Chicago Northside Toyota

I'll admit I was a little nervous about going to a dealership to get my Corolla serviced, so I took my brother with me. Although I did have to wait (everyone wants their car ready for the Chicago wint dealership to get my Corolla serviced, so I took my brother with me. Although I did have to wait (everyone wants their car ready for the Chicago winter, right?), all of the service writers were nice and explained everything to me (and my brother verified). I left feeling confident that my car wouldn't be one of those found on the side of the expressway this winter. Thanks. More

I absolutely despise this place. I came here back in I absolutely despise this place. I came here back in 2005 and leased my first Toyota here and felt good about the whole experience. I came back i I absolutely despise this place. I came here back in 2005 and leased my first Toyota here and felt good about the whole experience. I came back in 2010 and didn't have my guard up like the first time and got burned. I ended up paying about $150 more a month on a vehicle with a lower sticker price. The salesman gave me a whole heap of reasons why the vehicle cost more per month (and foolishly I didn't have my previous paperwork with me to reference.) He refused to give me the capitalized cost when asked directly. When I asked to speak with his manager to know the cap cost the manager danced around the issue and told me the deal they were offering was was about $2-3000 off. When I sat down with the finance guy, I asked him why it said I was leasing a previous model year vehicle at full sticker price when the sales manager said the figure they were giving me was 2-3000 off, he said that the savings was in the lease factor. I get home and look at my previous lease paperwork and realized that last time I had leased a more expensive vehicle, had a better lease factor and paid less per month. I went back in to talk to the Sales Manager and the most he was willing to do was "split" the cost of a bluetooth device that he said costs him $590. I went out to talk to the installer to see where they would put it in, and quickly looked up the device online to see what it costs and it cost about $240 everywhere. What?! I confronted him about this and he acted surprised and agreed to cover the whole cost of the bluetooth device. So, OK, lesson to self, don't sit down to talk prices unless you have your guard up and are ready to battle, and DON"T do business with these guys again. So, I had a service contract with these guys and brought my car in for the recall, minor service and to have wires run for a subwoofer. I specifically asked the guy to hook the subwoofer wiring up to the rear speakers (so I could adjust the balance between what I was hearing in the front speakers and what was coming from the subwoofer.) I went back to pick up the car and the subwoofer is wired with the front speakers. I confronted him about this and he said the wires for the rear speakers were smaller and that I'd have to come back later to get it rewired. I get it home and realize the automatic locks don't work. Then I realize that the ignition isn't actually shutting off, so the battery drains until it is dead when I leave the car sit. So I called the dealership and scheduled a time that Monday to get it fixed. I brought it in again and he fixed the ignition issue but told me I'd have to come back again another time to get the speakers rewired. I don't live close to this dealership, so each time I go, I either have to leave work early, or spend my entire night at the dealership. I don't have time to hang around waiting for you to fix something you should have done right the first time! So I told him I'd be back after work Thursday and came back the THIRD time to get it done the way we'd discussed before we started anything. I get there and the person I'd been dealing with was an hour late. All said and done, I ended up getting $35 off the cost of the install. Absolutely ridiculous. I despise this place. Never again. More

I recently started hearing squeaky noise but not too loud and just sometimes coming from my dashboard . drove to the dealer, did test drive with technician and says they are going to look at it. I thought i and just sometimes coming from my dashboard . drove to the dealer, did test drive with technician and says they are going to look at it. I thought i was gonna be fine cos i have bought the platinum warranty. it was during the day , i sleep on day and work at night. i went to sleep, got a call after 2 hrs and says ur warranty doesn't cover the noise problem and if u want to get fixed, it is about $1000 , if not it is $105 for diagnose. got so pissed off, checked with my warranty department and says that part is not covered. was asked to pay the $105 plus $7 something for shop supplies. i got so pissed for ripping me off for nothing. i told them u ripped me off $105 for nothing and why supplied charge of $7 when it has nothing to do with diagnose. so i paid the $105, took my car back . i told them they should have known that warranty doesn't cover noise parts and only electrical or machanical breakdowns or failures only. they are rip offs period! few months before this, i had an oil change coupon of $15.47 cents but my bill came to $21 something. was told i did not do the yearly or maintainance which i already did few months back. they are not polite. not wanting to listen to ur concerns. talks as if we have to give them more , pay them more for anything! we should do something to get their attitude and treatments of customers changed. how about we all writing letters to toyota USA? if they ask me for a survey for this visit, its not gonna be good for them cos i really felt cheated for nothing. the squeaky noise has gotten worse now. i am never gonna go to that dealer again to get ripped off by those guys at the service department. they are terrible. they will push u for something always! lets file a complaint!!!!!!! More

