Fern Thomas reviewed Thunder Basin Ford --
1 star
5 mins ·
While traveling from Washington to Maryland the engine blew up in our new truck even though it only had 19,000 miles on it. Ford had us towed to Thunder Basin. Upon entering the service area I explained to the Service Rep and the SERVICE MANAGER that we were traveling across country, our truck just stopped and we needed help. We had no vehicle, no place to stay, a truck full of guns, camping stuff and our dog. She looked at us and said, "Can't help you, Enterprise doesn't allow dogs in their cars" and proceeded to ignore us and move on to the next person. I was appalled by the rude treatment and replied that I could be nasty too. She then told me I threatened her and she did not have to service us to take our vehicle and leave. We called Ford and they gave us a "case number" and said to give it to her. She said she couldn't even get the truck in until Friday, this was Monday. Not once did she offer to get her manager or offer to try and get someone to help, she was the rudest, most incompetent, spiteful person I had ever met in a Customer Service position. I proceeded to look for a manager other than her and found Jason Lindhorst. I explained the situation to him and within 10 minutes he had us a room, at reduced rates, and a car from Enterprise with the condition we vacuum it before we return it. He was awesome, helpful, courteous, everything a Ford Manager should be. The Ford Corporate Rep, Tara Dew was worthless and thought our truck was in Sturgis instead of Gillette, we believe the only reason she returned our call was because the service rep from the dealer we bought the truck from called her, but even then she had no clue what was happening to the truck. The "Service Manager" kept telling us they were waiting for Ford to tell them what they should do, this was on Wednesday (how did she know this if she couldn't get it in til Friday?). No one would tell us anything. Finally on Thursday they called and said the valve train was trashed, then on Friday at 5pm the service manager called and said the truck was finished and we could pick it up at 8 am Saturday. We believe this late call was intentional to force us to have to stay in Gillette another night. We will give praise to the mechanic who actually put another engine in pretty quickly and was nice enough to leave us some of the part to show what the issue was. I do not know how this disgusting woman keeps her job but as long as she works there I would never purchase a vehicle from there or go to their service area with my vehicle. This dealership needs higher standards for their personnel. read more