Koch 33 Ford, DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CLIENT SAFETY!!!
Koch 33 Ford sold me a vehicle that should have never passed state inspection or allowed to be driven off the lot. Below is my side of the story. I have an inspection report from a local garage attached.
I took a used SUV that I was interested in for a test drive with salesmen Greg in the passenger seat, it had new inspection stickers on it. Made a right-hand turn heard knocking that got faster as I slowed down, then eventually stopped (Greg acknowledged that he heard it also) I also mentioned that the SUV struggles to stop, like the brakes need work (Greg did not acknowledge that statement). But as I said above the SUV had brand new inspections stickers on it, weeks old inspection stickers according to the date. How bad could it be? I get a good price with negotiating for a short time and bought the Toyota RAV4. Fastest purchase I ever made at a dealership. Should have been a sign!
I took the SUV to a local garage the next week to get it looked over with a purchase inspection, I want a background on the SUV, a list of things I will want to start fixing or maintaining since it is an older 2007 with 166K on it (bought it as a secondary or beater) so there will be old parts and neglected things that were put off by the previous owner(s), we all do it! Want to get ahead of things to get the old SUV to last. Expecting it to be a safe and solid car, only to find that I have been driving an SUV for a little over a week that should NOT HAVE PASSED State-Inspection. Brake Pads were rusted and warn, Rotors/Linkages are warn/rusted and have bad compression (makes sense why the SUV, STRUGGLES TO STOP!). BOTH REAR SWAY BARS BUSTED, (makes sense why the SUV, WAS KNOCKING ON TURNS) along with 2 other red safety issues that no garage will let a vehicle pass, was the cabin filter needed replaced and 5 safety or exterior lights on the SUV were out or nonfunctional (the Filter and Lights I had fixed on the spot since that was expected and to me not a big deal).
I called to see what Koch 33 Ford could do since I drove a vehicle off the lot that is NOT ROAD WORTHY, they really did not seem to have a sense of urgency (was not them in the car and they have their money). I feel that they do not care that they sold me a vehicle that I could have gotten hurt or done harm to others (or worse), even though they inspected the SUV a few weeks before I bought it. Since they were not showing signs of getting back to me (hours went by) no return call, I got the SUV back from Dave's Auto in Stockertown and brought the SUV back to Koch 33 Ford myself and talked to one of the sales managers, Jim (since Greg was with another customer) It seemed like Jim already had my car info pulled up, looking into things which was insuring. I told Jim that it is not a safe car that I am just giving Koch the key and provided them with the inspection report from Dave's, I would like to know how they intended to fix it and a schedule. Only to get resistance saying "the rotors and brakes passed inspection when they had it" I asked them to look it over and give another opinion they can keep it and left, I did not want to get into an argument. A full day day went by with no call or contact in any way. So, I stopped in again on my way home from work (1 and a half days) after around lunch. Only to find out that they intended to just fix the sway bars, had to show them Dave's inspection report AGAIN, with the braking system as well, that was about to turn into an argument, but the sales manager said that he was going to talk to the techs because he doesn't know inspection laws. 10 minuets later he came back and finally said we will fix that also "parts were just ordered". I do not really trust them much right now, so I may have it checked again.
I am glad I did not wait to have the vehicle looked over by someone else, I feel that if months went by I would have been shafted, either had a crash or brought it in because something was not working right, and been stuck with a heavy repair bill! That they would have said, it is on you to fix this is typical maintenance, wear and tear on a vehicle of that age. Even though if I was paying for an inspection, if it was my car already they would not have passed it the first time. Koch 33 Ford, does the bare minimum to scrape by with inspections when they are selling a used car overlooked fatal items (thinking about reporting them to the state or PennDOT!) and will sell you a vehicle that is not fit to be on the road! Everyone knows that if you were getting the car regularly inspected at the establishment they would not pass it and charge you for every little thing like wiper blades. I had to go through a lot of effort to get them to do the right thing with a UNSAFE suv! I have photos of my local garage's inspection report attached if interested, sorry for the book.
DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE WORKING WITH ANY KOCH DEALERSHIP!
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