This was the best car buying experience I have ever dealt with. It was truly a no hassle buying process and I plan on coming back any time I need a car and sending all of my friends! They were really easy with. It was truly a no hassle buying process and I plan on coming back any time I need a car and sending all of my friends! They were really easy to work with, helped me identify exactly what I could afford in my price range, and got me the best possible vehicle for what I was looking for. Thanks guys! More

I purchased a used 2007 Range Rover Sport from Northside Toyota and when I moved even had them ship the car for me to California. Their price for the car was better than anyone else in the city and the tra Toyota and when I moved even had them ship the car for me to California. Their price for the car was better than anyone else in the city and the transportation charge was less through the dealer than through some independent transportation companies I called. More

I wish I had seen this review board before going to this Toyota service center. They are the worst guy I have ever seen in any life and I am not sure how come Toyota lets these guys stay on their job or is Toyota service center. They are the worst guy I have ever seen in any life and I am not sure how come Toyota lets these guys stay on their job or is it Toyota itself that wants customers. These guys have the usual tactic to every customer. Every time, I go for oil change but end up doing the intermediate or the major service. On every visit, they recommend doing some crap which is not at all needed for a brand new car. This one time, they charged me $400 and did not do the basic maintenance things like the water for the wind shield wiper. I went to this service center with the complaint asking how come you guys didn't even do the basic maintenance, this guy Juane In responded that this might be mistake and everything else must have been done properly. My instinct told me that there must be other things that they didn't do it as promised in the major maintenance list of things to be. So I picked a random simple maintenance list of lubricating the door hinges and locks and took this moron to check the doors. Guess what.....The doors weren't lubricated either. I was pissed off and asked him for an explanation. From there, this guy went rude and asked me leave the shop or will call the police. When I asked him to call the police in front of other customers, he realized he made a mistake and kept silent. Then comes the good cop bad cop tactic. He sent a new guy by the same name to me to tackle the situation. This guy took me outside the office and speaks nicely to come next day to see their manager Peter Sober. This is the same guy peter sober who serviced my car the previous day. I had no other option other than to meet this manager peter sober and director Bob Heath next day. As I was walking towards my car, these morons working there made some kind of racist comment and everyone started laughing at me including few customers inside the shop. I guess, the customers missed the point that they will also be subjected to the same humiliation if they go with any problems in future. Next day, I went to this shop to speak with the manager and the director, both the manager Peter Sober and Director Bob Heath didn't care about the service faults or the rude behavior of their staff. They were protecting their staff behavior and serviceman ship. Their behavior truly explained why their staff didn't care to speck nicely to a customer who went in with a complaint. After all this , both the manager and Director are saying that they are the best guys in the entire Chicago land and that is why they have been awarded three times in row for their best service. I wonder how awards are given to these kinds of morons who don't even know how to service a car and know how to behave with a customer. After speaking for some time with the manager Peter and Director Bob, I realized that this is a waste of time arguing and decided to go to office instead. On a last note, I told the director that I intend to write a review about this service center, He flipped off and went away. They cared less about the reviews and customer complaints. I am not sure if writing a review will really make these guys feel sorry for what they did to me and my wife. I waited in the shop for 2 hours to speck to these guys on a Tuesday morning skipping my office hours, only to return empty handed with more humiliation and frustration. I just want to write about this incident so that others can learn from my mistake of choosing the worst dealer and should always research before choosing any dealer for service etc. Please do not go tot this shop and expect to be treated like you are not existent. You will know the true color of these guys only when you go with a problem. We are better off getting our cars serviced by a local mechanic or self. I can keep on writing on my WORST day about this service center. I must have paid close to about #2500 to this shop during my year and half visit and finally got to know how mean and rough these guys are when you point mistakes on their side. They have no regard for customers and only speak of high regard for customer service I never expected Toyota behaving like this. I will never ever go to TOYOTA or buy any TOYOTA in future. Please spread the message about this worst service center that will not do the required service but will charge you exorbitantly. If anyone wants to continue the service here, please make sure that all service are done properly before leaving the shop. Please inspect yourself few things that we can do it ourselves and you will discover that havn't done all the list of things they charged you in the maintenance. I would like to give negative stars but there were no options like that to choose . More

