Alan Webb Mazda
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Defective car, constant issues, two months.
Written by 07/14/2016
onI purchased an RX8 two months ago. The day I bought it, one of the service techs had the key fob in his pocket and broke it so I had to take my trade in home and come back after they'd ordered and programmed a new fob. Then they told me when I was there to pick it up that the ignition ring needed to be replaced so I had to bring it back in. While we were waiting for the ignition ring to be delivered the AC went out and they had to order a part and repair that as well.
Yesterday, two months and three days into my ownership, the stereo shorted out and stopped working. It's aftermarket, but it was in the car when I purchased it, so I don't expect the dealership to fix it, but I do feel like they should have made sure it was working. Especially considering when they replaced the ignition ring they told me that it was shorting out because of how the stereo had been installed so I know they were in there and either messed it up themselves or should have taken the time to fix it so it was't screwing up other systems in the dash.
They assured me when I purchased this that they'd gone over it and it was in excellent working condition. Two trips in to service and now I have to take it somewhere else for more work inside of two months is NOT excellent working condition. If I had it to do over I would not have purchased a car from this dealership. I'd advise you don't either.
***UPDATE***
I was reading through other reviews and saw that someone had posted about seeing a car on the website with stock wheels, then coming in to test drive and finding out that the rims and tires had been upgraded and the stock set was no longer available, and that this jumped the price considerably. This was part of my buying experience as well. The picture on the website showed stock wheels. The picture the salesman sent me that i have in my email right now shows stock wheels. When I got there the following day, "Oh, well, now it has upgraded rims and tires and we don't have the stock ones so the price isn't going to be $9000, it's $12000. Hope that's ok." I was pissed, but no amount of trying was able to get me the stock wheels. If I want aftermarket accessories I'd like the option to pick them myself, not finance them forever. Plus then I'd have the stock set for winter tires or whatever. Nope. Nowhere to be found. I had originally given this review two stars but since I saw that this was a common practice I've now dropped it to one.
- Recommend this dealer? No
- Purchased a vehicle from this dealer? Yes
- Did the dealer honor all commitments made? No