4 years ago
The staff at Mercedes Benz Westminster can be summ...
The staff at Mercedes Benz Westminster can be summed up in one word: incompetent. Literally every time I have the misfortune of dealing with them it's a headache, and that's nothing compared to the lack of professionalism.
The last time I brought my car in (needed a new door control module) the service coordinator scoffed that my vehicle "wasn't worth repairing" and made me feel like they couldn't be bothered to provide the same level of service and courtesy as they would to a brand new car. Then they charge me $800 more than the price they quoted and I approved. It gets even better when I pick up the car and notice the stereo isn't working. Upon calling and speaking with the manager I am told to bring the car back at my convenience, for them to repair free of charge.
This week I took the car in for the promised repair. Drop the car off (without being given a loaner because SURPRISE SURPRISE, they're out of loaners as usual) and wait all day to hear back. When I finally get a phone call, it's to tell me that they can't figure out the problem. It's "nothing on their end" and they'll have to charge me at a rate of $250/hour to continue diagnostics. I'm sorry but I drove it in with the stereo working and when I pick it up it isn't working so clearly something happened while it was in their hands. I decline their diagnostics because if you can't figure it out in the first day, I'll be damned if I pay someone to poke around and hope they stumbled across a solution.
Today, I went in to pick up my car. Proceed to be ignored by everyone in the service bay as they help everyone around me, even those who arrived after me. No acknowledgement, no greeting, nothing. When they finally get around to me, they can't find my car, and once they do it isn't ready. (I didn't make it in yesterday since they closed at end of business yesterday, and told them I would come in today.) I decline the car wash since I'm in no mood to wait any longer. The coordinator asks if I have a leak in my tire because they found it low. I have never had a leak in the tire, and it was fine when I drove it in. When the valet pulls the car up to show me, I can hear the air hissing out of the tire, and the valet claims it was totally flat, sitting on the rim in the lot. They inform me that they won't patch the leak because the tires just need to be replaced. Of course, yet again it's "not their fault." I'm sorry but for a "luxury brand" this dealership sure falls short in my book. Every time I take my car in, it leaves their lot in worse condition than when I dropped it off.