So far I am NOT impressed. Our car broke down over the holiday (we think it's the timing chain). Honda said they would call after they looked at it. My husband called them before 4 this afternoon and was told that the supervisor stepped out for half an hour and she would call us back because she had the estimate. I waited until 4:45 and called back. I spoke to Monica, who said, " The mechanic was just now putting the estimate together and i'll call you back in a few minutes." I asked if she would for sure call me back before they left for the night and she assured me she would. Not knowing what the service hours are, I called back at 6:30. Yep, you guessed it, the service department was closed. They close at 5:30. The sales department closes at 7:00. However, when I called, I got caught in the perpetual voicemail loop. " Thank you for calling, blah, blah...all incoming lines are busy right now. Press 1 for parts. Press 3 for service...blah blah..." I pressed 3 and another message told me the service department closed @ 5:30 and transferred me back to the main number. Which again told me all lines were busy and I could leave a message after the beep. But you never get a beep. Just the message, then the line rings 3-4 more times and you get the same message. Over and over!
So, my issue?
1. The first guy should not have told my husband that Monica would call us back with the estimate if it wasn't ready. He should have been honest. I don't think they even looked at our car until we called (5 hours later!)!
2. Monica should not have lied to me and said the mechanic was "just now" putting the estimate together and that she would call me back before they left for the night. She could have just said the estimate wouldn't be ready until morning. I would of been fine with that.
I mean seriously. Why lie? Just be honest. Now I'm afraid they're going to really screw us on the work. I mean if you can't be honest about a call back, what are they going to do with an estimate?
I will update my review and let you know what happens. But right now, I'm not impressed with the customer service from the service department.
UPDATE: This morning Monica told me they were going to recommend that we replace the whole engine. My husband spoke to the mechanic and asked what sort of diagnostic tests had he run. The mechanic said he didn't run full diagnostics bc it involved taking the front off, blah, blah. So they recommended we replace THE WHOLE ENGINE WITHOUT DIAGNOSTIC TESTING? Who does that? They assumed that the engine needed to be replaced without asking us what happened. I drove the car to the store and when I left, my car wouldn't start. It didn't die while I was driving it at a high (or low) speed. It just coughed a few times in the parking lot and died. No check engine light had come on before that. We've had oil changes every 3-5k miles and used synthetic oil. Never have we had any other engine issues. When my husband did tell the mechanic that, he said, " oh I didn't know that. Yeah, it's probably the timing chain then." Come on people. I hope I don't regret not taking it to the Springs! read more