Santa Cruz Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Volkswagen

Worst sales experience I’ve ever had Bought a 2018 Ram Power Wagon from here. Had a few issues during the trade in, tailgate fell (which is a known problem for rams) and was damaged the s Bought a 2018 Ram Power Wagon from here. Had a few issues during the trade in, tailgate fell (which is a known problem for rams) and was damaged the sales manager Charlie called me about 2 weeks later (first I had heard from them) and was pretty much yelling at me saying that I was not a man of my word and that they were going to take legal action against me to pay to repair the tailgate and that I wasn’t standing by my end of the deal. The day they took the trade I replaced the front hub because the bearing went out, $500. I paid them for half $750 (what they asked for) to repair the tailgate. Although their estimate was way over priced, dealership can get the tailgate for under $200 and a tailgate paint job is around $500. Add maybe an hour to transfer parts that’s now $800 total. Part of the deal was they would provide me with everything I needed to title the vehicle in Ohio (I’m active military). As of today 38 days later I still don’t have what I need. They sent me the proper sales contract with no signatures from the dealer on it. I’ve been told by Charlie the Sales manager that he would call me back probably 20 times and he has only called me back maybe 2 of those 20 times. The sales service the day of purchasing was good, but it seems like once they have their money they don’t really care about standing by their end of the deal. I will never go back and I will let everyone I know to not go here. If you’re thinking about buying from out of state stay away. They’re clueless about how to do anything outside of California, their title person actually told me that people title vehicles in one state and register them in other states all the time. More

Kept my car for almost two months I am currently having the worst experience at Santa Cruz Volkswagen Dodge I bought a Srt8 from them lest than 5 months ago I have had to have the moun I am currently having the worst experience at Santa Cruz Volkswagen Dodge I bought a Srt8 from them lest than 5 months ago I have had to have the mounter mounts replaced the rack and pinion the alignment and now the transmission bearings brakes I mean the list goes on and still no vehicle this dealership gives u the run around slow plays every situation ignores me as the customer I’m hoping that I can give some kind of a good review soon but right now this place is horrible customer service is terrible.Update dealing with Charlie sales manager is helping out with my vehicle great customer service very helpful. More

Update to previous review Got a call today saying they now need me to go in to verify the VIN number on my vehicle. Verify the VIN??? This should have been done ages ago, and Got a call today saying they now need me to go in to verify the VIN number on my vehicle. Verify the VIN??? This should have been done ages ago, and how was it smogged, sold etc. without the VIN verified? Why now as I bought it on Labor Day? Still no tags, title, plate in my name. Our neighborhood requires parking stickers to park, and now the temporary one has been on and I need the permanent one. Considering talking further with my attorney about this. Really tired of this run around. Notified Better Business Bureau. Again, salesman Cris is awesome, Rudy in finance, is not. Crisis would get this dealership 5 stars, Rudy, 0. Had I received my tags, title and plates in my name by now, I would've left the 3 star due to Rudy, with Crisis bringing his from a 0 to 5 star. The 2 is due to the continued hassle and still no title. More

Poor Service Damaged vehicle My wife and I purchased a new 2018 Challenger. A week later we brought it to the service department to have factory fog lamps installed. I was told it My wife and I purchased a new 2018 Challenger. A week later we brought it to the service department to have factory fog lamps installed. I was told it would take approximately 1.5 hours to install. I arrived at 10:45 for my 11 a.m. appointment. I returned at 2 p.m. to pick up my car. I was told it would be another 20 mins. 40 mins. later i found a service guy and asked about my car. He came back about ten minutes later and told me it would be another 20 mins. This process repeated several times. Each time i was told it would be another 20 mins. When I asked to speak with the service manager, the tech refused. I asked three times. Each time he refused to go get his manager. I then went and found the sales manager who went back to find him. They returned about 10 minutes later. The service manager told me I should not have been quoted an hour and a half. He asked who had told me that amount of time. I told him his service tech. he said "Oh." They then offered me a hoopty rental. At this point we are several hours in to the project, I tell them to go ahead and uninstall everything and return my vehicle. He says he will go check on the time remaining. He returns and tells me, wait for it.... about 20 minutes. This time it is ready. The roll the new car out. Guess what? There is a noticeable ding in the body line on the right hand side near the tire. Initially, the service manager says that I probably got that in a parking lot. I point out that those type of dings happen around the door area. I also point out that when I dropped the vehicle off we did a walk around. No dent. The service manager agreed to not charge for the labor, but to date no satisfaction on the dent issue. AVOID THIS DEALERSHIP!!! More

