4 years ago
Prices were high; service was slow. First of all, ...
Prices were high; service was slow. First of all, let me just say that I was fooled by their "appointment" process. Perhaps there's some fine print somewhere but it turns out that when you make an appointment for service online, it's not actually an appointment--it's just a check-in time. So, when we dropped my car off at what we assumed to be an appointment time, they told us that it would be about two hours until someone would be available to work on the car. That's a pretty pathetic system in my mind and did not necessarily start me off with the highest level of confidence for my experience.
I ultimately had them change my oil/filter, rotate my tires, do a brake fluid flush, and conduct a door handle repair (that was part of a Honda Fit recall). They also tried to convince me to let them change my element and cabin air filters for $120--but I bought them at a shop instead (for a combined total of $26) and installed them myself in about 3 minutes total (despite having no background working on cars).
About 5 hours after we dropped the car off, we texted/called to find out the status. When we were finally able to get through to someone, they said it would be ready around 7:30pm (having dropped it off at 12:45pm) but they'd forgotten the tire rotation. To their credit (and the reason for my two stars), they admitted that it was their mistake and did not charge me for the rotation.
When I picked up the car and paid for the service, I noticed a $30 miscellaneous charge on the bill. Apparently, this charge covers "all the bags and stuff" that they use in the back, which gets split among everyone who comes in for service (according to the woman at checkout). Despite the fact that I can't imagine there are any "bags and stuff" that cost $30/car, I wouldn't have been so annoyed with the price had they actually used those items to keep the car clean. There was paper mat on my floor and plastic bag on my seat (to keep things covered) but there was still grease all over my door handles, windows and steering wheel.
Lastly, they had to take the door panel off to change the door handle but they clearly didn't put it back on correctly because it comes loose every time I close my door and I have to click it back into place every time I open the door now. Needless to say, I will not be returning to Crown Honda any time soon.