My car had a few scratches and a dented bumper from minor incidents over the years. When the bumper came off due to another incident, my wheel well cover also came off, and I decided to take it in to get all of the little scratches and one dent taken out, as well as replace that wheel well cover. At first, I was really pleased with how Marvin seemed like he was going to go above and beyond to help us out. After getting several other quotes, we decided to go with Western Auto because Marvin seemed so helpful and like he was going to go above and beyond for us.
He told us to make two claims to get everything done, which I did. Then he quoted us two weeks to get it fixed and he'd wait until the parts were ordered before having us bring in the car. All good and thoughtful. Well we bring the car in and have to rent our own car, since insurance doesn't cover that. Two weeks go by and we don't hear from him, so we extend our rental until the following Wed. Come Monday, we still don't hear from them so we all them and they tell us, oh we're waiting on more parts and sending that paperwork to your insurance for approval, so another TWO WEEKS. Okaaay, not cool, but I do understand that insurance can take awhile. So we extend the rental. Another two weeks go by, we don't hear from them, so we call. They say it's a Holiday week, so another week. Then the Holiday week is over and STILL we don't hear back. I get the run around from the front desk, telling me Marvin is busy and he'll call me back, but he doesn't. Finally, my husband gets him on the phone and he quotes us ANOTHER WEEK. So now, we've had the car in the shop for over a month after being quoted two weeks!!! We spent almost $1,000 in car rentals because we weren't planning on having to rent for that long.
So when we finally go get my car, THE WHEEL WELL COVER IS STILL NOT FIXED. This was literally the main reason I even took my car in!!!! He gives me some bull story about how the insurance wouldn't cover this, but oh, he fixed my grill for me for free. Uh, I never approved you fixing that, so you bet your ass it better be free. But then he wants to charge us for the wheel well cover, which he still doesn't even have. Sure, the bumper and side door look great, so that's a plus, but two days later we hear this weird noise and it turns out an insulation piece is falling down. Sure enough, once we park it, the insulation piece falls right out. WTF. Not only that, but turns out because he made me make two claims, the deductible for my insurance is PER CLAIM. That sure as hell would've been nice to know from the beginning, which he did know, becauase he was like, oh all insurance do that. Well if you had told me that, I would've made only one claim. What a joke this place is.
Overall, if you want your car to be in the shop for over a month and still not get what you wanted fixed, take it here. Garbage place that fully scammed me. Pretty sure they scammed my insurance too, because they charged them almost $8,000 for a simple side panel scratch and small dent in the bumper. INSANE. Will never, ever, ever recommend this place to anyone. read more