What Others Say
Disappointing and Untrustworthy Service at Herson’s Honda – Avoid This Dealership!
I am extremely frustrated with my experience at Herson’s Honda in Rockville, MD. On December 28, 2024, I brought my car in to have a clicking sound checked out coming from the dashboard. Instead of addressing the actual issue, they recommended replacing all four tires, claiming the tread was low. However, only one tire had 3/32 of tread left. Why didn’t they just replace the two tires that were actually worn out? This seemed like a blatant attempt to upsell unnecessary services and get me to spend more money than necessary.
But that’s not all. They also suggested replacing several other parts, including the timing belt, tensioner, water pump, drive belt, air intake tube, and rear HVAC motor—a total cost of $6,481.52. Looking back, I can’t help but question whether these repairs were truly needed, or if they were simply trying to inflate the bill.
The real frustration came two months later. After driving only 2,064 miles, the hood wouldn’t open to allow me to add washer fluid. Given that I had just spent hours/days with them in December addressing various wear-and-tear items, it's hard to believe they didn't notice the supposedly deteriorating hood latch at that time. Instead, they had to break my grill to fix the latch and then charged me an additional $1,499.90 for their mistake. This was completely ridiculous.
To make matters worse, when we questioned them, we were willing to pay for the parts but refused to pay for labor. We strongly believe that the hood latch issue should have been identified during the service in December. Furthermore, since they were the last ones to open and close the hood, it raises the question—did they accidentally break the latch during their work? Despite this, they refused to deduct the $361 labor cost. We believe they should have covered the entire cost, as it was their failure to catch the problem in the first place.
At this point, I have zero trust in the mechanics, Service Advisor, or Service Manager at Herson’s Honda. It feels like they are more interested in taking your money than in providing honest, quality service.
I would strongly advise anyone to avoid this dealership. The lack of professionalism, honesty, and customer care was appalling. Save yourself the frustration and go elsewhere for your car repairs.
Great experience buying my Honda Prologue yesterday at Hersons.
Naveen Malik the sales person was impressive knowledgeable and helpful.
Thank you Herson’s team.
My mother had her car towed here for an engine issue. The dealership sent her an estimate for the repairs along with an estimate saying she needed brakes; it said the pads were at 2mm front and back and needed to be replaced. She sent me the estimate to review. I told her to do everything but the brakes. I would get them replaced later.
All of the repairs that she approved were completed quickly and she got her car back, and it's running great.
I took the brakes to get replaced. The fronts were at 2mm. While they are at the recommended life to be replaced at 85,000 miles on the OEM pads she could have kept driving. The rears on the other hand were between 5 and 6 mm and did not need to be replaced.
I did not appreciate the false estimate and added stress this gave my mother. Hopefully this dealership catches on to video inspections and doing them properly.
Aaron Phillips is a unique salesperson. Working with him, you get the impression that you are dealing with one of the owners of Herson's. He is knowledgeable and extremely sensitive to any problems, questions or concerns you may have. Never has leasing a Honda been so effortless.
Wonderful experience buying my car at Herson's Honda. Daniel Pena was so helpful with all my questions. I put a deposit on my car and was told it would take 2-3 weeks to arrive at Herson's. My car was there in 2 weeks! I also appreciate Noella Liburd who was very knowledgeable and made the finance and papers signing process easy. Thank you Herson's Honda!
Great experience purchasing my new car-Aaron Phillips was extremely helpful and pleasure to deal with.