Bill Estes Chevrolet
Indianapolis, IN
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Overall experience I went in for service to start with ask for a specific mechanic to service my vehicle only to find out a day later a different mechanic got the job co I went in for service to start with ask for a specific mechanic to service my vehicle only to find out a day later a different mechanic got the job complained about it got called back from the person in charge of complaints who agreed to look into it and try and adjust the pricing to try and resolve the issue but didnt happen ended up just getting stuck with the bill and basically just have to accept the screw up. Then decided to try and trade the vehicle in to get totally insulted with a low ball offer of 2k for a 2007 cadillac so i left mad was told to give another sales rep a chance so i did. Went in told him didnt have money to put down would like payment to not go above 420 a month he talks me into going with a lease this time they offer 3k for trade tell me payments will be 500 unless i could put down 5k. So i left again upset next day get called by melissa asking about experience and wants me to come in and talk to sales manager i say didnt wanna waste my time again she says he will call me which he never did. Thought well xxxx maybe ill give it one more shot call sales rep back and said he ill meet you at 450 to 470 a month if you can get the numbers to make that happen still saying i have no money down afterall Christmas is in a week get a call back saying he can make it happen for 480 a month so im still not happy but heck whats 10 dollars so im like ok go in at 5pm ready to sign papers he comes back to me and tells me wr got to have 2k down and again i tell him i cant do 2k down so he goes back and talks to finance guy says hes gonna work on it and make deal happen so i sit and wait now its afyer 7pm comes out says i got news. Im like ok "says we cant make it happen on the 2016 traverse thats 35k and tells me we got to go with a 2013 with no money down for 30k with payments over 600 a month so overall i spent over 6 hours trying to buy a car to feel like i was totally insulted a for being lowballed on the trade and to tell them i would like my payments no more than 420 to which i raised to 480 that they just come back with 600 plus on a vehicle 3 years old More
Very Disappointed I took my car in on Saturday in on Saturday to see why it was overheating and asked the dealer to do an oil change and a tire rotation. When the servi I took my car in on Saturday in on Saturday to see why it was overheating and asked the dealer to do an oil change and a tire rotation. When the service tech called me back he told me a long list of things wrong and when I asked him the total he told me $1870.34. I approved the work to be done and since they could not finish everything over the weekend he gave me a rental car. Today around 7:20am the service tech called me (they open at 7am) stating more things were wrong and I would have to pay an additional $700 on top of the $50 for the oil change that should have been included in the price quoted to me on Saturday because how did you find out additional problems just 20 min after opening. Had they told me this on Saturday I would not have approved for them to do my brakes because I know they are cheaper elsewhere. This is down right ridiculous and a terrible experience for me. I believe they knew about the additional problem before they closed on Saturday and on top of that why is a diagnostic performed for $119 if you can not detect other problems. I always use the dealer because they know best about their own cars however I will NEVER come back to Bill Estes to use their service department. I feel like I was taken advantage of and at this point I have no choice but to pay the $2500 bill so I may get my car back. Lesson learned and this location just lost a customer. It may not mean much to them but I will make it my business to let others know about my terrible experience. I will add I did get $100 taken off of my service well, when your bill is 2500.00 that is like taking off 25 cents. More
Great Service I had a gear shifting problem associated with my new Chevrolet Colorado pulling a camper on a long trip. The service manager took notes of all my obse I had a gear shifting problem associated with my new Chevrolet Colorado pulling a camper on a long trip. The service manager took notes of all my observations, made copies of my documentation and asked intelligent questions. The outcome was the complete resolution of the problem. Due to the complexity of issues, I am not sure the problem would have been correctly diagnosed and resolved if he had not handled it in such a professional manner. I am thankful to him, Bill Estes Chevrolet and to the manufacturer for standing behind the Colorado. Long-term customers are the product of experiences such as these. Martin Doucette, Pilgrim Companions, Indianapolis. More
