Routine oil change turns into highway hazard after Canadian Tire uses plastic zip ties for repair, says driver (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

FTA:

some of those zip ties snapped — dragging part of the metal plate under his car at highway speeds, causing him to slam into a ditch.

Sounds pretty damn critical to me.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago

Most mechanics, including dealership mechanics, simply discard the heat shield when the thin aluminum gets brittle. BUT, they should tell the owner and give them the option to replace it, which no one does because of the cost.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That’s complete bullshit. It is only there to help fuel economy a bit, it is paper thin aluminium, about half the thickness of a licence plate. You can fold it in half with one hand. Sounds like someone drove into the ditch and is trying to find someone to blame and cover the costs because they don’t have insurance.

[-] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I don't think anyone claimed the car drove itself to the ditch... it was the part suddenly falling off the car and dragging that cause the emergency stoppage.

The fact that CanTire mechanics, and you apparently, think it's OK to leave pieces of a car (non-vitals as they may be) dangling under the car barely held in place by plastic zip ties, does not really mean there is no claim here.

Do better... your shitty attitude is exactly why mechanics have such bad reputation