I had been searching for just the right Hyundai Ioniq limited for weeks when one popped up on Brustolon, and at the right price. Our sales rep Tino was patient with all my questions, even helped me contact Hyundai to find out about the warranty. Long story short, we were treated well and with respect, got a decent trade-in for our Subaru, and drove the new car home that day. It was a positive experience, we love the car, and we're happy with every aspect of our interaction with Brustolon. Thanks! read more

Brustolon Buick GMC - Me and my new Ioniq 5 2025 Limited! - Auto Repair Near Me - Mystic, Connecticut

DO NOT TRUST THIS DEALERSHIP! F BBB rating. I chose to purchase my own truck from the dealership -- a 2022 truck that I believed would provide reliability and peace of mind. The sales experience was excellent. Unfortunately, that is where the positive experience ended. Within weeks of purchasing the truck, I noticed a strong burning antifreeze smell. I monitored the coolant reservoir carefully and initially assumed coolant may have spilled during service and was simply burning off. On February 8th of last year, while traveling to New Hampshire with my wife, the truck began filling with raw exhaust fumes while parked. Smoke was coming from under the hood. I later discovered that an oxygen sensor had backed itself out. I purchased tools, repaired it myself, and made it home safely. The antifreeze smell, however, continued. I contacted the service department and brought the truck in, taking time off from work to do so. I was told there was "no leak." Weeks later, I had to add two quarts of coolant. I returned again, took another day off work, left the truck overnight for pressure testing, and was again told there was "no leak." A short time later, I had to add nearly a gallon of coolant. When I contacted the service department for a third time, I was again questioned about why I believed there was a leak. I explained that losing nearly a gallon of coolant was the reason. This time, the dealership finally identified a leaking radiator. The truck remained at the dealership for five days while I arranged rides to and from work and borrowed vehicles from family. When I picked the truck up, I was charged $65 for a hose that I was told was "not covered" under my so-called bumper-to-bumper warranty because "there is no real such thing as a bumper-to-bumper warranty." Then, in October, the instrument panel illuminated with multiple warnings and the truck entered limp mode. I was informed the Engine Coolant Bypass Valve had failed and that the repair was extensive and parts were difficult to obtain. The truck remained in the shop for 13 days. I continued smelling burning antifreeze and now also experienced raw exhaust fumes entering the cab. Soon afterward the dashboard again lit up with warnings, the truck went into limp mode, and the engine began shaking under acceleration. I immediately turned around and contacted the dealership. At this point, this was my ninth trip to the service department in approximately one year. On January 12th, I again took time off work and contacted the dealership. I explained my frustration to management and requested assistance. The dealership arranged to tow the truck and provided me with a loaner vehicle. Five days later, I was informed the truck was repaired. Approximately eight miles after leaving the dealership, the truck began pouring smoke from under the hood. I pulled over in 12-degree weather with my wife inside the vehicle and immediately contacted the dealership. About 30 minutes later, an employee arrived -- who happened to be the owner's son -- and brought us back to the dealership while arrangements were made to retrieve the truck. After leaving the dealership and stopping for lunch in our hometown, I was shocked to see my truck drive into a Home Depot parking lot approximately 20 miles away in another state. The truck had supposedly been disabled and left where it broke down. I confronted the individual driving it with police present after believing someone had taken the truck without authorization. The driver identified himself as the service manager -- another son of the owner -- and explained he was "testing" the vehicle while also stopping to shop. When I questioned why my vehicle was driven across state lines and used for personal errands after breaking down, I was told he "needed to pick up a few things" and asked, "What is wrong with that?" Owner Cindy Brustolon Casey later expressed frustration about my involving police. I explained that I had been instructed to leave the keys in a disabled vehicle and then unexpectedly found it being used miles away in another state. At this point, I no longer felt safe driving the truck. The vehicle repeatedly filled with raw exhaust fumes. My wife became physically ill from the fumes and refused to travel in it. The truck repeatedly entered limp mode, smoked from under the hood, and experienced recurring cooling system issues despite numerous service visits. I explained to owner that I was not looking for special treatment or asking anyone to lose money. I simply wanted a safe and reliable vehicle. I believed customer service, accountability, and safety still mattered. Eventually, owner Cindy Brustolon Casey told me she would help place me into another truck. However, when I identified vehicles on the dealership lot that interested me, I was repeatedly told those vehicles had "bad Carfax reports" and were not recommended. I was told if I wanted an different truck I would need to put $5000 down to get into the same truck. read more

