Hello Louann,
I recently purchased a new truck from the Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat dealership in Georgetown and had a less then ideal experience. After talking to others about my experience, I realized that many others have had the same horrible experience with this dealership as I did. I don't usually write complaint letters, but I hope by writing this It can prevent someone from being burned like we were!
June 22 my husband and I purchased a brand new 2015 dodge ram. We went with the SXT model and asked for a few things to be added (remote starter, spray in liner, rustproofing, and leather seats). This is not our first time buying a new vehicle and we were a little skeptical about changing the seats to leather (because we couldn't see it before hand) but we were assured that the leather they were putting in was top quality, the same stuff they use for high end vehicle and that it would look better then any leather that was stock. So we said ok, put the leather in. The next day we get a phone call from the finance manager saying that everything was approved but that they have a little problem...... Since we have bought so close to the end of the month (?!?!), they will not be able to put anything we had asked for in the car and that in order for us to get our discounts we must take possession of the truck by June 30th and make 4 separate appointments on our own time, to bring it back and have everything done. So we said "are your crazy? No, we are not picking it up until it's all done". Even though we were down to 1 car, we were willing to wait to make sure it was done properly. So they call us back and say "ok we will get if done for you, be here to pick up the truck June 30th". So June 30th arrives and we take a look in the truck before we go into sign the papers. We knew right away even just by looking in the window that something wasn't right with the leather. So we go in to sit down and talk to the finance manager, and the first thing he says is "I just wanted to let you know that they did an AMAZING job with the leather in the truck! It looks so nice that I had to call everyone in the shop to come see it!" So me and my husband look at each other with a face because we could tell by the away he was acting that something was going on. After repeatedly asking to see the truck before we signed the papers, they give us the keys and we go have a look. Sure enough the leather was HORRENDOUS. It seriously looked like we brought it to the flea market to get done, definitely didn't look like we just spent and extra $2000 on it. You could see the foam where the seatbelt is, on one of the passengers side the leather was all scratched up and on the centre console, the leather was so loose you could literally grab it with your hand. Not to mention that the plastic foot step on the car was all scratched and broken and that the car was dirty!!!!! They didn't even try to clean it a bit! Like seriously NOTHING. So we said "there is no way that we are taking this truck home" after lots of time and arguing, they told us that we have to buy a truck from them because we signed a contract and they gave us an ultimatum, take the truck at a discount or buy another truck off them. After lots of thinking we decided to go with another truck. It was ALOT more money ($13,000 more). Another brand new 2015 dodge ram, only this was the sport. In all fairness it was a truck my husband originally wanted and they did give us a good deal on it. So here I am thinking "ok, everything is done and we can move on from this". Clearly not, and this is when I realized that what had happened was not just a mistake, and that the managers at this place truly have no clue about customer service and do not deserve any business. They new truck was not only dirty again!!!! But once we got home we saw a rust spot on the inside of the back hatch!! THIS IS A BRAND NEW $53,000 TRUCK AND THEY TELL US "that's too bad, we'll try and fix that up for you later"
This whole experience has been really heart wrenching. Our salesman that sold us the truck was honestly a really amazing guy and you could tell how disappointed he was over what had happened, but unfortunately something's are just out of his control and when you work for a dealership where everyone around you just doesn't care then there is not much he can do! One seriously shady dealership!! read more