Bob King Kia
Winston Salem, NC
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Took my vehicle in for repair,took 3 weeks before I got my car back,there were repairs that were not made,plus more damage caused by their repairmen, my insurance paid them,8 months later my vehicle still my car back,there were repairs that were not made,plus more damage caused by their repairmen, my insurance paid them,8 months later my vehicle still isn't fixed and they refuse to give me my money back as well as answer or return any of my messages. By far the worst most unprofessional dealership I've dealt with. More
In December we traveled from Ringgold Ga to Winston Salem to visit our daughter for Christmas. We experienced car problems on the way and took our car to Bob King Kia for service. We were looking into buying to visit our daughter for Christmas. We experienced car problems on the way and took our car to Bob King Kia for service. We were looking into buying a new Kia Sorento at this point already since ours was 10 years old.. We found nothing on the lot we were interested in so we ordered a new one. I’m telling you all of this to give a review on the dealership as a whole. The service department was very efficient, informative and customer friendly. They worked with us on our remaining warranty on our car to get the repairs covered. Any time I called and was unavailable to speak to Jaron and had to leave a message he always returned my call in a timely manner. Service department gets a 5 star!! Our salesman for our new car was Juan Ayala “Tony” . When we ordered our new car he told us it my be 3-4 months before we received it, However he called me about a month later to tell me he had just received a new 2022 SX Prestige in the exact color I wanted. We had ordered a EX but this car had everything I wanted and more. Juan went above and beyond for me to get exactly what I wanted and get it sooner than I expected. Juan was very professional and a pleasure to work with! He made me feel like a friend and not just a customer. I know he wanted the sale but he never pressured me or made me feel that way. He always responded to me in a very timely manner and has continued to respond to me with any of my concerns after the sale. I love my new Sorento and thank him for his patience with me during the process of buying it. It’s a big decision when buying a car that expensive and he was absolutely great! I give the sales department a 5 star! Also, I didn’t deal with Terry Mc Coy much but when I did he was very professional and accommodating also. I would love to give this dealership a 5 star across the board but just can’t do that. The finance department has disappointed me greatly! I worked with Antwon Reid for my financing and he was fine to start with but since he finished his part in this transaction I can’t get him to respond to me. I have left several messages for him to call me back and to this date have only heard from him once and that was after I reached out to Juan asking him to have Antwon call me ASAP. I’m not sure if he doesn’t check his VM or what! I called him 2 days ago for a important matter and still haven’t heard back from him. I called him last week and was told he was off. I then asked to speak with someone else in finance as I was at the insurance company to get my new car insurance and needed info about the finance company. Operator told me Marc was in today and was standing in front of her. She came back telling me Marc couldn’t talk to me right now as he was fixing to take a customer back but he would call me back in 45 min. 3 hours went by with no return call. When I called back he couldn’t talk to me again but gave the operator the info I needed. My point is why couldn’t he have done that when I called the first time?!!! It would have taken less than 1 minute. I had left work to take care of this and had to leave the insurance company and go back the next day! I was very inconvenienced by this as it could have been handled in a minute or less the first time I called. I live 6+ hours from this dealership! Not like I can just swing by! Financial Department has horrible customer service! They don’t return any phone calls and honestly I don’t think they give a xxxx after their part of the job is done! If your lucky enough to speak with them once you better make sure you have all you T’s crossed and I’s dotted before you hang up because you probably won’t hear from them again!! I want to thank Juan and the sales department, also the service department for their excellent customer service! More
Each & every time I have taken my Kia in for a simple oil change-I am met with "your warranty ran out," "you need MANY things done to your car." All standard for service dept's to try & gouge their customers change-I am met with "your warranty ran out," "you need MANY things done to your car." All standard for service dept's to try & gouge their customers yet...twice now I have pulled away to find my caps off my oil spout on engine as well as my tire warning light shows. Both times, I was told to let them install tires twice as expensive as a tire dealer. So...since I turned down the tire sale, I have suddenly had low tire pressure-twice! The initial sale went okay but the service dept needs a total redo...their turn over in employees is flabbergasting. More
Worst experience at a car dealership period. We were threatened by the general manager James Juarez. We were cursed at from the general manager James as well, as well in front of children present on the threatened by the general manager James Juarez. We were cursed at from the general manager James as well, as well in front of children present on the property. This is not a place that is friendly or a place you should you bring your family to purchase a car. This is a very unprofessional place of business and do not recommend anyone to purchase a car or have any type of service done at this dealership. More
I had my vehicle in for warranty service on a failed window mechanism. I called the service advisor to check if my car was finished and got his voicemail, he finally called me back four hours later to window mechanism. I called the service advisor to check if my car was finished and got his voicemail, he finally called me back four hours later to inform me a part was ordered and that I could have picked up my car three hours earlier but he was busy and couldn't take 30 seconds to call and tell me. This delay afforded me the opportunity to get stuck in rush hour traffic. Three days after they said the part would be in I tried calling to check the status. Once again I was sent to my service advisor's voicemail. I left three messages, no return call. Next day same thing, the following day I left a message for my service advisor, the service line supervisor, and the service manager! Still no return phone calls !! The ironic thing is, I was looking to purchase a Sorento, but I'm so upset at this dealership I'm shopping Hinda and Ford. Bob King, if you see this review, please give me a call More
