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by Sandra Dinwiddie on 11/27/2024updated 12/03/2024Our experience with Arrowhead BMW has been a series of blunders at every level—sales and service. While a few staff members did keep their word and provide support, the majority fell short, exemplifying the worst stereotypes of sales and… service personnel. Just when we thought an issue was resolved, more problems surfaced. Our requests, including contact during business hours, were ignored. Service notes were overlooked, leading to disruptive, repeated calls. This lack of care and competence has made it clear we will never return. We’ll be taking our business to BMW of North Scottsdale instead, as they are owned by a different company. We love our BMWs but are appalled by the service at Arrowhead BMW. If you expect the high standard of service that should come with a luxury brand, we strongly recommend trying a different dealership.Lack of product knowledge
by Sandra Dinwiddie on 11/27/2024Do your research and do not rely on the sales team for accurate product knowledge. We went to Arrowhead BMW with the goal of purchasing an X5, X6, or X7 that included the tow package, as we were told it was essential for the safety features… we needed. When we bought our first X7, the sales team assured us the tow package would work as promised, but after paying $3,000 for installation, none of the safety features functioned as expected. It took over three weeks to install the hitch, only to find out—through our own research—that without the factory-installed tow package, the features would not work. We had to escalate the issue, and only after significant pushback did they agree to take the vehicle back and offer a trade, but at a significant depreciation loss. We ended up with the car we wanted, but at $8K over our original budget, and without any apology or acknowledgment from the sales team for the mistake. The dealership also failed to refund the tow package cost in a timely manner, requiring us to push for a resolution. While we love our BMW, the sales experience at Arrowhead BMW was frustrating and filled with misinformation. It appears to be a systemic issue, as we've had similar challenges with their service department. If you are set on a BMW, I recommend shopping elsewhere or doing your own research—Arrowhead BMW’s sales and service teams do not provide the level of expertise or customer care one should expect from a luxury brand.
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This was my first and last experience with Arrowhead BMW
by Jeremywag01 on 10/14/2021This was my first and last experience with Arrowhead BMW. The service director Paul was completely unprofessional and unwilling to right a wrong. My M3 was originally purchased from this dealership and they failed to remove the shipping… spacer from both front struts during the initial delivery inspection. Negligence on their part resulted in damage to parts of my car’s suspension. I typically take my cars to North Scottsdale BMW for service/repair work, but according to BMW NA the dealership who takes initial delivery of the vehicle is ultimately responsible for the damage. So I call the service department at Arrowhead and explained my situation to Paul over the phone. The reply I got was “ why would we do anything about that. You are not even a customer of ours as you go to one our competitor for your service work.” I was then hung up on. I tried calling back and was immediately hung up on again. I would be very wary of having service preformed by [non-permissible content removed] after what I experienced today. Read the other reviews on here, there’s definitely a consistent stream of complains for poor customer service, rudeness, shady sales tactics, and even racism. Trust me when I say you are way better off taking your vehicle elsewhere.STAY AWAY from this classless dealership!
by Classless Arrowhead BMW on 01/30/2021Do Not do Business with this dealership!!! Sad, Terrible, Ugly, Horrid Experience with @ArrowheadBMW in Glendale AZ. I Placed a 5k deposit for an X7 M50i custom order with Arrowhead BMW in Glendale AZ a couple months ago. Glendale is a… town in Metro Phoenix, AZ. The financial terms were quite beneficial to me and I was happy to work with such a reasonable dealership. The terms were as good or better than any deal currently available for this model. (Yes, I have the order paperwork in case anyone is curious. In fact I have all the emails and documents to support the below claim I am making here) The car was built and delivered to the dealer this past week. (I currently am a BMW customer. But I did not acquire my current BMW from this particular dealership) The sales guy sent me pics of the vehicle on the lot, pre-PDI when the car finally arrived last week. The sales guy took my credit app and told me I was approved for BMW Financing as my FICO is near 800. The next day they say after I sign the paperwork, I cant have the car shipped until the check clears from BMW Financial, which is several days after I sign the documents. 