@curtisagardner: Silence in the automotive industry is too often mistaken as loyalty. Technicians are discouraged to speak up because their livelihood rests on it.

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Tuesday 29 September 2026 17:29:42 GMT
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calebjorge99
Caleb Garcia :
Dude Toyota warned us like six months ago to do what we need to do to keep our certifications. I highly doubt they just took it away.
2026-09-29 21:07:14
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millamilla14
Jèfè :
mad about not doing recalls?! wild. sorry management, Toyota messed up, guess I get all the customer pay cars until yall fix it.
2026-09-29 19:19:19
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justiney88
Justine :
Elobrate on how they just disappeared?! Those certifications roll over to the new training platform and follow you to any toyota. it tracks by your spin#
2026-09-29 23:00:29
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derrickthered1023
bubba :
Makes no sense what you’re saying. What certs would you need to do a recall at a dealer. Other then warranty alignments or power downs
2026-09-30 00:46:12
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chasingpelagics
Chasing Pelagics :
Formulate a union
2026-09-29 23:27:53
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newfiedadbod
NewfieDadBod :
lets get flat rate abolished
2026-10-01 18:37:04
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capn_josh
Cap'n Josh :
Y'all have to unionize
2026-10-01 00:53:55
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wolfster6660
Wolfster66! :
That’s all these dealerships got now is recalls and oil changes.No more money to be made at these dealers while independents get all the cash work and blow off the hard stuff to dealer techs
2026-09-30 02:10:49
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jncgarage909
jncgarage909 :
This is the momentum but no one will do it. How many techs did you hear bitch and complain about how they got bent over on a ticket, how management is out of their minds or at the school house where techs at other dealerships are also getting screwed just as bad, if not worse, as you but when the shop meeting came about you heard nothing but crickets? Techs are either scared to speak up, prideful or it doesnt affect them cause they’re riding the gravy train to the bank because they’re sucking up to the right people. This momentum will too pass and nothing will be done because it’s easy to cower than grow a pair and move on or do something about it. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
2026-09-29 19:15:14
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victor500044
victor50004 :
I don't blame you I never worked flate rate is always felt it was robbery to the technician. and only flag 2 hrs a day sucks I always get 8 no matter what I am doing even if it's trash sweeping floor or pumping waste oil.
2026-09-29 20:48:58
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truckman194
Truckman194❌️ :
as my first mechanic boss at an independent ag-diesel shop back in 1996 told me if your not busy its my fault for not keeping you busy and i need to get out and drum up work, ya he kept me busy and i was hourly, if your not certified to work on certain things it is the service mangagers job to find you work to keep you buys it is not mechanics job to keep/get work in shop..... your
2026-09-30 17:39:30
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little.d.energy3
Little D Energy :
other industries have proven the way to make things better. unionize.
2026-09-30 10:34:44
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hughsimpsonn
Hughsimpsonn :
Biggest problem in Automotive is mechanics have never had solidarity. Blame flat rate for that. When the SA hands me a gravy job and the guy behind me gets a crap one, I'm not the one speaking up, and vice versa. I ever there was a time for a national union, now is that time.
2026-10-01 19:04:48
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randommatt91
R.I.F.T :
This is why technicians can’t be found or very less in the automotive industry. Big auto people don’t care about the little guys
2026-10-04 03:33:33
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allen.tig
allen tig :
Leave the industry.’work as industrial tech
2026-09-29 20:30:42
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casiopias.child
Casiopias.Child :
It’s not just the automotive world. It’s happening in other industries as well!
2026-09-30 18:56:00
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brailwva48s
14u2nv 🦆 :
my ids and fdrs ford membership mysteriously got deleted.
2026-09-30 23:36:17
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stars_and_bars_4_life
Stars And Bars 4 Life :
😡🤬 Removing certifications is theft
2026-09-30 14:16:31
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elizabeth.gray.li
Elizabeth Gray (Liz) :
Hyundai tired this also...did not go well
2026-09-30 13:55:09
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jlozan31
jlozan31 :
What disappeared spin# or tis login or transcript?
2026-09-29 23:10:17
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74xbody
74xbody :
As big as this industry is so big nation wide and beyond. I’m surprised it’s not union yet…????
2026-09-30 00:08:38
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bigbarboz
Bigbarboza :
daredevil became a tech?
2026-09-29 22:38:04
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victor500044
victor50004 :
but I am more of a cummins Ford isuzu and gm tech dont get many toyotas threw the bays.
2026-09-29 20:50:16
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central_line
CentraIine :
left Left 20 years ago. Mitsubishi, Chevy, Toyota.
2026-10-01 00:38:42
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radarkly6
Radarkly3205 :
17 years as a mechanic and I drive a truck now, not because I didn't like the work, but because I got tired of all the crap you have to deal with just to do the job.
2026-10-01 12:04:45
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