2/3/21. Would not even give it one star. Both of my back doors on a 2011 Kia Sorento will not open. Not only is this a hazard if someone was in the back and I was in an accident and caught on fire bec back doors on a 2011 Kia Sorento will not open. Not only is this a hazard if someone was in the back and I was in an accident and caught on fire because the back doors could not be opened from the outside. And one of them is locked both ways. So I looked up this model and find out there has been lots of reports of this happening to the doors of this model, but no recall. My husband called and made me an appointment for 8.30 am, and the woman said it may be under warranty when there is not a recall sometimes that particular thing may be covered under warranty. So I get there and they check me in under my name, address and phone number. I waited for almost 2 hours for them to come out and call me by my uncle's name from whom I bought the car 3 years ago but yet they checked me in under my info. So they proceed to tell me what the doors will cost to fix them and all the other things that needs to be done because of the mileage on the car. I tell them only interested in the back doors and if they are covered under warranty. Then a woman came out and told me the same thing that the man told me. Also told her she had the wrong name and explained that I was only there for the back doors and needed to make sure covered under warranty. They both said they would check. One hour later still had not heard anything, texted the man and asked is it was covered under warranty? Fifteen mins later he comes out. I tell him that I am not happy that over an hour and fifteen mins had went by to check on the warranty. Which he tells me he still doesn't know and he could not reach the lady that I had also talked too. I tell him if it is not under warranty that I want my keys and I am leaving due to already being there 3 1/2 hours. So he comes back a few mins later and is having my car pulled around. He is checking me out and proceeds to tell me they have my name in the system right now and he will keep checking on the warranty( which is a joke considering they couldn't check on it in the whole 3 1/2 hours that I was there) and that my bill is $133.00. To this I say you are joking right? Nope, so I paid it to get out of there with my day off, wasted. Would never ever own another Kia with that kind of service when you have a problem. Really can not believe there is no recall on something that could be so dangerous. Didn't think to much about it when the first door messed up a couple of months ago. But when the second messed up, there is definitely something they did wrong in the manufacturing of this models doors. So done with Bob King Kia and Kia!!!!! More
This dealership is top notch. No pressure, and they did help us get the car we needed and wanted! Highly recommend them! Great sales and finance team! help us get the car we needed and wanted! Highly recommend them! Great sales and finance team! More
Its overall a great place to buy from. I would have Iiked to have more of a choice of color and be able to pick from a few instead of just one. I am not a fan of silver and I wanted a blue or red forte. It i to have more of a choice of color and be able to pick from a few instead of just one. I am not a fan of silver and I wanted a blue or red forte. It is a very nice car inside and out but its difficult to update the system. Next time I want to be able to pick from more then one color and car. The service department are friendly and very helpful. It would be a 5 star if I had a choice of more cars and colors and even trim line. More
Purchased my Kia Optima in 2012 from bob king, but I live in Raleigh. It was a 2013 Kia Optima. All my servicing on the car through the years I dealt with the dealer in my area. I purchased a warranty throu in Raleigh. It was a 2013 Kia Optima. All my servicing on the car through the years I dealt with the dealer in my area. I purchased a warranty through Zurich and had my auto loan through ally on the day of buying at bob king. I will NEVER buy another Kia. My Kia Optimas transmission fluid line busted at 40,000 miles and they told me (RALEIGH dealer) next will be my engine they see a lot of them come in where engine blows. My car was totaled before that could happen. Long story short I was involved in a serious car accident and my car was totaled (I will say Kia optimas have excellent crash rating) I had my warranty through Zurich, called them initially to get the prorated amount left over from my warranty. They told me that bob king Kia would issue me a check. Weeks and weeks went by. I called Bob king Kia and they told me my check got issued to Ally. I explained to them that I refinanced years ago with coastal federal credit union. Why would you send the check to an old lender??? They told me that’s how they do things. Why not call me personally to see if I even have my loan through them still. I have had to call coastal because they need proof of payoff on the car and proof of payoff on the ally account. Ally isnt easy to deal with either and a month has gone by and I’m still dealing with this. I called to speak with the general manager (James Juarez) still no resolution. He told me I was the worst customer he ever dealt with and hung up on me Along with saying “I can guarantee I won’t want to help you any faster with you using cuss words” I told him great. Next subject cuss words won’t be used. He then hung up on me and told me to have a good life😱 . I’m now supposed to bank on Ally faxing over proof of payoff in one to two business days. Finance guy with bob king tells me if they issue me a check they will be commiting Bank Fraud without seeing proof of payout. They sure are willing to sell you a turd and happy to deal with you, but when it comes to issuing you your payout for your warranty...good luck👍🏻 Kias have always been known as junk. They have come a long way in looks, but reliability let’s be honest, it’s a Kia and always will be. Do yourself a favor and buy a used reliable car...Lexus, Honda, Toyota. Look up the ratings on the car before buying and do yourself a favor and don’t buy from bob king Kia....or your warranty from them!!!!!!!! Biggest thing of All DONT BUY YOUR WARRANTY from them. Unless you want to jump through 1094839928373 hoops to get your money. The only good thing I can say is they make cars much safer than they used to and my Kia saved my life. More
Take advantage of women I took my 2016 Sorento in for a recall, and to check my sunroof. I could not get the sunroof opened. After over 2 1/2 hrs later, they came back with I took my 2016 Sorento in for a recall, and to check my sunroof. I could not get the sunroof opened. After over 2 1/2 hrs later, they came back with a price of $1400.00. I did not pay this and went somewhere else. It was a resetting problem. Glad I didn’t spend my hard earned money here. I will never go back. More