Jeffrey Patryn

I made a service appointment online in which I made clear that I needed a clock spring for my 2013 Elantra GT, gave TSB number 21-BE-003H and insisted that the part be in stock to fit a tight schedule and to that I needed a clock spring for my 2013 Elantra GT, gave TSB number 21-BE-003H and insisted that the part be in stock to fit a tight schedule and to ensure that I wouldn’t have to come back a second time. To follow are the rest of the facts. 7/14 evening: Reminder email from Wilkins arrives including the text of my request: “• It's critical that you have the part on hand. I don't want to make a separate appointment. Also, can the oil be changed while we're there? Thanks." 7/15 afternoon: Hand car over for service. Am informed it needs another recall procedure, underbody rustproofing, to which I agree to get everything done at once. Roughly 2.5 hours later I’m informed the work is almost done, except for the clock spring, which had to be ordered. A new service writer (original has vanished) tells me it will cost $700 when it comes in. I push back due to the HMA clock spring warranty extension TXXJ and, of course, the fact that my original wishes were ignored and I’m out close to 3 hours for an oil change (my perspective). 7/15 evening: I email the original service writer and service manager DeWayne Parks to express my dissatisfaction and ask if there’s a way they can make it minimally disruptive for me to have the work done when I return from the trip I’ll be on when the part arrives. 7/16 - 7-17: Crickets 7/ 18: I receive two separate, apparently automated emails from the service manager (via Margaret Bernacchi) and a vendor that want to be sure I had a good experience. I reply, assuring them I did not, calling their attention to my email of 7/15. Vendor replies, promising to share my response with her manager and expressing further concern that I “would not be able to give them a perfect survey.” 7/19: Crickets, apart from my replying once more to report the crickets. 7/20-7/21: More crickets 7/22: I leave a voice message for DeWayne Parks as a last resort, using the phone number in the “questions or concerns” email. 7/23: This review of Wilkins Hyundai service department More

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