TLDR: Place is sus, but probably okay if you have limited other choices. Just be ready for some hassle.
This review is for the service center in particular... and they would have gotten 1 star if not for Ali (manager of the whole place) resolving my issues.
Took my car in for a lot of issues. Among them, I asked for a diagnosis of 2 different sounds. One, they said the power steering pump was whining excessively internally and recommended $1,371 to replace. Two, the other sound said they said was coming from a belt tensioner and said it was $465 to replace. I declined both, as I already knew the power steering pump was whining (not new info... so what's wrong with it?) and my boyfriend had already thought it wasn't the belt tensioner but that he would replace it for me instead of having to pay the dealer so much. I left my car there for a week so they had plenty of time to check things out and do it right. I had to pay $145 for each diagnosed item where I declined the work (so $290 for those).
My boyfriend replaced the belt tensioner and lo and behold... the rattle was still there as he thought it would be. So it wasn't that. Additionally, the power steering whining was significantly reduced! It's probably because they updated the computer software to fix a headlight issue. So the power steering did not need to be replaced either, another misdiagnosis. ALSO, my boyfriend said they left things just in a general mess in the engine compartment, fluids left dripped out on stuff, etc. They also missed very obvious things that were about to be big problems, like my starter cable almost cut all the through! (They didn't do it, they just didn't notice it was about to break.) Etc etc etc, I could go on, but you get the point.
So we were pretty mad and went back to talk to the service center in person to ask for a refund for the misdiagnoses. We immediately asked for the service manager but they said he wasn't available and we'd have to talk to our original service advisor, Amanda D. She was completely uninterested in helping us, did not care at all and defended the work the technicians did without even offering to talk to them about it or investigate the issue. Tip: if you end up having to take your car here, do not accept her as your service advisor, immediately ask for someone else. Because then you will have to deal with her every time and she could care less about you or her job. My boyfriend took tons of pictures of the engine (a few attached) and she said she was going to send them to the service manager but he was on medical leave. Basically telling us there was nothing she could do for us.
Anyway, she wouldn't help us so my boyfriend is like "we're going across the street and talking to the main manager." I thought that they were separate, but turns out, the manager at the showroom is the manager for this whole location. Ali was so nice, really listened to us and was sympathetic to our story. He apologized and said he would talk to the techs to get their side of the story and if he could, he would issue a refund. (He did end up sending a check refunding the misdiagnoses. Thank you, Ali.) So basically Ali got this review 4 stars instead of 1 because he resolved my issues... but the problems are many at this location so be wary and I would say avoid if you can. At least until they can improve the service tech procedures and give Amanda some customer service training. read more