I put my car in for a wheel alignment check at Kwik Fit (Hospital Hill Dunfermline branch) late December. Usually I would use my local independent garage but as my car is an all wheel drive model I needed somewhere that had the kit for 4 wheel alignment. I was duly informed that the tracking required adjustment and that both track rod ends had a fair amount of play and replacement was recommended (which made sense as there'd been the odd bit of squealing on turning for the previous couple of months). The work was done and all was apparently well. Cue 3 months (but due to covid only 800 miles) later during its annual service and MOT (at my local garage) I was informed that the nearside ball joint was very badly worn and required replacement. The garage owner (a very experienced mechanic) informed me that said ball joint would certainly have been showing significant play back in December and therefore should have been picked up by the Kwik Fit technician. He advised me to go back to KF and request that they redo the tracking for free. I duly returned to Kwik Fit Hospital Hill to discuss the issue and was greeted by a manager who was disinterested, rude and combative. I was told that the guarentee for wheel alignment was a month (personally I think the guarentee should be based on mileage covered rather than a time interval, but I digress) and that a 'ball joint could go at anytime'. Now I'm a reasonably capable DIY mechanic and I know the odour of BS when I smell it and the whiff was strong. In my experience (and clearly the experience of my local mechanic) ball joints wear over time, they do occasionally fail suddenly but only due to a significant impact like hitting a large pot hole at speed. To be balanced the KF manager did say that it could have failed due to hitting a pot hole, but the fact is if you hit a pot hole hard enough to knacker a ball joint you're going to do damage to other suspension components (and very likely your alloy/tyre). I explained that I had not hit any pot holes, but was simply told tough and that I would need to pay for another alignment. At that point I informed him that there was more chance of Satan ice skating to work tomorrow morning than there was me forking out another 80 odd quid when KF clearly hadn't done the job properly first time round and that I would never darken the door of KF Hospital Hill (or indeed any other KF garage) ever again. His response was 'Fine, whatever!'. So to conclude Kwik Fit, if your business model is predicated on repeat business and good customer service generating recommendations I think you may soon find yourself up a creek without a paddle!