I have missed the drain pan on more than 1 occasion, accidentally put the used oil filter back on, stepped in the full drain pan, put the wrong oil in the car, had a Quick lube strip the drain plug on my 99 Suburban (new oil pan). But by far the worst oil change nightmare happened to my friend who had his wife take his BMW 750il to the BMW dealer for oil service. She spent too long at the mall shopping with her friend and missed the appointment so went to a quick lube instead. The idiots there cross threaded the oil drain bolt into the pan and only got it about 1/2 way in and left it that way. When finished she proceeded to get on the interstate to go home and ran the engine dry and seized it. (I believe it had about 25,000 miles on it)
No warranty coverage as she had it towed to the dealer who found the cross threaded plug. Rebuilt engine was almost $10k. He now changes his own oil.
That happened several years back and I do think he is just now speaking to her.
That happened several years back and I do think he is just now speaking to her.
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