first oil change took my car in for its first oil change With Chebon White.i had no problems before i tyook it in they didnt say i had any problems. next day battery l took my car in for its first oil change With Chebon White.i had no problems before i tyook it in they didnt say i had any problems. next day battery light came on two days later car would not start had to have car towed to shop only to find out it was leaking oil onto myy alternator. needs alternator and valve cover gasket i wonder why they did not notice this problem when ddoing the oil change makes you wonder very disappointed. More
HORRIBLE SERVICE DEPARTMENT - DO NOT USE!!! I scheduled an appointment for my vehicle with the service department on 7/15/15 at 7 AM with Chebon White. Chebon was not the gentleman who checked I scheduled an appointment for my vehicle with the service department on 7/15/15 at 7 AM with Chebon White. Chebon was not the gentleman who checked me in and the appointment was unable to be found in the computer even though I had a confirmation e-mail sent the evening before. They checked the car in, figured out the issue, found other issues I didn't know about and fixed the car for $2500. I went to pick up the car and when I went to turn on the car, while still at the facility, it would not start. I tried starting it twice, then my dad tried twice, the service advisor tried as well before getting someone from the back. That person came out tried to start it with no avail and said that he would go get some diagnostic equipment would test the car and would call us tomorrow. The car had NEVER done this before! We left the car there and they called the next day to pick up the car. We picked up the car and 2 days later I went to start it to go to work and it wouldn't start again. I called the service department to see what had been done to fix it the first time and to my surprise they had done NOTHING! They had just called us to pick it up, that is it. We left the car again. This time they decided that it was a faulty relay. They called to tell me it was fixed, everything was great and to come pick up the car. When I arrived to pick up the car while I was waiting I read the service report and noted that it said that they had swapped the "faulty relay" in my starter with the relay in my A/C. LUCKILY I had read that so I asked to speak with a manager. The manager, Pat, was the first helpful person I had talked to. I asked him if I was reading this correctly and if they had "fixed" this problem by creating a new problem with my A/C since the faulty relay appears to still be in my car. He said that it had appeared that had been done and apologized and suggested that we continue to leave the car with them and they would have a mechanic drive it home to see if they could get it to act up. I said OK and signed the necessary paperwork. They called me a couple of days later and said that they could not get it to replicate and to come pick up the car. I reluctantly picked up the car again. The very next day when I was at work and had to go to a very important meeting I could not get my car to start. I had to borrow someone elses car to go to the meeting. When I returned from the meeting I still couldn't get it to start. I went back to work and at the end of my shift it did end up starting. I drove it back to the service center that night. This time they finally gave me a courtesy car. That was not without begging since this whole time I had been borrowing cars to get to work. So this is where we are at... my car has been with them for almost another 2 weeks. They claimed that they could not replicate the concern, but then when I was speaking with a manager and he was reading the notes out loud it had happened there but it just hadn't happened long enough for them to get diagnostics hooked up. So they had seen it happen but still sent it home telling us that they couldn't replicate it because they didn't know what was going on! They completely lied to us! They then told me it was the fuel pump and that it was cost another $1100 but they would discount it to $980. They wanted to charge me another $1000 for an issue THEY CREATED! When I asked if they would guarantee that this would fix the car they started to back track and then weren't so confident that it was the fuel pump. They then said "I have one of the managers looking at the Tahoe again as we aren't confident that it's the fuel pump." So they were completely OK with me spending another $1000 of my money willy nilly but when asked to guarantee their work and their guessing game then they weren't so sure about it! So I asked that they refund my money from the services provided as there is clearly a cause and effect relationship here. Car came into their shop starting all the time and left their shop starting when it wants to. The only thing that changed is whatever they did in their facility! They called for me to pick up the car yet again with nothing being done so on Friday I called again to speak with a manager. I called and left a message with Chris Spratt. He did not return my call. So I called again on Saturday and spoke with Pat again. He assured me that they would do everything possible to try and fix my car and would call GM to see if they have had this concern with other Tahoes and what they could do about it. It was amazing to me that it took a month to come to this