Mountain View Ford Lincoln - Service Center

My wife bought her car at Mtn. View ford in 2003. We have had it serviced there ever since. I have also had my F-150 serviced ther as well. We knew that it costs a little more to get your vehicle serviced at had it serviced there ever since. I have also had my F-150 serviced ther as well. We knew that it costs a little more to get your vehicle serviced at a dealership but thought it was worth it because they would always repair it on the same day and knew what they were doing. Last Thursday evening my wife took her Ford Focus in to have a noise checked out and to get an oil change. She was called at 10:30 a.m. by Gary the next morning and told the noise was a loose plastic guard under the front of the car and that the oil had been changed. The price was $85.00 for checking out and repairng the loose guard and $27.99 fo the oil change. We were told the vehicle was ready to be picked up and the total was about $112.00 before tax. He also said that the front brakes needed replacing for $179.00 but we chose to wait on that untill another time. We had to go to the hospital and told him we would pick up the car later Friday or Saturday morning. We were called again at 1:30 P.M. by Gary. I spoke to him this time and he told me that the car was ready and the price was $240.00. I knew that he had told my wife that it was $112.00 earlier and that the car was ready but I hadn't spoken to him so I told him that I would have her call him back. When she called him back to explain how the price had more than doubled. He said that they had done a software update on the cars computer and that he was not aware of it before. They are supposed to call before they do any repairs to get authorization like they had done earlier with the brakes but we received no such phone call. When we went in Saturday morning to pick up the car the cashier and the other worker on duty could not help us. We were told that if she wanted to get the car we had to pay and that she could call back on Monday to speak to the service manager. We went ahead and paid because my wife neede her vehicle to get to work. When she called the service manager on Monday he was rude and told her that since she had signed some paper that she had to pay and that she needed to pay attention to what she signed. We will not be buying any more cars from this dealership or using it for service. If you do take your vehicle there to get serviced don't beleive what they tell you on the phone or in person. It is what is in the 6 page paper they make you sign to get your vehicle back that matters. When you go to the cashier to pay you can see all these letters with positive feedback on the corkboard. That made me laugh because we were having an issue and couldn't get it resolved or even get a decent explanation while we were standing here in front of this corkboard full of these nice letters thanking them for doing such a great job. P.S. A couple of days after I posted this review I was contacted by Don Erwin at Mountain View Ford. He explained what had happened, apologized for the misunderstanding and we came to an agreement that my wife and I are satisfied with. It is good to know that there is someone who cares and will respond when a customer feels like they have been taken advantage of or mistreated. More