Sales Team - you are awesome. Carlos Dominguez helped me. A very professional, polite, and prompt man. Did everything he said he would, as a customer would expect. Explained everything over the phone with me. Put my car on hold from the inventory when I called during work. Told me all the paperwork I needed to bring before I arrived. He stayed late to accommodate my work schedule so that I could purchase the car I found online that same day when I got off work. I was in and out of there with my car purchased in one visit, 2 hrs total. I did immediately notice two issues... a broken stereo AUX input and a missing navigation screen. Carlos immediately put in the paper work with the service department to fix and order this the same day and provided me a copy of the paper work. I was at ease and feeling fine.... that was until I had to continue the process with the Service Department.
I purchased the car on 3/17.... service department had me come back twice in order to inspect and photograph the broken AUX and missing screen parts. Why they didn't have this on record from when it was on their sales lot? Who knows... Why they didn't inspect both issues on the same visit? Who knows... a clear sign of the disorganization and headache I was about to endure. This is no easy stop in and out process for me, as I live in Miami Beach and this Carmax is 30 mins away in Doral, off the most congested traffic filled roads in Miami. Fast forward to May 6th, finally the AUX part is in and I'm told to bring my car in for repair. Brought in and dropped off in the morning, returned to pick up, easy enough... except... no navigation screen was installed. When I asked why, the girl working was very short, impatient, and told me "I don't know why it wasn't ordered I don't deal with these things. Come back or call tomorrow if you want, I'm going home now." Wow... stellar service. You get paid for that type of ignorance at work? So, instead of driving back to follow up for the part on order, I decided I would call.... And call, and call, and call.... And call some more.
Easily the most unprofessional service department I have ever dealt with. The most basic business courtesy of returning a customers call or informing them of a process is not practiced here. One person from the next does not relay information to the proper person, and this apparently is the normal routine basis here. Calling the service department, you'll typically get the voicemail of Sandy at x4150 or by pressing 4 from the main menu for the Service Department. I have never once had a call returned, even after being told directly that I would be called back by the end of that business day. You have to call multiple times to get them on the phone, and you're promised everything is fine, everything is as it should be... but its not. The manager Michael Cabrera at x4100 clearly sets the tone for this work environment as shown by his lack of promptness and efforts on follow up. One day on May 21st, Michael finally emailed me completely out of the blue. In his email, his excuse for not contacting me after two months was that my provided number is not working... wow, really? You mean that same number I have called your business from over 20 times now? Multiple time over and over again I called his direct line at x4100 and finally had him actually pick up his phone only for him to speak to me at the lowest inaudible disinterested tone of voice and place me on hold only to never pick up the phone again. Finally, this week of 9/22, I got a text message saying my part had been delivered. Dealing with these people is a joke and pure frustration. They are the epitome of don't give a shit, slow Miami service. If I didn't live on the beach, I would make it a point to go there in person everyday until my part was ordered and remind them and everyone within ear shot, how unprofessional and rude they are. What does it say about the level of competency, diligence, and care for customers that it takes an entire service department, including the manager, over six months to order a simple replacement navigation screen... Of which I was able to find myself online in less than 3 minutes? Unless you have to by decree of some horrid soul exchange pact with Satan himself, avoid CarMax Doral's service department at all cost, even and including paying more at a different service provider. I seriously feel for anyone who bought that Max Care extended warranty when they purchased their car.... I can't even imagine what using that would be like with these people. You could be lucky like me and have to drive there multiple times for the same issue, never have calls or emails returned, or best yet be told in person, I don't know I don't deal with that I'm going home now. Wow... just wow... 6 months !! read more