Imagine you are driving along, minding your own business, when the dreaded “strange” sounds start to emanate from your vehicle. Or perhaps the “check engine” light comes on. The pain of finding out what is wrong coupled with the pain of paying to fix it means most people bring their vehicles in way too late.

The “Just Rolled Into The Shop” online group is dedicated to the craziest and most absurd things mechanics have seen people bring them. So get comfortable as you scroll through, consider getting your vehicle looked at, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts online. 

#1 Someone Came With A Car And This Was In The Trunk. He Said We Can Keep Everything From Inside The Car. I’m Definitely Keeping It

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#2 Customer States Abs/Esc And Front Radar Lights On…

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#3 This “Time Machine” Just Rolled In. 9 Thousand Miles, And The Plate Expired In 1983

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The truth is, normal wear and tear can (and will), over time break something in your car. After all, even home appliances under normal use break down and your blender doesn’t spend hours flying down a highway. This is why, as with one’s health, preemptive and preventive measures are often smart then explicitly waiting for something to break. 

As they are the main point of contact with the road, naturally, the tires tend to be the first to go. If you live in a place with a lot of ice and snow in winter, you have the wonderful opportunity every year to pay to get winter tires installed. 

#4 Pulled This Guy From A Camry

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#5 Tool Box Battery Backup Is Warm And Comfy

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#6 Any Suggestions?

He’s got a death grip on the wiring and he’s trying to climb deeper.

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On the flipside, this does mean that an expert gives your tires a once over at least yearly, so you have someone to tell you it’s time for a new set. That being said, like anything car related, it gets expensive so most people prefer to wait way too long, as the examples here show. Once you add on the fact that some mechanics will take you for a ride, people’s anxiety becomes a bit more understandable. 

#7 Me Standing Next To A Cat 797

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#8 Found This On The First Truck I Hoisted This Morning

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#9 Boss Man Came To Work In His Old American Truck Today. A Rare Sight Here In Scotland

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As with anything else, the main moving parts are the first to go. This is why some car experts believe that getting your transmission and batteries checked is a good idea from time to time. On the other hand, again like when one visits a doctor, it’s best to not lie to the person who is going to be doing the fixing, otherwise you’ll end up with the main issues overlooked. 

#10 “Well, I’m Not Sure How To Say This, But It Looks Like Your Engine Bay Has Been Overtaken By Gay Mice”

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#11 Driver States “Odometer Speaks Martian Before Startup”

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#12 324k Mile Tacoma. Oil Changes Work Folks

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At the same time, while it’s important to not be the sort of car-owner you see here, it also helps to do your due diligence when picking a mechanic. While there might be hundreds of garages out there, not every person working in them is an actually certified expert who knows exactly how to fix what you have. 

#13 Cars Like These Always Make Saturdays Great

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#14 Third Car We’ve Had Towed In Within A Week For A No Start After Refueling At A Local Gas Station. This Fuel Sample Is About 96% Water

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#15 This Is Not What I Was Expecting When The Customer Said “The Tire Exploded And There Are Wires Showing”

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This isn’t just to ensure that the cars roaring down the highway are safe (although that is a big part of it), but also to ensure that when repairs are done, they are conducted in an environmentally friendly way. If you are in the US, the EPA provides courses and certifications for car repair specialists to that effect. 

#16 We Will Not Be Installing Your Spare Sir

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#17 Guy Pulled Up To The Shop To Do An Oil Change

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#18 Customer Is Going Through A Nasty Divorce, Wanted Us To Have A Look Around After She Saw Her Husband Following Her Around Town

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So when you are swapping stories of untrustworthy mechanics (which do exist, there is no use denying it) just remember that many of them do work hard and honestly. It’s a physically demanding job with lots of exposure to toxic chemicals. So perhaps don’t be like the folks in this list, get your car checked when it’s still in good condition. 

#19 Had This Brand New Escape Show Up.. Owners Were Towing It Behind Their Motor Home And Guess The Parking Brake Locked Up. Took Them A Few Miles To Realize What That Terrible Noise Was ?

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#20 That’s A First For Me, Loaded With An Extra Mag Next To It. These People Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Own Guns

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#21 The Dangers Of Texting Your Service Customers

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#22 C/S The Solar Panel Isn’t Working/Won’t Charge Batteries

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#23 Someone Needs To Wife This Lady

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#24 Customers Really Make Me Question Life……

Volvo tech here, customer comes in and complains my iPhone charger will not plug in the charging socket for 2nd row. They are not normal and look to be Swedish. Did you guys forget to change the plugs for a USA car??? She was really trying to plug a wall socket into 2 USB-C sockets. Husband couldn’t figure it out either. These people are among us!! Be careful out there.

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#25 Forgot My Drill So I Asked The Customer And This Is What I Got ???

