NewStats: 3,264,149 , 8,182,779 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 09:20 PM 345mx

TheBTCinvestor:


Bro I know that guy..he's a quack..he charged me exorbitant fees and wrecked my range engine...he's name is soperescue abi

Bleep!!! Now, you are making me scared. Really really scared.

chronique:


Bleep!!! Now, you are making me scared. Really really scared.

Bro I after this dude took 500k + from me. My Ramge rover was in his mechanic for 4months b4 I and my dad came there and forcefully took the key and drove the car home like that with a bad smokey engine and damaged hydraulic suspension...he's a smart crook and he just knows how to speak Queens English.. uno see abandoned cars in his garage..so many exotic range and benz...the range rover vogue he even drives was forced sold by his customer to him for peanuts...baba use force and redeem ur car b4 its too late!!!...Too many fake experts on nairaland!!!

The vehicle problem is very simple, you ask me how? One of 5volts sensor is grounded internally.... That is what is responsible for incessant blowing of the fuse or drain of the battery. Tell ur mechanical or electrical technical to put test light on the negative post of ur after he must have removed it from the battery terminal.... The test light will glow or light which confirmed that there is a short to ground in the wiring system of the car. He should start to unplug the sensors one after the other until the light goes off . Then he needs to isolate the sensors and wiring for fixing and repeat the test procedure to confirm the issue had been cleared. Better still reach me on my xup

TheBTCinvestor:


Bro I after this dude took 500k + from me. My Ramge rover was in his mechanic for 4months b4 I and my dad came there and forcefully took the key and drove the car home like that with a bad smokey engine and damaged hydraulic suspension...he's a smart crook and he just knows how to speak Queens English.. uno see abandoned cars in his garage..so many exotic range and benz...the range rover vogue he even drives was forced sold by his customer to him for peanuts...baba use force and redeem ur car b4 its too late!!!...Too many fake experts on nairaland!!!

I was really hoping that I would not hear a story like this cos already, the whole thing is already triggering my BP issues. Reading this has just unsettled me right now. I'd be so pissed to hear anything has happened to my engine or transmission in the process of this 9 months trying and error experience.

diportivo:

Yeah you heard me right

jadekusibe:
The vehicle problem is very simple, you ask me how? One of 5volts sensor is grounded internally.... That is what is responsible for incessant blowing of the fuse or drain of the battery. Tell ur mechanical or electrical technical to put test light on the negative post of ur after he must have removed it from the battery terminal.... The test light will glow or light which confirmed that there is a short to ground in the wiring system of the car. He should start to unplug the sensors one after the other until the light goes off . Then he needs to isolate the sensors and wiring for fixing and repeat the test procedure to confirm the issue had been cleared. Better still reach me on my xup

Are you a Mercedes Benz technician? If yes, pls kindly drop your detail so I can talk to you.

If there's anyone who knows a Mercedes Benz specialist in the house, pls kindly help me with the details. Thanks.

All 5volts sensors draw their power source from engine control unit call brain box... If a sensor is grounded internally, since some automobile sensors wiring is in series to one another it will make some sensors inoperative....... Solutions replace the faulty sensor and engine control unit outrightly, the reprogrammed the replaced ECU or brain box... If you don't reprogram it car will not start. Good luck

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chronique:


I was really hoping that I would not hear a story like this cos already, the whole thing is already triggering my BP issues. Reading this has just unsettled me right now. I'd be so pissed to hear anything has happened to my engine or transmission in the process of this 9 months trying and error experience.

Pls I use God beg u..If u love that ur customers Benz..Arrange towing Vehicle and tow away that car..9months is a loooooooooong time to have left that vehicle with that Criminal Soperescue. He cannibalised my car!! My Range rover became so bad that I sold it for just 1m. The car started giving plenty issues and even started having a parasitic drain. I I started disconnecting my battery from the terminals when I want to park overnite. This mechanic knows how to call big big names and parts..he's a fraud o...pls run..so many unscrupulous elements in this forum!!

YungTemy:
9 months?... woman for don get belle, born pikin by then now. Which way bros?

My own have been at the mechanic since June,
Every two weeks, he will come for money saying this part is stiff, need to buy new one and replace, bonnet push inside need to call beater, suspension have ceased working. Seats no longer adjusting, it needs new body work, painter issue,
Every week same update since June.
This is ending September. 3 and half months in his shop taking money every two weeks.
3 days time will be October

TheBTCinvestor:


Pls I use God beg u..If u love that ur customers Benz..Arrange towing Vehicle and tow away that car..9months is a loooooooooong time to have left that vehicle with that Criminal Soperescue. He cannibalised my car!! My Range rover became so bad that I sold it for just 1m. The car started giving plenty issues and even started having a parasitic drain. I I started disconnecting my battery from the terminals when I want to park overnite. This mechanic knows how to call big big names and parts..he's a fraud o...pls run..so many unscrupulous elements in this forum!!

Below is a picture of me and my brown coloured range rover in his garage at airforce...u can see him smiling behind my dad who wore green tros...He battered my range! And I really loved that range!

