AutoNation Dodge Ram Arapahoe

Appalling Lack of Customer Service/Unprofessional/Deceitful My 2016 Dodge Grand Caravans transmission died in the middle of rush hour traffic on Colorado Blvd the Thursday before Easter. There was no warning, My 2016 Dodge Grand Caravans transmission died in the middle of rush hour traffic on Colorado Blvd the Thursday before Easter. There was no warning, no check engine light, nothing. Thankfully, my four children were not in the vehicle with me when this happened and no one got hurt. Because I did not purchase my vehicle new (I bought used in May 2017 from a rental car fleet) and the mileage on the vehicle was high, none of the power train warranties were extended to my vehicle. The latter was in addition to the fact that my vehicles VIN was supposedly not on the massive recall of transmissions on 2016 Dodge Grand Caravans...fascinating that my three year old vehicle had a massive transmission failure and was magically not on the recall list when I contacted Chrysler Dodge. My vehicle was towed on Good Friday to the nearest dealership, which happened to be AutoNation Dodge on Arapahoe. Not once was I offered a loaner vehicle or rental vehicle while diagnostics was being run on my vehicle. I am a single parent of those four beautiful children and cannot go without a vehicle, as I have no immediate family in the area with whom I can bum rides or borrow a vehicle. I put myself in a rental car so I could get my kids to and from school and make my commute to work. Chrysler Dodge FCA had indicated that I would possibly be eligible for a reimbursement on the rental car up to $35/day, pending the final diagnostics/cause for failure, so I squeezed my children and I into the smallest vehicle possible to accommodate this, all the while fronting the money for the tows and the rental car. I contacted my FCA case manager almost every day, substantiated by my cell phone bill/call logs and emails. I never received a call from AutoNation Dodges service supervisor, Britani. A week into this process, my FCA case manager, Robin, even indicated that Britani initially told her that my vehicle wasn´t even at the dealership. Every day that these stalls, delays, and communication games went on between my FCA case manager and Britani/AutoNation Dodge, was an additional day that my vehicle was not being worked on and an additional day of rental car expense. The sole source of communication to me with regards to my vehicles status (whether diagnosis and go forward repair) was through Robin, my FCA case manager, having never been contacted by Britani. When I called the service department asking to speak to Britani, I was always sent to voicemail with no call back (again, I have the AT&T cell phone bill/call logs as printed evidence to substantiate this). These games continued for almost 7 weeks. During that time, I had to pay for a rental vehicle just to go on a planned vacation/PTO to Mount Rushmore with the kids. Ironically, of course, the repairs on the vehicle were finally finished while I was in South Dakota with my kids. During that time, I received a phone call from Britani with a voicemail that accused me -- the customer -- of blocking her phone calls. I kept the voicemail as evidence, as well. After 6+ weeks of fronting rental car expense, and also expected to pay a $1,000 deductible for a complete new transmission on a three year old vehicle, I went to the dealership to pick up my vehicle on June 5, 2019. AutoNation Dodge had had my vehicle since Friday, April 19, 2019. I demanded to speak with Charles (Chuck) Halbwachs, my email correspondence with FCA, my cell phone bill/call logs, and saved voicemail from Britani in hand. In reviewing the repair order, my vehicle had a promise date of May 10, 2019 -- almost a full month earlier. Additionally, even though I had verified my phone number with the service department every time I called them -- even leaving my cell phone number in the unanswered voicemails -- the repair order HAD THE WRONG CONTACT NUMBER ON IT. Clearly, AutoNation Dodge was NOT waiting on me. Clearly, I was NOT stonewalling their efforts to work on the vehicle. Clearly, AutoNation Dodge on Arapahoe/Britani had not done their due diligence to make sure that they were calling the correct phone number, particularly when they supposedly could not get a hold of me. I made all of this very clear to Chuck, who vowed that he would review my case with his area supervisor. He even made photo copies of my cell phone bill/call logs and emails, purporting that I had a very good case to receive reimbursement for the rental car expenses in excess of the promised delivery date of May 10th. I took Chucks card, and emailed him later that same day the rental car bills for the past 6+ weeks (totaling $1,600+), believing in good faith that Chuck would make this right. I was wrong. I have followed up with Chuck politely and periodically since June 5, 2019 with no response aside from one voicemail dated Monday, June 10, 2019. I have lost my patience and can see that on top of a lack of customer service from the entire dealership, unprofessional staff (Britani), that there is an intent to deceive and no desire to make the customer whole -- even when the dealer was at fault. I ABSOLUTELY will make sure that I get the word out about Britani, Charles (Chuck) Halbwachs, and AutoNation Dodge on Arapahoe, in addition to informing potential Dodge buyers: Buyer Beware. More

