Do not purchase a vehicle from Prestige Autoplex,
3 days after purchasing my truck I was stranded on the highway coming back from my hometown and this lead to the discovery of about $2000 worth of work that my truck needed to be a safe vehicle. My hometown mechanic informed me of the immediate issues with my truck and the work that needed to be done.
The work was as follows:
Replace a hub bearing
Replace the lower ball joints
Replace a rear axle seal because the right rear axle seal was actively leaking
* new brakes had been put on over the leak in an attempt to cover the issue
EGR valve (that caused my check engine light to turn on after purchase leading to my highway strand)
My front tires were also over pressure 10psi and the back were under 10psi, fortunately that was easily fixed.
I confronted Prestige Autoplex, in person, and they were very unapologetic. After back and forth they offered to fix my vehicle if I would pay for parts, I agreed. We also agreed on the 4 things that needed to be fixed. I asked for the invoice before work began, I did not receive it until the work was underway. I had to call the mechanic where my truck was for a progress check because Prestige Autoplex was unresponsive. Upon getting my truck the ball joints were not on the invoice, when I asked they told me they were there. Upon returning to my hometown my mechanic confirmed the work for the ball joints was not done. I called Prestige Autoplex who started off telling me the work had been done which morphed into the work was not deemed necessary but he would get it done if I would just bring the truck back. I told him I was not bringing it back, I was getting it done elsewhere. He asked the cost so I told him, he proceeded to insult my mechanic. During the duration of our phone call fixing ball joints also went from a 20 minute long job to an hour and a half. In the end he said he would send me a check for $200 for the ball joints I was getting done elsewhere. Over a month and about $1500 after purchase I was able to drive a safe truck, and I have yet to receive that $200 and fixing ball joints cost me more than that. On top of that my AC is also heading south so when it's 102 outside it's like 90 in my truck with the AC at full.
In conclusion I had to replace:
a hub bearing
the lower ball joints
a rear axle seal they covered up
EGR valve
And I still don't have the $200 I was supposed to be sent. Meanwhile my AC is in the process of being defeated by a Texas summer.
I did go in person to Prestige Autoplex to inquire as to why I had not gotten mailed the $200, I was told the same excuses that he gave me over the phone. He also threw in that his business partner did not approve of the $200 (then don't promise something if you can't deliver) and he also told me he already lost money on the truck and that he had been more than nice to me already. He also told me if I brought in the truck his mechanic would do the ball joints. They were done over a month ago and he knew that.
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