Land Rover of Richmond Saved the Day!
I think if a review is too long that people tend to stop reading. The problem is I have a long story, and want to point out how amazing Land Rover of Richmond was.
We live in northern Virginia and decided to purchase a 2021 Range Rover. We found one at a local dealer (not Richmond) and went in prepared to work out a deal. Unfortunately the dealer seemed disinterested in making a deal with us and gave us the runaround for several days. Frustrated I reached out to their sister dealer (another dealer in NoVa) and asked their sales manager if we could make the deal for the vehicle we wanted and have him transfer it to their sister dealership. After some back and forth they finally secured the vehicle. We came in the next day, traded our 2021 BMW 750 and picked up our brand new 2021 Range Rover.
The first 6 days were amazing. The truck drove beautifully, the features were great and we generally had no complaints. On the 7th day my wife was driving 55+ MPH down the road when all of the alert lights come on, the power steering stopped working and my wife nearly crashed. Fortunately we made it home, contacted the dealer and they sent a flat bed to come out and tow our truck in. We proceeded to spend the next week waiting for the dealer to find the issue with our brand new Rover. In the end they identified a bad pin out on one of the electric component chassis. They resolved the issue, and we re-picked up our Rover a week later, cautious but hopeful. Four days later we started noticing some squeaking when driving and then as if the car was pulling or the alignment was off. We immediately made an appointment and drove an hour to the dealer to have them look at. The dealer heard the issue immediately, and we proceeded to stand outside (with my 7 year old who has an autoimmune disease) in 95+ degree weather while they took it to the shop to resolve the problem. Ultimately they came back and said that they thought it was the brakes and that there had been a breakdown due to a liquid, likely from a car wash, that had caused a chemical decomposition of the brake pads. Uh. Ok.
Unfortunately they didn't have brake pads (seems like a common thing to have in stock for a service center) so they sent us home with promises to resolve the issue.
So at this point I've spent 120K on a brand new truck that I had owned for 3 weeks but only had in my garage for 1. We had experienced two safety related issues and were growing generally uncomfortable with continuing to be in this specific truck. We reached out to the management of the dealer and made it known that we wanted then to find us a comparable vehicle and give us that instead (and that we'd pay the difference). The dealer called us back and told us we could come pick up our original trade and they'd just rescind the deal. Of course this was after 15 emails, 20 phone calls and every escalation you could think of.
We went and picked up our BMW and drove home, disappointed but also somewhat relieved to be rid of the lemon that we had been sold.
A day later I reached out to two or three dealers, one of them being Land Rover of Richmond. I explained my situation and asked if they'd be willing to work with us, with the understanding that we'd have to work out the parameters of the deal from afar as Richmond is several hundred miles from where we live. Matt emailed me back within minutes and apologized for our experience and then asked if he contact me the following day because he wanted to help us.
Matt called the next day and we completed what was probably the easiest and stress free purchase/trade I've ever done (and we've bought A LOT of cars). Matt was professional, courteous and delivered.
We drove down the following day, traded our 750 (again) and then picked up our second new Range Rover.
Our experience with the new Rover has been everything you'd expect it to be. Amazing truck. Love everything about it, have no complaints.
Matt called me a few days later just to check up and see how things were going, truly exceptional customer service.
I'll take the trip to Richmond next time I'm in the market, simply out of loyalty. read more