I'm appalled by the unresponsive and fraudulent nature of this service center.
As a Director for a large corporate firm, I believe that businesses reflect the values of their leadership. While this review is limited to Falconi Moon Twp Ford (we've had excellent service at other Ford dealerships), this is also a review for Service Manager Rob and General Manager Allan, as well as Pat.
We had our truck break down near Moon Twp on June 9th. As a full-time RVer, my truck is an extension of my home. When we dropped it off on June 10th at Ford, Pat warned us that it may be a few weeks before they had a chance to get to the truck. The estimate we were given for the repair was early July. We moved in with family, thinking it would be a couple of weeks. We quickly found that Pat did not answer his phone and was impossible to get ahold of without pestering and nagging. I hate being in that position, but I expect some form of communication when a call back is promised. It was six weeks before we even had a diagnosis for the repair, even though we were continually assured they'd get to it "next week." When we stopped getting any return calls and were not getting any revised timelines, we reached out to Rob. While he did not respond to the first voicemail, he did respond to the second. It was quickly apparent he wasn't up to speed on our situation and he gave the same vague answers. Then he also stopped returning calls. We're not jerks, we just want to know what's going on with our truck. When the answer is repeatedly "maybe the week after next," we need to be able to plan around that with some level of confidence. We need some information.
While both Pat and Rob had leaned into the excuse that working with warranty companies can take time, we were able to verify with our warranty company that the diagnosis and repair information hadn't even been submitted. We followed up with Pat multiple times, pestering him to submit the necessary information to the warranty company - this doesn't feel like it should be on us and we don't want to pester. We finally saw some action and verified the info had been submitted, approval was given only a few days later. Although Pat had told us they were still waiting on them, a quick call to the warranty company verified that approval had been given the day before. Pat then managed to find the approval "in the wrong inbox." C'mon man, why are we the ones doing your job? Pat then asked us to sign off on the invoice, but we had to pester him (multiple unanswered calls and texts) for an itemized invoice instead of a single dollar amount. Why the games? Is it on Pat? Is it on Rob? The mechanic? Why was this process so drawn out and difficult?
We then reached out to General Manager Allan. We thought perhaps a GM would be appalled at the lack of communication, follow-through, and accountability at one of his shops. We honestly should not have been surprised that we received no response. What we did receive was a text from Pat, "Can u talk?." He was upset because he had gotten in trouble and had to work with his manager and mechanic to give us an actual timeline. So, while a response from the GM would have been valued, at least we had a timeline. The new timeline put us at the end of August (spoiler, it was ready 8/23). We asked once again for a detailed invoice and received it. 40 hours of work. 11 weeks.
The total cost of the repair was $18k. In addition, because the repair took over 2 months, we had to rent a tow vehicle to move our RV out of storage at the end of the approved period of time. The rental cost was $2300. We asked Moon Twp to help us cover the cost of the rental, because it was their delays that had caused the situation. We would have been able to make different arrangements if we had been given accurate information. Even if there had been a margin of error, we could have figured it out. With the lack of any reliable estimate, we were put in a terrible position. After having to negotiate, Moon Twp eventually gave us $1k discount. Except they didn't. We paid over the phone after confirming the final amount included the discount. When we received the receipt, the total amount did not include the discount. Pat told us labor rates had changed mid-project, so the discount was in the background. WTF? Fortunately, we had that itemized invoice we had fought so hard for and were able to clearly show the discount had not been applied. Pat's response "my bad, I must have made a mistake." Cool.
My family was stranded for 2 months and then forced to rent a truck for an additional month due to the inaction and lack of transparency from this company. I'm upset about the time it took and the games that were played, but I truly resent the person I had to become to get answers. I don't want to call everyday. I don't want to contact your supervisors or the GM. I just want you to call me when you say you will, give me the information I ask for, and do the things you say you'll do. read more