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BMW of Fort Wayne

Fort Wayne, IN

4.9
661 Reviews
When you shop for a new or used car or truck at any of our dealerships in Fort Wayne or Decatur, you will get competitive prices, convenient financing, and free carwashes at any of our three free carwashes as long as you own your vehicle. Our service departments provide the highest quality care and maintenance of your vehicle by our highly skilled and factory trained technicians. Should the unfortunate need of body work occur, our body shops have highly talented technicians as well as the necessary state of the art equipment to properly repair any make or model vehicle. We have eight, soon to be nine, different new car dealerships in the Fort Wayne and Decatur areas. Come see us at any of our locations to enjoy the Kelley Advantage.
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715 Grand National Drive

Fort Wayne, IN

46804

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March 28, 2013

I am from Texas and purchased a ford mustang from your used car dealer ship. My purchase was handled via telephone with April, a sales person at the dealer ship. April made my purchase wonderful and pain More

by troymorin
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April Ervin
March 07, 2012

Should have read the other review on here about the service department. Needed an oil change and had an airbag light on on the dash. My wife was the first car in the service line early in the AM. 1. More

by MattHalterman
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Jason
July 13, 2011

Bought a 2011 BMW 135i via phone and internet from Tomkinsion BMW. Ordered in June, 201 and received in September, 2010 at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC. Both Mr. Cahill and the sales ma More

by maxnix
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Don Cahill
January 17, 2011

I purchased a Trailblazer from Thompkinson BMW in the FW 69 Automall just before Thanksgiving. It has been the worst purchase I have ever made. Within weeks of buying the vehicle (Dec.6) the passenger seatb More

by CaraH
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Chris Cook, Greg
Jan 19, 2011 -

BMW of Fort Wayne responded

We take pride in our customer service, and take Ms. Harrington’s complaints seriously. I called her and spent 30 minutes discussing the situation. Following is our understanding of her complaints along with our response to each one. 1) She implies that we did not properly recondition the vehicle and were not forthcoming about the wear on the rear brakes. With 30% of life remaining, the rear brakes would have been useful for another 8-12,000 miles of driving. It would be wasteful for us to replace brakes in this condition, needlessly inflating the cost of the vehicle. Ms. Harrington implies that our salesperson withheld this information until asked. It seems impractical to volunteer all components of a used vehicle that are not brand new and present no threat to safety or drivability. We openly encourage our customers to ask for inspection reports, though, and our salespeople readily share the results; I’m not aware of other dealers who go to the lengths we do to promote an honest transaction. Ms. Harrington requested that we replace the brakes as a condition of sale and we agreed to do so. All told, one of our Master Technicians identified nearly $1,300 of reconditioning on the vehicle, and we performed 100% of his recommendations. I stand behind our salesperson’s statement that the vehicle was “road ready” at the time of purchase. 2) Her passenger seatbelt pre-tensioner failed within a few weeks of purchase. Because there is no way to predict the failure of this type of device in the course of a normal inspection - it either passes or fails the inspection with no symptoms of future trouble - it is not covered by our otherwise extensive 30 day/1,000 mile warranty. Nevertheless, Ms. Harrington held us responsible for the malfunction. Due to the unfortunate timing, the safety hazard, and in the spirit of goodwill, we agreed without resistance to pay for the $364 repair in full. I personally signed off on this repair. We immediately ordered a part through a GM dealer, who needed to special-order the part. Over the next several weeks we were repeatedly given conflicting and incorrect information on when to expect the part from them. We shared this information with the customer, who over time became understandably frustrated due to her unusable seat belt. Rather than continue to play the middle man, we offered to put her in touch with the parts department of the other dealer to express her frustration directly. I sympathize with her frustration and do take responsibility for the fact that we communicated and were then unable to meet the ETA for the special-order part, but her portrayal of how our service department handled the situation is at best incomplete. Coincidentally, the part actually arrived on the day Ms. Harrington posted this review and has since been replaced at no charge. 3) Ms. Harrington’s vehicle is six years old with over 75,000 miles. We did indeed offer her an extended warranty both at the time of purchase and two months when she called on the 17th to tell us that her vehicle would not start for unknown reasons. She declined. As a vehicle ages, it is increasingly at risk of breakdown, so a warranty can provide great peace of mind for this type of vehicle. Ms. Harrington was adamant that we provide a towing service and diagnosis of the problem at no charge. (Presumably the cost of a towing service and diagnosis fee are the fees she describes in her review; the diagnosis fee is waived if it is determined that the repair will be covered under our lifetime powertrain guarantee). The day after she posted this review and she and I spoke, the customer drove the vehicle to our dealership for the complimentary seat belt repair. We still do not know why the vehicle would not start on the 17th, but it was evidently running on the 18th and the customer made no mention of the concern during that visit. I’m disappointed that Ms. Harrington has been so unhappy with her vehicle and experience with our dealership, and her frustration is completely understandable. We value her business and I apologize to her if any of our employees were not 100% clear with how they communicated any of the above. My team works hard to avoid these types of situations and to make customers happy. Where the customer in this case is publicly questioning the integrity and performance of my employees, however, I must respectfully disagree with her assessment.

October 01, 2010

Great experience! Having worked for a competitor for 6 years one of my clients wanted out of her current lease. I went in without my client explained the situation, worked out all the details then calle More

by jimmyahackett
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Mick and Hal
September 29, 2010

I found Mick and Greg to be very patient in listening to what our needs were. At no time did I get the impression that we was just another sale pending. Mick worked and explained all of the numbers to us More

by natesday
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Mick McMaken
May 18, 2010

I have always wanted a BMW because it's reputation stands above the rest. I was given a very fair offer for my trade-in and bought a used 2004 X5 from Tomkinson BMW and had a great buying experience. Sounds More

by Stones66
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Scott, Mick, Don, Hal
April 25, 2010

I had another great experience with Tomkinson. I was turning in a lease and decided to buy a new BMW. I thought they went above and beyond in showing me all of my options without the typical sales press More

by JW15
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Don Cahill
November 29, 2009

I have always been extremely satified with the treatment I recieve when I visit the dealership for my service needs. My most recent visit was a spur of the moment need to have my wipers replaced during a ra More

by s73023b
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Doug Bontrager
November 19, 2009

I purchased a BMW from this dealer and I have to say this is by far the best service and experience I could magine, and I have dealt with a lot of dealerships. They sent me some videos of the car that s More

by Ron STL
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