The place was very clean, offered television on a rather huge screen (not quite sure about the dimensions), free drinks (such as hot chocolate, coffee), good services and other conveniences (vending machine huge screen (not quite sure about the dimensions), free drinks (such as hot chocolate, coffee), good services and other conveniences (vending machines, very clean washrooms, employee friendliness.) The service was quick -- an oil change, and I've been to this dealership many times before, and the service is always astounding. I'm sure that I'll be back for future services, and recommend it to others. After reading quite a terrible comment of this dealership, one that consisted of complaints about their customer services -- I'd like to say that the employees there are rather busy thought they may not seem it, and it doesn't hurt to approach when you have a question. These workers are waiting for you to tell them about your problem at their desks, which is the first place one steps into after dropping your car into their garage. Then they'll help you, and just because an estimate of time may be long, and even if the place was "empty," this does not mean that they're doing terrible service. They're simply being honest, and this service may truly need this length of time. Anyway, in conclusion, this dealership had wonderful service, friendly employees, and kept my time well spent. More

I went there for some repair work. There were 5 workers in the "write up" room,no customers, but no one could be bothered to come out to me, to tell me where to go. When I entered that room, everyone appe in the "write up" room,no customers, but no one could be bothered to come out to me, to tell me where to go. When I entered that room, everyone appeared to be doing nothing, finally someone asked if he could help me. This person did not listen to what I was telling him about my car's problems, then told me the estimate time would be from 1 hour to 3-4hours. I pressed him on why to evaluation would take so long and he was vague, then said he said 1-2 hours. (The place was empty) I declined service and left at that point. I have been there before and felt they always "piled on" with services that they suggested you need, which would cost several thousand $$. I usually go to an independent repair shop because of this, but today's problem was one my car guy couldn't fix without the specialized equipment the dealer has. I will not be back. And I don't expect them to stay in business long. More

This place is a RIPOFF. They told me I had to have a lot of extra work done such as power steering flush, air induction service, brake fluid flush and other things which were not necessary just to pad the b of extra work done such as power steering flush, air induction service, brake fluid flush and other things which were not necessary just to pad the bill. I should have known better. I won't make that mistake again. More

This dealer is BIG CHEATER - DONOT GO TO HIM First he This dealer is BIG CHEATER - DONOT GO TO HIM First he advertised the price on AutoTrader as 13.5K, when I try to buy it he said it was a mistake and This dealer is BIG CHEATER - DONOT GO TO HIM First he advertised the price on AutoTrader as 13.5K, when I try to buy it he said it was a mistake and price was 13.9K. The advertisement said keyless entry and sales person assured me that before purchase that that car has keyless entry. Then after I purchased the car, then all of sudden attitude changed. He said he will search for the keys and after 2 days said that keys are not found! The financing guy made mistake and asked us to drive 30 miles twice. The second time I told them that I will take my complaint to Toyota then the owner actually asked me leave his premises - talk about respecting the customer! The whole place sucks! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM More