In mid September, I drove my 2005 BMW 530i to Eurofed's Old Pineville Rd location in Charlotte for an oil change. I also asked that they look into a transmission fault error code that happens occasionally upon fast acceleration. My car was driving fine when I drove it to their shop. After a couple of days had passed, they called me back with a laundry list of issues they claimed to have found:
1) Hood struts needed replacing
2) Replace rear brake pads and rotors
3) Remove and replace air cleaner element and cabin air filter
4) Remove and replace spark plugs and crankcase pressure regulating valve
5) Remove and replace engine oil filter housing and replace coolant
6) Reprogram vehicle
7) Remove and replace thermal oil level sensor
8) Perform transmission service
9) 4 Wheel alignment
The grand total for these supposed issues was $5,390.71. I told them I would just come and pick up my car. After I paid for the oil change I got in my car to leave and was shocked to find that the engine was missing badly and the check engine light was on. The engine was running like an out of balance washing machine. I went back in to complain that my car was not operating like this when I brought it in. They told me "well, it's an older car and things like this happen." Basically they were saying that it was a coincidence and kept saying they wanted to "educate" me, which was infuriating. On the printout of their quote, they falsely claimed that the check engine light was on when I brought it in. It was not. They would take absolutely no responsibility for what happened to my vehicle. I had to call a tow truck to get my car out of there.
I subsequently took my car to an honest mechanic to whom I provided a printout of the work Eurofed claimed needed to be done. The only problems he confirmed was that the hood struts needed replacing, and the car was misfiring because two of the coils were not fully plugged in. He even said the spark plugs looked brand new, as if they had been replaced last week. Bizarre and a bit of a mystery, because they had not been replaced recently, to my knowledge. He also commented that the rear brakes looked great and had 75% of life left in them. The new mechanic (who I will bring all of my vehicles to from now on), said that he drove my car for 81 miles and could find NONE of the problems they had listed. In all, it only cost me $276 to get the struts replaced and get my car back in smooth running order.
Something happened with those ignition coils. In short, I wouldn't trust these guys with your bicycle. Please do your research and save yourself the money and frustration of dealing with these characters.