My husband and took his 23 XM in for scheduled maintenance. (thankfully all covered under warranty)…read moreWe sat there for 3 hours. When the vehicle was ready the service tech called him to tell him it was ready and said that he'd been looking for him. My husband told him that we were still sitting there in the waiting area where he had first greeted us. We'll know next time to just drop the vehicle off. I will say that the show room was really clean and one of the salespeople were really nice to us, as we walked around looking at other vehicles.

I'm extremely disappointed with my recent BMW purchase experience with BMW of South Atlanta. After…read morebringing the vehicle home, I attempted to set up my driver profile and quickly realized that key features--like Comfort Access and the Alexa integration--were not functioning at all. I contacted BMW Assist and ConnectedDrive support, only to find out that the vehicle requires a software update for these features to work properly. This is something that absolutely should have been addressed prior to the sale. I then reached out to my sales representative, who told me I could take the car to a nearby dealership to resolve the issue. However, when I arrived at a local dealership for the software update, I was informed that the update would cost $450 and take anywhere from 2 to 6 hours. This was incredibly frustrating and unacceptable. I just purchased this vehicle, and now I'm being asked to pay out of pocket and spend half a day fixing something that should have been fully operational before I ever drove it off the lot. To make matters worse, the dealership I purchased the vehicle from is over an hour away, and I had already made two separate trips there within a 4-day span during the negotiation and purchase process. After that time investment, I expected the car to be fully ready and all features operational at delivery. After playing phone tag with the dealership I purchased from for the past week, I was repeatedly told I would receive a call back the next day. It has now been three days with no follow-up at all. When I finally did get information, I was told that Comfort Access is actually a separate feature and that my X3 does not include it--something that was never clearly communicated during the sales process. I was also told that Amazon Alexa was a feature I could use, but that it expires at the end of this month, which is surprising as I've never encountered that with previous BMWs. Even more frustrating, after getting home and attempting setup, Alexa does not appear as an installed app in the vehicle at all and the dealership has informed that I will need to bring the X3 back in for them to do further updates. To add further context, this is my sixth BMW, and by far the worst experience and level of service I have ever had with a vehicle purchase. This experience has left a very negative impression. For a brand that prides itself on luxury and customer experience, this level of oversight, lack of transparency, and poor follow-up is disappointing. Buyers should not have to deal with additional costs, unclear feature availability, and lack of communication immediately after purchase just to have basic advertised features working.