I was interested in a 2017 Mazda MX-5 RF. Which is what I would later purchase and buy off of them…read more From start to finish, it was completely unprofessional and unlawful. From the salesperson saying that the hidden component can house a "Glock-19 well" to the mention that the cup holders can be used for "drinking and driving". I wouldn't consider this establishment to be of the standard expected.
My salesperson had told me that Apple CarPlay was on the vehicle and that the car was in great condition. Which it seems to be everything people have said until I left the establishment.
But nonetheless, there was so much back and forth to the point where AlextheGM (guy on the billboard) had to come out and correct my first salesperson. It was awkward as a customer having to sit and watch him be mean and rough with him in front of me. I just felt as though I wasn't dealing with the nicest group of people. While in the background, a group of sales people were talking bad about customers who were having their cars serviced.
Once we got all of this together and sorted, I went into the financial office. To which the finance manager was really nice to me. However, he said, "Your car is in great condition, you don't need any warranty," to which he decided to not offer me the option to choose a warranty. Which isn't illegal, however, given my story I believe that this would be intentional.
After quite a few signings later, I had a "great condition, no need for warranty" car.
As I was pulling off the driveway, I got a phone call from the salesperson saying that my car didn't have features he told me it had, like Apple Care Play. To which I was disappointed; I was told it did when it didn't. Deception or oopies it doesn't matter, that is unlawful.
After a week, the trim of the car was flying off on the freeway, and the brakes since day one were warped to the point where it caused the car to swerve if going freeway speed. Also the car was missing wheel weights which made the steering scary to operate.
So I returned the car to them, and they took the car for ten days and repaired it. Which I was thankful for and vocally told everyone at the dealership this.
Than a week and a half, 27 days into owning this car, the engine decided to rattle the whole cab of the car when driving past 3000 rpm or idle.
Once I told the dealership of this, they prompted me to get it towed from Oakland all the way to Fremont. Which I had to pay for. To which I arrived to a 20-min argument where I was being told that it was my issue now.
This is where I dealt with Larry Diamond. Who made every part of my argument seemed as though it was my fault. Told me I was ignorant in law. Said that them repairing the breaks "was out of the kindness of there heart" when it really isn't. And told me I wanted a free engine, which I never mentioned.
When I requested what type of service was done to the vehicle before they decided to sell it. He said he will not give me those records and that even if he did they would only show them paying a shop to service it.
(I have this paper now and it clearly shows the breaks were serviced, when they really weren't)
To which I questioned, because they didn't actually service the car themselves, an official Mazda dealership had someone else do the work. And every time I questioned his arguments I was met with "I didn't know what I was talking about".
He then tried forcing me to agree to a free diagnostic, to which I would have to pay for repairs. I left and didn't agree to anything because I was sold an unsafe vehicle and all I asked was that my car be fully inspected like it should have been. So I drove it home rattling and all in tears.
I came a second time and dealt with Larry again. To which he was really upset with my yelp review. Told me they wouldn't help unless I got rid of it. Called me "abnormal person" for sharing my experience. Even though I spoke 10 words max he got really defensive.
There is a lot more, but these are the people you deal with coming here. So take it as you will.
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