Matthews Kia of Schenectady - Service Center
Schenectady, NY
146 Reviews of Matthews Kia of Schenectady - Service Center
2023 vehicle in for issues. Going on second week, no vehicle to use. Matthew's has no record of me bringing in shortly after purchasing brand new vehicle from Fuccillo for the s Going on second week, no vehicle to use. Matthew's has no record of me bringing in shortly after purchasing brand new vehicle from Fuccillo for the same issues.They don't help at all. You are told to call Hertz. Then all you can do is hope you get reimbursed. When I try to explain, they cut me off. I don't now if because I m a woman, I feel talked down too. When I brought it in I didn't get a chance to completely explain and they are saying if it's this problem it won't be covered by warranty. I felt Fuccillo was much better, that's why I bought a second vehicle from Fuccillo. Now I am left with no customer service. More
Hands down the worst experience I've ever had at a dealership Service Dept. I am in the area for the summer and a recurring issue had popped up with my Kia. I googled and found this to be the closes dealership Service Dept. I am in the area for the summer and a recurring issue had popped up with my Kia. I googled and found this to be the closest dealership. I spoke with them and scheduled and appt for Fri at 8:15am. After not hearing from them all day, I called late in the afternoon to be told by Ken that they had driven it but couldn't recreate the problem. (I had left explicit instructions on how to easily recreate, which they were able to do after following them.) Ken said the master tech could not look at it until Monday, but assured me if I left it over the weekend (inconvenient) he would be sure to get to it. Monday came and went with no call back. I called on Tuesday to be told the master tech had 30+ cars to work on and it might be better to take it to Destination Kia in Albany if I needed it serviced. When I reminded him that he promised me about leaving it over the weekend, etc we again promised that a master tech would look at it. I also asked if they had even popped the hood to see if it was the clamp that my hometown dealership had tightened to correct it the first time. They had not. Called on Wednesday afternoon (after always being promised that Ken would be calling me with a status but never getting a call) to be told the master tech didn't arrive until 1pm, etc, etc. More excuses. But they had run diagnostics and not found anything (I know - my dealership did the same) and contacted Kia and had no outstanding issues that they were aware of. Called Thursday at 3:30pm to be promised the master tech would drive it and look at the clamp and Ken would call me back within the hour. Crickets. I called from 4:30-5pm, either going to silence (no hold music or any indicators to know whether you are in queue or just being ignored forever) or getting a message saying that extension isn't picking up. Finally got upset enough after calling back numerous times to ask the operator to transfer me to the sales manager on duty. He listened to my problem, promised to walk back to service and find out what was going on and call me back within 10 minutes. Finally some customer service! Well, Ken called me back within 10 minutes (and so did the sales guy to make sure someone had called me back) to say they had adjusted the clamp and it made no difference. And it will be weeks before they can do any type of deep diagnosis on it, so again suggested taking it to another dealership. I was done and agreed I'd just come and pick it up. A week completely lost! The icing on the cake was the explanation on the invoice / paperwork I received. "FOUND NO CODES. RAN ENGINE. ROADTESTED. FOUND PERFORMANCE TO BE NORMAL. NO UNUSUAL NOISES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED AT THIS TIME." After Ken admitted they were still hearing the noise. More lies. Can't wait to get the survey from Kia! More
Been going to this location for years And got my car new here and then get the run around by the service professionals about damage there was nonexistent just so they can deny my claim was forced to repair here and then get the run around by the service professionals about damage there was nonexistent just so they can deny my claim was forced to repair the car at another dealership even though the car was under warranty due to our crack in the front bumper I have nothing to do with the actual part. I would never suggest that anybody go to the dealership as they were rude and unprofessional and thought it was funny to make fun of me and tell me that things could pass when clearly they would fail inspection. I was given a run around for over two months trying to get a covered under warranty and continually lied to about some guy who was going to come look at the car from a market warranty office.I would suggest you go to a different dealership I have never seen a dealership with a bunch of people who wasted your time and so rude. More
It took them 2 months to replace the engine. When we got the car back and drove it felt like it was sliding on ice. We took it back to the dealer and was told that it was the right shock. When I went to hav the car back and drove it felt like it was sliding on ice. We took it back to the dealer and was told that it was the right shock. When I went to have it replace at another garage they had informed me that the engine bolts were loose and that what was causing to feel like it was on ice. When I called Fuccillo Kia about it, there response was "Sorry'. More
