Cherie Gallagher

Corwin Toyota will cut corners, and you will pay the cost. We purchased a vehicle (less than five years old, ~70,000 miles) from Luke at Corwin Toyota. JR was the supervising manager, and our finance cost. We purchased a vehicle (less than five years old, ~70,000 miles) from Luke at Corwin Toyota. JR was the supervising manager, and our finance representative was JB. We were sent home without the correct paperwork to insure, register, or pay the loan for the car. I had to follow up with JB, and they eventually created a new flash drive for us to pick up with the documents we should have received at the time of sale. A few weeks later, one of the tires stopped holding air. We brought the car to Corwin’s service department. The technician told us that the tires did not look good and were cracking on the sides and leaking air. When we explained that we had just purchased the vehicle from them about five weeks earlier, they told us to speak with our salesperson, Luke, right away. Luke told us that the service employees “don’t get paid until they make sales,” so they will always tell customers they need new tires. These service employees the same people who inspected the car five weeks earlier and cleared it for sale -- so we were quite confused. We took the car to a second tire shop for another opinion. They immediately put the spare tire on and said all four tires were in bad shape, with the front two showing dry rot and needing to be replaced as soon as possible. When we spoke with Luke again, he said “retail tires are a scam” and advised us not to purchase from Corwin or any other professional tire shop. He said he had looked up some tires on Facebook Marketplace on our behalf. He apologized many times, and when I asked if there was anything he could do to make things right, he said he would check and get back to us. He did not follow up. I called again, and Luke said the tires were “good enough to pass inspection” because they “just check tread depth,” and that there was nothing more they would do. [UPDATE: After receiving a reply to this review on another platform encouraging me to call customer service, I spoke with Cherie, the head of customer service. She said she would speak with the Sales Manager and General Manager. After doing so, she told me they would not take further action because the tires had “passed inspection.” When I asked what advice she would give me if I were her daughter, she said, “we all get burned,” and encouraged me to do better research next time. She referred to my experience as a “lesson learned.” I also learned that the response to my review was automated -- no one actually cared or wanted me to call.] This was our first time buying a car. We trusted that Corwin was a reputable dealership and did not get a third-party inspection. I will not make that mistake again. Do not trust Corwin Toyota. I’m grateful nothing worse happened, but we now need to replace all four tires less than six weeks after purchasing the vehicle. We will also be getting a full inspection from another mechanic in case anything else was overlooked or misrepresented in the "inspection" completed before sale. More

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Typical Dealership, really expensive, wants to add services and up charge. A cabin filter change shouldn't cost $70. At least Fred is a good guy and really honest. services and up charge. A cabin filter change shouldn't cost $70. At least Fred is a good guy and really honest. More

by CDUNN Verified Customer Verified Customer

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Very efficient and through a privilege working with great follow up and working with me on problems that we may have follow up and working with me on problems that we may have More

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Horrible buying experience - took nearly 4 hours after finalizing a cash deal to get thru Finance to sign papers and write a check. Vehicle delivery still wasn't completed and rushed cleaning, discovered finalizing a cash deal to get thru Finance to sign papers and write a check. Vehicle delivery still wasn't completed and rushed cleaning, discovered interior not cleaned or vacuumed. Follow up emails and texts to Used Car management were sent with no responses and had to get the Customer Relations Manager involved to attempt to get any resolution. I have purchased vehicles from this Toyota dealership for over 40 years but will seriously question future dealing with this poor management situation. Adding to the initial review after numerous other issues regarding being overcharged were uncovered after nearly a month. I was overcharged for the title fee which was discovered by the dealership and a check sent. After reviewing my credit card statement I discovered the $1,000 deposit that I was told wouldn't be charged because this was a cash deal was charged to my credit card and I only found out a month later when my statement was received. I had asked the Finance person numerous times if the $1,000 deposit was charged to my credit card I was told no when my paperwork was signed for this cash deal. Again, I had to contact Customer Relations Manager to get the deposit and interest reimbursed to me. A month later my sale and issues have been resolved! I am trying to figure out how so many issues could have occurred in 1 simple sale, a cash transaction no less. More

