In the past 6 months or so, this shop has shifted from our favorite auto care place to our WORST.
My husband and I took both of our cars in to Firestone yesterday (Saturday), and paid big money for brand new tires after our fusion tires (*cough cough* recommended by staff as the best of the best 80,000 miles tires on the market) didn't last past 30,000 miles. Spent a thousand dollars on all 4 tires and still had the other vehicle's expenses to deal with.....
The other vehicle needed a routine oil change and alignment, first of all. In addition to that, I asked for them to check my wiper blade connections because I had suspected the right bar to be broken and needed to be fixed. They proceeded to tell me that my recently replaced wiper blades were just streaky.
This was not what I asked them to do...... (they didn't even check the arm connections like I asked them to check!!!!)
I also asked them to look at my coolant hoses etc. to make sure they were not leaky because my check engine light sporadically has been turning on and off.
They offered a diagnostic for $99 that I graciously declined (since last time, they diagnosed another issue incorrectly yet still charged me $99 to do so).
After their services were done, they told me I needed a whole new water pump and it was leaking coolant everywhere. I agreed to get it fixed for approximately another thousand dollars (expensive due to the extensive labor that needed to be put in)...
They proceeded saying they had to order the part and they would have it first thing the next day (Sunday morning) in order to get it fixed, so I left my debilitated car at their shop overnight. They told me they'd call me on Sunday to update me.
Sunday at 1:30pm---- NO CALL. So I had to call them. Unacceptable.
According to whoever answered the phone Firestone was APPARENTLY sent the wrong part, knew this when it got there first thing in the morning because they had to reorder the correct part, and failed to call me to tell me that my car wouldn't even be STARTED until the next day (MONDAY morning) IF they got the right part sent to them.
Wouldn't it make sense to call someone ASAP to tell them they're not going to have their car back until a whole day later than previously told?
Wouldn't it make sense to tell their customer they may have to take time off of work, or figure out another way to commute to work on Monday morning.....?
Wouldn't it make sense for firestone to call other dealerships in the area to try to expedite the correct part and put a rush on this car situation?
Instead....They said they had no idea why anyone didn't call me to tell me or discuss anything about this with me, they offered no other solutions to alleviate the mishap, and will most likely not even call me tomorrow morning to update me on my vehicle.
For someone who has spent multiple thousands of dollars at this location... I am completely disappointed with this service I have been receiving and am considering moving my auto care needs to somewhere else who CAN take care of their customers. read more