My husband was negotiating on a truck from Brustolon. Working with Luis V and Evan. They took a $3,500 deposit to hold the truck. Today Luis called and said they sold the truck to someone else yesterday. Ask for our deposit back immediately.....which should have been done when truck was sold to someone else without us asking for it to be credited. Now they will not answer calls from us. Or address the refund. We believe the truck was sold because we did not want to purchase their extended warranty. Dealership makes 30%-70% profit from the sale of warranties. This dealership is beyond unethical! Stay away! read more

The shadiest dealership, ive ever been. I have bought at least 15 cars during my life and this was the worst. Changing prices, changing paperwork and had to wait 1 n 1/2 hrs to sign. STAY AWAY read more

This dealership has stole $800 from me and i've been trying for over a month to get it back now im in process of taking this situation to small claims court. TheY do not care for costumers UNLESS YOU ARE BUYING. DO NOT COME HERE read more

Greg was patient and helpful as I watched my wife gain confidence in test driving an EV. Here it is a week after that purchase and we feel even better about our decision to buy a Chevy Bolt EUV. Aaron, in finance, explained our options, was professional and, a straight shooter. read more

ABSOLUTELY GARBAGE........B.B.B. gave them an F, wish we had known that before giving these scumbags our money.....30 grand for a car and 4 days after getting the vehicle the battery goes into "deep sleep mode" which means it's going bad (remote starter and app aren't working because of this also) and these clowns at brustalon are giving us the run around about getting it fixed..... ITS THE BATTERY and they keep saying they cant do anything and to bring it to a lincoln dealer ......do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY FROM THIS BUSINESS!!! *****UPDATE***** My wife bought the extended warranty through All-State, well come to find out the dealership put her name in wrong, and put the WRONG model of the car in, so now we have to change all that....SMFH......AGAIN, STAY AWAY THESE INCOMPETENT CROOKS!!! MORONS! read more

5 hours ago New Came in for a $14500 car, at first with my trade it was $325-$350a month, then after 4 hours of sitting there the payment skyrocketed to $2500 down plus my trade and $460 a month for 5 years.Do the math the payment alone would have been $27,900!!! no to mention I told them I lived 1.5 hrs away and the car wasn't even ready for sale. Wasted 7 hours $50 in gas just to have them try to sell me a $15k car for over $30k. And I used to sell cars and told them so you'd think they'd have tried not screwing me. If I could give a negative star I would.If you go here bring a calculator and times your payment by 60. Buyer beware. read more

Came in for a car sat around for 5 hours waiting on finical to be available. Was going to leave before signing they asked what can we do to get it done today I asked them to put fresh tires on the car they agreed and then backed out in the end. Do not trust them. Do not go here their word means nothing. read more

This dealership is pretty good. They take care of you during your entire experience. I bought a truck on a Saturday, and took it in for warranty work 2 days later. A good company takes care of their customers on the back end, and that's what they do! read more

I'm updating my review of this business, I bought a car from them not even 10 days ago and had some issues with the tires on the car - that shouldn't have passed inspection. I went back and forth with them for a few days and ultimately ended up reaching out to the owner and they replaced the tires on the vehicle for me. I shouldn't have had to reach out to them but I'm happy they were able to do the right thing and fix what should have been done prior to the car leaving the lot. So I thank them for that. The car I bought is wonderful! - the service department, especially Pete was a huge help and I appreciate what they did to make things right. Thank you read more

