I went in to buy a solid car to get from Halifax to Moncton and figured since they were a big name dealership, I wouldn't have to worry about getting stuck with some POS that would break down in the middle of nowhere, NB. I went in looking for a car in the 7000$ range. Didn't find much but there was a sharp looking Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart sitting in their lot. I've always had a soft spot for those cars and you don't usually find many of them used. Well the price tag said 13000, which was way over my budget but the salesman/finance guy encouraged me to put in an offer anyways. Well, I threw a lowball $ at them which happened to be a few grand under asking and it was approved. It was more than I wanted to spent in a car but I figured that I was buying from a reputable dealer so I'd be safe (and the balance of the Mitsubishi power train warranty). Well I was wrong.
I paid for the car and was to pick it up the next day. I noticed that one of the door handles was unpaired but I ignored it. The next day, the handle was painted with a non matching tremClad paint. Looked terrible. When I confronted the sales manager, he said he painted it to "make it look better". Thanks for the effort but that didn't work out. I drown the car home and midway, I noticed the center console wasn't even bolted down. I was back the next day to get it fixed. A few days later, I had a look at the engine and oil, And noticed the oil was really dirty. Oil change hadn't been done so I got it done and went back to the dealer to ask why it hadn't. On my way, it rained and a horrible smell came through the vents. Perfect. Another thing wrong, but all minor. Told the sales manager about it and he offered to comp me a cabin air filter and install "to make up for the oil change (that cost me 89$ full synthetic)". Fine.
A couple days after that, I was getting back wobble while driving and started sounded like it was dying. Back to the dealership I went. He balanced the tires and cleaned the starter.
A couple weeks later, when it was taken out on the highway for the first time since I bought it, there was really bad shaking when the brakes were applied. Rotors needed to be replaced. Once again, I went back to the dealer. Spoke to the sales mana get who flat out said to me: " if I knew you would keep coming back with trouble with the car, I wouldn't have sold it to you". Rude.
I went next door to book a service appointment at metro Mitsubishi.
The next week I had the rotors and shoes replaced and the techs even painted the calipers for me :) great guys. 415$
A couple days later, I had to bring the car back to metro mitsubishi cause the ebrake they did work on wasn't working well. The aftermarket brake pads I brought in probably were contaminated. They weren't sticking. My fault. However, while looking for the problem, they noticed that the rear control arms were causing the back end of the car to sag. It's going to be. 500$ repair.
the point of me sharing my terrible experience is to warn you to avoid buying a used car from the metro Suzuki dealership. I'm sure your experience would be better with a new car however. read more