This is a review of the service department, I am sure the sales department is just fine, as anyone will sell you a vehicle.
We had been in for a service a year or so ago here, and I was satisfied at that time and was happy that they threw in a car wash with their service.
However, we took our car in this winter for a recall item and because I had a voucher good for a car detail, oil change, and tire rotation. At the time, we were a one-vehicle family so when they told us the work would take a couple of days we planned accordingly. For some reason they did the detail first, so after a couple of days I had to call our account rep, Shari, to find out the status of the car. Well they were just starting the recall work, and since our car is a PHEV it is pretty involved. I called another day to check in, it would take longer....I cancelled our plans to go to the Zoo lights....I called another day to check in...and another day...I then cancelled our family trip to Portland to see family for the holidays...I called another day to check in...the entire recall process had re-booted and they weren't sure if they could release our car to us yet.
I actually forgave them for all of this, my real issue here is with communication. I am not sure if it is with our account rep or if this is how they normally run their organization. When I went to pick up my car, I got waived on without being handed any paperwork since I had a voucher for the other work. Also, no apologies for the several day delay on our vehicle without actually getting all of the work done, or apologies for the fact that we had to cancel several of our holiday plans. I didn't think anything of getting waived on until I saw that the sticker wasn't changed for our oil change and the car wasn't reset to monitor the oil level. Also, the headjack that was broken off in our vehicle hadn't been pulled out like we requested or the clock looked at that regularly runs slow. So I texted our rep to verify that our oil had been changed and if I could get a photo of the worksheet to verify it. After several text messages, I was assured it was done but never got a photo.
So a couple of weeks later I called to re-schedule our recall work and asked about the oil change. The person that answered the phone said that the oil change had been completed, "I mean, the ticket still says it's open, but I'm sure it was done." Very reassuring (sarcasm.)
So a couple of weeks later we have two vehicles driving over to drop off for the recall work...and...low and behold the only tech that can do the recall work headed out of town last minute the night before to get some training. Would I have been upset if they called us the night before to reschedule? Not at all. Am I absolutely upset that they let two vehicles drive an hour round trip to find out that they should have called us? Livid.
So I am pretty sure I will be paying for an oil change somewhere else just to be sure that it got done and will not be looking for another dealership to get the recall work done. Their account reps are disorganized and unapologetic. read more