not consistent service/deceitful practices i took my 2016 truck into this dealership for 4 recalls and a whistle in my a/c heater cowl. upon arrival at the dealership they do a walk around i took my 2016 truck into this dealership for 4 recalls and a whistle in my a/c heater cowl. upon arrival at the dealership they do a walk around for obvious dings and dents. i don't visit dealerships often and quite frankly have never seen this before but was pleasantly surprised thinking this was a nice show of confidence between the 2 of us. (was i ever taken by this gesture!) they kept my truck for 2 days explaining that they had computer issues and was unable to work on the truck til their computers came up. funny how no other computers in the dealership was affected. upon receiving my truck, i was told the recalls were complete, but my warranty was voided because i had performed a modification to my heater duct. i actually did the cabin air filter modification that is suggested by the manufacturer, where you have to actually cut out a predesignated and clearly marked portion of the heater duct to insert the cabin filter and then purchase a genuine mopar cover for your newly created hole. what a catch 22 situation! i voided my warranty by performing that which they recommend. now to add insult to injury and the most egregious of their cheap scam, was a newly discovered deep gouge in my rear bumper. i was told after they reviewed all video evidence that i would be contacted the next day for the next procedure. i was never contacted. i called relentlessly for the next 5 days, only to be ignored, transferred to voice mail, and if you call too often i believe they have an ability to force your call into voicemail having never even talked to a live reception. i often started punching any prompt given to me in the menu hoping for a live person. often catching the live person off guard and explaining my situation to them, they either promised to deliver my message or send me to Chuck's (the poor excuse for a service manager) voice mail. it's been a week and Chuck has yet to contact or return my calls. (which were numerous) why run and hide Chuck? prove me to be a liar and poor customer! you don't have to pore over hours of boring video, all you have to do is show me pulling into your driveway with that HUGE 6" GOUGE in my bumper and you can shame me to no end. make me feel like a petty, thieving animal. do you know why you won't take that pleasure? because you know- and you own the evidence that you are a cheating liar that won't man up to your own responsibility. i will never be back and i will promise to speak ill of you and that dealership for the rest of my days. i dare you Chuck to prove me a liar. is stealing a $300 scratch from me worth your reputation? obviously this dealership is falling all over customers and doesn't need my business, but i think one is taking a big risk allowing them to work on your car. imagine the damage being to your car? this is not a "what a shame" moment, this is a gamble and if you continue visiting this dishonorable dealership, eventually this hammer will befall you as well. don't take the risk, there are 3 other dodge ram dealerships in the denver/metro area. at least try one. Overall, i give the dealership one star for being so deceitful, however they do rate more stars for customer service friendliness, and attentiveness. they do talk a good game. as for quality of work, i'll never know since most of the recalls were computer updates, programming etc. maybe i should thank them the amount of work disassembling my dash and heater just to void my warranty and not charge me for the service. but there is much to be said for a cold hard slap in the face and then offer me an ice pack! More

