Criswell Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM and FIAT

Bad, Bad, Bad. Stay Away!!!! In October of 2017, I purchased 2 new vehicles at your dealership, totaling over 90K. This is the second time I have done this. One of the vehicles In October of 2017, I purchased 2 new vehicles at your dealership, totaling over 90K. This is the second time I have done this. One of the vehicles was a 2017 Dodge Durango. My only stipulation for options in this vehicle was a blue ray player / DVD system. Your sales manager, Ahsan Javeid, told me he could install an aftermarket system that would meet my needs. He was happy because he could sell a vehicle already on the lot instead of having to ship one in. Fast forward a bit and the installed system does NOT play blue ray as promised. I brought this to Ahsan’s attention. He did some research and found that there are NO aftermarket systems that play blue ray. Had I been told up front that there were no aftermarket options, I would simply have selected a different Durango to purchase and the sale would have continued. All the other options on the vehicle were nice, but not necessary. As a solution, Ahsan would have been happy to trade the vehicle in for me on another, but I would then have to eat almost 10 thousand in depreciation for HIS mistake. After discussing this, I was basically told “we value you as a customer because you buy lots of vehicles from us, but we aren’t going to do anything about that, because we are a business.” I told him I thought it would be nice if he would reimburse me for the cost of the unit, as he is the one that made the mistake about its capabilities. He told me he would get back with me. This was several weeks ago, and I have heard nothing. The bottom line here from my perspective is I paid over 90 thousand dollars for vehicles and I didn’t get the one option I wanted. I am now stuck with a vehicle that will never have a blue ray system, and I refuse to trade in a vehicle so soon for so large a loss when the mistake was not mine. When I tried the “online chat” to just get the name of the General Manager, they actually hung up on me. Stay away from this dealership. They do not follow through, their word is no good, and they will not fix mistakes they make. More

It just gets worse with every visit I continue to be stunned by these people. My Fiat has now been in for the 10th time for 5 separate issues. One issue took five times to resolve, and I continue to be stunned by these people. My Fiat has now been in for the 10th time for 5 separate issues. One issue took five times to resolve, and the current issue is on its second try. This time I have been without my vehicle for a full month until picking it up today. At no time did they ever contact me to tell me what was wrong with my car, nor how long I would be without it. When we brought it in we were told that we were lucky that the engine didn't seize...a day after picking up from supposedly being fixed. The service manager assured me that he could work with the regional Fiat rep to help get me into a more reliable vehicle, but never followed up. I literally never heard from him. After leaving a previous review I did hear from the customer service person at Criswell who put me in touch with a sales manager who made a similar promise. In the end he said he would give me about a third of what I paid for the car, plus around $2,000. This is for a 2016 vehicle with less than 13,000 miles on it! Grrrr... And then, like the others he stopped returning my calls. I have left messages for him and the customer service person, and emails for all three, but nobody even had the courtesy to respond. This is not a classy operation. The only thing worse is FCA, who offered me 1% off the MSRP of a new car for my trouble....that's not a typo....1%! And then I went into the Criswell Jeep dealer to try to talk to someone else, who was ruder than any of the rest. These people are downright incompetent in their service and rude to boot. Stay as far away from FCA products and Criswell as you can! Let me say that the only person there who is super nice and always tries to be helpful is Horace...he's a bright spot in an otherwise dismal operation. More

Don't back their warranties well PWe purchased a dodge caravan from here in2016. The negotiation seemed less than straightforward and we had to switch sales people because they did PWe purchased a dodge caravan from here in2016. The negotiation seemed less than straightforward and we had to switch sales people because they didn't want to honor prices quoted by the first. after coming back a month later, we got a fair price. During financing, they pushed the tire warranty explaining how good it was and how hassle free it was. Fast forward to 01/03/18, we had a flat tire. We changed it ourselves on the side of the road and drove right to THE SAME DEALERSHIP we bought the car and showed them the warranty. They explained it takes all day to get approved. the warrant number that we called right after that said it should take ten minutes. Next, it's been over 3 1/2 hours already! The staff has been anything but helpful. Disgraceful and unpleasant experience from the moment we were purchasing the car to yet again when we all we are asking is for them to honor the tire warranty! CANT imagine how bad it will be if we have something major occur to the car. More

service not done even though it was said it was Car "engine light and break light" service came on. Had issues starting the car, and when it did, the "D" flashed the whole time I drove and it was sl Car "engine light and break light" service came on. Had issues starting the car, and when it did, the "D" flashed the whole time I drove and it was sluggish to move". Scheduled maintenance at 7am Weds 12/29. Told it will be looked at and someone will call me. No one did. I call next day at noon. They said "oh its going to be looked at next. We will call you with update." No one did. I call next morning - 2 days AFTER bringing car in at scheduled appointment. "Oh the car is fixed. it was SW issue - that should resolve your problem". Took car home, next day car still had same issues as before, but this morning the car didn't even start, so we couldn't take our kids to school. Tried to call service dept. no answer. Used web chat (twice) and was told a service manager will call me. Still no call. To say it has been an incredibly disappointing experience is an understatement. I simply wanted the car fixed, and did all that was asked of me by their service dept. and still nothing has been fixed and my car is now stuck on my driveway. With their current track record, I don't assume anything will be done. I need to figure out what to do next regarding a car that wasn't service properly. More