I had an oil change & tire rotation on 5/6WORST service I had an oil change & tire rotation on 5/6 WORST service visit in my life! 10:30 appointment, took my vehicle @ 11:15. After completion, vehicle sa I had an oil change & tire rotation on 5/6 WORST service visit in my life! 10:30 appointment, took my vehicle @ 11:15. After completion, vehicle sat outside for at least a half hour before someone came to get me. Tire rotation never took place, but was charged for it! I was reimbursed. Service desk ciaos, one person. Service manager unavailable, "will call you". He's been "in a meeting" since last Thursday! Still have not heard from him! General manager also "in a meeting" Bunch of BS!!! More
The dealership and salesman woody were excellent. Woody really knew what he was doing. I walked in for an oil changed and drove out in a new car. really knew what he was doing. I walked in for an oil changed and drove out in a new car. More
The service team at Fucillo Kia in Schenectady is terrible. Don’t accuse customers of going to someplace else to get their car serviced, when YOU put the wrong parts on to begin with. Don’t tell your terrible. Don’t accuse customers of going to someplace else to get their car serviced, when YOU put the wrong parts on to begin with. Don’t tell your customers there’s nothing wrong with their car when they bring it in, when there actually IS. Our vehicle was at your shop for THREE MONTHS, while we still had to PAY our monthly payments and you still didn’t even fix the car correctly. Do you make it a habit of accusing customers of things? How about accusing your own service techs? More
I had a 2012 Kia Sedona for 5 almost 6 years. Never had any major issues with it. It ran great. Paid off the loan in September. Was planning on using the extra money towards credit cards. In October I brou any major issues with it. It ran great. Paid off the loan in September. Was planning on using the extra money towards credit cards. In October I brought the van to Fuccillo Kia in Schenectady for a recall. I don't know anything about cars myself, but the recall had something to do with the fuel system (my receipt says fuel delivery pipe). About a month later the van stalled on the way to the store. I turned back the key and tried to restart the engine. It tried to start. It would even start up and then shut off again after a few seconds. I called my Uncle and he came and looked at it. He said it sounded like it wasn't getting fuel to the engine. I thought back and remembered about the recall and had the van towed up to Fuccillo. They said it didn't have anything to do with the work they did on it. I waited to hear back from them about the issue and nothing. Called them, they said they hadn't had a chance to look at it yet. So, tell me how they knew it didn't have anything to do with what they previously worked on, if they hadn't looked at it yet. Anyway, for 2 weeks every time we called about the status of my vehicle, we were told, "I'm sorry, we haven't had a chance to look at it yet." They said they were short staffed. When they did FINALLY get to it, we were first told it was the fuel pump. Then they called back again and said it wasn't the fuel pump it was something else. I don't know what it was, but it was going to cost $2000 to fix and if they started taking things apart and found more issues it would cost more...according to them. My guess is, it was whatever they "fixed" for the recall. However, like I said, I don't know anything about that kind of stuff. So, we decided to see if they would give us anything for a trade in. My mother drove me to Fuccillo, they gave us $500 for the trade in. Fine. Whatever. Got a 2016 Honda Odyssey. Hadn't even had it a whole month and something was going on with it already. Had it towed to Fuccillo because that was where we bought it and it was supposed to be under the used car warranty. We called ahead of time to let them know we were bringing it in. The next day, they tell me I'm better off taking it to a Honda dealer. So, I had it towed...again. The Honda dealership tells me the radiator hose came off and the clamp wasn't on it. He said he called Fuccillo to talk to them about it. I don't know the details of the conversation, but he said they weren't very nice to him. I do NOT reccomended this place to anyone. Please, save yourself the hassle and go somewhere else. Sure they may be nice when you are buying a vehicle from them, but after that forget it. I'm reporting them to the Better Business Bureau. We shouldn't have had to pay over $300 (for the fix plus the second tow) to get a $2 clamp put on a hose that they should've made sure was good before selling the vehicle. They have lost me as a customer. My mother, who has purchased 7 vehicles from different Fuccillo locations over the years, also said she will not buy from any Fuccillo again. The salesperson we worked with is not on the list so I chose one at random because it wouldn't let me not choose one. The person we worked with is Matt. I do not remember his last name. More