CAR SOLD TO ME AS NEW WITH DAMAGE THAT WAS NOT DISCLOSED PRIOR TO PURCHASE. Maybe I will finally get a response from this dealership... I bought a brand new 2016 Camaro. The first week the AC stopped working, service dept could not duplicate the problem, took it back a week later, finally fixed it ( learned later, after asking for a copy of the Service records, there was an issue with the AC before we even purchased the car and dyes were added for leak detection, which we were never told). There has been a vibration in the car since the day of purchase and after several times taking it back, they have finally put new tires all around. The car has less than 900 miles on it with approximately 250 of these miles accumulated taking it back and forth to the dealership. After taking it to them several times, we thought it would be a good idea to ask for a copy of all the service records. When we got the service records, there was an invoice for dents being removed and a window replaced by a local Subaru dealership, with work to be billed to Mountain View Ford (a sister dealership) prior to us purchasing it! We decided to pull a car fax (crazy for a new car, right? There it was on the car fax as well! Who would have thought you have to pull a Carfax before you purchase a new car? We thought it a bit strange that the car was taken to the Ford dealership to then be sent out for repairs to another unrelated dealership. When I called the Subaru dealer, they wouldn't disclose the exact work (they only told us there was a small scratch repainted and the rear passenger window replaced). When asked about the dents being removed she said she wouldn't discuss anything else that was done without the express permission from Mnt View Chevrolet... even though the repair bill was sent to Mnt View Ford and we are the vehicle owners. We have contacted GM in Detroit who called the dealership to see what was going on and why the repairs were not disclosed to is prior to purchase.
The senior sales manager did call and said he meant to tell us about the minor damage when we were purchasing the car but it "slipped his mind". He did say he was unaware of any paint work being done even though we have now noticed there is overspray on the antenna fin on the roof. He said he does remember a detail person coming to him, telling him that the tow hook slipped off the roof onto the side of the car and that's what broke the window. This is HIGHLY unlikely as there is a large lip on the roof so if anything it would have slid down the back window, not the side window. He said from time to time they send vehicles to a local body shop for repair work because they don't have a body shop at the dealership. The body shop he named was not the Subaru dealership. When he was told the subaru dealership did the repair work, he said that had to be wrong, until we told him we had a copy of the invoice from Subaru, billed to the Ford dealership. Then he's said "well that could be right, when the other shop is backed up, we will send it somewhere else". Still not addressing why the work was performed through and paid for by Mountain View Ford and not their dealership.
There were several other issues that have come up with the vehicle that we have taken in for warranty work (seat covers coming apart, scratches in the dash and on the cruise control button, all of which were repaired. Another issue was a rattle in the drivers door when the radio was on so the replaced the speakers in the door... and gouged the door panel on the process... which they said nothing about. I was called about my last service visit on this and was told someone would contact me in 2 business days about the gouges... it has now been a week and no call. GM called to tell me that I would have to work with the dealership to work out a solution for the damage prior to purchasing what I thought was a brand new undamaged vehicle. I called to speak to the Dealership general manager, got his voicemail, left a message to please contact me concerning this... that was 6 days ago... maybe this review with finally elicit a response... to be continued read more