Be glad you came here and just hope it's before you wasted your time like I did. Spent two weeks Talking to "Big Dan" about a GLE 63s. Car was in their shop being repaired for an oil pump issue so I couldn't go look at it. I live over an hour away so not just a pop in kind deal. Finally email Dan to check if the car is back and he CALLS me right away to say it is and I tell him I'll be in the next day on Saturday morning to look at it. Even tell him I'll be sure to tell him I'll let him know if I'm running late because that's the type of person I am. Turns out I was running late and I did email him I would be about 30 min late. Well I was pretty surprised when I got there and was told by some old slimy looking sales guy at the front desk the car was sold. Big dick Dan would not even come talk to me in person. I looked at my email and saw he did email me a one sentence email that someone was driving it and another one sentence email it was being written up. But could not be bothered to call me like he did when it meant he was making money. Could have called or at the very least written something a bit more sincere. I was 30 min later than we had scheduled the day before after talking for over two weeks about the car. Drove over an hour and he knew that. Yup I get it. Other guy was there first. Cars sell and that's Dans job. But this place lives up to the slippery car dealership reputation. Read on. They had changed the price of the car several times and they were clearly playing multiple buyers. Had two good friends with me as I planned to buy the car and leave with it, bank check and cash in hand. One friend is a dealer and had his dealer plate ready to go. He is also experienced body guy and painter. We stayed in the parking lot for the next 30 min and watched these jokers move an Escalade with a dead battery with wheel dolly's and fork lift. Scary to think that is how they manage vehicles. Think I dodged a bullet. We also looked at other cars in the lot while we waited. If you may be wondering why a Buick deal may be dealing in some higher end cars. Most likely because they are repaired in some way. Don't go by the Carfax alone at this place. If the car you are looking at here is modified ask why and ask to have it looked at somewhere else. Any honest place would not have an issue with that. To the manager who may want to respond back. Please don't feel you have too. I would not buy a lug nut from you guys at this point. read more

"100% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OUR PRIORITY! Our staff makes purchasing a PRE-OWNED vehicle an ENJOYABLE experience. Visit Brustolon Buick GMC in Mystic, CT and see for yourself." Really, I'd rather have a Root Canal than deal with these clowns again. The sales manager Al has the same business ethics as Bernie Madoff. Avoid these jokers. Beyond dishonest. read more

I started going to Brustolon to service my GMC a few years ago. I always felt welcomed and received good service from the service desk, to the mechanics, and the parts dept. as well. BUT NOW?, it's a totally different atmosphere, it's like everyone hates their job and they make sure you know it. My only deduction is that they have a new service manager who is really turning the screws on the service employees. I don't go there anymore!! IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - FYI, You don't have to go to your dealer to maintain your Warranty. As long as you do the required maintenance on your vehicle from quality, auto service providers You're Good! read more

Came to get my "brakes replaced " as it was told to me it was supposed to be changed before purchasing the vehicle and my car was immediately driving rough and shaking on the way home, I came back and spoke to service and they had someone drive the car and the man named (Carl) said basically there was nothing they will be able to do because to him it wasn't driving rough. Absolutely horrible experience with service and the rude customer service they offer. read more

I bought a vehicle from them about 2 weeks ago and had an ok experience. The car was sold to me as it was still registered to the past owner so since i drover 2 hours back and fourth they left a dealer plate on the car. they called me and asked me for the plate back with no temp plate nor vin check appointment The sales man called and asked for the plate and i had told them i was going on vacation they said "well can you drop it off before you leave" after i had said i was leaving the next morning and it would be an hour and change back and fourth. and followed by him saying "well i need the dealer plate haha". Some nice people some need manners and professionalism. As in this case me having no temp plate or at fault due to the past owner not canceling it's registration. read more

Lied about the price of the vehicle that was posted, called us in route to tell us they were increasing the price $3000 because they needed to put new tires on the vehicle. Buyer BEWARE !!! read more