Tiguan We were looking for a white Tiguan with 3rd row for our nanny - they didn’t gave one in stock, but within minutes were able to get approval to trade o We were looking for a white Tiguan with 3rd row for our nanny - they didn’t gave one in stock, but within minutes were able to get approval to trade one from another dealership. I wasn’t able to go the next day to pick it up, so they delivered it to our home on Carmel. They beat Seaside an Salinas lease deals and were much much more pleasant and responsive. More

Issue after issue and issue after issue... This is just one of many issues I have had with their service department. One of my last service appointments was to replace the rubber strip under t This is just one of many issues I have had with their service department. One of my last service appointments was to replace the rubber strip under the hood, as it was coming loose. First visit, they need to order the piece. Scheduled appointment. I dropped my car off at 7:30am, they had Uber take me to work. I go to pick up my car at 5 and I was advised they couldn't fix it because rivits were needed and they didn't have any. I scheduled another appointment. Uber to work and back. I go to pick up my car and I'm told, they couldn't fix it AGAIN because the rivits required a specific gun to install them and they don't have one. I'm BEYOND frustrated at this point and didn't make another appointment. In THIS NEW instance I brought my car in to have the windshield wipers looked REPLACED (after market wipers, that THEY installed with out telling me until I went to pick up my car, because of course the right replacement was not in stock) I wanted to have them replaced because the wipers were stuttering every time I turned them on. (prev visit, he just 'cleaned them with alcohol and called it a day) They continued to stutter. I also mentioned to look at the phone charger outlet, as it was not working. Fast forward to when I pick up my car last night. I was advised, because he couldn't reproduce the stuttering with the wipers, he could not justify replacing them (even though I bought them a few weeks ago during ANOTHER visit) I was not going to continue to argue with them over if my car was in the sun, or too cold, or sap on the window or dust, or not enough wiper fluid etc... I said to forget it, ill replace them on my own. Before I checked out, he wanted to show me that the wipers didn't stutter. Mark got in the drivers side and tried to start the car. NOTHING. I was horrified. It would not start. He pushed the break, pushed the start button and yanked back and forth on the gear shifter to 'put it in park'. Mind you, it was ALREADY in park. He, Mark, and Dave (I believe) the service manager, and another tech tried to get the to start. Nothing worked. I HAD to get to school. They said they don't know what the problem is and wanted to know what I wanted to do. I was so confused. At the very least, they need to return the car to me in the SAME condition as I left it. Which is IN PERFECT RUNNING CONDITION! They FINALLY agree to give me a rental at no charge as long as I provide copy of DL, proof of Ins and a credit card (for incidentals??). I noticed on the service contract, after I got to class, it says 'CUSTOMER STATES THE ENGINE WILL NOT START; IGNITION IS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION'VEHICLE THINKS THE SHIFTER IS IN DRIVE. CHECK AND ADVISE. First of all, CUSTOMER DID NOT state the engine will not start. DODGE said they couldn't get the vehicle to start to give me my car back!!! When all I wanted was my dang wipers replaced!!! I received a call this morning stating they haven't had a chance to get my car in the shop and that they will need it for a few more days. WHAT??!! My cars appointment is left over from yesterday! How is my vehicle not a priority?! I was also advised, the rental they loaned me last night was a 1 day courtesy and if I wanted to keep it longer, I'd have to pay $40 a day. I'm ready to throw up at this point since they are not making my vehicle a priority and who KNOWS how long they will have it. I'm also advised that they have no idea what the problem is. Although, when/if they figure it out, they will do their best to see if it is covered by my power train warranty and if it isn't, he will be happy to write up an estimate for me. I feel THEY did something to cause this intentional or not and I should be provided a rental free of charge while they figure it out and my car should be priority. My car was running fine. Never had I had a single issue with it starting or driving. Do I need to seek legal advise? More