revelation but was excited that Pat was helping me again. He said that he would call me Monday. I didn't hear from Pat Monday morning so around noon I called in to talk to him. I was shocked to hear that Saturday was his last day at that facility and he would not be calling me back. I was amazed at how poorly run the service department was and how horrible the customer service was. I didn't know it was about to get worse. I asked who else I could talk to and they connected me with Chris Spratt. Chris was abrasive and on the defensive from the get go. He told me that it was either the fuel pump or the fuel injectors but they didn't want to fix anything until they new for sure since it was really expensive. I thought we had already ruled out the fuel pump? I told him that I didn't expect to pay for the repairs since it happened there and I believed it to be connected to something they did. He told me that I would have to pay because it was nothing that they did. I asked him if he knew that then what was wrong with my car. He said that he didn't know. I wanted to know how he knew that they didn't do anything to cause this issue if he didn't know the problem. I asked if he thought it was a complete coincidence that this has never happened with this car until after they worked on the car. And he informed me that it was a complete coincidence. I do not believe this is a coincidence but I do believe it is convenient for them to say that so they can continue to make me pay for their guessing games or continue to leave with a car that they broke. I asked that they return my money for previous services that resulted in my inability to use a trustworthy car and they refused. We are now at a stand still. They can't fix my car and won't return the money I gave them to break it! I FEEL SO HELPLESS! I WANT SHOPPERS TO BEWARE AND TO NEVER EVER USE THIS SERVICE DEPARTMENT!!! They are over priced, not skilled, not helpful and customer service is horrendous! Please don't be their next victim! I would have been much better off if I continued to drive with the service request!!! More
horrible this was the worse experience I have ever had with a car dealership, front desk pitiful, and my sales guy didn't know a thing about how to treat a cus this was the worse experience I have ever had with a car dealership, front desk pitiful, and my sales guy didn't know a thing about how to treat a customer, they sent me home in a truck the one I wanted, said everything was good to go, no problems papers be done in the morning just sign, well next day not the case, the told me then I had to have 5000 grand down lol, and my payments were not even close to what they told me night before don't trust a darn word these people say about anything u want to buy a car go else where to do so, wasted my time and a day they are good for that for sure and that's about it..BUY ELSEWHERE More
Service is Excellent I made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and got right in. The service department is wonderful. They know what hospitality is and they make you I made an appointment on Saturday for Monday and got right in. The service department is wonderful. They know what hospitality is and they make you feel as if your car is the only one they are working on. From check in to check out...you guys rock!!!! More
first purchase of a new car very friendly sales people. spent too much time coming to terms on deal but all in all very good people to work with. I'd deal with them again. very friendly sales people. spent too much time coming to terms on deal but all in all very good people to work with. I'd deal with them again. More
1st service on new Impala I was scheuled for a 9:00am appt to have the 1st service on my 2015 Impala LTZ. Was greeted immediately and met with my advisor Natan Gregg regarding I was scheuled for a 9:00am appt to have the 1st service on my 2015 Impala LTZ. Was greeted immediately and met with my advisor Natan Gregg regarding my appt. Nathan was courteous and very professional and had my car in the shop immediately. He was aware of my 12:30 appointment and made sure I was on my way on time with a clean vehicle. Each visit to the dealership has been enjoyable. Thanks, Garnell Love More
Horrible Service Made a deal with the salesman on a price and spent 5-6 hours researching the best shipping deal. Called the first thing the next morning and he had s Made a deal with the salesman on a price and spent 5-6 hours researching the best shipping deal. Called the first thing the next morning and he had sold the car out from under me even though we had a deal! With no phone call or anything. I wasted 5-6 hours of my life because of their horrible business ethics. WOULD NOT buy from this company. Jeff gave me a price. I said okay lets do it. Do you have a shipping company I can get a quote from. He called me back with his references which were extremely high. I spend 5+ hours researching reviews and getting quotes on shipping companies. Called them but they were already closed for the day. Called first thing the next morning and he had sold the car to someone else, probably to make more money. Just awful dishonest business ethics. More