Corwin Ford Salesman will not provide you with accurate descriptions of the vehicle you are looking at. They will tell you there are certain features on a car when in fact there are not. Corwin Ford thinks it appropriate to mislead customers about the features of a car and chalk it up to a third party who may write inaccurate descriptions for them. Keep this in mind when looking at a vehicle and do not trust what the salesperson tells you. Apparently you are expected to do their job and take note of every single feature in the car. They will hand you a sheet they "made up themselves" and it will still be completely inaccurate.
More concerning, Corwin Ford does not feel the need to disclose active recalls and may lie right to your face when you ask about the ones listed on the Carfax. They put my family at risk when they failed to tell me about two recalls on the car which could result in injury. My salesperson said "I can't legally sell you the car with a safety recall open" in order to reassure me that they remedied the issue. So either they broke the law or flat out lied in order to con me into buying an unsafe car. We now found ourselves with a car with two safety recalls, one of which has no current resolution from the manufacturer. Would I have bought this car had I known this? Absolutely not.
Don't worry, it doesn't stop there. This vehicle was a certified pre-owned vehicle which is supposed to give peace of mind to the customer that they are purchasing a reliable car. In fact, this designation means absolutely nothing and is merely another attempt to sucker customers into wasting money on a car that is not fit for sale. Despite seeing the check marks which supposedly mean a passed inspection by technicians, we immediately found the second row seat mechanism was broken. If something as small and easy to identify as this is misrepresented, one can only wonder what more serious issues with the car are being covered up. But don't worry, they will fix it thanks to their limited warranty on blue certified cars... For $100. Yes, even though you just left the lot with a broken car. You're welcome valued customer.
We returned to address these issues and ended up trading in the car for the car WE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT INSTEAD had they been transparent about the recalls and state of the car. Dear friends, do you think we were welcomed with a sincere apology and assurance that this situation does not reflect their values and standards as a company?
OF COURSE NOT! We instead got a few poor excuses from a sales manager and a refusal from the General Manager, Cory Skeen, to meet with us because he was "too busy". Perhaps he was too busy ripping off customers and laughing about it. That I could believe.
In the end we returned two days after buying the car (had it not been a Sunday, we would have come back the following day) and paid more for the second car than we would have had we been able to make an informed decision on day 1. We merely wanted our money back and to buy the other car for it's price. An even trade to remedy their mistakes. However, they refused to give us a fair deal and we ended up paying $3k more than the other car was valued at. Again, more proof they had no desire to make things right and that they value money over customer satisfaction and their own reputation. I can only hope that the quality of this car is adequate since we spent a great deal of money trying to find something safe and reliable for our 3 children - the 3 children Corwin Ford put at risk when they failed to conduct themselves in an ethical manner.
At the end of the day, this company claims on their website to value the customer, to conduct themselves professionally, and to make car buying stress free, when in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. It is reprehensible that the Reno community allows such deplorable and dishonest business practices from this establishment. I can only assume that the positive google reviews were bought with their blood money. Corwin Ford and Cory Skeen should be embarrassed by their lack of integrity and basic human decency. In addition, Ford should be embarrassed to have their reputation and namesake tarnished by this apathetic and unscrupulous dealership.
My suggestion to you is to stay as far away from this dealership as you can. Should you find no way to avoid them and need a car from this dealership, assume that everything that comes out of their mouth is a lie. Know that they could care less about you and that their primary goal is to swindle you.
I would like to point out that I was more than willing to find an acceptable resolution alongside management. However, they care so little about holding to their "values" that they made no effort to make things right and the GM couldn't not even be bothered to make an appearance. I still welcome management to reach out so that we can discuss the absolutey unacceptable manner in which they run their business, however, I expect no such read more