I bought a 2013 Dodge journey from Karla ( supposedly my friend) back in in April 2019.
I did not test drive it due to trusting a " friend" ( stupid me) but as soon as I got into the car it was dirty and has a smell to it, and when I drove it off the lot it started to make a knocking sound on the driver side so I texted Karla and told her about it and she told me to bring it back down so I did and they " fixed it" so then I'm driving my car a couple days later and the sound comes back, So I again text Karla and tell her so she tells me to bring it in. I again bring my car in and her mechanic " fixes" it again and this time it was the struts. So I'm driving my car again and what do you know another sound so text her again and it's the "sway bar linx" few days pass another sound so I bring it back now it's the "sway bar itself". A week or so goes by and another sound Soni take it back in and now it's the "back axel" then shortly after the "front axel" so after all of this and her mechanic not properly fixing my car I had my personal friend who is a mechanic look at it when he looked under the hood alone (and by the way when I drove the car off the lot she told me my oil was changed, the coolent was full, break fluid etc) well the coolent was not full and the resavour was not bolted back in just free floating in my car, there was NO break fluid, I had to put in 3 quarts of oil, there were all kinds of nuts and bolts under where the windshield wipers are, and the roaters and breaks were bad as well... Also there was a strange sound and my car shifted rough at times so I told them my TRANSMISSION was going out( I bought a 3 month extended warranty thank God) they kept telling me for 2.5 month that's it was not the transmission, then right before my warrenty was up they were like oh yeah it is the transmission so Karla told me she was gunna have my car go to a " real" shop and have them fix my car since her mechanic wasn't doing the proper job, so I get a call from DRIVETRAIN SERVICE and Mark the owner told me that my transmission was gunna be $3500 and that my warrenty was only covering $1500 so I called Karla and was like why am I paying $2000 out of pocket for a car IV only had for 2.5 months? And she reassured me she would help and that she will find one. Well she found one alright straight out of a pick a part yard threw LKQ and the car the transmission came out of was in a bad accident. At this point I didn't know this, and I also told Karla I did not want drivetrain to work on my car cause I called the shop and asked a some question and they couldn't answer it. Karla told me they would not be working on it, bit when I go to pick it up my car was there and they installed the transmission! Now when I pick up my car after them having it for 3.5 weeks straight Mark the owner tells me they had an issue with the transmission case and the pan wasn't fitting so they " ordered 3different pans" and could get the leak to stop so they decided to put cylicone around the pan to stop the leak and for me to keep an eye out for leaks. A week or so goes by and the transmission is still leaking so I called DRIVETRAIN SERVICE back and td him so I brought it back it and they " fixed" it but when I picked it up it was still leaking. I called them multiple times after that with no response Karla wasn't helping anymore so my car was broken I had to put 2 quarters of transmission fluid in my car every 2 weeks for 5 months because drivetrain would respond to my messages and also yd me they owned my warrenty. And they voided out my warrenty because of the damage that was already on the transmission from the prior accident..
Karlas Kars is shady, their cars are garbage and they charge you in your lease $500 to "fix the car" which obviously they did not and another $500 for " a cleaning of the car fee" which my car was dirty to the point I had spent $70 to detail it after I already attempted to clean it. I referred one of my other friends to this place before I had a lot of my issues and there is a $200 refferal fee which I have not received, and to my surprise my friends car she had for only 2 months and her TRANSMISSION went out too..
DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SHADY PLACE. THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR HOW THE CAR WILL BREAK AFTER 3 MONTHS!
Karla will tell you that it's crazy the car is garbage cause the " auction gave it a green light" and what that means is if it rolls over the line it works.
I currently have an open claim against this dealers bond with the dmv for everything. Beware of this lot! read more