I don't normally take the time to write reviews of any type for any business however I read them frequently to help make my own decisions. In that spirit, and for all the other people out there like me, I would be remiss not to share my very unfortunate experience with Heritage Ford in Scarborough.
I leased a brand new 2013 Ford Edge in December 2012. In April, 4 months later, I shut my driver's side door as I normally would and the entire back window on the tailgate shattered and blew out. I was shocked; luckily my kids were not sitting in the back seat.
I immediately called the dealership and, seeing as it was Friday afternoon, they indicated that there wasn't much they could do until Monday and that the part would need to be ordered. I asked if I should come over so they could see it and ensure there would be no issues in terms of covering the cost under warranty. They basically said, "sure if you feel like it". When I got there after driving very slowly so as not keep dislodging pieces of the widow into the back storage area of the truck, the service manager looked at the back window, took a few pictures and told me to bring the truck back Monday. No one offered to tape the remaining parts of the window or tarp over the now basketball-sized hole in the window I was left to do that myself. I was sent away with a warning that it would cost about $900 to fix and that they would try and make it a warranty claim Monday with the warranty office.
Long story short the claim was denied while the repair was being done, I was given a number at head office that I could call to try and appeal my own case, which was also denied at which point the dealership, said they would pursue a "goodwill" claim on behalf but that would take a week. Essentially they could not show there was a defect in the window which I guess makes sense since the window was in thousands of pieces though I would have thought that by itself was a defect. I was offered a sad $100 discount on the repair and paid $750 out of pocket. 4 weeks later and the dealer has not called back about the goodwill claim despite my 4 follow-up calls to them. I even tried to speak with the dealerships general manager and I was blown off. To top it all off they broke the latch on the back lift-gate while fixing the window and had to keep the truck an extra day, it still doesn't shut well consistently, the repair was done shoddily leaving pieces of glass all over the back deck and inside the gate between the panels even though I asked ahead of time to make sure that was cleaned out and there are tiny scratches all over the back bumper and paint work around the window thanks to their "repair" work.
Bottom line, avoid this dealership at all costs unless being ignored or talked down to when you do get them on the phone and spending hundreds on "non-warranty" repairs to brand new vehicles is your thing. read more