Heartland Toyota

We had our 2005 Corolla in to have it's Serpentine Belt replace 1 year ago - when the car was only 1 Year Old. We told the Service Dept at that time that we felt like there had to be a reason the belt wou replace 1 year ago - when the car was only 1 Year Old. We told the Service Dept at that time that we felt like there had to be a reason the belt would go bad - maybe something wasn't aligned right, etc. They told us - Nope - it's just the belt is bad - these things happen!!! Now - a year later - guess what! Yep - another bad belt! Now they say it's because the Tensioner is bad - or broke. We are confident it was broke a year ago! Now they want to charge us about 350.00 to replace this tensioner! This should have been found a year ago! After making several calls to Toyota - and also to the dealership - they told me - you have to pay for it - and then we will see if we can get you your money back from Toyota! Yeah Right! The General Manager Tom Defendorf replied to me when I told him - we want you to pay to fix this because it should have been found a year ago - he said to me - I guess we don't have anything else to discuss and hung up! When I called the Service Department back to tell them to just fix the belt - and that we would take our car somewhere else to have it fixed - he said we can't do that - we won't do that! So now - we are being screwed out of the belt that we paid for a year ago - it's still under their 1 year warranty for parts that go bad - but now we are going to have to pay someone else to fix the car - because after talking to a good friend who is a mechanic - and actually worked for Heartland Toyota for 8 years - he said he would not trust anyone there with his bicycle!!! More

After calling to inform us a vehicle arrived on their lot with options and pricing as desired, we traveled two hours to make the purchase. When we arrived at the dealership, the options on the vehicle were with options and pricing as desired, we traveled two hours to make the purchase. When we arrived at the dealership, the options on the vehicle were not as previously specified and the pricing was increased approx. $6,000. The entire experience was handled unprofesionaly by the dealership. One would think when buying a car such as a Toyota, you wouldn't have to deal with slimeball tactics to generate business. Obviously this is not the case at this dealership. More

Not pushy at all. Respected customers right to voice opinion which may or may not agree with theirs. Very willing to negotiate. opinion which may or may not agree with theirs. Very willing to negotiate. More