A Southern California Chevrolet owner brought her 2014 Silverado 1500 into a repair shop with a customer complaint slip that read “feels skippy on the freeway, tires are good, check engine light flashed.” In the video that captured the mechanic's assessment, that description became a running joke.
The shop’s main technician walked around the truck for about a minute, looked at the rubber, and made a very different assessment, finding that the tires were bald, the spare was leaking, and the light she saw flashing was the traction control system catching wheels spinning, not a Check Engine warning.
The 2-minute, 38-second video was posted recently by Concept 3 Performance (@concept3performance), a Santa Fe Springs, California, auto shop channel with 2.1 million followers, part of whose appeal is the sharp banter from its boss and head tech, William. It has drawn more than 81,700 views.
The Hang Tag
The video opens with the tech reading the paperwork clipped to the truck. “Customer complaint on this one, 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 LT. Notice the last few days, when she’s accelerating going on the freeway, it feels skippy. Tires are good. One time did that, the check engine light came on, flashed. Spark plugs done last year in September, no coils. Only happens on harder [acceleration]. Coworker did the plugs, said he used all your plugs. Fuel type 89 regular.”
