My car has only been serviced at this location, so I can't speak for the experience at the dealership or purchasing a car here. However, I purposely purchased my Corolla at a different location since I was told by some of my neighbors that they don't recommend buying a car from here. If the customer service at the dealership is any similar to the service department, then I can see why they would say that.
I've brought my car here two or three times so far for maintenance where they change the oil, rotate the tires, inspect the vehicle, and top off the car with fluids. I'm not car-savvy but I knew the service itself doesn't take long and if I were to wait, it would be for extraneous things. I double-checked how long it would take with the person who scheduled my appointment. I don't remember her giving me a timeframe but she said not long, confirming what I already thought. I made the appointment for 2:00 pm. I left at 4:30 pm.
Even though I had an appointment, I scheduled the appointment earlier that same day and noticed several people in the waiting room upon arriving. Because of this, I assumed I would mostly be waiting because they were busy but I certainly didn't expect to wait 2+ hours. I would have been more sympathetic if I was given an explanation for the long wait time, but it turns out that my car was ready for over an hour and no one notified me. The only reason why I even knew that my car was ready because I had to speak up.
It's easy to say in hindsight that I could have said something earlier, but I only decided to say something when I noticed people who came in after me were being called and leaving. I finally left the waiting room and saw my car parked outside ready to go. When I asked a service rep about this, I was told I should have received a text that my car was ready. Not only did I not receive a text, but I felt like after seeing several people told in person that their cars were ready, I should have received that same courtesy. Then, the service rep who broke down the receipt and explained what was done to the car that day seemed to pay no regard to my terrible experience here so far. I'm assuming this for two reasons:
1. I directly asked him how long my car has been ready. He nonchalantly responded it's been ready for over an hour. Then, I explained to him that I've been waiting for a very long time and wanted to know why I wasn't notified earlier that my car was ready. He said he didn't know with a smile on his face and didn't even apologize for this mishaps.
2. After breaking down the receipt and having the conversation above, he then asked me if I was pleased with my services today in a way that made it seem like he wanted me to complete a survey about my experience. I literally just told him how I was unhappy with the unjustified wait time and essentially being forgotten about. This raises two questions for me. One, why would you ask me if I was pleased with my services when I basically just told you I wasn't? Two, if your intention was to get someone to complete a survey, of all people, why would you ask me, aka someone who had a terrible experience here, to complete your survey?
It's unfortunate that this is the closest service location to me because I either have to continue to bring my car here out of convenience and deal with this customer service or go out of my way to a different location where, hopefully, the service would be better. Ideally, I hope to be able to return here and have a much better experience than this most recent one. I also hope that no one else has a similar experience here but judging by the already low rating on Yelp, that doesn't seem to be the case. read more