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McKenney Salinas Honda

Gastonia, NC

4.6
503 Reviews
McKenney Salinas Honda has been a family-owned and operated dealership for over 25 years with owner, Sal Salinas, on-site. McKenney Salinas Honda specializes in new Honda, Certified Pre-Owned Honda and all other pre-owned vehicle sales. We have a strong and committed sales staff with many years of experience satisfying our customers' needs in Gaston County. McKenney Salinas Honda also has an award-winning service and parts department, dedicated to excellence in customer satisfaction. Located in Gastonia, North Carolina. We will help you find the right vehicle for your needs. Feel free to browse our inventory online, request more information about our new and preowned vehicles, set up a test drive or inquire about our auto financing options. Whether you are looking for a new Honda or a preowned vehicle, McKenney Salinas Honda is here to help.
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2830 E. Franklin Blvd.

Gastonia, NC

28056

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January 05, 2017

Bait and switch I live in Columbia South Carolina, and on 29 December I drove up and purchased a certified Honda Odyssey from them. Now today on 5 January they call More

by Fatherof4
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Mark Bridges
Jan 09, 2017 -

McKenney Salinas Honda responded

As I have responded to all of the other negative reviews you and your wife have left our store, I will respond to this one in the same manner. I'm not sure exactly how we can help you anymore than we have because we truly believe we have gone over and above to accommodate you and your wife. We called you being proactive to take care of the recall. That in itself should show you that we were in no way being dishonest or misleading. I have responded to all of the negative reviews you and your wife have left all over social media. I have offered to buy the vehicle back. We have offered to drive 1.5 hrs to bring you a rental, take your van to your closet Honda dealer to complete the recall. I'm not sure what else we can do unfortunately to make this satisfactory for you. Our company has an excellent reputation and has always gone over and above to accommodate our customers and make sure that they are satisfied and we stand by that.

Jan 09, 2017 -

Fatherof4 responded

You sold me a vehicle that was listed as, and priced as a Honda CPO vehicle. It is not. That is not debatable. You can put whatever you think makes your company look good in the responses to my review, but the truth is the truth. Myself and my wife were lied to. Your employees falsified the documents. According to the Honda America website the recall was issued on the 19th of December, according to your sales manager Mr Mathis he received notification on the recall on the 21st. The recall has been seen to, but that doesn't negate the FACT that I was lied to.

December 02, 2016

Give your busines to someone else Calls to local dealership go to a call center, they tell you 1 hour then when you get there..ohhhh, no it will be a minimum of 2hours sorry! Too many More

by Not important to Honda ex-customer
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Jan 09, 2017 -

McKenney Salinas Honda responded

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that you had an extended wait time in our service department. Unfortunately, it does happen from time to time as we accept walk ins, as well with the recent air bag recalls, we have been seeing more traffic than normal and are in the process of staffing up. However, that is no excuse for your wait. Please contact me directly at lsalinas@mshonda.com and I would like to provide you with a complimentary oil change upon your next visit so we can exemplify our award winning customer service and hopefully earn your business again for future services. Sincerely, Lauren Salinas

November 02, 2016

Jasper Powe did a wonderful job!!! I brought my car to be service by McKenney Salinas Honda in September, 2016 for a routine Timing Belt package for $699.00. I set up a time to drop off More

by Sonya Boler
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Jasper Powe
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Nov 15, 2016 -

McKenney Salinas Honda responded

Hi Sonya, That is correct, you did bring the vehicle in for the timing belt package without a radiator issue showing at the time. No hoses from the radiator are removed during a timing belt package though. There was apparently an underlying issues with the top of radiator when the hose fits over top, not noticed during the timing belt package because the hose was not removed. Once a new water pump was installed and system resealed tighter is caused more pressure inside the system and the crack under the hose at the radiator then became pressurized and blew the hose off causing smoke and coolant lose. Jasper and our service manager, Jimmy, did feel this was unfortunate and decided together than we should give her employee cost because of the unexpected repair that no one could have or would have seen coming. However, a cracked radiator connection isn't something they could have happened during a timing belt package replacement. Again, we are sorry for this unfortunate event.

November 01, 2016

Pleasant surprise After test driving and dealing with high pressure sales people at several local dealerships, we were understandably not looking forward to visiting ye More

by eicdave
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Jonathan Zirbel
5.0
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Bobby Ford
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Other Employees : Ted Anderson
October 30, 2016

Probably the best dealership I have done business with I have purchased 3 vehicles from this dealership and they are the most reputable and professional dealership I have dealt with. From the front door to More

by Smoky132
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Jasper Powe
5.0
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Other Employees : David Craig
September 24, 2016

A Meth Dealer Could Have Received a Better Interest Rate I was having my leased 2015 Accord serviced at MSH and I have been a very loyal Honda customer since 1991. I have owned a 1988 Accord LX-i, a 1990 Ac More

by CWLGamer
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Mark Bridges, Ted Anderson
Oct 11, 2016 -

McKenney Salinas Honda responded

Hi there. Thank you for your review. To respond to your concerns, I can guarantee you 100% that our dealership has zero control of the rate that Honda Finance offers our customers. Because we were so upset to hear that Honda may have told you that, we contacted our district Honda sales manager and spoke with him. They record all of the phone calls made to Honda Finance so they could find out who the rep was that told you this information. However, they found no recorded phone calls from you in your customer file. I understand that you received a better rate at VW and it is our understand that they approving many customers due to their recent VW diesel scandal and loss of market share. We hate to loose you as a Honda customer but we can assure you again, that our dealership has nothing to do with the rate you were offered. It is the banks call (in this case, Honda Finance) what rate they will approve you at based on your credit history. I am sorry that someone has mislead you to believe this information. Thank you, Lauren Salinas

August 18, 2016

Best car buying experience I have ever had. No pressure and no xx. As a woman sometimes its intimidating to be at a dealership looking for a car but I felt very good in my dealings as a custome More

by Anne
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Dean Woodward
August 15, 2016

Surprisingly Easy I recently purchased a Honda Civic from McKenney Salinas Honda, the experience was as much more satisfying than most car purchases I have been involve More

by Mauldo
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Tammy Boone, Andrew Ashbaker
August 10, 2016

Andrew Ashbaker was great to work with. Andrew was not pushy at all and is the best car salesman that I have ever dealt with I'm 56 yrs. old. He acted like he was there to help me, not "sel More

by Stan Shaw
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Chris Pressley
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Other Employees : Andrew Ashbaker
August 08, 2016

McKenney Salinas Honda experience My wife and I had unique experience saturday in the purchase of a new vehicle.Ted Anderson was an excellent salesman and showed us the unique feature More

by j hutson
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Jonathan Zirbel
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Other Employees : Ted Anderson
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