In late December 2025, I went to DVN Hyundai to get a new car. During the initial sales meeting…read morewith my sales advisor, Hanan Laccheb, everything was pretty normal, and we closed the deal. So far so good.
My wife and I asked her whether the tires from my previous car would fit the Hyundai. She said yes. We wanted to make sure that it's a firm yes, and not a "I'll say anything to close the sale, even if it's not true." So she called one of her colleagues from the service department, to make sure, and he confirmed that the tires will indeed fit.
Perfect.
A few days later, she calls and says that the tires will fit, but the rims won't. A bit deceptive, but I can give her the benefit of the doubt. She then dropped a giant pile of work for me:
1. Go to my previous dealer to get my all-season tires.
2. Take those tires to Canadian Tire to get new rims
3. Take the all-season tires back to my previous dealer for storage, since I couldn't drive on them, as it was still winter.
4. In the spring, drive back to my previous dealer, to pick up the all-season tires.
5. Bring those all-season tires to Hyundai for replacement.
I wasn't exactly amused to have this giant project, driving all over the city, and spending additional money that I wasn't planning on.
A few days later, she messages me again, now saying that the tires won't fit, either - after telling me repeatedly that they will, and even checking with the service department. And I have it all in text.
I reached out to the service manager to get this rectified, and he "kindly" told me that he'd get me additional winter tires and rims that fit for $825. But that would be added to my lease. So the original deal that I got with Hanan was a lot less sweet after that addition.
Was it pure incompetence on Hanan's part, or deliberate deception? I don't know, but neither one is good.
After this experience, I'm not opposed to getting another Hyundai in the future, but I will never work with Hanan Laccheb as my salesperson again.
UPDATE:
After I originally posted this review, I got a response from DVN Hyundai, basically apologizing, and giving me an email to reach out to, to make things right.
So I wondered - did they really mean it, or was it just a corporate PR strategy of "we'll respond to our negative reviews, so that other people looking at them can see. But we don't plan to actually follow through on anything. It's just optics."
To test it, I actually emailed them. No response. I emailed them a second time, and got a response. It turns out that the company responding to these isn't DVN Hyundai, but Weins. They told me to email DVN Hyundai. I did. I didn't hear back. I followed up a week later, and still didn't hear back.
So the conclusion is pretty clear: any response to negative reviews is really just a corporate PR strategy, without any substance behind it.
I was already displeased with DVN Hyundai to begin with, and gave it a 1-star review. With this new experience, if I could give a minus 5-star review, I would.