Starting mid December 2020, I had low tire pressure issues, they (Plaza Tire) tried to fix the tire for me. A week later the tire gave me issues again, the low tire light came on, the patch didn't stick. Plaza Tire said they would re-patch it, at this point they had 5 stars and were doing what they could (not all patches stick 100%); it was now January of 2021.
Plaza Tire say they would get to it tomorrow and will call me when it's done, for a tire patch, whatever I didn't have work the next day. No call the next day, the day after my shift at work ends too late to call them. I get there the 2nd day after; they give me my keys and say it's good to go parked in the street because they are too crowded.
I get to my car and I see Black oil stains the size of an apple on my nearly pristine cream-colored fabric upholstery seat. I was so exhausted I almost drove away anyway, looked at my mirrors only to see my driver's side rear view mirror hanging and the shell that holds it had a gaping hole in it like something hit it from the front and pushed the mirror out. With this level of damage, the mirror just needs to be replaced.
I went back inside immediately to alert them, the desk worker at the time looked at the damage and went to tell someone who was supposed to be better prepared for the situation.
Some man approached my car before talking to me and started poking at it and shoving the mirror in the shell to make it set. He came back in the building and tells me its "fixed and I'm good to go!" I had to point out to him that no, there is a hole in the thing, and it is clearly damaged.
At this point my father had arrived as I had called in distress. He decided to call a cop to file an accident report which led nowhere as the cop said that no crime had taken place, which confused me because my property was damaged while under a business's care and at this point absolutely no one had said that they were going to take care of it. The cop continued to say no crime was committed even though I pointed out that property damage the last time I checked was a crime.
I was led to believe that this was all on me somehow even though my mirror was perfectly fine when I left the car there at Plaza Tire just two days ago, I just wanted my tire patched! When I protested and my father protested, Plaza Tire offered to get the mirror fixed and try to clean the stain. BUT only AFTER we protested after the cop very irresponsible left after making a joke of a report.
I wish it ended here...
I pick the car up two days later with the mirror replaced, looks great, and the stain has been scrubbed to be three times the size and a third the intensity. WHO SCRUBS A STAIN LIKE THAT? Scrubbing makes stains bigger, this is basic knowledge for detailing a car. The same man who poked at my car mirror and tried to shoo me away (saying I squeezed your broken mirror into your broken housing, your good to go!) said that the oil stain was just wet and once it dried if the stain still there that they would get it detailed.
Of course, it didn't clear up when it dried.
I went back and told that same man that I would take that detailing since the stain was still there only for someone else who I had yet to encounter (maybe a manager) say no to the man that he needed to approve that and schedule it, I was once again told they would check this over and call, they never did and they never have, has anyone ever gotten a call back from them???
I have finally completely given up on any once of professionalism by them, and my mother and I spent an hour outside cleaning the seat with some upholstery cleaner and proper technique, it's mostly gone after one treatment and an hour of hard work. Why was Plaza Tire incapable of this? In all of this I had to borrow my parent's car multiple times during one of the long periods they kept my car I could not and had to miss out on work so this cost me a day's pay on top of it all. I won't ever go back and can't understand why I got this completely unacceptable, unprofessional, and ultimately dismissive type of service. Who would want to be a repeat for this place after this kind of service? read more