First and foremost, I strongly advise against visiting this dealership. Recently, we had a rather…read moreunpleasant experience scheduling service for one of our vehicles. My spouse took in his Mustang GT premium two-series, V8 manual. The first red flag should have been when their technician was way too eager to take it for service. He exclaimed, "Oh me, me, me!" as he took it in. You could hear high revs that were unnecessary for driving around to the service area.
They offered my spouse a loaner vehicle, which was a base-looking GT V6 automatic. However, they had a contract stipulating that the vehicle should be returned with a full gas tank, cleaned, and vacuumed. While I understand the need for gas replacement, this dealership doesn't operate like a high-end luxury dealership. Those that do don't typically have such strict contracts when providing complimentary loaner vehicles to their customers.
To make matters worse, when we received our vehicle, the cabin camera was disconnected. There's absolutely no logical reason to do this unless you're planning to engage in illegal activities, such as racing. Additionally, our vehicle comes equipped with a full-screen digital tachometer. The digital gauge cluster had been changed from its original display to one that specifically shows when the vehicle is being redlined.
Furthermore, the mileage on our vehicle didn't add up. It had over 20 miles unaccounted for, which was not part of the routine diagnostic procedure when it was in their custody.
The day we received notice that our vehicle was ready for pick-up, my spouse noticed the check engine light was on upon starting it at 5 a.m. We honestly didn't think anything of it because it's a loaner vehicle, not ours. When returning the loaner, my spouse cleaned it, vacuumed it, washed it, and filled the gas and even went as far as to put that damn thing in our garage, which it didn't even deserve (as I am certain ours wasn't in the garage at the dealer). My spouse only took this loaner to and from work to home. Saturday this vehicle exchange took place, and our vehicle was picked up. Then come Tuesday, we received a call from a representative at the dealership, who had the audacity to accuse my spouse of damaging the engine of the loaner and filling it with incorrect fuel.
They did not do their research prior to calling us; they did not have any evidence or fact-checking prior to calling. They simply formulated an accusation that was baseless, insulting, and unacceptable. They requested that any damages to the vehicle, as a result, were going to hold us liable for paying for it. Well, we all know that didn't happen and wasn't going to go well for them. We had evidence that the check engine light was triggered and initiated prior to fueling it up. We also gave them a receipt showing the time the gas was also filled, proving that incorrect gas was not a result of the engine light being triggered. I would like to also add that the gas station didn't sell the type of gas that the dealer accused us of.
The representative accusing my spouse of damaging the vehicle said they would then show their technician the receipt and get back with us. They called us yesterday afternoon, and we never heard back from them after that. The only phone call we better ever be receiving is a F****** apology from that dealership. It was unprofessional and inappropriate for them to contact us with accusations of damaging their vehicle. We have absolutely no reason to damage a loaner vehicle that isn't even remotely close in value to our own vehicle. We would have nothing to gain from that, so I feel that this situation as a result is a scam and a way for some dealer to weasel and con some sort of compensation on a lemon loaner vehicle or personal gain.
This dealership is crooked and unprofessional and should not be doing business. Therefore, we will no longer be doing business with them. I highly implore anyone to withdraw your business relationship with them as informed advice. I will also be escalating this incident with the BBB.
