4 years ago
UPDATE:
UPDATE:
My car's check engine light came back on generating the same code for what I had gone in for a couple weeks ago. I reached out to the service director, Gary, who responded to my email with a phone call almost immediately after. Both he and my service advisor, Max, went above and beyond to make sure that I was taken care of and the issue that I had was resolved. Much appreciated. I have adjusted my initial rating to be 5 stars.
Initial Review (2 stars):
My last couple visits to O Brien Hyundai Service Center have resulted in my decision to not return for future service on anything that is not within warranty.
In April, I went in because my check engine light had come on. I arrived a few minutes earlier than my appointment time and waited hours before being given a diagnosis. I work full-time, so this was extremely frustrating that I had an 8:30am appointment and wasn t given a diagnosis until the afternoon. After a lot of discussion about the diagnosis and the time it would take to fix, I was set up with a rental car, so that I could get to work (since my work is outside of their shuttle distance). It was not guaranteed that that would be comped. Please note that I completely understand having to leave my car if they need time to get parts, to install, and to test. I was not and am not upset with that aspect of the visit. I was and am upset that it took hours to diagnose, and then I was told I could pick my car up first thing in the morning the next day, and when I went to pick it up the next day I was told that I had to wait because they still needed to do the oil change. This was extremely frustrating, because they had my car since 8:30am the day before. I was appreciative that the rental car was able to be comped, but as I got in my car to leave I noticed that my gas tank was drained and my gas light was on. I understand having to drive the car to test it, but given the difficult conversations surrounding the diagnosis, the lack of regard for my time, and now the fact that my car was returned with no gas in it after I spent over $700 infuriated me.
Recently my check engine light came back on, then would go off, and come back on again, and so on. I made another appointment with O Brien, as I felt as though it may have something to do with what I went in for in April (which I am under warranty for). I was told that it was a MAP sensor, which had nothing to do with what I went in for prior. What upset me was that it was going to cost over $300 to replace. Looking online, the same part (having the same part number) only costs $69, and yet I was being charged $113. I went to my advisor letting him know online the average price for parts and labor was below $200 in total, and that I was finding the part for significantly cheaper. I also saw that I was being charged for 2 hours of labor, which was eventually reduced to an hour and half, but watching the videos online of how to replace this sensor I know took less than an hour. Additionally, I saw that my car s computer generated the P0106 code which told the tech it was the MAP sensor. To me, this says that the diagnosis was also relatively quick. The fact that I am being charged for more labor than what I believe it took to diagnose and complete and being charged more for a part that costs significantly less (which they would not price match for me), makes me feel like I am being taken advantage of as a customer.
It is disappointing, because there is a sense of comfortability that I have with going to a Hyundai Service Center to fix my Hyundai and I really do want to patron them. It is unfortunate that I don t feel that going to get serviced here, and that I don t feel that I can trust the pricing. When I feel that I can trust a business and that they are giving me fair and honest pricing, I am a loyal customer through and through. As of right now I don t feel that, and so unless I know for sure that something is wrong with my O2 or MAP sensors, I will be looking to take my business elsewhere for my service needs.