I have to agree with your assessment of Rock Auto. I think they sell old, returned, and incomplete parts. Maybe that is why they are cheaper than most. They've shipped me a bad radiator, replacement radiator was missing parts, and they charged me shipping to return the defective radiator. They've shipped me parts which were unpackaged, opened box, and wheel covers missing 8 of 10 plastic mounting nuts, which are part of the assembly. They refused to make good on the missing plastic mounting nuts, and that will be the last time I use RockAuto.

The same thing is happen to me; they have shipped a TPS sensor and in the box is a wrong part. I will not return the items
because I have to pay shiping charge two time.

Next time take your car to a professional, pay once, get it done right, & get a warranty. I own a shop & see cheap people always trying to save money by acting like they know about cars because they read something on the misinformation highway & suddenly are experts on vehicle maintenance & repair. I friend of mine's father owned a shop when we were in high school & had a sign on the wall behind his service counter that said "The quality of poor workmanship & parts remains long after the sweetness of the low price is forgotten!" The original ball joints on a 2000 Honda Accord last an average of 80 to 100k miles, the list price for them is $27.18 at the Honda Dealer, so what did you save? Problem here is consumer doesn't know, not Rock Auto's fault.

I am a return customer of RockAuto and I have been pleased with getting the parts I wanted at a great price. Delivery has always been very good as well. Up until today I had only seen the good side of this operation when it comes to delivery of the goods. Last week I ordered a number of things for my 2007 Explorer (which is registered at Autorock). I had selected the parts I wanted and was in the process of checking out when a message came up that wanted to know if I wanted to take advantage of a deal on wiper blades (overstock or some story) . I did indeed need new wiper blades so I said great.. The wiper blades delivered yesterday via Fed X from England. The story gets ugly here. I started to install the wiper blades on my vehicle and realized that the new blades were about 2 inches shorter than the ones on the vehicle. I then went to the box and learned that these wipers were for a Ford Escort with right hand drive ( this apparently means the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car). My next step was to review the Autorock documents and found that these 2 wiper blades cost me another $26 for Shipping.. It dawned on me that something was wrong.

I was unable to try to correct this on the usual web based Autorock site so I finally found a real number to call and got Eric. I explained the situation and that I had already paid $35 for a set of $10 wipers. I explained that I would never have purchased the wipers if I had known this would be the result. Eric in his own arrogant way explained to me that I had made a mistake and that the selection window showed an English flag and that was where they came from. It also showed that the wipers were for a right hand driven vehicle. I noted that yes there was a blue square and that I had never put my cursor over it until today, but I never focused on this because it was not shown with the "special" offer as I was checking out. The "offer "had selected the wipers based on my registered vehicle it was not like I went shopping again. Eric did tell me that I could return the two wiper blades to him but that I would have to pay the shipping. I told Eric that I already had $36 in a $10 set of wiper blades that I could not use. He held fast on that it was my fault. I let him know I was not happy and that I felt I should not have to pay for this mistake. I called my credit card company and explained the story. The are notifying RockAuto that they will deduct the disputed amount.

It has been a great place to purchase from until today. I am not sure I want to continue purchasing here in the future.

THERE A JOKE! SCAM SCAM SCAM. I bought tie rod ends for my Nissan truck. They sent not once or twice but three times. Sets that didn't match. Finally on the last delivery the cs rep says well it looks like were out of those now. I said wow I got 6 tie-rod ends and none match. Ya'll sent me so many 6 different parts. Well the cs rep said well... those are probably old stock that could be returns or a closed store?

Gave a refund. And said keep parts. WTF does this do. Still gotta fix truck.

Now two years later. I tried again. Order a starter for Nissan truck. Well website shows Mitsubishi starter. Well they sent a made in CHINA knockoff, Got sh*tty from the get go on returning it. Keep saying it will work and there not at fault for sending a substitute.

F ROCK AUTO