First, I wish I could review by new car experience and used car. New car would be a great rating. However, when it came to buying a 10 year old Mazda 3 for our 16 year old, I wish I hadn't.
First, they illegally sold it to us without a title. They were trying to play the "check float" game. We bought it on a Sunday (it had come in 2 days earlier) in conjunction with the new Mazda and since it needed some work, we were told it'd be ready Saturday. It wasn't. The paint had to dry. So, I called on Monday and was told the Title wasn't in and the GM, Joe B., said he incorrectly assumed that the Title didn't have a loan against it as it was a 10 year old car. So, now the car was done we had to wait for the Title to go to the RMV then back out to the dealership. THREE WEEKS until we got my son's car.
Second illegal move, they didn't tell us it was in an accident. TWICE I asked for the Carfax. First time, they didn't have it. Second, they said it had 2 previous owners but Mike couldn't get the Carfax because Joe had it and Joe wasn't in. SO, I paid $40 myself and found out this piece of news. A side impact, no airbag deployment, fixed at a Mazda dealership. I can now see where the point of impact was as they just 'banged' the dents out of the back passenger door.
Finally, I got the call it was ready and they practically forced themselves on me to accept it that day. It was driven to us by our salesman, Mike M. who was great. However, it didn't have an inspection sticker, which I wasn't told until he drove to my house, because it was too late in the day and per MA laws, they can't out the stickers on after 3pm or something I was told. Now, everything was dumped in OUR lap. Things weren't done to the car that we asked, the sticker wasn't on so we had to drive it back, which we did 2 days later only to find out we didn't drive it ENOUGH as the battery had been taken out and all the info they use for inspection wasn't there. So, my son and hubby had to waste gas and drive for 20 min to get the sticker, which they did.
We had to take it back for them to finish what they should have done in the 3 weeks that they had it (fix rust, some fabric on the door, foggy headlight case.) My husband takes it in and complains that the brakes are making noise, so we get new rotors on the back. They fix the rattling heat shield, give us new wipers but the rust, the fabric and the headlight aren't fixed. So, my husband takes it back and complains to the new GM who assures us he'll take care of it and call us this week.
(Meanwhile, before we took it in, the car would beep inside the cabin when we'd take the key out of the ignition. This happened twice and we had to start it, stop it then take the key out to get the beeping to stop. It also set off the panic alarm just by opening the door. Twice this happened.)
No call this week from the new GM. We have decided that in the used car area, they will do as little as possible and don't give a crap about their customer. I called our insurance and we will be filing out a "Auto Dealer Complaint" form. We will be leaving honest reviews here, Angies List, Facebook, BBB and other sites.
Right now, waiting for my husband to call the manager and figure this out as I am too livid to deal with them right now. We are going to push for the electrical system to be checked, the ignition checked as all that is under warranty still. We asked for them to pay $60 for insurance on the car we traded in, but they had for 3 weeks while we waited for the Mazda 3. We wanted to switch the license plates so had to continue paying on the trade-in.
I do NOT recommend getting a used car from them. Their body shop has done a poor job in inspecting this car, doing the work we want and not communicating what we want done with their mechanics. If I could, I would return this car and go somewhere else. read more