Desert Toyota

Great Car Purchasing Experience When I walked into the Desert Toyota Dealership, I already narrowed my choice down to three models. Ariel patiently walked me through my choices. I When I walked into the Desert Toyota Dealership, I already narrowed my choice down to three models. Ariel patiently walked me through my choices. I then further narrowed my choice down to the Prius. Ariel explained everything that a Prius has to offer thoroughly, articulately, proficiently, and clearly. He even asked his team to bring down all possibilities from the upstairs garage so I could see all the options to include color. Once I agreed to purchase the cat, his supervisor showed me financing options. Then the business manager, Tom I think, thoroughly and cleat presented all the warranty options. Great teamwork! Ariel even provided and held the Toyota shopping bags while so cleaned out my trade in. What could have been a tedious experience was pleasant, and even enjoyable. Everything went so smoothly and simply. I highly recommend this dealership! More

Better experience this time. I haven't always had the best history with Desert Toyota but yesterday that all changed. After purchasing a uses vehicle 3 years ago (Jaguar XF) I I haven't always had the best history with Desert Toyota but yesterday that all changed. After purchasing a uses vehicle 3 years ago (Jaguar XF) I encountered multiple issues not only with the vehicle but the shady sales guy. I only returned because of Patrick Betancourt and how he did his best back then. After being promptly attended to by Mickey who passed me onto Jeff Gwash (928-308-6087), I found my baby...a brand spanking new Avalon. <3 Both Mickey & Jeff were genuine in their intentions and totally followed through with their promise to make THIS experience better. Although, time consuming they effortlessly made everything work out- to my benefit. After vehicle selection, test driving and finalizing the purchase I worked with Luis Lopez who was equally helpful and explained EVERYTHING! I'm happy to be the 1st owner of this beauty...other than my kids I've never been the 1st owner of anything. Special thanks to Mickey! More

Flexible terms drove me tp make a decision right away. My plans were to go all the way with my current lease contract and purchase a new highlander by that time. They call me offering to negotiate the term My plans were to go all the way with my current lease contract and purchase a new highlander by that time. They call me offering to negotiate the terms to terminate earlier the lease contract, which call my attention. Not only it happened in advantageous terms for me, but also, with the help of James Cioffi, my Sales Consultant, I established a good negotiation to end with my brand new Highlander and a happy wife. Thanks James and thank you Desert Toyota of Tucson. Arturo V. More

Service Department I went in for a 30,000 mile service prescheduled 2 weeks in advance. Was told my wait time was 2-2.5 hours. At the 3 hr. mark I asked how much longe I went in for a 30,000 mile service prescheduled 2 weeks in advance. Was told my wait time was 2-2.5 hours. At the 3 hr. mark I asked how much longer? Oh, it hasn’t even gotten into the shop yet but we’ll let you know. Nothing in return for my waiting for nothing. Not the first time this had happened but it will be the last. Must drive across town to Precision Toyota but much better experience over there. More

Exceptional Our advisor Seth was exceptionally well versed and we really liked him and will go to him from now on. He made it so easy and we can text him to set u Our advisor Seth was exceptionally well versed and we really liked him and will go to him from now on. He made it so easy and we can text him to set up the next appointment. More

Awesome work and service! Kindra helped me with my refund check with Prestige Financial for Gap Insurance when they misplaced the check. Kindra Pluss worked for over two months Kindra helped me with my refund check with Prestige Financial for Gap Insurance when they misplaced the check. Kindra Pluss worked for over two months to get this issue resolved!! More

Great sales personnel, I went looking for a Toyota Truck and found the perfect one a 2017 Tacoma the whole ordeal was a great experience. The sales manager Ed Martinez made I went looking for a Toyota Truck and found the perfect one a 2017 Tacoma the whole ordeal was a great experience. The sales manager Ed Martinez made it possible by making the deal just right for me, he got me the interest rate I needed for the payment to be where it needed to be. I have been driving my truck for a few months now and I really recommend all my family and friends to go and visit this beautiful Dealership where you will get treated with respect and they will make the deal right for you ..Thank you, Mr Martinez More

