My car had more damage after they serviced it than there - bigpharma24
My car had more damage after they serviced it than there was when I first brought it in. I towed my car in with a blown motor which is a recall issue for my specific model. They neglected to tell me when I dropped it off that it would take over a month to fix. I guess (based on their policy) they consider 5 weeks to be “a timely manner.”
The staff had reached out to me once after running a diagnostic and ordering parts. From then until pickup (5 weeks later), I hadn’t received a single communication from anyone at this facility. Other reviews talk about a “service advisor” who communicated with them. Apparently my service advisor’s name was Taylor, but they never reached out. The only reason I even have the name of this service advisor is because I escalated this issue up to Director of Operations. No one called, texted, or emailed anything to me throughout the 5 weeks they had my car for. To have my car out of my possession for weeks while no one gives me any updates was a terrible customer experience.
I had called the location myself on numerous occasions looking for updates. The majority of my calls were either hung up while waiting on hold, answered and then immediately hung up on, or transferred to the wrong department entirely. I wasted countless lunch breaks trying to get an update only to end up with nothing from their non-communicative staff.
Upon receiving my car, I got a multi-point inspection. The inspection came back saying my radiator was displace “due to impact.” I found this to be surprising because my car had never had any impacts or accidents previously. Luckily, I took my car to another auto shop in Ellensburg prior to towing it to Steve Hahn’s where they were able to verify that my radiator was not out of place when they had it. Seeing that the car was towed to Steve Hahn’s (w/o a radiator issue), I know for a fact that the service department is responsible for this damage. Despite this, they tried to charge me over $600 to get it fixed. On top of that, Trent in the service department suspiciously instructed me to “not mention the radiator to corporate” if I chose to file a complaint. The reason he stated was that my service might not be covered under warranty if Kia thinks my radiator caused my motor to blow up. Since the car was diagnosed and the warranty was verified over a month prior, I found this to be an unethical attempt at covering up their workmanship errors. When I escalated this issue, Jared Lingle said he was willing to see the evidence I had. Within minutes of getting off the phone, he proceeded to block my email so I couldn’t send him this info. I tried calling Kia corporate about it and they said that “only the independent locations handle workmanship issues.”
In addition to the radiator they damaged, I also had a dead battery, a leaking wiper fluid bottle, an oil leak, brakes hanging on by a thread, and a clogged CAT. None of this was caught in their multi-point inspection, and I’m positive these issues were not present when I towed the car to them.
Within 4 hours, my car was back in the service department but this time at George Gee’s Kia in Liberty Lake, WA. They were skilled enough to catch these problems in their multi-point inspection. George Gee’s Kia did the exact same inspection within 24 hrs of picking up my car from Steve Hahn’s Kia, but Steve Hahn’s didn’t catch any of these issues which speaks to the lack of skill in their service department.
To the Steve Hahn’s Kia staff, I wouldn’t come back to your location for service if it was my only option in the whole PNW. I’d rather tow my car across state lines to go elsewhere after the horrible service I received. Your customer service and communication are non-existent. Your service department is shady, inept, and has no regard for handling vehicles safely. Based on Kia’s policy, you can damage my car while it’s getting serviced. For these reason, Kia as a whole has lost me as a customer and Steve Hahn’s is at fault.
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