DISAPPOINTING TO SAY THE LEAST. **2 stars, because luckily I believe I purchased a decent vehicle.**
I was pleased when I found a 2012 VW Tiguan in pretty great condition for what I thought was a decent price for the mileage, etc. I was however, put off by a comment Walter made when we were negotiating during the purchase, "I don't negotiate. I let the car speak for itself." Well you are in the wrong business if you don't like negotiating, but that's fine. Car salesmen, I get it you have to hustle. The attitude was a warning I ignored.
The windshield had a wear-and-tear crack, which we noticed after the purchase. To FC Auto's credit, they offered to repair it for us since we didn't argue the price of the vehicle. Fair enough. We arrive to pickup the vehicle after the windshield replacement to find glass all over the dash, leather seats, floor. Dirt all over the car, like someone had been stepping on the seats and panels with dirty worker boots. We were extremely alarmed and started a thorough inspection of the vehicle to ensure we accounted for all damage.
Not only was the wrong windshield installed for the car, whoever installed it force-jammed it in, shaving it to fit, which broke the trim on the right side, scratched the paint above the install and broke the rain/light sensor. FC Auto cleaned the car, picked up all the glass vacuuming everything out, but refused to give us information regarding the installer. They gave us the runaround for a better part of 2 weeks, not answering phone calls and such. In the end, I had to show up in person twice to get things straightened out. Still never found out who the installer was (very sketch in my opinion)...
FC Auto ended up reimbursing us $250 for what ended up being $1,000's worth of damage (the sensor underneath the windshield was broken from jamming it in inappropriately, $470 fix, and the windshield is an incorrect fit, $475 replacement fee).
I understand that businesses need to turn a profit, I'm not naive. However, if they didn't want to replace the windshield, they should have just said so. Now instead of a $475 fix, we are forced to pay double to rectify the situation. All of this headache because they cut corners with their service.
I won't even get into the headache we experienced regarding our tags and their submission because its frankly not worth typing out. I understand now why used car dealerships get such a bad wrap. It didn't have to be a bad experience but when you're spending so much money, it should at least be pleasant. read more