[fabsroman]

That is why I hate taking my vehicles to the dealer even for warranty work. When I do the work it is usually done right and nobody is screwing with anything on the vehicle they aren't supposed to or forgetting to tighten/torque bolts or over torguing bolts.

My sister's mechanic stripped the threads to the oil pan for the oil pan bolt. Another guy told me he caught the guy at Jiffy Lube using the largest wrench possible to tighten the oil pan bolt and he was cranking on it. According to the story, the guy caught him just in time.

On another occassion, right after I did a tune up on my buddy's car he took it into Jiffy lube 3,000 miles later to get the oil changed. They told him he needed a bunch of tune up stuff (e.g., air filter) and I had just replaced it about 3,000 miles prior.

I won't even start about the list of repair/tune-up items that the service clerk listed for my wife's Sonata when we took it in for warranty work. I found out that the service clerks work on commission based upon how many repairs they can sell.

Sorry to hear that it was your friend that did the repair. That really sucks. You would think that your friend would have paid special attention to your baby.

As far as continuing to use the brakes after hearing the noise, I have been guilty of that when the pads are worn down to the rivets.