This is not favorable at all. Upon the purchase of the Mitsubishi Outlander Sport our son had during the purchase requested and paid for two additional packages the Sport Package and the Winter Package which included Remote Engine Start start and Tailgate spoiler etc... about $1k in additional packages.
They said they found a car with most of the options he wanted however they would have to put the remote start in at another time. Turned out the car they brought to the dealer had none of the options installed and they still had to order the parts but promised a courtesy car when he came in to have the packages installed
Because they did not have these packages in stock they had to order them- we were assured by Anthony that this would not be a problem and would take basically one day to have it all installed. Since we have tight schedules the time down without a car was important, but they assured us it could be done in one day- or if need be a loaner would be provided. We got the call that all the parts were in- Son spoke to Henri and went over the whole list of items that were to be installed, Henri said yes yes all the parts are in..Took car to Ewing- here is the complaint-
Had to go back 2 times for parts, they tried to installing 3rd party parts because the mechanic couldn't install the Mitsubishi parts properly (Mitsubishi Remote Start) KNOWING it would void the Mitsubishi Warranty and when this was brought to their attention it was denied, saying it wouldn't and that Mitsubishi doesn't offer a remote start- really? it is on the Mitsubishi website highly unlikely Mitsubishi is going to offer parts as packages and then not have them available. Tyler service manager said it would not void warranty, Ed parts manager said it would. J&S did not want to honor all the parts in the package we paid for, they did not give a battery for the 2nd spare key. A loaner car was required, however it didn't have gas so had to fill the tank- without reimbursement back. The issue with the loaner was that no one told Service/Parts the car was scheduled. Communication.
Week of 4/3- had to take the car in for a engine light that said "Fuel System Requires Service"- WHAT? it's less than a month old- so Was not about to drive back to J&S so took it to Buhler Mitsubishi - and guess what the first question was out of the service dept was- you guessed it- "did you have a remote auto start installed and is it Mitsubishi or 3rd party?" responded- Mitsubishi and showed the key- they said good- because it would have violated the cars warranty if we had -had a 3rd party part installed- NO KIDDING.
Sat 4/15- Drove all the way to Ewing to pick up the plates for both cars but it didn't seem right because we have special plates for the sons car. So this Monday 4/17- went to the DMV to verify the plate change and registration because there are special plates on the car- this was screwed up, DMV was pretty clear that J&S messed up the transfer plates for the registration so that going to cost additional money on our end to fix.
Originally Anthony was to be the salesman on the car purchases but they had us work it over with Henri- (nice switch) who in the grand scheme of things has no business being a negotiator. IN fact Henri didn't add all the extra money for the package parts under optional accessories into the contract, he just added the additional amount paid- to the total cost of the car, so when we went back to get the packages installed- it looked like we hadn't paid for the accessories- So actually had to sit down and break it all down barney style for him and the service department could see what the dollar was and parts were-Service understood- not sure about Henri.
What customer do you know that just says, "HEY pal, go ahead and add $1k to my contract I'm feeling generous today!" Really? because we just wanted too? and to make it look like it's my fault when clearly our hand writing and package call out on the negotiating paperwork is ON the negotiating and final cost paperwork! We actually called Mitsubishi to discuss these issues with them and they assured us that Mitsubishi does take complaints seriously but that J&S is an independent Dealer. SMH
They didn't trailer in the car they actually drove it from Totowa to Ewing which is roughly 100 miles or 1 hr & 30 min, whichever comes first with traffic. read more