If I could give this place less than one star, I would. At first, I really loved the placed. They had a helpful staff that sold us what we "THOUGHT" was a nice, used vehicle. It had a brand new transmission and everything seemed to be great. We used their service station to get frequent oil changes (my husband drives 90 miles round trip to work 5-6 days per week.)
Less than a year after we got the vehicle (about 8 months into it) our new transmission failed as my husband was accelerating onto 610 in Brooklyn Park. We had the car towed to our home.
I called Hayford Ford inquiring about whether there was a warranty on the (less than a year old) transmission. They flat out told me "no." I called them twice to be absolutely sure.
We had one vehicle and the transmission almost costs as much as the car itself. I looked on the transmission and called "Jasper" motors in a last ditch effort to get some help. To my surprise they told me to take it back to them because they "absolutely had to replace it under warranty and if I had a problem then call them back."
I made the call, a third time, this time stating that I spoke with Jasper and that I was covered under warranty. Low and behold, they said, "Okay. Bring it in." Without ANY questions whatsoever. At this point, I did not trust them but if we brought it anywhere else, we would have to pay up front and then be reimbursed. It would only be fully (immediately) covered if I went back to them because they were the ones that installed it.
We had it towed in and they looked at it and said that they thought they saw the crankshaft was broken. (Which by calling around, I found out is pretty rare on a car.) Later that day, they called us and said that they could order the transmission but we needed a brand new engine. The new engine would be more than what we paid for the vehicle in the first place.
Before I towed it in I had my father, who is a very decent (but not certified) mechanic, look over the entire vehicle and he absolutely, did NOT believe it was the engine. I had him speak with them about the vehicle (as I am not fluent in auto lingo). He was very leary about the things that they said. He was also there when we towed it in.
We gave them the go ahead to order the transmission and leave the engine alone. They urged us not to do that because the engine would wreck the transmission. So to appease them, I told them to go ahead and that we would tow it out again until we could afford the engine. (Obviously, with no intention of taking it back to them.)
A few weeks later, the transmission was done. With so little trust, my father walked into the shop to make sure than they put it a new transmission (he checked the new case to see if the old transmission was in it). They made sure to mark on our receipt that the engine was bad in order to avoid having to assume any responsibility of fixing it again.
We had our car towed out, straight to another certified mechanic that we actually trust. He looked everything over and gave us a call and said, " I can't find a thing wrong with this engine." Hayford Ford also did NOT put any transmission fluid in our vehicle. It was bone dry. We drove the car for a year and half after the incident and recently upgraded. The engine never went out, although we did have several other minor problems. We owned it for about 2 1/2 years .
Hayford LIED about the engine and I am going to guess that it is because they made NOTHING off of putting in a new transmission. They are greedy and dishonest. They intentionally lied to me more than once. They are great when you are a "paying" customer but if they have to cover an expensive part under a warranty, they are very rude.
I would also like to mention that, aside from the bone-dry transmission fluid, they also flipped our floor mats onto our seats and there was dirt everywhere! It was all over and in the creases of our seats. They didn't even bother to clean up their mess!
This company's conduct and business practice is deplorable. I would not even trust them with an oil change. I will NEVER use them for any service EVER again. I URGE everyone else to stay far away. Beware. read more