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We bought a Certified used 2021 Toyota Venza from Corwin Toyota Colorado Springs on April 20th, 2024. In less than 2000 miles of purchasing the vehicle, we saw that the tires were severely out of alignment Toyota Colorado Springs on April 20th, 2024. In less than 2000 miles of purchasing the vehicle, we saw that the tires were severely out of alignment as the insides of the back tires were bald! The toe on the back tires were each 15 mm out of alignment, causing the tires to wear to 7/32" on the outside and 0/32" on the inside. It was so bad and a major safety issue as the tires could have blown at any time. At highway speeds it could have been fatal. As soon as I noticed I immediately contacted Corwin and spoke with our salesman. Since we live about 60 miles away from the dealership I didn't feel safe driving it to them for repair, I was fearful of a blowout and causing an accident. He told me to go to any Toyota dealer to get it fixed and they would work something out between the dealerships to get it resolved and to call the used car manager to figure it out. When I talked with the used car manager he resisted my requests initially saying the car was sold as is and the roads had to have caused the issues. Had it not been a "certified" used vehicle and the tires not been symmetrically out of alignment I might have agreed. The used car manager did agree to try and work something out. Due to the severity of the wear and the conversation with the salesman, I took it to another Toyota dealership on June 20th. Once I forwarded the calibration report to Corwin showing that the tire wear was due to a bad alignment from their certification process and the invoice for the work, the used car manager immediately stopped communicating with me and did not return my emails. The salesman and the General Manager did not reply to my emails to them either. I soon found out they also didn't do an oil change either nor change out the cabin air filter during the certification process. The only way I got a response was to open a case with Toyota. With my first case I got an email from the Customer Relations Manager telling me the alignment was done, and sent me a photo of an alignment report. The photo conveniently cut out all the identifying information about the car it was done on, so it could have been anyone's alignment. I tried emailing her back multiple times, no response. Had to open another case with Toyota to get a response. Finally the used car manager called me and agreed to reimburse me roughly 70% of my out of pocket costs to resolve the issues with the caveat that I cleaned up my online reviews. So that is what this is, I am posting an accurate description of my experience. I am removing the negativity and the photos of the bald tires included in my initial review, remaining factual, and increased my number of stars for the dealership. I certainly appreciate the dealership attempting to make things right, however not reimbursing me for all my out of pocket costs and only sending me a check with the condition of me changing my online reviews was a bit disappointing. It was clear that I was not going to be able to negotiate for more. It was also interesting that every time I emailed him, he would reply to my wife's email address instead of mine. Strange. The kicker is AFTER I got reimbursed the used car manager finally admitted that poor alignment rack calibration and technician inexperience was the reason. Had they started with that it would have saved me so much trouble and had such a different outcome for both me and Corwin! More

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Phenomenal customer service and extremely flexible with payment methods. I've bought 2 vehicles within the last week and both events went smoothly and efficiently. My family and I are very happy with our p payment methods. I've bought 2 vehicles within the last week and both events went smoothly and efficiently. My family and I are very happy with our purchases and my new 2024 Tacoma wasn't expected to arrive until July 2024, and Trenton found me the exact vehicle I requested within 5 days of speaking with him with an immediate availability. More

by Nicholis Verified Customer Verified Customer

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I was given a huge runaround when trying to get work done under my extended warranty contract on my Toyota Tacoma. The whole process took months with countless phone calls and visits. Time-consuming, stres under my extended warranty contract on my Toyota Tacoma. The whole process took months with countless phone calls and visits. Time-consuming, stressful and unnecessary delays and hassles both on the part of the Toyota Service department and their paint subcontractor Caliber Collison. The only person who was helpful and responsive was Cherie Gallagher in customer service. More

by MLAGODNA Verified Customer Verified Customer

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Consumer protection alert* Misrepresentation For a moment I thought to myself am I too bossy? but wait a minute. The story begins I came across this 2014 Lexus Rx 350 online that I purchased and the moment I thought to myself am I too bossy? but wait a minute. The story begins I came across this 2014 Lexus Rx 350 online that I purchased and the price was few thousand below market. I kind of guess that it had a hail damage so I went and emailed the dealer to check if it had one and if the damage has been repaired. I was told that “it looks like it was repaired” Under the premise of having hail damage repaired, I drove an hour down to the dealer to check out the car the next day. When we were there, I even double-checked with my sales, Jeremy, if hail damage was repaired, then he said “I believe it is repaired” I trusted both statements. While we were looking at the car, there was damage to the rear bumper. On the paper we agreed to purchase the car if they get that fixed. We paid a deposit of $1500 on 23rd of June. Was told it would be ready on the 28th. Was told later they didn't have the part so it would be ready 4th of July. I and my girlfriend were like sign the paperwork paid the remaining down payments when the car is actually ready for pickup. Jeremy was hoping that we can sign the paperwork before the 30th. I and my girlfriend understand that he might want to count us in his sales for June, so we drove two hours round trips just to sign the paperwork and pay on 30th June. After picking up the car for a week and I noticed while washing the car, that the damage on the roof wasn't repaired. I've talked to the customer relations manager, talked to my sales, talked to the sales manager, and I believe also the GM. Well, they all had something in common which is kicking me around. The sales manager said something that I find it funny which was that “you should've checked it before driving off” Bruh, two of your employees told me it's repaired. And kept saying he had no idea that it wasn't repaired. Selling cars with false information. More

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Had an issue that Customer Service rectified. Greatly appreciated! Will do business with again. Thank you Greatly appreciated! Will do business with again. Thank you More

by JOHNCWALTER Verified Customer Verified Customer

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Extremely friendly and efficient. Enjoyed the whole day and the manner in which the documents were handled. Enjoyed the whole day and the manner in which the documents were handled. More

by IRBY.STAN1 Verified Customer Verified Customer

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