St Charles Nissan - Service Center

I bought my Maxima new in 2009 through the Costco auto buying program. It was the best and easiest car purchase I have ever had. The salesperson was awesome. I have zero complaints for the sales depart buying program. It was the best and easiest car purchase I have ever had. The salesperson was awesome. I have zero complaints for the sales departmetn-in fact I highly recommend their sales department. While still under warranty, I noticed the bumper cover was misaligned so I took it to the dealer to get it fixed. The service manager (possibly Jim but I am not certain) said that it may be a bad clip. That didn't fix the problem. Then he said that maybe I had hit something or someone had hit me. We looked around the car and there was not one scratch, dent, mark or anything else to indicate that it was hit. Then he said that some cars are just made that way and the molding doesn't always line up perfectly. Hard to imagine on a $38,455 car, but I didn't know any better. Recently my car had some hail damage so I took it to 3 auto body shops for estimates. All 3 asked what was going on with the bumper. I explained it and all 3 said I would take it back to the dealership. I called the dealership and the same manager said that we had talked about this previously and that it was not a warranty issue. I contacted Nissan directly and they thankfully will cover the repairs even though the service manager said that I had hit something and that is why it wasn't a warranty issue. Needless to say I am not at all pleased about the misinformation given. I think the dealership simply didn't want to deal with the problem. Their service department is horrible. My wife is in the market for a new car and I am not sure I am willing to give that dealership more of my time or money. More