1999 Mercury Cougar Front Wheel Drive Automatic 123000 miles
My Cougar began having intermittant problems starting and made a loud grinding noise at those times. I took it to a mechanic and he confirmed the starter was bad and replaced it. Cost was $450. When I got it home, it still had the same problem so I took it back. This time he told me that the bad starter had damaged the flywheel, and cost to repair that would be another $1,100. Had I know this to begin with I would not have had the repairs made as this car is barely worth $2,500. My question - shouldn't he have know to check the flywheel to begin with given that its function is directly related to the starter?
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009 AT 9:06 PM
