I bought a car from Haacke Motors a few months ago. When I test drove the car I noticed a slight power surge while the car shifted into second gear. When I asked Carter (The Dealership owner) if he knew anything about it, he said it was the first he had heard of it. But assured me that he would take it to a Ford mechanic in the morning to have it checked. He told me he had it checked by a Ford mechanic and it all checked out fine. So I felt confident, and bought the car.
Only a couple days after taking it home, I noticed enormous, and dangerous, lunging and shuttering while shifting. So I took it to a Ford dealer. They checked into it, and reported that there where leaky seals and a number of problems with the transmission that took an entire work day of shop labor to fix in order to be fit for the road.
When I called Carter about the issue that Ford found, I asked him if he would be interested in an auto buy-back because an issue I had asked about and he assured me was fine before I bought the car, was in fact a very big and dangerous issue. When I was interested in buying the car, Carter always answered his phone and was always very accommodating. After alerting him of this issue he said he would get back to me, and I could not get a hold of him for two weeks. He was not returning phone calls or texts. It wasn't until I threatened to involve our family lawyer that Carter finally called me right back. He left a message though, and explained that as far as he is concerned it was a non-issue, whatever that was supposed to mean.
If you find a car being sold at Haacke Motors that you are interested in, I advise spending a little time and money having it thoroughly checked by a trusted mechanic. But even then, you might want to shop elsewhere. They come across as trustworthy people, but they are very dishonest and only interested in making their cash register ring. If you have any issues with a car you bought from them, they will avoid you and will not stand behind what they sold you. Just a speculation, but I am quite certain Carter knew about the transmission issue before selling me the car. It is disappointing to see local businesses run like this. I am only running this review because I hope to prevent anyone else from making the enormous mistake I made. I am now stuck with a bad car that I cannot sell without losing thousands of dollars.
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