Worst Buying experience we have ever experienced We went to Desert Toyota on a Saturday afternoon and we were looking for a certain model of Toyota Tacoma SR5 V6 Long bed 4x2 pickup blue in color. T We went to Desert Toyota on a Saturday afternoon and we were looking for a certain model of Toyota Tacoma SR5 V6 Long bed 4x2 pickup blue in color. They did not have one, Tony Vondell, our salesman stated he would have the inventory manager do a search for one and get back to us on Monday but Tony never called. We went back to the dealership that afternoon and talked to Tony Vondell and Gilbert and they were on the phone with the inventory man and did a search in this area. The closest one that was found was in Northern California, so we opted for a short bed version of the SR5 pickup. They located one for us in Mesa, AZ and we were told that the truck would be on a transport and be ready for us the next day. Tuesday passed and no truck, we were told that they could not secure a transport. Then we were told that it would be Wednesday. As Wednesday is almost coming to a close it was about 3:45 in the afternoon I called my salesman Tony Vondell to find out where my truck was and he told me that he would call me right back. He did not call me back until about 5 PM. He told me that the truck was just now passing Picacho Peak. Nothing but excuses why my truck had not arrived. So that evening I went to the dealership to take care of my revised sales contract because of an add-on that they don’t tell you about when you are doing the financing paperwork with Garret. He is in such a hurry to get you in and out of his office telling you to just sign here and initials there. One thing they don’t tell you about is the $199 activation for the Data Dots service which you don’t need if you have a good insurance policy. It is also in parentheses Optional. That is why I had a revised contract and also that I was paying in cash. During the process of taking care of the revised sales contract I had asked for some simple compensation for the poor service that we had received. I had asked for them to just throw in some mud flaps and that I would install them myself and Tony had to get the sales manager to get approval for the flaps. The sales manager, Sean Replinger came over and said he could sell me the flaps at their cost and I told him that that would not work and that I was not going to sign the revised contract until he came up with a better solution. He looks at me and tells me that I am strong arming him, which I didn’t think I was. He finally told me if I give them a great sales experience feedback that he would throw them in for free. Myself and my wife said it was not worth $85 for mud flaps to lie about the lousy sales experience. Through this whole time, me and the wife wanted to be able to have a sprayed in bed liner in the truck and Tony reassured us that no problem yes you can have a sprayed in liner in the bed. But because of lack of knowledge of Tony not knowing that the bed of this truck is composite, basically a plastic bed and a sprayed in liner could not be applied to this bed. Tony told me that the bed was a plastic bed liner in the truck and they would just take it out and spray the liner in. Also, we were told about a desert protection package was applied for almost $1000 automatically applied on all of the vehicles and that you would be able to bring it back every 6 months for reapplication of the sealant on the paint, we asked repeatedly if this service was all included in the $1000 that was added to the options on the truck and repeatedly Tony told us yes it was and showed us a plastic covered mat about this service that was on top of his desk. We would never have owned another vehicle without this protection. Come to find out this was never available to have done every 6 months. We did not find out until the delivery of the truck and the final inspection of the truck and signing of the paperwork with Garret the finance guy that it will be an additional $1000 for the protection package for 5 years. That is when I started to get really livid. I went and spoke to Tony and Kindra about that Tony straight out lied and said that he did not tell us that about protection package. I went to O’Reilly Chevrolet and paid $699 for the Auto Butler protection package for every 6 months reapplication of sealant and detailing service. Don’t buy their desert protection package what a rip off. Upon the inspection during our delivery, I seen that there was 196 miles on the vehicle and that is when I was informed by Tony that they drove the vehicle down from Mesa and not put on a transport truck like we were told would happen. There we were lied to. During our inspection process, we found 2 nicks on the windshield and a piece of rock or something under the clearcoat on the hood and also the rear bumper cover had a blemish. I was told by the customer relation rep Kindra that we would be called within 5-7 business days to schedule my truck to get these discrepancies fixed. Kindra did tell me I could file a claim with my insurance to get the windshield fixed. I told her NO, it was a new vehicle, I will not file a claim. It was over 2 weeks and I never got a call from anybody so I had to call to get an appointment scheduled to get them fixed at the body shop. In my opinion Desert Toyota has been the worst buying experience of a new vehicle that I have even been thru. Dan B. More

