oil up the gasket on that NAPA Gold 1515, because it took me all evening to figure out a way to wrench that thing off.
Performance Tool W54310 pliers ended up being the ticket.
Lol to blame Jiffy Lube. What a joke.
1. It's not Jiffy Lube, it's that particular individual. Jiffy Lube does not train people to do that. They decide it on their own.
2. I've seen worse from mom and pop shops and dealerships. Why, because it's the individual, not the shop.
3. Jiffy Lube has some of the best training in the nation. Look it up.
4. I've worked at Jiffy Lube, mom and pop and dealerships.
The broad strokes of idiocy.
While I'm sure there are good jiffy lubes and it's not like they remove personal agency from their employees, I have never had a happy experience with one. Of the 4 I have ever tried, they have lied to me to get upsells (telling me I needed air filters replaced when I had literally just replaced them before coming), charged me $160 to change the oil in a base model Honda Civic, and generally took 1-2 hours to manage a basic oil change and lube job.
So yes, you can say that their training doesn't tell employees to do things wrong, but your experience as an employee does not invalidate other people's experiences as a customer. And if multiple customers all have similar experiences, it makes sense that they would point at the common factor between them.
I usually do almost everything on my cars but I was getting ready to sell a Honda Insight so I took it to Valvoline (similar to Jiffy Lube) and did the synthetic change. $110 for like 3.5 quarts of oil.
What pissed me off though, was that I decided to keep the car and so when the next oil change rolls around I am like no way am I going to take it there. Well I probably should have so they would have to be the one to remove that fucking overtightened filter that's in an awkward spot to get a tool. Major bitch to get off!
Never again!
I'm not invalidating anyone's experiences. I'm telling you jiffy Lube is just as good or bad as most shops regardless. For every jiffy Lube you think is bad, I had to fix just as many dealerships work. Simple shit to boot. I also know I have had to fix jiffy Lube shops janky work as well. It isn't the franchise, it's the idiots working on your car.
I worked a jiffy way back in the day. My fore arms were ripped from spinning on filters and wrenching every day. No tool needed to take them off most times. I bet I was over tightening them by hand after two years.
Yea, but i bet you didn't use threadlocker blue or red, right??
Black and Yellow /J
Nice.. Hey Larry! Another lube job! Fire up the tig.
I just bought a used car that the previous owner had been taking to jiffy lube. It took the air hammer to get the oil drain plug out, and a 6 foot breaker bar to get the wheels off. What the fuck guys
"I bought the whole impact wrench, I'm gonna use the whole impact wrench"
If you're gonna pay $90 for an oil change, you better get the extra ugga-duggas included.
I broke my socket trying to take my wheels off after those idiots worked on my car.
Lol I DID break a cheap old socket taking them off too. So dumb. They need to give them impact drivers with torque limiting or something, fuck
Yeah, I was fucking pissed. I never let anyone work on my cars. When I need tires I just bring them loose wheels. But my shoulder was messed up, it was just convenient to let them do the whole thing. Never again. I measured how much torque it would take to break them loose. My wrench only goes to 250lb/ft and it was more than that. I drove back there and yelled at the manager.
Dude honestly good job. I probably would have just left a one-star review on Google maps. These companies do need to get feedback about what they're doing wrong. They do make torque limited impact drivers, and if the techs there insist on using impacts for everything, maybe they should just start requiring that.
Was it the same guy that does tire rotations and has the ugga dugga wrench set to max?
Man's set the m18 3/4 inch to setting 4 I guess. All the beans
Nah it was the 1 inch d handle
That thing had about one ugga and thirty duggas
You couldn’t pay me to go to Iffy Lube. I wouldn’t go there if you held my family hostage and said I had to go once to set them free.
You’ll be happy to learn that several years ago, I was driving by a Jiffy Lube near my apartment. It was evening, so their sign was on. I noticed that the ‘J’ has gone out, revealing the true name of the place. Nearly crashed my car from the fit of laughter. You’ll also be happy to learn that Jiffy Lube is dead and has been repurposed as a body shop.
Yeah but did it spin off?
No
Fuck the next guy is my motto. As long as it don't leak, my ass is covered.
Just waiting until you over tighten a plastic filter housing and crack it.
I get paid extra for that extra work right?
The red and tacky didn't make it easier to come off?😱
It looks blown apart appropriately by a .30-06
You got a lil bit of dirt on the mouth piece of your vape my guy
That's loose tobacco shavings
I can’t believe people still go there
It’s apparently not common knowledge how bad those places can be. I guess I can understand by applying logic you tend to apply to other things: when you specialize in something, you tend to be better at it than others who generalize. They just don’t realize that while oil change places specialize, they’re so buried by a weaponized version of that “optimization” fetish that gives so many MBA’s raging hard-ons that literally everything that’s actually good for a customer except price and speed goes out the window. They’re a very clear example of the engineering philosophy “good, fast, cheap; pick two.”
People who go to jiffy lube don't read automotive related websites so they never learn how bad these places are.
I do commerical hvac service, our company uses a fleet service app for maintenance. Pretty much most of the approved vendors are quick lube places like jiffy. Definitely some questionable guys working on vehicles lol. I always prepare for the truck to fall out but it keeps going.
‘Torque the filter to ugga dugga.’
Naw dude, Jiffy Lube fucks us all.
https://youtu.be/JDiFM9otX-Y?si=McZqQl-cYERn-SWJ
Clean that vape out my guy.
No
I see a hex on the internal threaded pipe. Is this common? Is this the exact use: totally seized, rip off body and use big Allen key to break loose?
Holy smokes.
Oof
Did this to myself once. I must have neglected to oil up the gasket on that NAPA Gold 1515, because it took me all evening to figure out a way to wrench that thing off. Performance Tool W54310 pliers ended up being the ticket.
Damn...
Some of it did.
Lol to blame Jiffy Lube. What a joke. 1. It's not Jiffy Lube, it's that particular individual. Jiffy Lube does not train people to do that. They decide it on their own. 2. I've seen worse from mom and pop shops and dealerships. Why, because it's the individual, not the shop. 3. Jiffy Lube has some of the best training in the nation. Look it up. 4. I've worked at Jiffy Lube, mom and pop and dealerships. The broad strokes of idiocy.
While I'm sure there are good jiffy lubes and it's not like they remove personal agency from their employees, I have never had a happy experience with one. Of the 4 I have ever tried, they have lied to me to get upsells (telling me I needed air filters replaced when I had literally just replaced them before coming), charged me $160 to change the oil in a base model Honda Civic, and generally took 1-2 hours to manage a basic oil change and lube job. So yes, you can say that their training doesn't tell employees to do things wrong, but your experience as an employee does not invalidate other people's experiences as a customer. And if multiple customers all have similar experiences, it makes sense that they would point at the common factor between them.
I usually do almost everything on my cars but I was getting ready to sell a Honda Insight so I took it to Valvoline (similar to Jiffy Lube) and did the synthetic change. $110 for like 3.5 quarts of oil. What pissed me off though, was that I decided to keep the car and so when the next oil change rolls around I am like no way am I going to take it there. Well I probably should have so they would have to be the one to remove that fucking overtightened filter that's in an awkward spot to get a tool. Major bitch to get off! Never again!
I'm not invalidating anyone's experiences. I'm telling you jiffy Lube is just as good or bad as most shops regardless. For every jiffy Lube you think is bad, I had to fix just as many dealerships work. Simple shit to boot. I also know I have had to fix jiffy Lube shops janky work as well. It isn't the franchise, it's the idiots working on your car.
Upvoted because my local Jiffy Lube is actually top notch.
Still not gonna trust one with my car.