Drivers always feel nervous when cars have issues, knowing they’ll need a mechanic unless they can fix it themselves. Menjicar, a Master Technician and BMW enthusiast on TikTok (@menjicar), uploads videos of his work on customer’s cars. He works at a shop in California.

In a recent video, a Hyundai Tucson owner took her SUV to his shop for a second opinion. She said her left headlight doesn’t work, but the right one does. The first shop she’d taken her car to told her the left headlight assembly and associated wiring needed to be replaced.

Menjicar opened the hood and noticed what was wrong right away. The connector for the headlight was loose, so the power going to the light was inconsistent, causing it to malfunction.

“Always get a second opinion guys, because the shop this lady took her Hyundai to almost charged her $3,000 to do this,” he said while pushing the connector back in place. His viewers heard an audible “click,” and suddenly her headlight worked.

Then the mechanic explained why the quote was so expensive

A Hyundai Tucson’s headlight doesn’t have bulbs, he said, the entire assembly is essentially an LED light. So, if it wasn’t working, the entire assembly would need to be replaced.

“Each one of these assemblies is, like, $1,000,” he said. “So, I don’t know if the other shop just didn’t take their time to check everything, or they were just trying to make a quick buck, but the connector’s good, and it’s fixed now.

His viewers had their theories as to what happened

A few of his commenters assumed the previous shop was trying to scam the driver. Someone else wrote they tampered with her car on purpose.

“There’s no way that could have come loose unless someone messed with it because it hooks once it’s connected,” wrote a keen viewer.

A fellow mechanic said they see scams like that happen regularly.

“My theory is the shop popped the connector to her lights off to tell the client it wasn’t working,” someone wrote. “That’s what mechanics do nowadays just to scam people. I’m a mechanic myself and I see my coworkers do it, I tell them it’s not right, and they don’t listen.”

Others thanked the mechanic for his honesty, and for not taking advantage of the driver.

“We need more mechanics like you,” someone wrote.