Main dealer and a spanner....

Sobryma

I needed to replace a tyre today 3 weeks after a main dealer service at a Honda garage (due I believe to pothole damage which is another issue), As I only noticed the damage in the next town, I went to a KwikFit centre - who were really good and always are (although expensive).

Thankfully the tyre that was damaged potentially saved my life as it had another unseen issue.

When they removed the wheel the main dealer who had changed discs had helpfully left a spanner attached from premusably fitting the discs. Given that I didn't lose break fluid nor did the spanner come off on the daily motorway commute - so I am alive (and potentially the other poor souls I may have taken with me) - how should I approach this with the dealer?

ChumLee

Take it back, if it's a snap on I'm sure the technician will be glad you took the trouble to return it.

chrisw

I would keep it as a freebie. They'll never know.

worried_jim

Take the car back to the Honda dealership and demand that they check it over to see what the cowboys at Kwik Fitt have done to it!

facade

Keep the spanner.

You can complain, and get the careless technician sacked, leaving his children with no-one to support them except the state if you like.

He hardly did it deliberately, spanners cost money, and it is his spanner.

harveybobbles

Or..... someone was trying to sabotage your car while it was parked up at night?

custardy

What size spanner is it? Was it on the bleed nipple?

poppasmurf_bewdley

How on earth can a spanner left on a nut threaten your life? If the worst came to the worst and it resulted in damage to the brake on the wheel, it would only affect one wheel and all the other wheels would remain under braking control.

I suspect you think you're going to get thousands in compo. You are not.

s_b

is it a snap on?
yes?
i'll start the bidding at 99 p
does it include postage?
can i view it?
do you have a buy it now?
i could collect thursday after going to grandmars for tea
phone me back txt me im desperate ................dan

k3lvc

So where exactly was this spanner that's stayed in place for 3 weeks of motorway driving without you detecting it (via noise or vibration), it falling off or it damaging something

I call 'scare story' from Kwik Fit

custardy

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

How on earth can a spanner left on a nut threaten your life? If the worst came to the worst and it resulted in damage to the brake on the wheel, it would only affect one wheel and all the other wheels would remain under braking control.

I suspect you think you're going to get thousands in compo. You are not.

2 wheels if it affects the fluid.