I will do everything in my power to avoid returning to Fiesta Kia in Albuquerque. The service was slow, the quality control was shoddy, and the communication was nonexistant.
I took my vehicle in for brake repairs on Tuesday, 28 May and was told they needed to order a part, but the work would be completed on Friday, 31 May. I provided my phone number and email address as well as giving them permission to contact me via text message. More than a week passed with no word. On Wednesday, 5 June, three working days after the repair was supposed to be complete, I called Fiesta Kia for an update, but could not reach an employee, so left a voicemail. My call was never returned, so I called again on Thursday, 6 June. An employee told me he would call back in 15 minutes. He did not. Two hours later I called the dealership again, was transferred again to the same employee who again promised to call me back in 15 minutes. He again failed to follow through. On Friday, 7 June I called the dealership again, was transferred to voicemail, and left a message which, again, was never returned. On Monday, 10 June, I called and was told that my vehicle had not yet been diagnosed. Tuesday, 11 June, I called the dealership and escalated the issue to a service manager. The service manager informed me my vehicle would be ready that afternoon or the morning of the 12th at the latest as they wanted to quality check the repair work. I recieved no followup to this, so I waited until 11 AM the on the 12th and left a message for the service manager. The message was never returned. At noon, I called the dealership again and was informed that my car had been ready to pick up all morning. Despite the extra time devoted to quality assurance, an employee found another minor issue with the vehicle while bringing it to reception, necessitating another half hour wait. Happily, I was finally able to recover my vehicle. Given the unbroken succession of incompetence and unfulfilled promises, I will be taking my vehicle to another dealership to check the work.
Delays in repair work are understandable. Persistent failures to notify the customer are not. I have always taken my vehicle to Kia dealerships for maintenance. I am willing to pay the premium for dealership service because of the presumption of professionalism and competence. Every other
dealership has done an excellent job fulfilling these tenets, and notified me proactively about my vehicle's condition and repair progress. Unfortunately, Fiesta Kia has provided a sad outlier in an otherwise positive Kia dealership experience. So, if you want your vehicle to disappear for two and a half weeks with precisely zero communication from the dealership, feel free to take it to Fiesta Kia. Otherwise, look elsewhere. read more