3 years ago
Im not one to leave reviews but I have to. Me and ...
Im not one to leave reviews but I have to. Me and my boyfriend bought the retro style ford thunderbird from here because he always loved how they looked and I saw it so I headed up while he was at work to check it out, having called to say I was coming in to check it out. When I got there it wasn't at this location but instead up in Folsom. My salesman grabbed some keys to one of their used cars and we headed up to get it to bring back. The ride was smooth and I loved the luxury of a car from 2003. My boyfriend was at future when we returned and he took a test drive and did his inspection and all looked good. The buying experience was good, as good as it could have been at a dealership. But we were done at closing. The problems began when we went to take it home and the instrument cluster didnt light up when the headlights were on. Now that's a safety hazard especially for someone like myself who works nights sometimes. But they were closed so we went home deciding to call tomorrow. Luckily I was off so I was able to call and take it in. Even more problems. I was told to speak to this one man who works in the service department. I sat and waited for the longest time. He finally came, I told him what was wrong, he took my keys and went to check it out. Not even 5 minutes later hes back telling me I had to turn the brightness up. Now I'm not some ditzy chick. My boyfriend is a porsche mechanic who loves cars in general. My grandfather is a mechanic. I know some things about cars. More than an average female. I told him thats not it and explained that in the dark it doesn't light up the instrument cluster which means you can't see how fast you're going or anything. He finally gave in and we drove to the service area for them to check it out. I waited and they couldn't figure it out so I had to leave it overnight. Now they were gonna pay for an uber to take me home. I need a vehicle to get to work while they have my newly bought car but they didn't want to give me a rental. They finally gave in and gave me a gas guzzler but whatever. Now serious problems. They had my car for over a MONTH because they couldnt figure it out. I made my first car payment without having the car in my possession. Before dropping to car off the first time, my boyfriend noticed many things that got overlooked during the safety inspection. The air filter housing was cracked. The tires were like 11 years old, which is so unsafe. And a few others that I just can't remember. Now this car has been in the Sacramento area its whole life. Its only been worked on at ford dealerships. It came with a huge carfaxed report that listed every detail and maintenance that has ever been done to it. I felt safe when we bought it but now finding all these things that ford has missed terrifies me. Got it back. Its good for a month and now the car is overheating. The thermostat exploded inside itself basically. My grandpa opened it and it was all in pieces. Those cars, that should be replaced at like 100,000 miles. It was not. More money into the car. We fixed it. Went back to them like look, this car has had all these safety issues can you take it back, we trade it for something else you have but they wouldn't. Well they said we could get a fiesta. For, I think $100 more monthly. No thanks. We like cool cars, I would have settled for ordinary, but a fiesta is ugly. We got a oil change package and while my boyfriend didnt want to use it after we saw how bad their maintenance was, we didnt have time to do it ourselves. So I took it and and it came with a multipoint inspection and tire rotation. Cool. I waited and when it was done I got a list of things that were wrong that totaled over $1000. Funny thing is that they're things that wouldn't be that bad in the 6 months we had the car. Especially the 5 months since we got it back after they had it for the month. So they tried to up well me on something they should have fixed to begin with. I just want them to take the car back for what we still owe on it and be done. This has been horrible and I want it done with.