Who’s on the hook if your car gets damaged in a car wash?

A Bountiful man believes the business should foot the repair bill for his vehicle. But they pointed him to a sign warning they would not be responsible. Matt Gephardt examines the enforceability of disclaimer signs.

[FP]

He had a bike rack on the roof rack
That is non OEM and not the responsibility of the car wash
His common sense must have been on hold to take it thru a car wash

[cantthinkofnameyeah]

This guy might get the medal for the least common sense. I wouldn't be surprised if he thought going with a bike attached was a good idea also.

[kbrown]

If someone thinks that driving a car with an aftermarket roof rack through a car wash isn't a risk then they are an idiot. The damage should be his responsibility, not the car wash.

[Tomyb]

bruh, I bet I can find one of these for sale for under 2k

[heyhoe]

sorry, shouldnt have anything on racks! quick quack is a awesome car wash!!!

[preludeguy]

Typical bike rider. Always above the rules/laws

[cantthinkofnameyeah]

If you go to an automatic car wash you already failed the test of taking care of your car.

[gsfqjqy]

posting a sign does nothing to do with releaving you from your responseabilty.. And not operating a unsave business enviroment.. For employees and customers alike...

[mile]

had a bikerack on the roof rack =too bad

[disneyfan]

I mean its a 14 year old car. Stuff breaks. I don't see the issue with the 5 year policy.

[elel]

TOW HOOKS SHOULD ALL NEON GREEN BY LAW YOU SOMEONE CAN GET HURT

[ib]

That's why I only use NON CONTACT automated car wash... If there are some area that needs to be brushed, then I go to manual car wash, which is much cleaner anyway.

[IgobySensei]

Definitely stay away from Quick Quack. Took a ride through one for the first time and it was slapping the sh!t out of the car. Don't know what they use on their brushes, but good lord.

[spencerpack-cp]

My car mirror was damaged in a Quick Quack car wash. They said the same thing. That my car was too old! I’ll never use them again. I ended up paying $500 to fix it out of my pocket.

[kzdbzwz]

The real harm is the Ford fix $1, 504.70 for a maybe 8k (2%) car. Just for a bracket. Around 18% of value. Insane thats okay too.

[tomthackston]

Just take the time to hand wash your car.

[bimmer]

Exactly why I don’t like automated washes and definitely why you don’t take old cars through them as well.