Thanks for the heads up. I really appreciate.

chronique:


A Mercedes Benz gl450 4matic

Ensure all modules are complete before moving the vehicle.

preekahantas:
Burn the car at night when nobody is about.
Show up the next morning for your car and involve the Police immediately. Now the problem is no longer parts or fixing, he will either pay for the full car or rot in jail.


Happy sales boss.
No forget your baby girl.

Chai!
Are you related to Buhari or BAT?

What is his Nairaland moniker for we folks to
avoid such unprofessional mechanic

hakeemhakeem:
I saw a scene in Nollywood movies today when a car owner was quarrelling with a mechanic that held his car for 3 months, my thoughts are how is it possible

Dont doubt it. I had an 03 camry that refused to start for 4 months. There was nothing I didn't change no solution. Engine, sensors, brainbox, key immobilizer, security system. until one day we torned all the wires from engine bay, dashboard to brainbox and discovered a bridged burnt wire. Immediately we corrected the wire car started. I lost money heavily to rewires, that car nearly killed me.

chronique:


He's workshop is actually in the airforce mechanic village and as such, I have to show some level of respect and decorum in handling the matter. I've reported to the assistant chairman of the base but nothing meaningful has come out of it. Still same flimsy excuses from day one.

go to the nearest Air Force Base Air police office and make a report. Or dm ... I could link you someone there who could help motivate the mechanic

Do the necessary thing?
Go use soldier catch am....he's a bloody bagga

Vicloteck:
Move the car from the mechanic place and find another competent mechanical . One thing about cars are the more it stay on a spot without being moved , the more it deteriorate . The mechanic has wasted your time already .

I tire!

chronique:
I'm currently in a very bad situation right now with a technician I trusted and relied on.

I met him on Nairaland many years ago and have fixed a few cars requiring minor fixes(legs) with him.

I handed over a client's car to him since January to fix a wiring issue that was draining battery and not making car to start.

For several months, it was all manner of stories and excuses I kept hearing.

I was in the hospital for a month and just straight from the hospital with my surgical stitches fresh on me, I had to get someone to drive me to him as he claimed car was ready for pick up only for me to get there and car wasn't starting and this man disappeared and wouldn't pick my calls all through my time at his workshop.

After over an hr of waiting, I left. Same thing repeated itself another day again. To cut a long story right now, I have suffered serious reputational damage with my client who owns the car as he has totally lost confidence in me.

As I speak, it's 9 months and nothing to show for it. The said technician doesn't even pick my calls when I call him, neither does he bother to return my calls.

I've been calling for over a week now and he completely ignores my call. I'm really at a loss to how to handle this.

In my many years of selling cars, nobody has tried this nonsense with me.

Not even road side mechanics. 9 fucking months and nothing to show for it. I've had several clients wanting to buy the car but have lost every opportunity to sell the said car as it's not been fixed for 9 months.

Pls, I'd really appreciate input from the house.

The guy used "jazz" on you? Can't you move it elsewhere? Is he the only mechanic?

jadekusibe:
The vehicle problem is very simple, you ask me how? One of 5volts sensor is grounded internally.... That is what is responsible for incessant blowing of the fuse or drain of the battery. Tell ur mechanical or electrical technical to put test light on the negative post of ur after he must have removed it from the battery terminal.... The test light will glow or light which confirmed that there is a short to ground in the wiring system of the car. He should start to unplug the sensors one after the other until the light goes off . Then he needs to isolate the sensors and wiring for fixing and repeat the test procedure to confirm the issue had been cleared. Better still reach me on my xup

You should be careful with the way you use English to vaguely explain procedures you have zero knowledge about, that’s not how parasitic drain is troubleshot

@chronique Wetin be him name for NL

chronique:


It has taken so long cos after I gave him car, I've been in and out of the hospital until I finally had a procedure done that kept me in the hospital for a month. I've been given a 6 months recuperating period from the procedure. I've not been at my best physically and health wise since the beginning of the year. I'm only just beginning to get my physical levels up and walk better. All of these has impacted on my ability to effectively follow through on it.

Okay bro. I understand you now.

Hope you’ve moved the car out from his workshop?

GodSaklek:


bro,with my little xperienz,the problem of the car is minor,if what u wrote up there is the problem, then the first suspect is alternator,coil(rare),if its mordern car (2003 upward),then alternator,leaked fuel injector,those guys are crook, involve police before u move the car,go with police and the new mechanic ,then u and the new technician should check everythng before u move it,cuz the dude might have change some part of the car and replace it with bad ones.

This useless scammer you go buy new phone first then refund me my 5k before you think about anything motor. You dey hear me so?

Billiebaba:

You should be careful with the way you use English to vaguely explain procedures you have zero knowledge about, that’s not how parasitic drain is troubleshot

Laughed my ass out when I read it

@Marpol. Good afternoon. Trust you are good. Thanks for pushing the thread forward. I appreciate the advice gotten from everyone. I tried to create another thread with a detailed update on what transpired and the response I got from this technician after I created this thread but unfortunately, the thread was deleted immediately I created. I wouldn't know why it was deleted immediately.