I took my MDX here a few years ago because I knew I needed a new timing chain. I asked the team to inspect everything to see if there were any other problems with my car. They gave me a long list of repairs that needed to be done in addition to the timing chain replacement. After I was given this list I took my car to a master mechanic and friend who used to run Tower Automotive on south Lamar, Dave Gordon, a very respected business man that sells and repairs luxury cars. He inspected all the things David McDavid Acura claimed were wrong and pointed out $1800 worth of repairs that did not need to be done, parts of my car that were in perfect working order. They claimed I needed new brake pads and that there was only 2 mm left on them and that I had a major oil leak, among many other ""problems."" My friend and and master mechanic proved that these were all lies, and he charged me nothing to prove it to me. When I took my car back to David McDavid Acura of Austin, I asked Raj to put my car on the lift and open it up and prove to me they didn't try to scam me. He had a mechanic show me, using a ruler I proved that I had 5mm left on my brake pads and not 2mm like they claimed. Raj and the mechanic told me they must have used a bad ruler to measure it. I asked them to show me what they described as a ""major oil leak,"" there was not one single drop of oil seeping from my car and they tried to claim that the residue on my car was a ""major leak,"". One by one, I forced them to prove to me all the ""problems"" they claimed my car had, and one by one they lied about them like I was an idiot, which was a slap in the face. Finally I called the master mechanic David Gordon who runs Tower Automotive on South Lamar and I gave the phone to Raj and the mechanic. Dave Gordon who has twice the experience they do basically told them, ""Sorry guys, you tried to scam this little lady and I looked at your list of problems myself."" When they hung up with him they told me that Dave must be mistaken, that me must have not looked corrrecltly at my car. Raj refused to let me talk to his manager/GM, who was a woman at the time when this happened to me. I called her, she avoided my calls. I came to meet with her and she had Raj tell me she was in a meeting. She even closed the blinds in her office and hid from me when I came to tell her what happened. She never once even apologized to me. This was a severe slap in the face. Women, don't bring your car here unless you are prepared to have someone you trust double-check their work. I was almost scammed into paying an extra $1800 for things that were in perfect working condition. To this day I don't know why I never reported them. Never again will I give them my business!
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