The young family took a trip over the mountains and through the woods to grandparent’s house with the little boy (14 months) securely in car seat. The family car had been in the Dealer’s shop for routine maintenance including new brakes the prior week. After two hours at 70 mph the family had crossed the Cascade Mountains and was continuing East. An unusual noise had begun in the left front of the car. It is 4:30 pm the afternoon of the Wednesday prior to Thanksgiving. Shops are closing people want to go home.
For anything that is related to car tires, batteries, brakes, suspension an unusual noises from any of those areas there is only one place to go if you are in the Great Northwest. Les Schwab is a multi-time winner of the Route 2 Results Lagniappe award and the young family knew that was where there would be knowledgeable help.
The Yakima Les Schwab shop mechanic quickly discovered something big was wrong. The car was put on the lift and each of the lug nuts on the left front tire were removed by the mechanic’s fingers without any tools. The young family had driven over a mountain pass on wet roads at 70 mph with a front tire that could easily have come off.
Les Schwab was not the shop that had done the brake work on the car, yet they were happy to help out and that’s something extra service that makes all the difference. In honor of Les Schwab tires a Route 2 Results contribution will be made to The Wounded Warrior Project.
