Didn't do all the work they had 3 weeks to prepare for. Tried to charge an extra 10% for "shop supplies."
Bought my car in July 2016. In the 8 months I've had it, I received 3 recall notices. The first two were some reprogramming that needed to be done, but the last one was something to do with the door latches that needed to be fixed. So I finally decided to take it in to get them taken care of.
I called Ed Kenley, and they said the earliest they could get it in would be in 3 weeks, so I set up the appointment for three weeks later. They said that the programming ones could be done real quick but the door latches would take pretty much all day. I told them that would be fine. I also told them that I had an extra key fob and blank key that I needed programmed and cut. They said it would be $59 for the programming, and $30 for the cut. I said that would be fine.
The day comes. I take my car in at 8am. The guy in the service department tells me the same thing about how long it was going to take, but then he asks where I got my key fob. I tell him off ebay. He says that sometimes fobs from ebay don't work, but they'd have to charge me even if it doesn't. I say ok, as this is an actual Ford fob, I'm not worried, but if it doesn't work, I accept that I'm out $59.
Six hours later, I get a phone call saying my car is done, but they were only able to do the reprogramming recalls and not the door latches, because they didn't have the parts. They also said that the key fob worked, but they refused to cut the key blank, because they didn't know what it was made of. So it took them six hours to do some reprogramming, and program a key fob. I was pretty annoyed since I had made the appointment 3 weeks ago, you'd think they could've had the parts by then. I asked when they would have the parts, and they told me they didn't know, and I'd just have to call back and ask, which I thought was pretty horrible, but whatever.
I go to pick up my car, the lady hands me my invoice and the total is over $70. I look at it a little confused since it was only supposed to be $59 for the programming, and I notice they've added $6 for "shop supplies." I ask the lady what that is for and she proceeds to tell me that they add it to all of the invoices. So I asked why. She didn't know, so she called over the service guy who I gave my car to at the beginning. I ask him why there's a charge for "shop supplies" and he tells me they add that to all the invoices. So I ask him why. He says for computers and towels and everything. So I asked why that isn't included in the estimate, and instead it's tacked on at the end. He gets visibly upset and grabs the invoice and stomps over to a computer to print up a new one.
On this one, he's lowered the price of the service by 6 dollars, but the "shop supplies" is still there to the tune of $5.50. So still 10% of the total bill. I don't argue anymore since I'm already annoyed and it's the price I'm expecting, I just pay and leave. But be warned, they have a policy here that they charge you for shop supplies, and it added 10% to my bill after they didn't do all of the service they'd had 3 weeks to prepare for. read more