I was robbed on their lot Go to a different dealer! Your car will get broken into! They don’t have working security cameras and don’t add any security to protect your prop Go to a different dealer! Your car will get broken into! They don’t have working security cameras and don’t add any security to protect your property that they take possession of. Instead, they keep taking customers, let their stuff get stolen because they don’t lock your car, throw up their hands and say - “that sucks, not our problem”. Short story: I took truck in for recall, they messed that up so I had to take it back. Fixing the problem they created took them 21 days. The truck got robbed while on their property and they did nothing to reimburse me. They told me it wasn’t their problem. Service manager said owner would call me to talk, but he never did. Long story: I noticed some oil weeping from rear end. Not a big deal, but some googling about the problem lead me to a rear end recall for my truck. I figured getting the recall might fix the issue so I took it to the dealer. They preformed the recall and replaced the pinion seal (not covered under the recall-$300). Oh well, it was worth a shot. I get the truck back and immediately notice a clunk when accelerating so I turn right around and get a tech to ride with me and diagnose the issue. He concludes it’s something with the suspension. I didn’t argue with him and decide to get suspension looked at. I continue to drive truck because the clunk is not too bad. 200-300 miles later, the differential starts to whine. It gets louder and louder. I take it back in to dealer. They agree it’s something in the differential. I leave my truck with them to investigate further. 3 days pass and they call to let me know they are going to fix it and it will be covered under the recall - no cost to me. Great! Annoying for sure, but at least it’s not going to cost me anything. They said truck would be done Monday (7 days after I first dropped it off). Monday rolls around - no call from them. I call them on Tuesday - “we need to order part it won’t be done till next Monday”. Next Monday rolls around - no call. Again, I call Tuesday - “we need to order tool, it will be done next Monday”. AGAIN, next next Monday rolls around - no call. They call Tuesday saying truck is done - 21 days after I dropped it off. I go pick it up late that night and notice stuff is missing. Someone stole a full size mattress out of the camper shell. Sleeping bags, blankets, sunglasses, keys, leatherman, knife, tarp. Bunch of stuff stolen. Around $1,000 worth. I go back the next morning to talk to the service manager. He was nice about it, but basically said it wasn’t their problem. He said they are diligent about locking the cars because this has been happening often. My truck had no signs of being broken into or the lock being jimmied open. I asked to see the security footage and he informs me the cameras are broken. They he proceeds to tell me that this is the same situation as if my car was broken into in Safeway’s parking lot - “you wouldn’t go into Safeway and complain to them about it.” NO - that’s not the same at all, nice try. This dealership has a history of break ins to customers cars and they do nothing to fix the problem. They don’t have working cameras and don’t add any security to protect your property that the take possession of. Instead, they keep taking customers, let their stuff get stolen because they don’t lock your car, throw up their hands and say - “that sucks, not our problem”. That’s it - cue the friendly response from the dealer apologizing that I had a negative experience blah blah blah. Save it - stop taking possession of peoples property until you fix your robbery problem. Or, when a robbery does happen, take some ownership More

Great folks at Santa Cruz VW! We just got home from buying a VW, and I couldn't have had a better experience! From the very first greeter to meeting our salesman Richard, who li We just got home from buying a VW, and I couldn't have had a better experience! From the very first greeter to meeting our salesman Richard, who listened and dialed in exactly the car I wanted. Richard gave us so much useful information on the car, and was professional and polite and everything one would expect from customer service. But everyone we crossed paths with was great. No huge pressure, no one pushy or intemidating. This is my second purchase from this dealership, and my 4th VW and I am more excited about my new ride then I could say. Thank you Richard for making this such a comfortable experience. Mahalo More

good car buying experience. We purchased a 2018 Volkswagen Atlas from Richard Brabo. Richard was extremely helpful during and after the process. Richard was very knowledgeable wi We purchased a 2018 Volkswagen Atlas from Richard Brabo. Richard was extremely helpful during and after the process. Richard was very knowledgeable with the Volkswagen line and was able to answer all of our questions during and after the process. More

Amazing experience So I was interested in trading in my 2016 GMC SLT 4x4 Crew Cab truck for a 2017 Dodge Charger, in white in either Daytona or Skat Pack. Jonathan Dasig So I was interested in trading in my 2016 GMC SLT 4x4 Crew Cab truck for a 2017 Dodge Charger, in white in either Daytona or Skat Pack. Jonathan Dasig "Jonny D" was the sales rep that I dealt with. As soon as I arrived at the dealership on 7/7/2017, Jonny noticed me right away. I told him he had previously talked to me about my trade in and what I was looking for. He took down and looked at the specs on my vehicle. He then had a 2017 Dodge Charger Daytona in White ready for me to look at. He gave me a walk through of the vehicle and explained all the upgrades. When then took it for a test drive and it was amazing. We then went to crunch the numbers, I got a good deal on my trade in, during this experience Jonny was very professional, easy to talk to and explained every step and detail thoroughly. Once the deal was done Jonny had the vehicle detailed and fueled. He then went over an in depth explanation of the screen menu display. He set my phone up, stations in the radio, seating preference and answered any additional questions I had, it was nice dealing with one person through my car buying experience then multiple individuals. At the end I noticed I didn't have a front license plate holder, Jonny showed it to me right away. I'm a police officer and would be a hypocrite if I wasn't in compliance with the law. Jonny without hesitation had the front license plate holder put on. Out of all the car buying experiences I had the was by far the best. I would be glad to keep doing business with Dodge in Santa Cruz. Jonny definitely made the experience amazing and was a subject matter expert in his knowledge of the vehicles he sells. More