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#26 I Present The Jellyfish. Dual Axle Trailer, Was Ran Flat For Quite A Distance

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#27 Wtf Is This Shi**?! Some Weirdos Out Here…and Why Keep This In Your Car Door?????????? ????

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#28 I Knew I Should’ve Called In Dead Today

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#29 Going On 18 Years In The Industry, I Hate Where Car Technology Is Heading

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#30 Customer Sold Us Their 07 Hyundai Sonata For Scrap Then Later Told Us He Needs His $1400 Floor Mats Back

He shows us a receipt when purchased. Custom Bugatti fitted floor mats to a 2007 Sonata he paid $1300 + tax.

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#31 Anyone Else Drive With A Loaded Firearm Pointed At Their Foot At All Times?

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#32 If You French Fry When You Should Pizza, You’re Gonna Have A Bad Time

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#33 Sweeper Wasn’t Sweeping. Who Would Have Guessed?

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#34 My Friend Traded A Dirt Bike For This Limo. Tuesday He Goes To Get His Chauffeur’s License. This Surely Can’t Turn Out Well

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#35 Rolled Out Today Boys. 22 Years In The Field, I’m Done. No Idea What’s Next

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#36 This Sticker Has Been On Since 1988

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#37 Service Writer Did Not Bother To Get Any More Info From Customer Than This ?

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#38 Came In For Tires. Decided To Use Up The Rest Of What He Had On The Way In. Customer Claims 700+hp

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#39 It’s So Hot In Texas, The Emblem On My Buddies Truck Is Melting

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#40 A Letter From Gm To My Great Aunt

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#41 My Mechanic Just Sent Me The Picture Of My Tire

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#42 Possibly The Loudest Sound I’ve Ever Heard. Hourly Guy Couldn’t Get The Bead To Seat So He Just Kept Putting Air In It

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#43 Customer Insisted That I Replace His Brake Pads Because The Truck Has 100k Miles

Original pads on a RAM 1500. I’m impressed.

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#44 Driver Refused To Wait Till Morning For Repairs. Drove Away With Brakes As Shown

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#45 These Are The People You Share The Road With Daily…

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#46 Customer Came In For New Tires On A…ford Festiva?

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#47 A+ For Effort For Whoever Put This Spare Tire On

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#48 ’05 Corolla With Not A Single Oil Change In 15 Years

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#49 I Had To Let It Cool Down A Bit Before Working On It (Cat 3406)

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#50 There’s No Way Wearing Your Seat Belt Is Bad Enough To Actually Have To Buy One Of These

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#51 What Could’ve Caused This ?

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#52 Checking A Vehicle Over For Our Lot From Hertz. Rear Brake “Pad” Is Wood

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#53 For Our American Friends, I Present To You The Engine Bay Of The Renault Modus

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#54 Hyundai Kona Came In For An Oil Change With 800lbs Of Concrete In The Back

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#55 Customer Does His Own Oil Changes. Said He Rounded The Plug Off

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#56 Customer States $5000 Exhaust Isn’t Loud Enough. Please Install $6000 Headers On $500,000 Porsche

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#57 Customer Is A Genius

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#58 Which One Of You Knuckle Daggers Did This?

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#59 Just Flooded Into The Shop?

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#60 300k Motor Mount

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#61 Fed Vehicles In For Repairs. Government Requires Emission Control Devices On Our Vehicles But Give Themself An Exemption To Use A “Deleted” Diesel Truck

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#62 I Don’t Have A Big Bolt. But I Do Have An Enormous Tap

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#63 My Mom Sent Me This And Told Me She Had To Cut Her Motorbike Trip Short. I Thought Y’all Might Appreciate It

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#64 Two Different Tires, Two Different Customers With In An Hour Of Each Other

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#65 Til Hyundai Made Cars With No Radio

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#66 New Guys First Day He Drained The Trans And Double Filled The Engine

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#67 Found A Lot Of Used Co2 Cartridges In This Car. Are People Getting High Off This Or Something?

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#68 Customer Threw In The Towel On A DIY Install. They Tried

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#69 Customer States: “This Car Doesn’t Have A ‘Hood’ Or Any Other Means Of Engine Access. The Whole Body Comes Off For Any Repairs.” – Salt Lake County Requires Us To Photograph Emissions Control Devices During Inspection. Ugh

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#70 Fakery As It’s Finest

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#71 Bro-Diesel Rolls In And This Is What I See When I Lift It Up

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#72 Customer Says It Started Knocking, Then Got Quiet And Quit Moving. (It’s Me, I’m The Customer)

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#73 Bent Child Seat Anchors? Just Bend Them Back! Ford Recall 21c24

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#74 My Shop Was Literally Going To Just Throw These In With Scrap Metal Because They Aren’t Calibrated Anymore

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#75 This Is A Weapon

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#76 No

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