Great Dealership Experience: Thanks to Dan Leithauser All financing and warranty related aspects of my car purchase were handled by Mr. Leithauser of the Finance Department. Thank you for the helpful info All financing and warranty related aspects of my car purchase were handled by Mr. Leithauser of the Finance Department. Thank you for the helpful info and great customer service! I will definitely recommend you guys to my associates. More

No parts, no consideration, no assistance! On November 1, my 3.5 months old 2017 Fiat Spyder 124 was broken into in the parking lot near my office. The culprit used a rock to break the driver’ On November 1, my 3.5 months old 2017 Fiat Spyder 124 was broken into in the parking lot near my office. The culprit used a rock to break the driver’s side window for no apparent reason. When I came out and found it, I immediately reported this to the police, and drove it home, where it has remained since then, as the broken window would be open game for further vandalism. The next day, I contacted the dealer I had purchased the car from, Criswell Automotive in Gaithersburg, MD. I was quoted a price for replacing the window, and scheduled the first available appointment which was the following week. When I arrived for my appointment, I was asked to leave the car for 2 or 3 days. However, as I was there for a scheduled appointment, I informed them that I chose to wait. I was then told: 1--the glass needed to be ordered and 2-- For them to order it, they wanted a $500 down payment. And 3—they could not predict how long it would actually take to acquire the glass. The “spare parts” technician stated that acquiring the glass could possibly take until next April. I proceeded to contact other Fiat dealers in a variety of locations, all of whom confirmed that they did not have it in stock, and that they could not give an estimate as to when they might be able to acquire the glass. I next called Fiat Corporate. The person I spoke with promised to pass along my situation to the back order (BO) specialist, and that he would call me the next day. That, call, of course never happened. After several calls back and forth for 2 weeks, the BO specialist finally told me that the window glass had to be ordered through the dealer, and suggested I call other dealers – which I had already done. So, here we are, more than six weeks after the vandalism occurred. I still do not have the ability to use my car, which I am paying $430+ each month—and getting absolutely NO COOPERATION from Fiat or its dealers. Thus, I am turning to you, to assist in 2 ways: 1. To motivate Fiat and the Fiat dealer to act quickly to repair my car, and 2. To warn other consumers of this travesty! Thank you for your assistance. Edit 1/13/2018 Nothing happened. I am still without any help, part or even a promise of assistance. It's now 3 months. This is ridiculous. Very unprofessional, incompetent and complete lack of service. To add to the issue, Fiat USA advice not to deal with this dealership. More

No Respect After the dealership has you sign your paperwork their customer service is done. Do not expect to have any support from the management. I have calle After the dealership has you sign your paperwork their customer service is done. Do not expect to have any support from the management. I have called to talk to the finance office numerous times leaving messages with the operator, a salesman and on voicemail with no return call. It has been over three weeks. I have also called to talk to the General Manager a Mr. Szot with none of his associates knowing what office he is working in that day. Left a message with no return call from him. The salesman that answer the phone also have no regard on how to answer the phone, once I asked form management I was treated with complete disrespect. I would not recommend this dealership to anyone. Should of realized when I purchased a Jeep Wrangler Sahara unlimited and get a Nissan Versa as a loaner. All other dealerships I have worked with has given me the same type of car that I have purchased from them. Look at their Facebook page and read some more reviews from their "satisfied" customers. Thanks again for the great customer service. More

Truly Awful Service Dept. I had called to make an appointment the first week of November but, was told they were very busy so, I scheduled my appointment for 11/10 and dropped I had called to make an appointment the first week of November but, was told they were very busy so, I scheduled my appointment for 11/10 and dropped off my car the evening of 11/9 to ensure it would be serviced when expected. On 11/10, nobody bothered to call me all day and when I finally called at 4:30, I was told my car had not even been looked at but that they'd get to it first thing on 11/11. I was also told that they may need to keep my car over the weekend if it needed parts. I called again on the morning of 11/11 for an update and was told my car needed a wheel bearing replaced, a tune up and an oil change. Fairly straight-forward stuff but, a part was needed for the wheel bearing and I was promised a phone call by the end of the day. That did not happen. I called once again on Monday (not once had I received a call from their staff during this entire time... I only received answers if I called myself) and was told that there was another vehicle in front of mine that was deemed a higher priority by some manager. At this point, I was out of patience and said that it is ludicrous that rebuilding a wheel bearing, a tune up and an oil change were taking more than a day, let alone 3+ days. I had to go out of town on Monday evening so, I instructed my service tech to call my wife to arrange pick-up on Tuesday. Of course, the car was not ready on Tuesday and nobody called me or my wife. I finally was told the car was ready on 11/16, a full SIX DAYS after dropping it off. I had requested that they call my wife to arrange pick-up since I was out of town and she needed a ride. No surprise, that didn't happen. When I finally got back in town and came to pick it up on 11/17, I waited 45 minutes for the porter to bring the car around. Nothing about this situation was acceptable and I will never be back for service or to purchase another vehicle. Way too many options out there to deal with this kind of nonsense. More