First of all, review about Sales Person. I've bought my Mini (first car) at this dealership almost 4 years ago. When I purchased it, I was told that my warranty is 4 years however 3 years down the road, they told me that my maintenance warranty is up. This is when I learned that there's a difference between car warranty vs maintenance warranty, which was never explained to me at first place.
Second, review about Service Department. I don't drive that much, so luckily I've only had minor issues with my car. But within the last almost 4 years, there's never a time that I can get the issue fixed with 1-2 visits to the dealership. Put aside taking time off work to make it in and inconvenience of not having a car to drive for a few days, the number of times I had to go in was far more than needed. I will provide a couple of the many incidents I've had with them below. Otherwise it would be too long to read.
Not sure if it's because their mechanics are inexperienced or the service reps were trained to push customers away. But when my nozzle for the windshield wiper fluid was leaking, it's a simple replacement, I had to pay 2 visits (including drop my car off, picking it up, drop it off again, pick it up again, so actually I had to travel there 4 times in total) to just have it replaced, because they say what they always say that, "it is normal" or "nothing is wrong".
Right now I'm dealing with an issue with interior light and I've already went twice, and about to go in for the 3rd time because even though I showed them a video of what is wrong, they tell me everything is normal and told me that it's due to user error.
Going back in time, after my first complaint to them, they had someone call me in the next couple of days to talk about it. So I explained my story again (at that point, I was already tired to keep repeating myself to different people). Then the person on the phone, all he did was to say sorry and nothing they can do and hung up. So what was the point of calling me?
Because of their recent changes, I no longer rent their cars due to new rental fee (used to be free), however every time when I get a ride from them (the ride is nice and drivers are very nice guys), when I arrive I always have to wait 15-20 mins for my car to be washed. I wonder why don't they call the customer and have the customer picked up after they've done everything. Why can't it be ready before we get there? And I have to mention that this happens every time, so it's probably how their system is. But just a feedback on this to the dealership, it would be nice to get there and pick up the car without always have to wait.
Other things like attitude and all, it's minimal concern, but just be aware the front desk lady at their Service Front Desk (she's Asian, wears glasses, long hair, and slim) always has very bad attitude.
I'm sure not everyone experience what I've experienced with them, but as far as I know, I know a few other people who are also getting the same experience. Really hope that they make it better for their customers.
Lastly, because of my poor experience with them, when my family needed a new car, and don't get me wrong, we still like BMWs, we just went to another BMW dealership and bought a car from them instead, because this was such a nightmare and I would not let my family and friends having to go through that. read more