Avoid Buying a Car Here - Terrible Experience Terrible Buying Experience - Avoid dealership at all costs!!! Dealership had knowledge of $5000 repairs on a used car I bought and didn't disclose or Terrible Buying Experience - Avoid dealership at all costs!!! Dealership had knowledge of $5000 repairs on a used car I bought and didn't disclose or fix the issues when when the issue would have failed their own safety inspection criteria. They hid everything and tried pushing it under the rug hoping I wouldn't noticed. Told me the car was serviced at it's manufacturer dealership since it's a rare car and that everything checked out great. They had their service techs lie about information and won't produce any information proving otherwise. I had two other dealerships inspect my car, and they came to the same conclusion on repair items. I have the inspection report from the dealership they sent the car for service before they sold it to me. The other manufacture service department told them of these issues needed remedy asap and Autonation didn't repair the issues. This dealership is a fraud and if you look at all of their reviews on various platforms, you will see a re-occurring trend of hidden repair costs on used cars and many service-related issues. More

Easy & Painless Very nice people, Good pre-visit info was provided. Got what we wanted. No problems at all! Thank you for this experience, patient & knowledgeable. Ye Very nice people, Good pre-visit info was provided. Got what we wanted. No problems at all! Thank you for this experience, patient & knowledgeable. Yeah! More

SERVICE DEPARTMENT SCAM WORST GM EVER If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Poorly trained staff, overpriced and misleading service department and terrible, terrible communication a If I could give this place 0 stars I would. Poorly trained staff, overpriced and misleading service department and terrible, terrible communication and costumer service. They upsale clients on stuff they don’t need and charge an arm and a leg. That wouldn’t be the worst part if at least they did a good job. Returned my veichle late and after dropping 5k, I left parking lot with air filter light on and 4QT short of transmission fluid after they recommended a transmission flush. Needless to say they destroyed my truck and refuse to own up to it. BE AWARE!! GM TIm B never to be found and only interested in his own pockets which reflects the service managers on commission selling what you don’t need. I don’t know about experience on buying a veichle there but DO NOT TRUST THIS PEOPLE WITH SERVICING YOUR CARS OR TRUCKS. More

Quick and easy purchase from Will Called to see if the car was still there. Will answered my call. He asked me for the stock number so I gave it to him. He told me he would go outside Called to see if the car was still there. Will answered my call. He asked me for the stock number so I gave it to him. He told me he would go outside and check for me, then call me back. Sure enough, about 10 minutes later, he called me back. We agreed to a time that worked for me. When I arrived, he already had the Malibu in the front of the store. I drove it then bought it. No games or tricks...and I know we have all experienced that. Great experience with Will! If you need a used vehicle ask for Will. More

This place sucks! WORST VEHICLE BUYING EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!!!!!! Having dealt with numerous dealerships in my life, I must say this place is just awful! Condescending, i WORST VEHICLE BUYING EXPERIENCE EVER!!!!!!!!! Having dealt with numerous dealerships in my life, I must say this place is just awful! Condescending, insulting, deceitful and unprofessional. The 2008 Toyota I purchased from them is plagued with engine issues after putting less than 200 miles on it. I should have had an independent mechanic do a pre-purchase inspection because it would have revealed a failing engine. My vehicle quit running after 2 days, all plugs drown out from engine oil in the galleys, not good! Dirty engine oil and filter that was 2 quarts overfilled. What a mess! Sales Manager Matt Urland would not respond to my email and has the audacity to give me his office number of 000-000-0000 no less than 3 times in his correspondence. I do not need to be treated like that after giving you thousands of dollars of my hard earned money! Took 5 hours for the buying process and that was with no trade in or financing paperwork for them to navigate. As i am finally taking possession of my vehicle I get approached by a salesperson laughing "that i will be passing everything but the gas station in that thing" as he walked inside. After sale, the only interest they have in me is auto-generated emails trying to get me into their poorly rated service department to fix my lemon, no thanks! Skeevy, high-volume, corporate, get those cars out the door feel to this place for sure. More