Horrible! I would give 0 stars if I could and would wish to have nothing to do with Interstate Towing again if not for the fact that they are contracted with AAA. Last week, I had one of the worst days thanks to their terrible service and it was all over a battery change. It tooks hours and hours to get this done, 4 SERVICE CALLS and it became a huge drama, all due to their poor handling of the service calls. In case you don't want to read the whole review, at one point one of their service guys (Dean or Dane, I believe) said that the service call was taking too long and his dispatcher said that he had to leave. I could hardly believe it when he got in his truck and left me in the mall parking lot with the hood up, battery disconnected and the car dead. What!? Two more service calls from these jokers and hours later before I was able to drive my car out of the parking lot.
It all started in the morning when I went out to my car and the battery was dead. I called AAA and out came a service person. This guy who did the service call said that the battery might recover if it had a deep charge, and he told me that if I had the deep charge done but the battery wouldn't stay charged, the battery would be replaced for free under warranty. I have a AAA battery and it's replaced for free under warranty if it dies within 3 years. It was a hassle to do the deep charge, but I didn't want to pay for something under warranty so off to Sears I went to get the battery deep charged. Of course, the battery didn't hold the charge, so when the Sears mechanic drove my car out to the mall parking lot and turned it off, the car was dead. I called AAA for their battery replacement and that's when the true hell with Interstate Towing began.
Their service guy, Dean/Dane, seemed nice at first, but he was the WORST. It took a long time to do the battery test for the warranty replacement paperwork. During that time, I offered to call AAA to get the date of the battery replacement since I didn't have the paperwork. I didn't think I needed it since the first guy had the information. Dean/Dane said that he could get the date from his dispatcher, but when he finally asked him, the date came back as 2011, which would not be under full warranty replacement. I knew this wasn't right so I got on the phone to AAA. While I'm making this call and have AAA on the line, Dean/Dane tells me that his dispatcher says this service call is taking too long and he's going to leave. He would jump the car, but not replace the battery. I disagreed with this approach since why could the battery not be replaced since it takes so little time and I would have the date momentarily from AAA? Plus, I have the AAA membership and would we not all assume that a service call would be completed when the situation is addressed and battery replaced? Next up came the unbelievable part, when Dean/Dane went back to the truck and while I assume that it was to talk to the dispatcher, instead it was to drive off and leave me there with the hood up, battery disconnected and car dead like I mentioned above. I was SO FURIOUS and UPSET and SHOCKED. Since I was still on the phone with AAA and they were listening to this situation play out, the AAA agent quickly escalated my call to his manager (without my even asking).
Since I couldn't drive the car, AAA sent another service person out, which again was from Interstate Towing. I expressed my concern to AAA about getting the same company, but it sounded like my only choice. The next Interstate Towing guy, Jason (I believe), put the battery in the car but he couldn't get the terminals to attach it to tighten up. He tried for a while, all of the time muttering about the terrible day (tell me about it!) and throwing his tools down on the ground as if he's angry to be there. Plus, he pulled up his truck behind my car, which was in the driving lane of the mall parking lot, instead of parking in one of the many available parking spots close by. A few cars tried to pull up that lane and were forced to back up and turn around. When the first one came up, I pointed out that someone was behind the truck, and Jason's reply was that it was too bad for the person because he wasn't moving the truck. Nice. Since Jason couldn't fully connect the battery, we agreed that the car needed to be towed to my mechanic (at this point, so many hours had gone by that Sears was closed, plus I would want my mechanic anyway). So I had to call AAA AGAIN to get a tow truck.
Interstate Towing came out again with the tow truck. Their service guy, Pat S., gets this company the 1 star because he was helpful and actually got the car running. Hallelujah! He was perplexed that the car would have to be towed over the loose terminals, and so he tried some other tools and Presto!, the battery was tightened within minutes. He was courteous and took care of things in less than 15 minutes, which is read more