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Kerns Ford

Celina, OH

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41 Reviews

500 W Logan ST

Celina, OH

45822

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July 12, 2019

Sales Was very courteous and professional. Answered all my questions and did an excellent presentation of the vehicle. I did not feel pressured to make a pu More

by LC
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Jill Shobe
June 23, 2019

LIES, LIES, LIES, DO NOT TRUST THEM I purchased a car from here on April 19, picked it up on the 20th. A few days later went to drive it, and nothing it was completely dead. Went to jump More

by am
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
DEL, Rodney Klinger
Jun 24, 2019 -

Kerns Ford responded

My name is Rodney Klinger Did we deserve a negative review? Absolutely. Would I buy a vehicle here? Absolutely. Now let me explain. It would be very easy to simply have deleted this above post. I could have easily went on and banned the customer and the post would of disappeared. Problem not solved, but the bad review would of been gone. That’s what most businesses will do with complaints and problems. I’ve been in the business for 29 years. Kerns Ford has been in the business for 73 years. We have succeeded because we’re not liars, thieves or crooks. I’m just merely here to straighten out some wrongs in the above story. When the customer walked into my office we had her vehicle for weeks. Absolutely unacceptable in my opinion. And I told her over and over again how wrong we were. I also told her that I would personally take responsibility for this. Isn’t that what you want? Listen problems happen everyday in our lives and too many times people don’t admit when they’re wrong. To clarify a few more points. We have certified mechanics at both shops but only 1 Master Certified tech at the St Marys location. Ask around another local Ford dealership and I believe you will find the same situation. We found the problem and called the consumers husband and said give us till Monday because we want to make 100% sure it’s fixed( they had told me they were going on a trip and no way did I want them to experience problems). The problem? The junction box had a draw coming off of it. The consumer comes in Friday and explodes in my office( I 100% understand. I probably would of done the same thing). However here is where some discrepancies take place. We replaced the junction box on a vehicle. We test drove the vehicle multiple days in a row( with husbands okay). It wouldn’t make sense to put the entire vehicle back together until we were 100% it was fixed? We would spend more time taking it back apart if that wasn’t the problem. So we left it apart to test over a 3 day period( which the husband granted us). When she showed me the pictures there was no”oh we must be testing it”. I had taken complete responsibility for this problem. I knew exactly what was going on. I didn’t refuse to talk to them after the son started talking. After the 3rd time of him interrupting me I told the consumer exactly this “Listen I’m not talking to him. I am more than willing to take my xxx whipping verbally from you because I deserve it. But if he keeps interrupting I will be done with this conversation”. Period. I had her car for weeks. I didn’t have it repaired. I deserved everything she had to say to me. But not from a child. The husband came in on Monday and I decided to give their money back. Every dime that they paid including sales tax which is not refundable. Before he left we had a conversation. I said a couple things 1) There is not a “lemon law” in the state of Ohio that pertains to this situation ( look it up if you doubt it). 2) I will buy the vehicle back and ask that you don’t kill me on social media. “ We would never do that” was his response. ☝️☝️ Why would I buy a car here? We messed up 100% by not getting the problem resolved fast enough. But don’t you want someone to own it? I owned it. I have been apart of over 32,000 vehicle sales in my career and this was a first for me. This was as I said a gorgeous 2016 that the consumer ran a Carfax on and bought for $1,400 under book. We never had to jumpstart once in the time we owned it Rodney Klinger

May 28, 2019

Poorest Customer Service The poorest customer service we have ever had with a car buying experience. This dealership has multiple online reviews from customers describing dish More

by Buckeye12
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Jill
May 28, 2019

DO NOT TRUST THIS DEALERSHIP! All I can say is: DO NOT TRUST THIS DEALERSHIP! Not only do they operate on dishonest business values, no integrity, poor customer service and no ethi More

by Review12
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No
Employees Worked With
Jill, serviceman and manager
December 11, 2018

They will sell you a lemon Never buy a car from there they will sell you a lemon like they did us and not stand behind it stay away from there aaron and all of them will rip you More

by Britan2002
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Aaron high
Dec 27, 2018 -

Kerns Ford responded

Thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We are disappointed that you have had such a negative experience dealing with us here at Kerns Ford-Lincoln, Inc.. We can assure you that it was truly not our intention to disappoint or frustrate you during this process. Please give us a call at (888) 367- 3856 and we will do our best to make this better. We hope to hear from you soon

Dec 27, 2018 -

Britan2002 responded

You have my number if you need to talk to me

October 08, 2018

issue with brakes after purchase shortly after buying vehicle with 47000 miles on noticed pulsing from brakes, according to inspection I had to pay for at Kerns in Celina Oh. it was More

by unhappy
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Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Rodney Klinger
Oct 10, 2018 -

unhappy responded

Manager reached out to make issue right. Thankful for this. Will give them another chance, I do love my car and do want to stay and support local business. I feel that is important.

August 08, 2018

Poor Customer Service and Communication My wife and I bought a used 2014 Ford Escape Titanium with under 50,000 miles from Kearns in November of 2017. Luckily, we bought a warranty to go wit More

by brschnepp
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No
Employees Worked With
Shayn Klinger, lonnie Hagaman
March 20, 2018

They lie! Lied about vehicle history and sold me a car without informing me of structural damage. Spent $10k on a car I can’t even sell for $1500 two years late More

by Slcascella
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No
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lonnie Hagaman
February 22, 2018

Purchased pre owned with a trade After the deal was done they informed us there was no 2nd key but they would send it to us. They never did when asking the salesman to follow through More

by Radio 123
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Employees Worked With
lonnie Hagaman
October 30, 2017

Horrible experience I recently found a vehicle on Kerns website for $3,900, spoke with Nick, who was nice and helpful. After a short time Nick returned my call and did a More

by rdale3025
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No
Employees Worked With
Nick Kayser
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