Why not to buy a Ford and specially why not to buy it at Leo Kaytes
The team there has 0 coordination among departments, they are very inefficient and this results in very poor attention to the customer who has to suffer their lack of professionalism.
- My Ford Focus had a problem in the clutch during 75% of the 3 year lease (36k miles) and they kept giving excuses and taking alternative free reprogramming "solutions". Everything but replacing the parts and mechanically fixing it.
- I booked an appointment with a month in advance, took the time to explain why their previous fixes did not have any effect and I explained that I live in the city and why it was important to have it resolved at once and why I was giving them a full month to be prepared with the parts if necessary. They say they have noted everything down and everything will be setup so they can efficiently fix it.
The day that I arrived they said they don´t do that on Saturdays, they had no idea the reason i was there for and I had to get a rental, pay for it out of pocket, leave the car for a week and they did not really do anything of use to the car. They tried to please me saying they reprogrammed it and "give it a try for 1000 miles", "run another 1000 miles until it learns again because this thing reprograms itself and learns from your driving..." and even said that is all that Ford´s warranty can do for us. They would even say "Buy a Honda or an Asian car", "These cars are not reliable and the warranty is fake. Sorry".
- Two days later, they call to ask about my satisfaction (really, after admitting that they sell garbage?), since they faked to show some interest I explained to them the situation and they act surprised and as if they really cared. They send me a letter offering to renew our lease for a new Ford (hahaha) or even offer a 150,000 mile warranty if we purchase the current unit. (exactly the same fake warranty that says that my slippery clutch is within the acceptable operation parameters, hahahaha). The car normally had good enough power for what it is, but sometimes would shake when accelerating and loose clutch grip resulting in an intermittent acceleration and loss of power.
- Finally, the day of "The End of the Lease" arrive and we are told by the operator on the phone to go to the dealer on a Sunday to do the car assessment before the return. When we arrive there, there is nobody, they are under construction and some lady apologizes and explains to us that we did not need to do any assessment at all, and also that with our current special warranty for which we pay 18$ extra every month, we just need to drop it off whenever we want. Great, we wasted a big part of our Sunday for which we had arranged the weekend around and supposedly had booked an appointment with one of their phone representatives. Clumsy, inconsiderate and irresponsible. But specially, nothing new.
Thanks once again Leo Kaytes, you are one of the most unprofessional businesses that I have ever come across.
Dear reader, don´t buy a Ford, and if you buy a Ford, just don´t buy it at Leo Kaytes.
Disaster!
UPDATE: The management contacted me after reading this, of course with no apology and requesting to know who I am "in order to help me and rely this information to Ford". Also replied unkindly after I indicated that I refuse to provide any info and told them that I am not looking to find any help from them nor Ford. I only do this with the purpose of warning other possible customers that could maybe care about my experience. read more