I've had my car serviced before here about 7-8 months ago for the 1st time and they were great. But somehow this time around, I wasn't treated as such. This was my experience:
Dropped off my car on a Thursday night since my appointment was Friday, just so that the technicians would be able to start on it the first thing the morning. This was just a simple oil change with "the works" package, nothing fancy. I also asked if they could please check the brakes and call me if they needed to be replaced.
Friday afternoon rolls around and I didn't receive a call from them about the status of my appointment, so I decided to call them to check in. From the receptionist Kyle who picked up, they "forgot" that my car was in the lot and they just were now starting to work on it (This was around 1:30PM EST). Around 2:45PM, I get a call from him that my oil change was complete but they needed to change both my brakes and my tires. He quoted me for $600+ for all 4 tires to be changed.....this was INCLUDING a discount?? I've gone to other Ford dealerships with my previous Fiesta and it did not cost THAT much to change my tires. So I only told him that I only wanted change my brakes (since it was under warranty) and asked about how long would it take. He said 2 hours and would call me by EOD when it was completed.
Before 4:00PM, he called me again to say that the technician wouldn't be able to finish changing the brakes that day and it should be done on Saturday. I asked him "Why it taking so long? I thought you said this would only be 2 hours?" No valid response but that it would be completed by tomorrow. So, I asked them again that they please at least give me a notification call when ready and if possible, just lock my spare key in the car so I could pick it up without bothering them.
Saturday afternoon rolls around and I haven't received a call that my car is done. So I call around 3:20pm only to be told my the sales rep that the service center closes at 3:00pm and that they only do minor services (oil changes, etc) on Saturday hours. Seriously?? I informed him that I wasn't told that they only do minor services and that they closed at 3:00PM. I also informed him that I was told it would be ready on Saturday but I got no call. He only replied that there wasn't anything else he could help me with.
Since they were closed on Sunday, I was expecting to get a call Monday morning with my status, but nothing. I called them 3-4 times throughout the day with no response nor chance to leave a voicemail. So even though by EOD I didn't receive any notification that my car was done, I headed over to the dealership (4:00pm).
Upon entrance to the lobby, I spoke with their receptionist if my car was done. She said it was and that it was completed on Saturday afternoon. I asked her why I wasn't notified, and she shrugged her shoulders and said that "I wasn't here so it's Kyle who would have the responsibility to call you back." I also asked her if she was present throughout the day at the desk and she said "yes". Then I asked her why no one was picking up the service desk phone after I tried calling today 3-4 times, yet she had no response for me. Just fed up with this lack of total respect, I just accepted the keys and the receipt and left (I didn't owe anything since all services were covered under a current service plan I bought with the car).
Keep in mind, with Friday and Monday being a work day and me being without transportation, I had to spend $22 per day round trip to get to work in NYC. This money I will never get back.
I don't know how or why I was treated in such a manner after my first time using their service center went so well. I wasn't rude nor demanding of the employees. The service that was requested wasn't complicated and took less time the 1st time around to complete than what occurred Friday.
After this encounter and treatment, I'm really weary of ever using their specific site again to service my car. It's rather confusing to have this treatment when the FORD company prides itself on quality, respect, and loyalty. Rather look elsewhere than to be treated like this after I've purchase 2 FORDs already in the past. If you want to lose customer trust and loyalty, that was the perfect example of how. read more