Poor Service I am an owner of a 2017 Toyota Tacoma Sport. I had recently moved to Tucson, AZ when I received a recall notice in June for a part involving the rear I am an owner of a 2017 Toyota Tacoma Sport. I had recently moved to Tucson, AZ when I received a recall notice in June for a part involving the rear differential component of the vehicle. I contacted Desert Toyota of Tucson as they were the first dealership that came up on the search engine I used to locate a dealership for inspection and possible repair. I called the service department, spoke with a woman, made an appointment and all seemed good. When I showed up at the dealership for my appointment the service rep, Seth, was unable to locate any appointment in the system. This was a weekday, so I was interrupting my work day in order to meet my appointment. Seth did apologize for the inconvenience and advised that they would get the truck in for inspection as soon as possible and that it should not take longer than 2 hours. Understanding that often times things get busy, I posted up inside to work remotely while I waited. I checked in at 3 hours into my wait to find out they hadn't even put the truck up on the lift yet for inspection. Seth seemed very apathetic and did not seem to care that he had set a 2 hour expectation and the service team was well past that time frame. Ultimately I was a the dealership for 5 hours, Seth did not check in with me at all during this time - I had to go check in with him at hour 3, 4 and 5 of waiting. He provided an insincere apology, advised that the recall part seemed to be functioning fine and that they would not be replacing the part until an actual issue was observed due to low inventory of that part. So I was sent on my way with a truck that has a part that is known to malfunction and cause further damage if not operating properly and told to keep an eye on it myself in the meantime. Needless to say I was not pleased with that outcome. This is clearly not the type of service or experience I would expect from a large dealership. I also had inquired about a replacement part for the tonneau cover on my truck, which Seth advised he would look into and call me by the end of the next day. I never received a call. I chose to not follow up as it was clear he was not interested in my business for that part and again failed to meet an expectation he himself set. I brushed this off as a bad experience that must have been "just one of those days" for Desert Toyota and chose to not submit a review as I am typically very understanding of the various factors that unintentionally effect a customer service based business. However, I did chose to give it a second chance and today I had an appointment at 8a for my 10,000 mile service on the truck. I had called last week to set this appointment, again planning to interrupt my work schedule to get this service taken care of. The gal that set my appointment assured me that it only takes 1 hour so having an 8a would ensure that I would be able to make a 930a meeting I had that day downtown. I showed up this morning at 740a to ensure the truck was there and ready for the service team at my 8a appointment time. The young man that greeted me confirmed that I had an appointment and took my truck into the service area. I was advised it would take no more than 1 hour and was directed inside to wait. After 1 hour and 15 minutes had passed I went to check in with the service desk to see how close the truck was to completion to find out they had not even moved it from the service bay waiting area as the service rep, Seth, was "unaware" the truck was even there. Seth, same rep as before, was again apathetic about the mistake and attempted to blame me for not checking in with him when I arrived. I explained that there were no service reps present when I arrived and I was not advised I needed to check in, just directed to the waiting area. Naturally, I felt it was reasonable to expect the valet/greeter young man would have let service know the truck was there and waiting after he pulled my car into the facility. Seth gave another insincere apology citing that there is nothing he can do now and he was never told it was there waiting for service. At this point it is 920a and I am already guaranteed to be late for my 930a meeting. I requested that Seth pull my truck around so that I can leave, which he did. He attempted to reschedule my appointment for which I declined advising I would be taking all of my business to the other dealership in town moving forward given both of my experiences with him and the service he provides. To no surprise I was late for my meeting, spent 1 hour of drive time and gas to get there and back for nothing and now have to take another bout of time from my work day next week to get the service performed at the other dealership in town. Very, very unsatisfied and extremely unimpressed and underwhelmed by the lack of care, courtesy and level of service provided by Desert Toyota. Which is unfortunate as I will be purchasing 2 new vehicles in the next 12 months for my wife and for work and it will not be with them. More

Best time at a car dealership Greg was exceptional with helping in my purchase. He was very committed to making sure I was satisfied not only with the vehicle but also the price. H Greg was exceptional with helping in my purchase. He was very committed to making sure I was satisfied not only with the vehicle but also the price. He went the extra mile to find out my needs for a vehicle and did not try up sell or sell me something I did not need. He is very honest and upfront about the cars and features. He made me feel like his top priority was making sure I was truly satisfied with vehicle not just making the sale. I did not feel pressured during my experience at Desert Toyota, which was unique to previous dealership experiences. I can tell Greg truly enjoys and is proud of the work he does. Thank you! More