4 years ago
I took my car in for an oil change, oil filter and...
I took my car in for an oil change, oil filter and to have it checked because it was jumping and jerking. The service adviser told me that I needed a brake job. I had the brake job done, then I was given a checklist of several other things I needed to have done. I called the adviser after I left to inquire about the list of things that needed to be done because my car was still jerking, the service adviser schedule a time for me to come in and quoted the price for the work that was immediately necessary. When I took the car in another service adviser quoted a higher price for the work. Then the original adviser took over because of the quote disagreement. We went back and forth over the price he quoted and he finally agreed to the price he quoted over the phone. After the work was done, I received yet another checklist of things that he said I should have done at my next oil change and the adviser appeared to have a bad attitude about adding the coupon discount. A couple of weeks later, my check engine light came on and I took my car to another Honda and found out that I had to have a new transmission and was told that was why my car had been jumping and jerking. I looked back over the checklist that I was given at Gwinnett Place Honda and one of the items checked that I was told I should have done at my next oil change was transmission fluid service. I'm not sure if this contributed to my needing a new transmission, but the fluid should have been put in when I first took the car in for the oil change if it was an issue. In addition, when I looked over my paperwork again, I noticed that the discount was incorrect for the brake job. I called the adviser and he was dismissive as I was explaining the error. He said he could not put the charge back on my credit card over the phone, so he would send me a check for the difference. It has been over a week and I have not received the check. I called the adviser to get the status of the check and he was out for the week, so I was transferred to a service manager s voicemail, I left a voice mail and did not receive a call back. I called again two days later and left another voicemail and still did not get a return phone call. I called a couple of hours later and the service receptionist asked if I could come in to speak to a service manager since I hadn't gotten a call back. I told her I should not have to come in and the service manage should be able to return a phone call. I have experienced poor customer service at this Honda Service Department and I do not recommend going there.
6/23/17 Follow-up
The service manager from Honda called me today. He said that the refund check was mailed out yesterday, he didn't know why there was a delay. I was able to voice the grievances and complaints that I had with the service department and the poor customer service. He was apologetic and said that he would follow up and personally address my issues. For this reason, I have changed my initial rating from one star to three stars.