Based on the small amount of reviews for this Harley shop given the large number of riders in the Chicago area, I doubt Yelp will dissuade many of them from going to Illinois Harley Davidson. Any place should be given a chance, but I would highly recommend looking beyond Illinois HD for your service needs. I cannot speak much outside of my experience with Service and Parts. But the service experience was extremely disappointing and I have zero trust in their work.
I've bounced around dealers in the Chicago area the past few years, since I live in the city, none of them is conveniently located, so I look for the best deals. I gave Illinois HD a shot because as part of the Wild Fire dealership group, they had a $100 rebate per tire on new dunlop installs. I needed new tires and a 10k service before taking off for a 7000 mile trip in August.
My first experience was average, I could tell this was a 'get em in, get em out' kind of shop - no real customer service, just a shop that values turnover and $$$ above anything else.
I decided I needed one more job, switching my mid controls to forwards. I also now had an oil leak which I suspected was due to the 10k service (the leak came from the filter) - so with a $200 rebate check in hand, and a concern about the leak, I brought the bike back here. Big mistake.
I was given an estimate of 5-7 days before they could begin. Not a problem. Days came and went, and by day 10, I had not heard from them. I called them and was told the parts had just got in. OK, great - but how bout picking up the phone and telling me your estimate is going to be off? This shop does not call you at all - you have to call them. So after a few more days, I had not heard from them. Called back only to hear the same statement - 'we just got the parts'. What a joke. This runaround continued until day 13, when I finally had to get a Writer to promise me they were putting my bike on the rack... Day 15 I picked up my bike only to find 1) they dismissed the oil leak, which continued to happen afterwards, and 2) the forward controls were so loose they were practically falling off the bike. I had to get someone to take my bike back and tighten the controls.
This tells me they did not test ride my bike. That's a big no-no in my book. Quality assurance and communication is all I can ask for with a service department. This shop failed at both.
i later had service at a shop in Arizona (Buddy Stubbs in Phoenix, EXCELLENT service) tell me the oil leak was the result of an improperly fastened oil filter. Guess who did that work?
Before I left on my trip I contacted who I thought to be the general manager of the Wild Fire group (off their website) to communicate the lack of quality and received no response. That was over a month ago.
If you value your safety, i'd avoid a shop that is reckless with its service. No doubt they're overwhelmed, but that's no excuse. Sorry for the long review. I don't complain often, but this needed to be said. read more