Why should I eat the cost on service that was not provided?
As I began my review on this dealership, I must say, had I read the reviews on this dealership prior, I would've been very skeptical to get my vehicle serviced here. I have never experienced such a horrendous service experience in my entire years of owning a vehicle.
On 1/18/24, I took my 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio to get a simple oil change. Brandon Lopez assisted me, not only was I there for nearly 3 hours, but after the given facts it is clear that the service, I paid for was NOT provided.
As Brandon mentioned to me my engine light came on, he mentioned he can run a diagnosis to see what the cause is. I mentioned to him that was not necessary. Once it was time to pay the invoice, he mentioned that he performed the diagnosis anyway and that I will need a new charcoal canister. After giving me a quote for nearly 2K of repair cost, I did let him know I would be in touch for when those services can be done.
Not even 24 hours later, more lights started to appear on my dash, as my vehicle started to jerk as I accelerated. Immediately I contacted Brandon, and he said it was because of the charcoal canister he mentioned to me. As I continued to investigate the issue, the research that was provided made it clear that the issues Brandon had given were not the cause.
After the first incident I started to notice a huge oil puddle in my driveway as well as my oil levels decreasing. Considering my experience with the lack of service that was provided at this dealership, I refuse to let them work on my car again, as the maintenance on my Stelvio is not cheap.
Fortunately, I was able to obtain a second opinion on everything, and it was crystal clear that service was NOT provided on my vehicle. Alfa Romeo/Volvo Schererville, IN did not change my oil as it was BLACK/OLD OIL in my Stelvio as you can see in the photos. Also finding out the leak came from a bad Oil Filter that was damaged and was put on incorrectly by this dealership as you can also see in that photo as well.
As I type this review it sickens me that I must leave such an unpleasant experience that was provided with the lack of service that I did not receive. Much like others that come to this dealership, the vehicles we drive are not cheap, and if you did not have all the essential requirements to work on my vehicle, it should have been stated when the appointment was made.
As I received an automatic text/email from Brandon Lopez at this dealership asking me to rate my service experience, if there was no star to give you wouldn't have one. However, with 1 Star being the lowest, if you are to ask me how I feel about the service in one word it would be REVULSION. I strongly would not recommend this dealership to anyone. read more