My first and last experience with this dealership! I called about a 2023 Denali and they said no problem, they have it available and come down for a test drive. I was assigned a sales agent named Arvy. Upfront, seemed like a decent guy. We test drove the vehicle and then proceeded to sit in his office and talk numbers. I've bought enough cars in my life to know the game. The first question give me rough numbers on my trade. He would not answer that and refused to go to the manager to get a realistic number. . Indicated that they had to see the vehicle, that's crap because the other dealers can at least give you a ballpark. Next he told me the vehicle I just test drove is probably not for sale because they've been working on a deal that started four days earlier. Then why the hell did we test drive this and waste my time. Then he left his office and after 10 minutes I got up and walked out the door. I called back and was furious and talked to Ken one of the managers who praised Arvy as a great sales guy and completely discounted Arvy's actions. Do yourself a favor and go elsewhere! The reviews certainly justify why no one should be doing business with his dealership. read more

Chris Stevens the sales rep. is the only reason I will not buy a vehicle. Drove over an hour to look at a truck. His attitude and inability to answer questions. would not have my trade in evaluated unless I guaranteed him I was a serious buyer. I told him I had my title extra keys and proof of income. I'm still waiting for a trade in number so I can figure out if the numbers work for me. I do not need your assistance in my financial decisions. Horrible customer service. Will not recommend. read more

My brother in-law traded in a Ram 1500 on 3/29/24. Brustolon gave him $7000 on trade in. I contacted my brother in-law too late to buy from him directly but contacted Brustolon and offered them $8500 plus any dealer fees the next day. I received several messages making me think they were open to the deal but then the messages stopped. The truck was listed on the Brustolon website as of 4/5/24 for $14,574. I missed out on a decent used truck for $7-9k and now I'm looking at Ford F-150s for over $25,000 but I would never consider shopping at Brustolon after this shady experience. read more

That have everything used see Big Dan. He helped use find the right car at a great price. Financed it with a great rate. Thanks Big Dan for the help. read more

My son and I after contacting the salesperson traveled four hours to the dealership to buy a car at a certain price as represented on car guru and on the dealership website. Lo and behold the dealership presented figures to us that were 2000.00 more than the listed price. Their explanation was that car guru didn't adjust their price but it was still on their website for the same price we expected to pay. They came down 1,000.00 thinking we would bite so we stormed out. About 20 minutes later we received a phone call offering to us the price we expected. As we were already on the road home how could we trust such an unethical dealership so we kept driving. I called the general manager and asked that he reimburse me gas and tolls but he said no way nor did he apologize for our treatment. I told him that this was not the first time this has happened as another reviewer had the same problem. I told him I was going to write a bad review. Obviously he was fearful of another poor review and twenty minutes later the salesmen called and offered that they would sell us the car and they would drive it down. I declined that offer as both my son and I had a terrible experience with the dealership and wanted nothing to do with them. Beware of this dealership as they are unethical. read more

I am from New Jersey. bought a used vehicle from Jose Cancel long distance and the entire experience was great! I may have been a bit picky, wanting every documentation I could get and had him take video, pictures and even demonstration of mechanical and engine parts. Jose did not once refuse a request and the whole process went as smooth as silk. I highly recommend this dealership and specifically Jose! read more

Highly recommend. I'm a repeat customer and have always found the service department to be outstanding. Most recent was a major AC repair to my daughter's Tahoe. Lisa scrambled to get parts that were not in stock, and we had the vehicle back the next day with ice cold air. read more

We traveled to Brustolon from RI because they had a great selection of used trucks. We found one that we loved and were ready to buy, but ultimately walked away due to their shady finance tactics. We purchased a truck the next day from Nucar in RI because there were very transparent and treated us respectfully. read more

