I'm completely unsure if there is a way to give "zero" stars and still have the review show up, so I will leave one to ensure it posts. "BUYER BEWARE,"! I wish I'd read reviews on this dealership prior to us making a purchase, as it seems they display the same level of poor business with many of their customers!
We purchased a Cadillac Escalade from this dealership "Car-Fi" Auto Group, Winchester, VA November 7, 2024, along with a warranty, which covered the repair of the engine and transmission should they go bad. Since this was a used car dealership, and this is basically the bones of the vehicle, we thought it wise to purchase this additional layer of security. The salesman, "Al" (unsure of last name) explained this, and touted it as a great product and that if either of these main vehicle components went bad, within the warranty timeframe (which was 90 days or 3000 miles, the warranty would cover the full replacement of either part). Well, the engine light came on very shortly after having the car, less than a week. Instead of calling the dealership, since we had purchased a warranty, we immediately contacted the mechanic, had extensive diagnostics done, and indeed the motor is BAD. NO big deal...right??? We purchased the warranty which covers this right? "WRONG"!!!!!! When the dealership called the warranty company to begin the work, they were informed that the warranty only covered $1000.00-YES....ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! Anyone in their right mind knows that an engine repair is more than this. Though we did read the fine print, THIS WAS NOT OBVIOUS AT ALL, VAGUE AND NOT CLEARLY STATED!! We will be contacting the BBB, and counsel under the "Lemon Law". With the immediate engine light coming on, and the issues found, there is no way, that even sold "as is" that the dealership was not aware of the issues with the car and was intentionally misleading in their efforts to sell cars which are faulty and even greater, engage in misleading, misguided sales of vehicles and warranties to customers. We called to ask for the details of the warranty, which he didn't give all of the pages of when there (ONLY PAGE) with additional fine print--Essentially, he intentionally lied and misled us by sharing only ONE page! As a consumer, there was no way for us to know he hadn't shared ALL of the pages to the warranty.
We are not going to allow this dealership to get away with this bad business and false promises that it makes to consumers. We as consumers work hard for what we have and patronize businesses with the expectation that they engage in credible and forthright, honest practices. In an effort to, as business owners ourselves, allow the opportunity for this dealership to make this right, we will attempt one contact. But swift and immediate next steps are to, in addition to making a BBB claim, will be to seek legal counsel under the Lemon Law of Virginia in addition to seeking support through outside legal support.
We hope this review will encourage this dealership to engage in business practices that exemplify a higher quality standards, ethics, morals, respect and care for their customers as well becoming a better dealership OR reconsidering if they have the core values that should be in business at all.
I will be back to update provide additional information on this review after communicating with the dealership. What I am adamant about, is, this is not acceptable, and this dealership needs to make this right. read more