SAYS A SHAWNEE AUTO BODY SHOP LEFT HER CAR WITH MORE DAMAGE THAN WHEN SHE BROUGHT IT IN NEWS FOR SPENCER HUMPHREY IS LOOKING OUT FOR HER. >> YEAH. WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SIMPLE FIX. NO LONGER THAN A WEEK TO TAKE CARE OF. INSTEAD, THAT WOMAN SAYS HER CAR IS NOW COMPLETELY AND DRIVABLE. >> DECEMBER 8 TO A TICKET TO MECHANICS. IT WAS DRIVABLE IN NOW GOING ON 2 MONTHS LATER, KATC PEACE AND SAYS HER CAR IS IN WORSE SHAPE THAN WHEN SHE DROPPED IT OFF. IT WAS NOT DRIVABLE HAD TO BE PUSHED ONTO THE TOW TRUCK. SHE TOOK IT HERE TO 5 STAR AUTOMOTIVE IN SHAWNEE WHERE SHE SAYS OWNER ROGER SHANNON TOLD HER THE PROBLEM WAS BAD TIMING CHAIN NO MORE THAN A WEEK TO FIX. SHE PAID HIM $700 UP FRONT. BUT JUST DAYS LATER, I GOT LITERALLY EVERY EXCUSE YOU COULD THINK OF AFTER A FEW WEEKS, SHE SAYS HE TOLD HER IT WASN'T JUST THE TIMING CHANGE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BUT THE ENTIRE ENGINE $2000 FIX.
I DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO KEEP INVESTING IN THIS CAR. I'M DONE. SHE HAD IT TOWED TO ANOTHER MECHANIC WHO TOLD ARE SOME BAD NEWS. INSTEAD, IT WAS BUT AND THAT IT DOES NEED TO ENGINE NOW BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS OTHER MECHANIC >> DID TO IT. I TALKED TO THAT NEW MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME IN HIS OPINION, IT LOOKS LIKE SHANNON TOOK APART MORE OF THAT ENGINE THAN WAS NECESSARY. I ASKED SHANNON ABOUT THAT WHEN I CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AT HIS SHOP. DID YOU TAKE APART THE ENGINE MORE THAN SHE WAS EXPECTING FOR? WHAT WOULD HAVE WHAT YOU FIRST HOLDER? >> WELL, >> WELL, SEEING ALL THE SLUDGE STUFF. HE CLAIMS THE ENGINE WAS COVERED IN OIL SLIDES. SOMETHING THE OTHER MECHANIC TOLD ME HE DIDN'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE F.
>> DID YOU ASK HER IF SHE'D BE OK WITH YOU DOING THAT ADDITIONAL WORK? WELL, I WANT RETURN JOURNEY EXTRA FOR AND AS JUST WENT. >> NOW THE SUN DOESN'T HAVE A WORKING CAR AND SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE GOES THROUGH WHAT SHE'S DEALING WITH. DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. >> RESEARCH THAT MECHANIC CAN MAKE SURE TO PLACE. >> NOW THE SUN SAYS HE REFUND HER 400 OF THE $700. SHE'D ALREADY PAID HIM, BUT HE CLAIMED HE'D ALREADY SPEND THE $300 EXTRA ON NEW PARTY INSTALLED ON THE CAR. SHE ASKED FOR RECEIPTS FOR THOSE PARTS, BUT BUT SHE SAYS THAT HE TOLD HER THEY WERE IN A BRIEF CASE, SOMEONE STOLE O.