Absolutely HORRIBLE experience with this dealership. I called on Monday about a car to make sure it was available before I drove over an hour to see it. I was told it was available and then a few minutes later I was told it wasn't available and that it sold on Saturday. Now it is Wednesday and all of the listings are still online on several sites, including the dealership's own website. So I call and ask if it's actually available and am told yes it's available, when would I like to see it. 30 seconds later I get another call saying the vehicle was NOT available and in fact sold on Monday (the day I called in the morning about seeing it). So I said why was I told it sold on Saturday if it sold on Monday and if it sold then why is it still listed everywhere as being available? They said the original guy buying it changed his mind and then changed it back later on Monday. So I asked if he wasn't buying in when I called then why couldn't I see it and why is it still listed as available? The MANAGER said it's still listed because the car hasn't shipped yet and they hadn't received the money for it. Obviously I then asked, then how am I suppose to know if it becomes available again if it's still listed as available now, but it's not? He rudely said that's how they do things and it's definitely not available. Can you say SKETCHY? It seems like they just didn't want to sell the car to a woman. Or maybe just to me, not sure why since I've never met any of them and simply asked if a car was available as advertised. So we have lying salesmen, false advertising, and likely discrimination. Not surprised there are so many other bad reviews and they have an F on BBB. Save yourself the headache and don't bother with this place. read more

By far my worst experience in dozens of dealer purchases. Poor communication, refusing to put anything in writing (even with a deposit) and being vague and even evasive about simple questions from both the salesperson and the general manager. I felt like a piece of meat being pushed into a business office where they could push their own finance company (couldn't match my pre-approval) and silly add on. An embarrassing showing for a franchise dealer. I really thought bush league used car dealer shenanigans were a thing of the past. read more

This is the email I sent to the dealer To be completely honest with you, I did not have a great experience buying from you or Brustolon. While on the test drive you never asked how I liked the vehicle and only had me drive it less than a half mile down the road and turn around to return to the dealership. That was the shortest "test drive" I have ever been on. Then when your finance manager and yourself had me bouncing back and forth that was also ridiculous. Then you and I had an appointment last Monday between 10 and 1030 am and when I walked into the dealership you had a customer you were speaking to at your desk. I was waiting in the waiting room for 23 minutes and you told me you told the finance manager I was there for him and when I asked him he told me you never told him I was there. Then to top it off the truck wasn't ready like you said it would be at 1030.If it wasn't ready you should have called me in the morning and told me. So I had to drive and come all the way back for 215. Then when you were trying to do my registration I was videoing you grunting, huffing and puffing the whole time. I ended up changing my address on my registration myself this morning so I am all set with what ever you were trying to do. But that was a bad experience I had buying with you and Brustolon. If there is anything I miss understood about my experience feel free to express that to me but it was a headache to do business with you. read more

I would NEVER RECOMMEND this dealer, the sales people are SCAM ARTISTS they tried raising the price before I got to sign the paperwork, they tried charging me for stuff I didn't want! They held my registration for my vehicle over the allotted time frame for DMV. And to add insult to injury they have ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT FOR WOMEN AT ALL!!!!! Which is surprising considering it's owned by a woman!!!! Attitude reflects leadership!!!!! So I guess that says a lot for the structure of the dealership's leadership!!!! BUYER BEWARE ESPECIALLY IF YOUR A WOMEN!!!!!! read more

Sleaziest sales experience I have ever had. We went to test drive a truck and when we got there the tires were completely bald and the check engine light was on. our salesman said this was very surprising to him. days later we say we'll take the truck if you can take care of the check engine light. they say that's great and ask us to come over and make the sale final. after driving 2 hours and signing a dozen documents the salesman tells me it's actually going to be another $8k after fixing the engine light. the salesman and his coworkers suddenly became super arrogant and rude as if they didn't just raise the trucks price by 15% after the deal was 99% done. By far the sleaziest buying experience i have ever seen. read more

GREAT SERVICE DEPARTMENT!! My husband and I are on a weeks vacation in Westerly RI when the passenger seat adjustments stopped working properly..... With our next destination FLORIDA for the winter.... We stopped by to see if they could help, within a half hour the car was evaluated, part ordered to be shipped overnight and the car was fixed the next day by 2pm!!!! Absolutely amazing!! Would recommend this dealership to everyone!! Thank you so much! There still are Good people in this world!! read more

Great place to buy a car. I buy all my vehicles here and they also have a great service department.

