I took my Prius in for routine oil change, next day I - hehongelx1
I took my Prius in for routine oil change, next day I hear a strange noise, took it back in. They say needs spark plugs, got new plugs. Noise still there and check engine light comes on. Driving down the freeway and big cloud of white smoke following me. while putting car on trailer notice the shield underneath is hanging so took it off and saw there was no housing on the oil filter. No oil or coolant was left in the car. They said they needed to put oil and filter housing on to diagnose so they charge for that. did not put coolant in though. diagnostic revealed blown head gasket. caused from a rock entering the bottom of the car through the drain plug hole and bouncing around knocking the housing off and damaging the coolant pipes. major $$$ to repair. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the car before. They told me to turn it into my insurance as if it was in a collision with a rock. I think they should have turned it into their insurance as a major mess up doing the oil change. This car was my fourth prius. I have three other Toyotas in my family. They lost a good customer. The chances of winning. million dollar lottery is better than a rock doing this damage. What sucks the most is there is no way to prove it either way. I never thought that they would not make good the wrong or I would have taken it elsewhere. Every mechanic I talk to about it automatically says they screwed up on the oil change....but how do I prove it?
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