25 Ridiculous Problems Car Mechanics Were Asked To ‘Fix’

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Understanding vehicle mechanics requires a specific skill set that not everyone has. That’s why, when we encounter car problems, we turn to professional mechanics for help. Since diagnosing an issue is often more than half the battle, it takes real expertise to interpret strange noises described by customers with little automotive knowledge. This makes for some truly unbelievable situations that mechanics face regularly.

To highlight just how clueless many car owners can be, mechanics have started sharing humorous photos on a subreddit called ‘Just Rolled Into The Shop’ that document the odd and sometimes absurd problems they encounter. Take a look below at this entertaining collection of incidents that made professionals facepalm—you might come away with a greater appreciation for the trade.

#1 Why Do People Do This?

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Is it really that inconvenient or uncomfortable to put your seat belt on? With all the careless and aggressive drivers we have nowadays why would you purposefully put yourself in danger like this?

#2 Customer States “Don’t Ask”

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#3 C/S: Noise From Car

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#4 Poor Teenage Nephew Had A Learning Experience And Needed To Fix His Brakes And Suspension For The First Time…while 6 Family Members Watched And Gave Commentary

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#5 I Don’t Understand

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#6 Looking Up Parts Before The Digital Age

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#7 Visiting The In Laws

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#8 Got A New Alignment Tech

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#9 Just Rolled Onto The Flatbed

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#10 Just Rolled Into My Shop – Leased A Warehouse After 15 Years Of Working On My Cars In The Street

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#11 Most Mileage Ever Seen On 2019

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#12 A Fancy Key

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#13 Just Encountered My First 7-Speed M/T

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#14 What A Capable Machine

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#15 1.8m$ Just Rolled Into Our Humble Little Shop

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#16 My Neighbor Is A Carpenter, He Asked For My Help Replacing His Calipers And This Is What I Saw

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#17 When You Own An Ev But Miss Your Exhaust

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#18 Well This Is My Favorite Customer States Of All Time

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#19 My Toyota Part Is Just A Mazda Part With A Toyota Part Sticker Slapped On Top

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#20 Dude Asked If I Was The Inspector And Then Slid Me $10 Before Giving Me The Keys. Went Under And Found This

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#21 A Friend Sent Me This – Serious Car Issues

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#22 Ev Fire On The Lift While Dealer Was Closed

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#23 Loaner Truck Came Back Like This

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#24 Freight Co Just Dropped By New Toolbox Off…

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#25 Their Brain Doesn’t Have Memory Controls Either

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.