so I purchased a car from the good people at Brustolon Buick GMC , I gave the sales rep a nice deposit and badgered him into giving me a contract so that I might secure the proper financing for my purchase . The very next morning the sales rep texted me and said the vehicle that I was in process of purchasing was in an accident on the car lot and it was demolished . I calmly said would you please send me a photo of the damage . The sales rep said no problem and he never sent me squat but he did send back my deposit . So I am more than positive that the dealership sold this auto right out from under me . Shame on them . Unreliable people never change . The only good that hAS COME OUT OF THIS EXPERIENCE IS me letting other's know that Brustolon should not be trusted and you are better off going elsewhere for you automotive needs . read more

My husband and I made an appointment to test drive a vehicle. We were thinking of downsizing from a full size truck to a mid size but had never driven one before, which we communicated to one of the sales people over the phone. Not only was the person we made the appointment with unavailable when we arrived at the agreed upon time (which I understand happens), but the person who assisted us instead could not have been more condescending or rude during our test drive. From comments like "so you're just us for our inventory," any questions we asked about the mid size truck was met with short responses and an annoyed tone, all because we were transparent about our intentions to not leave with a new vehicle that day. We will not be returning. read more

Cindy Brustolon Casey and husband Hugh D. Casey the owners of Brustolon Buick GMC 47 Stonington-Westerly Rd Mystic, CT 06355 please call me at 401-219-3055 Lisa I need your help I need you to straighten out your staff. People you need to read this big time. Be aware this is not good. Me and my husband came to this dealership after 10 years of waiting for a new or used car one of the reason is because we have disabled child so we are most of the time on one income we bought a 2020 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited diesel for $40,000 we bought it in a heavy rain which we shouldn't had done. About week later we noticed there was a big dent on the hood and corrosion on all doors and hinges and hood. We didn't do anything about it until 4 months later because they explained the warranty on the vehicle when we bought it (5 years panels) but when we decided to contact another dealer where we live to have the corrosion fixed they told us that we did not have any warranty because the dealer we bought it from bought it from Canada. And the dealer knows about that but they hide it from the customer. So now we are left hanging with $12,000 repair. We asked them if we could return the car they said no. We asked if they would help us repairing the car because they have a body shop they said no. We asked if we could swap it for another vehicle they said no. And we asked if they could buy extended warranty for the vehicle they also said no. I asked the guys can you please help us you sold me the car with warranty but it doesn't have it, there was a very cold answer. Absolutely not from the manager named Al and Luis Vides was the salesman. This is all so sad and just because of greed people behaves like that. Please people be better in your heart be good person and try as hard as you can to do the right thing while you are in this world and thank you all for reading this. read more

Kind of laughable imho....after I picked up my vehicle the GM I think it was emailed me saying he wanted to ensure I had a positive experience at his Dealership .....Nice "gesture"..... He asked me to let him know what if anything would hasten me not to give them anything but a good review overall and he stressed the importance of the customer being totally satisfied to keep his dealership thriving....So I did as asked and received absolutely no response whatsoever... so I'm assuming the email I recvd was just a "canned" marketing response ..like I said kind of laughable I doubt I'd ever return or recommend my friends tbh! read more

I have been to a few dealerships in my day and dread walking in. Having a salesperson as personable and knowledgeable as Chris H made my day. Explains the numbers without bull was what I needed. I love my new ride and my experience at this location. My son turns 16 soon so I will be back Mike C read more

This is the single worst dealership I have ever dealt with. From upper management to sales, to service. I do not understand how they are still in business. Buying a car from them was the single worst experience of my life (not exaggerating). They do not honor their word, they lie to your face, and they are just plain stupid. They were openIy disrespectful to both my wife and I. I couldn't imagine a more incompetent business. They sold me a lemon with a warranty and refused to honor the warranty. Please do not purchase from them, I wouldn't reccomend these low lives to my worst enemy. I'm reporting them to the BBB and filing a complaint with the state. read more

I scheduled my Buick Envision for body repair at the Collision Center. The appointment is August 1, 2022. The inspection representative was very professional and personable. I recommend this dealership. read more

Recommend, Sales Staff very helpful- Jim Cipriano- when buying a vehicle. Very efficient process, friendly dealership.