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From: ademers@berlincity.com
To: ag2dogs@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 22:04:45 -0700
Subject: Bruce S Pierce, a quick follow up from Berlin City
December 17, 2015
Dear Bruce S Pierce,
I thought I would drop you a quick note to FOLLOW-UP on your visit with your Ford F250 on December 15th. It is my goal to understand your needs and to address them in such a way as to be able to meet and even exceed your expectations. I sincerely hope that I have succeeded in this endeavor and that all repairs were done to your satisfaction. If I have failed, please contact me so that I have an opportunity to make things right.
You may receive a customer satisfaction inquiry from Ford. That inquiry is my report card and it is important, to both the manufacturer and me, that you are able to answer COMPLETELY SATISFIED to all questions.
Thank you for your continued patronage and for allowing me the opportunity to serve you. I appreciate your business!
Sincerely, Al Demers, Service Manager Berlin City Ford, Inc. (603)752-6644, (800)998-6968
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From: ag2dogs@hotmail.com
To: ademers@berlincity.com
Subject: RE: Bruce S Pierce, a quick follow up from Berlin City
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:58:57 -0500
Hi Al
I appreciate you catching up with me.
I did bring in my 2013 Ford F250, which I purchased from Berlin City brand new as with my last F250 in 02, for a COMPLETE transmission fluid flush and NEW transmission fluid and filter install on Tuesday Dec. 15th because I had 60,000 mile on the truck
I received the bill, $360.00, and paid for it and left. I sat in my truck and mulled over the bill with it being the amount Mike said it would be, but something didn't seem right with the figures and the amount it appeared I was charged for the proper transmission fluid amount.
I went and spoke to a friend who shall be nameless, I have a few friends who work there, to help me decipher the bill as it isn't specific showing parts listed directly to their costs. What was pointed out to me by my friend was that the bill shows is that I paid for 9 quarts of XT*10QLVC OIL when in fact to have had a COMPLETE Transmission fluid FLUSH and NEW transmission fluid refill would have taken 17 quarts of which I was very specific in asking when making my appointment and assured by the service writer.
I was by trade and still am part a time an Automobile mechanic and I understand and know a bit about automotive repair from being in the business. I always do my own work when I am able and I certainly could have drained the fluid dropped the tranny pan cleaned or replaced the screen and refilled the transmission with 9 quarts of Ford ATF myself, but wanting to keep my truck going for a long time I do the maintenance required and felt this was a worthwhile expenditure for maintenance of having a flush and new fluid.
When I came back in and showed this discrepancy of 8 missing quarts of ATF to Mike,Service Writer, he said the parts room must have made a mistake and did I want to pay for it and I politely declined. He said he saw the "machine" hooked up to my truck so he knows the whole job was done, unless he stood there and watched the entire process all he knew was that the mechanic hooked up the machine to my truck which is probably used on all tranny services requiring adding new fluid. He, Mike, then wrote on my bill "17 Qts, INSTALLED" and I feel he did it in a bit of a pissed off frustration. I then asked about warranty and Mike quoted me and said "30,000 miles or 3 years if anything goes wrong it is covered". I left feeling very uneasy and untrustworthy that the job had in fact been actually done to my request of a COMPLETE flush and refill with NEW transmission fluid and not the old fluid filtered and recycled back in. I did speak to a couple of other friends in the Automotive Repair Industry who enlightened me more about the "flushing" procedure.
Unfortunately I do feel that the job was not communicated to the mechanic correctly and I did not get the work I asked for done truthfully for what I paid for. I may be entirely wrong, but with the written bill and treatment I received to pacify me I am skeptical.
I will bring my truck to another dealer if I need dealer service on it as I feel my trust in the service at this dealership has been jeopardized and disrespected and I know I am now a marked customer.
Respectfully, Bruce S. Pierce
On 01/01/2016 I wrote to Al again
Hi Al
Did you receive my email response? Were you planning on following up with me? or just dismissing my concerns ?
I feel I am owed a response
Respectfully, Bruce Pierce
I still to this day have heard nothing from anyone from Ford so I am inclined to believe that this Ford Dealership is untrustworthy and deceptive read more