3 years ago
I had the worst experience at this dealership s Se...
I had the worst experience at this dealership s Service Department yesterday. If my vehicle hadn t just ran out of warranty I would have traded in my vehicle at a different dealership and never returned to VW. Great product, terrible service.
I called a week ago, I booked my car in for a service, I confirmed the price - which I wrote down and put in my phone. Then I had something else happen and I called to see if they could do the service (installing a piece of vent glass) while they did the other service. I was told they had to order the part and I had to pay for that part up front and they would install it. *minor annoyance is that they wouldn t take a credit card over the phone (I m told this is because of fraud) but it s still annoying as a consumer.
I get to my appointment at 930. The service person is going over the cost of the service I booked which is now different than what the person on the phone told me. VW comps the price to what I was told on the phone. Fine. But when I call for a price, VW should be telling me what the ENTIRE cost of the booking. I proceed to say well you guys are supposed to also install a piece of glass that was ordered last week. There s no notes about this. Fine. I expected my service to be a total of about 3 hours, that s what I was told when I called - including the glass install. After an hour I asked if there was a courtesy vehicle - which I didn t not book in advance - I was told there might be. After a while one became available and I was then told the part that should have been ordered a week ago, wasn t in yet. I confirmed that this would be done by the end of the day and was told yes.
I go back to the dealership at 330 because nobody had called me and I figured I d just wait there for an hour, no big deal. Then I m told that my car isn t at the dealer because VW s third party is installing the glass and now it s a bigger job than they thought it would be because they have to take the door off. This is where my major problems come in:
1. I told VW when I booked the service what happened with the glass. I told them it was shattered I received the following response on the phone: well depending on your vehicle we might have to take the door off. My answer was: can I just tell you the type of vehicle? VW response: we know what the vehicle is. So I gave them all the information when I booked it.
2. NOBODY AT VW told me they were going to get a 3rd party to replace the glass. Had I known that I would have went elsewhere and simply ordered the part from VW; because when I called the third party glass installer they told me it was a dealer part. Sure they added a service that I had booked for a different day to this catastrophe, at a slightly lower price but to me, that s not good enough.
3. NOBODY at VW told me that this was going to be a multi day project. Because now I don t get my vehicle back until Monday. AND because VW had, without informing me, sent my car else where to get repaired - I didn t even have my house keys. So then I had to drive an hour round trip to get my spare keys. So sure, I have a courtesy vehicle but now I m driving around because I wasn t prepared for this gong show, spending money on gas because I m going to have to fill this vehicle back up when I return it. I understand that sure, fill it up because you leisurely drove around, but I m filling it up because of VWs mistakes.
I have never felt more misled and frustrated with a dealership in my entire life. All they want to do is nickel and dime you. I will never return once I get my vehicle back.