Customer Declined Repairs - Liability

[OHRoadwarrior]

I did not venture into vented rotors either, because rarely are they seen anymore.

 

[SpawnedX]

My concern was simply being held liable if something were to happen with the brakes due to the rotor thickness since I would be the last one who touched it by putting brake pads on. As a state safety inspector, I know that the rotors in themselves do not pass the state requirements, but since it was not in for a state inspection and just a pad slap, I didn't want to be held accountable for something done against my recommendations. A mechanic recently was arrested and charged for inspecting a vehicle and passing it and then having the lines blow out not too long after causing the death of the car owner.

http://www.wptz.com/news/dmv-mechanic-charged-with-manslaughter-in-drivers-death/34659076

Being a mechanic is not exactly a great life, we have multiple tens of thousands of dollars we had to invest into tools, get paid by an often abused pay system and have a negative reputation associated with our career, much as lawyers do. I don't need to also risk my family's financial security for a random person either.

 

[justalayman]

Then your entire question is moot. You have made your decision regardless of what is right, wrong, or somewhere in between.

 

[tablo]

You, as a business, can't force people to accept fixes on their car. It's their fault if something happens.

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

In that case he was paid to inspect a car. Everyone should know the brake lines on a vehicle that old in the north need replaced and inspect them.

 

[quincy]

... It's their fault if something happens.

I can say that what I have quoted above of your post, tablo, is not always true - not that this matters much if all in this thread is a hypothetical.