The car wash should pay to repair it. Most have insurance that covers damage. They will only not pay for after market accessories anything OEM should be covered by the car wash. They normally will not volunteer this, you need to press them.
every motorized car wash ive ever been to has signs all over saying NOT
What they say and what they are responsible for are not necessarily the same.!! If they don't cover damage, why would anyone go to a car wash. Just had a friend get reimbursed for damage at a car wash.
They can say it.. but they cannot enforce it. They can easily loose their business license with city if the owner complains and multiple owner complaints are on file. And it gets worse if they are part of a fuel company chain.. because owners will raise hell with the home office of the fuel company.
I went in and showed the manager the damage and he was pretty decent guy, told me he will pay for the arm if I installed it myself. I went to Honda dealership right then and bought the part. Had to fill out a form and he paid me for the arm. It was 58 CAD just for the arm without the wiper. This is apparently the process at the PetroCanada gas station automatic car washes. I dont know if all PetroCanada car washes would reimberse or for that matter other branded car washes would pay. To be honest....i dont want to go through the same hassle again even if they reimberse me for the broken part.
That may be true in the USA but definitely not in Ontario. Municipalities will not get involved in a dispute like this. If the car wash is part of a major fuel company you will have more positive results. If the site manager will not cooperate go right to customer service at the oil company.
Can I ask where this is cause I want this? I have lived in several cities in BC, Alberta and Ontario and never had this done at a car wash.
I'm in Pennsylvania. I actually asked a manager where they got the bags because other places were asking me (they did not use them and it did not seem they had seen them before). I was told a supply store called Kleen-Rite offers them. Sadly I haven't seen said location that inquired about the bags start using them.
www.kleen-ritecorp.com
The only car wash locations that I have seen this done at are full service manned Petro Canada washes....and they are far and few between. I would recommend that you only use touchless washes....not as good as soft cloth or brush...but no damage....usually!