30 minutes later they cancel the deal and hours later, refund my CC because they dont want to sell me the car because Im an Oregon resident who does not need to pay sales tax. Yes the car was going to be shipped to Oregon. I did not hide the fact I was an Oregon Resident. I provided my insurance and Drivers License to the dealership when I ordered it, and again to the salesperson when the car was delivered to the dealership in order for them to process the sales paperwork.... and yes the General Sales Manager knew at the time I placed the order it was going to be shipped when it came in. There were no suprises to anyone about either the car needing to be sent to Oregon or that Im an Oregon resident. I originally negotiated great financial terms of the deal with the prior GSM of the dealership who has now moved up in the company and is in the process of opening a Jaguar/ LandRover dealership down the street from the BMW store. He was not part of the cancellation however he was still highly regarded within the company and only blocks away at his new dealership as a full GM. I contacted him and he said he would look into it next week because he was "out of town this weekend." Folks, I believe they are not contractually bound to sell me the car after they refunded my money. However this is slimy, unprofessional, ugly behavior. It feels to me they just screwed me because they can make more money from another buyer. There is no way this should ever happen in any dealership, let alone a highline BMW store. They offered no apology, no renegotiation, no attempt to order another one, not even a conversation with a manager! Just word from the salesperson that they are not selling me the car and good bye, dont contact them again. literally. A few days later, just when you think it cant get worse.... How bout some salt for your wounds??? I reached out to the ex-GSM of Arrowhead BMW over the weekend when this occurred as I said. He is the gentleman who sold me the car and took my deposit. I am, for all intents and purposes, his client. Since that time, he was promoted within the organization to become the GM of the Land Rover/Jaguar dealership down the street from BMW. He finally reported back to me 3 days later. Yes, it took him that long to get back to me. But we wont question his excuses at this time, poor as they may be, as you will see why it doesn't matter, below. He reported to me, that the BMW dealership, told him, that I hung up the phone on the manager in anger, and that I cancelled the deal! Not only is this false and inaccurate but it shows they are now making a bad experience worse by attempting to place the blame on me, the customer. This allegation is a bold faced lie so they "have some evidence or reason" to justify their horrid decision and actions. And throwing the blame on me as if I caused their actions are slimy, disgusting, unethical, unprofessional etc. etc. This falsehood is not possible as I never spoke to any manager at the dealership, at all, whatsoever, at any time since the car arrived. All communications came through the salesperson's personal cell phone because the many corporate numbers from the dealership are apparently blocked on my phone. I never hung up on the sales guy either. They are the ones who cancelled the deal on me or else this post wouldn't exist. They are trying to throw me under the bus as if this is somehow my fault and then lying on top of it!!!! I replied to the ex GSM and of course, denied this and pointed out the lie. He then wrote me back later that day saying that he "misunderstood what the dealership told him" regarding the lie about me hanging up on them. ( Really? how can that even be communicated and misunderstood? Did they say they hung up on me and he misconstrued that?) He went on to type in this follow up email, another lame excuse. He now says the dealership googled me and came up with an Arizona address. Why does this matter? Because they are in so deep with their behavior and the lies that they need to find "something" to base their reneging actions on. Having an AZ address would force me to pay AZ taxes or "something" more than 0 taxes and make it seem like I was lying to them. Suffice it to say, the address they came up with was a UPS Store mailbox I had 20 years ago, when I used to live in AZ. Mind you, Im an existing OREGON registered BMW lessee. The dealership had already pulled my credit and been approved by BMW finance to purchase the vehicle, and had my Oregon drivers license and insurance in hand and knew I needed to have a date to arrange for a hauler to ship the vehicle to OR. Now... when is it standard operating procedure to google a purchaser after being approved by BMW financial? When is anything on the internet truthful, accurate or timely? When has finding something on the internet a basis for not selling someone a car? LAME... LAME... LAME, weasel like excuses. Oh and the other bomb he dropped... and this is the kicker!!! The car has ALREADY BEEN SOLD and he cant help me. Go figure. He took several days to "help me out" only to find in the 4 days time it took to help me out, the car has magically been sold before he could help me.... fyi there are a couple other X7 M50i's that have been sitting on the lot. In the end, all he did was try and cover for his buddies at the dealership by buying time. Then provide weak excuse after weak excuse that he should know, are all hollow, to justify why they cancelled the deal with me. So he never really cared about helping me... only covering for his buddies. He mentioned in his last email to me that he told the GM of the BMW dealership of my issue and that it upset him. You would think someone would have reached out from the dealership if the GM was so upset???? Not a peep. What I have done: I have made a complaint with @BMWUSA Corporate Customer Care. In fact, I had to update the complaint multiple times as these events unfolded. Customer support says this is the first they ever heard of such an experience.... for whatever that is worth. I still have not been contacted by any manager or GM from the dealership. The Customer support team says they have put the complaint in the "escalation team's" queue and someone should contact me from there.
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Arrowhead BMW features a 40,000 square feet showroom, two Customer Lounges and Isetta Coffee Bars, BMW Lifestyle Boutique, Genius Bar, M Performance Events, VIP Networking Events, ‘Women of BMW’ Networking Events, and Community Events. At Arrowhead BMW, we don’t just sell vehicles – we are focused on exceeding our customers’ expectations!
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