Dealing with the service department at Autonation Ford has been fantastic. As a female, I've always dreaded dealing with anything cars - people give you the run around, talk to you like you're an idiot, and you feel like you're being taken advantage of. Not these guys. I've only had my car for four months (bought it CPO from a different Ford dealer) and have brought it in twice for different items (both under warranty) and everyone I've dealt with has been friendly, respectful, straightforward, and honest. They've been mindful of my time, gotten the work done in even less time than they've quoted both times, and have always quickly returned my phone calls with status updates. Since both items were under warranty I can't speak to pricing, but I get the impression that these guys would treat me fairly regardless. Their shuttle driver is prompt and friendly, too, and After dealing with several shady Ford dealerships, I'm glad to have finally found a dealership that I trust. Keep it up, Autonation.
UPDATE:
Unfortunately after having several good experiences with this service department, I'm back to provide a negative update. Since my original review, I have come back to the dealership with the same engine problem four times. The most recent time, they knew exactly when I would be coming in and promised to have a rental car reservation for me since it would take 3-4 days to repair. Even after the rental car agent picked me up directly in front of the service advisor (literally an arms length away from him), it took two hours for them to send the rental car reservation. Because the rental reservation wasn't sent earlier, the only car they had available for me was an F150, which is not at all comparable to the mustang I'm used to driving. In addition to this, after the initial 3-4 days quoted, a few days later they said they still didn't know when my car would be ready so they wanted me to pay for a rental car out of pocket, even though the hold up was because they just couldn't work on my car promptly (even though they knew that I'd be back for this repair the date that I brought it in). After a week and a half I went out of town and they still weren't finished with my repair, nor did they know what was wrong. Upon my return, I needed another rental car reservation. I stayed on the phone with them this time, stating clearly that I needed a reservation at the airport location. Of course upon arriving at the airport there wasn't a reservation, so I had to spend another hour trying to get a reservation and ended up ubering to another rental car location because the service advisor said he couldn't send reservations to the airport (even though we had discussed it four hours earlier). And shocker - I once again got an F150. All that week I left voicemails for both my service advisor and the service manager asking for updates on my car. No one would answer the phone or return my calls. After eighteen days of my car being in the shop, I decided to just show up in person because no one would call me back. Conveniently, my car's ticket had "just landed" on the service advisor's desk and I could pick up my car (but who knows when he would've called me to tell me my car was ready). And much to my surprise, they didn't actually find a problem. After four attempted repairs for the same problem and eighteen days in the shop, apparently nothing was wrong. And to top it all off, they drove my car 250 miles to confirm there's no problem, leaving me with 17 miles to empty in the gas tank. So many things went wrong during this fourth attempt. I remained very polite and calm during every interaction, but between the amount of time my car was in the shop, the lack of promised rental car reservations resulting in my wasted time and frustration (not to mention having to drive huge trucks), a complete lack of communication, and the inconsideration of giving me a car with no gas in it, I will not be returning to this service department again. read more