I'd like to start by saying the sales department is not the problem. It is the Jim, the service department manager. We bought a 2016 Jeep Cherokee last September. Two weeks ago I had 1,975 miles on it. My check engine light came on. I was in NC at the time. I did not drive the jeep back home to IL, it was being carried on an auto transport. I did check the book and it said I could continue to drive the vehicle with the service engine light, but to get it serviced as soon as possible. I tried using my remote start before leaving for work once I was back in IL. It started, but then turned off by itself several minutes later. I assumed I had accidently pushed the button too many times. So I just started the engine normally and drove to work. After work, I tried using the remote start again. I had the same issue where it started, but after a minute, turned off. This time when I tried starting the car normally, it would not start at all. I had called Greenway Motors for service earlier in the day, but had to leave a message. Jim did call back and left a message on my phone. I waited until I got in my car to call him back. When I talked to Jim, he asked me to explain what was going on. I told him about the engine light, and that now my car wouldn't start at all. His first question was, "And you still drove it? You aren't supposed to drive it when the light goes on." I told him I didn't know that because I had checked the book and it said I could. He didn't seem to believe me. Then he said, "Well the car shouldn't have even started with that light on." I told him apparently it did, because I drove it to work that morning. He said that the car would have to be towed, at no cost to me. He asked me if I was at home, and I said no, I was in Sandwich in a parking lot. He gave me the 800 number for Chrysler Roadside Assistance. He said by the time the car was towed, it would be after hours so he would look at it first thing in the morning. I called the 800 number and explained the situation. They asked where I was and when I said Sandwich, they told me there would be a charge for towing because I was more than 16 miles from Morris. I said I was told there would be no charge and she said I would have to take it up with the service department. While I was on the phone with Roadside Assistance, I opened my door to get into my husband's truck. The panic alarm went off, all the lights began flashing. Roadside Assistance said to disconnect the battery, so my husband did. The car was towed at a cost of $60.00.
The next day, my husband tried to call Jim to find out what was going on with the car. He called several times throughout the day. Jim did not return his calls. My husband was told by a sales manager that Jim would call him back within a few minutes. He didn't. After repeated calls, my husband actually got in touch with Jim. Jim told him he would call him back in 10 minutes. This was at 1:15. At 2:40, my husband called again, and was told the car was ready for pick-up. When we got to the store, we asked to speak to Jim. We wanted to see what he would do about the towing bill. The first thing he told us was we shouldn't have unhooked the battery. We told him Roadside Assistance told us to do it. He said no they didn't. When I asked him about the towing bill, he told me he never said there would be no charge. After I said that he had said exactly that, he tried saying that he didn't realize how far I was from their service department. Again, I told him that wasn't true, because he knew I was in Sandwich. He said he didn't know what he could do about the bill since I was more than 16 miles away. He said he wanted to "quantify what he said." At this point my husband was very upset and said Jim was calling me a liar. Jim said since my husband wasn't there for the conversation, he couldn't know what was said. So again, he is saying that I am lying. Then he told my husband that he shouldn't have been calling him within minutes of each phone call. My husband answered that he didn't want to leave messages, he wanted to talk to Jim. Jim tried saying that he had called my husband several times. We have my husband's phone record that shows Jim only called once. My husband made all the phone calls. So he was also calling my husband a liar. Jim also told us he can't be sure what was wrong with the vehicle since we unhooked the battery, and we shouldn't have done that. Again, we were told to do that from Roadside Assistance.
I feel we were treated with such disrespect. Jim made me feel like I did something wrong when I drove the car, and then made me feel as if I didn't know what I was talking about when he said the car should not have even started with the light on. Apparently he doesn't know everything about the cars that he is servicing. We will never use the service department there again. And we still have a $60.00 towing bill. read more