Volkswagen SouthTowne

Manipulative, pulled my credit history without authorization I had an extremely negative experience shopping for a Volkswagen here. My initial salesperson was friendly and reasonably knowledgeable, but the manag I had an extremely negative experience shopping for a Volkswagen here. My initial salesperson was friendly and reasonably knowledgeable, but the management were unbelievably pushy and used extremely manipulative tactics to try to get me to purchase a car. This included not returning the keys to my own car, which they had to evaluate for a trade-in offer, until raising my voice to demand them. They also attempted to get me to sign a tentative purchase agreement written on a piece of scratch paper, presumably in an attempt to gain psychological commitment to a deal. Lastly, and perhaps worst of all, they used my driver's license information to pull my credit while I was on a test drive without my permission. This dealership and its staff truly live up to the negative stereotype of the industry. I ultimately purchased a new GTI from another dealership and am extremely happy with the car. More

Awesome experience This is by far the best vehicle buying experience I have ever had. I am surprised that the over all rating on this website is so low. They took care This is by far the best vehicle buying experience I have ever had. I am surprised that the over all rating on this website is so low. They took care of all my concerns quickly- offered solutions that were far beyond my expectations. I will always bring my business here. More

Unbelievably awful experience I had the absolute worst experience with this dealership; I'm still reeling. I have never felt so manipulated, hassled or taken advantage of. I felt l I had the absolute worst experience with this dealership; I'm still reeling. I have never felt so manipulated, hassled or taken advantage of. I felt like my concerns and needs were about as important as dirt but it didn't matter as long as the dealership was getting as much money out of me as possible. I'm telling everyone I know to not go to this dealership and will never step foot there again. More

Frustrating Friendly enough staff, but wouldn't give me a breakdown and a written cost agreement until I was almost done with the paperwork, and then it wasn't t Friendly enough staff, but wouldn't give me a breakdown and a written cost agreement until I was almost done with the paperwork, and then it wasn't the same as what we had talked about verbally. More

Service department sucks I took my brand new GTI in for it's first check up just to make sure everything was working properly, I brought the car in clean and when I got it bac I took my brand new GTI in for it's first check up just to make sure everything was working properly, I brought the car in clean and when I got it back it was filthy and there were also warning lights on the dashboard. So I took the car back and told them about the warning lights and the guy tells me that his technician may have left, I said I didn't care and that they should have never let the car leave in that condition anyways and that they needed to wash it again as well because it was ridiculous that someone looked at that and thought it was acceptable. I appreciate a free car wash but don't splash some water on it and then not bother drying it off. Then I got a flat tire on the way home one day so I went to the dealer to see if it was covered under my warranty, of course it wasn't, and of course they couldn't fix it and wanted me to pay $220 for a new one. I took it to Burt Brothers and they fixed it for free. Love my GTI but I'm not even remotely impressed with their service department, they're really dishonest and don't do a very good job. If I didn't have a service contract with them I'd go elsewhere. I should also mention that the finance guy I worked with neglected to mention the $40 in taxes I'd be paying each month which quite a bit of money when you're expecting your payment to be one thing and then it's not. More

Horrible.. Cheats... Scam artists... ripoff Horrible. Took my car to an independent repair shop and they were great. Instead of taking for a ride and my money they tell me that the problem was u Horrible. Took my car to an independent repair shop and they were great. Instead of taking for a ride and my money they tell me that the problem was under warranty and to take it to the dealer. The Orem dealers' shop foreman got nasty with me so I took it to SouthTowne VW and they argued with me but I got a case number from VW headquarters before I spoke with them. So they take it in and look at it and tell me that in the last 30 miles I drove it (directly to them) I got another check engine light from what the first place told me. The original problem was the DPF and now they are telling me it's the DPF and a valve and they can't look at the DPF until they fix the valve for over $800. However, they also tell me that they have checked the DPF (after they said they couldn't and I have to fix the valve first) and it is completely clean cause they stuck their finger in there and it was clean. The DPF is impossible to get to without cutting the metal open and welding it back together. I argue and say no and want to know which valve it is and he tells me it's the "high" valve. Then I ask to talk to the guy working on my car and he said he'll have the shop foreman call me in 15 minutes. Three calls later and over 3 hours later, the shop foreman is still too busy to talk to me because "he's working on a brand new car that came in that is very important." More important than me I guess. So then I just want my car back and apparently it is on a test drive for THREE hours. They were trying to get the DPF to regenerate. The only reason to have it regenerate is if the DPF is full or clogged. EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID IT WAS COMPLETELY CLEAN. So I have to make my wife leave early from work so I can take her car to work cause they didn't know where my car was on this test drive. Then they call me on the way to work and tell me I can come pick it up. So I pick it up the next day and all the check engine, glow plug, and DPF lights are off and they can't tell me if it is fixed or not. "Drive it in a lower gear at a higher rate of speed for at least 20 miles and then over the next week and let us know what happens." So I take the car and leave and get home and turn the car off and the engine fan is still running. I call and he says that's normal and the cars do it all the time. Turns out that means I stopped the car while the DPF was regenerating. He has no idea what he is talking about. So I read the print out they gave me and it says: 2 check engine lights - both say excessive soot in the filter (DPF) NOTHING ABOUT A BAD VALVE They cleaned the LOW valve and now it's working. HE TOLD ME I HAD TO REPLACE IT FOR OVER $800 AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK FOR AN ADDITIONAL $112. PLUS HE TOLD ME IT WAS THE HIGH VALVE AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE LOW VALVE (THE HIGH VALVE IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.) The original shop showed me pictures of the DPF and how impossible it is to get in there, let alone reach your finger in the tiny honeycomb type filter. I took it back to the original shop who had been helping me decipher all the lies I was being told and they said they have no idea what they did either. Multiple times they tell me lies and prove to me they have lied to me on the print out when I picked the car up. EITHER THEY ARE COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT OR STRAIGHT UP LIARS!!! DON'T TRUST THEM. More

First, fix the airbag sensor, $510, Then, I had a battery drainage. Sent to them the first time, they couldn't identify the problem. Second time, left there overnight, couldn't start. They finally found the drainage. Sent to them the first time, they couldn't identify the problem. Second time, left there overnight, couldn't start. They finally found the problem ---radio drains the battery. Diagnosis fee: $112. All this OK. But next, for replacing the radio, $1300. I don't know where that came from. Just pull out the old radio, and them plug in the new radio. I would say it only takes 5 mins. Sent my car to the other shop, cost me less than $200! Bad, really bad service.! More

Cliff was the nicest guy there, but only after over two months of a total nightmare sale with his staff on a Toraeg.... Promised us one car configured the way we wanted it and said they could get the same months of a total nightmare sale with his staff on a Toraeg.... Promised us one car configured the way we wanted it and said they could get the same package quicker with a trailer hitch from elsewhere. We agreed and ended up with a no package vw that they slapped an aftermarket radio and back-up cam in, drilled holes in the rear hatch, never cleaned, and punctured a seat in. After having them reconfigure it back to the (actual) base model stock, they cut us a menial offset check and we were stuck with it. We bought it in about Oct, got it maybe in Dec, blew it a kiss in March as a trade in..... Never again..... Nice vehicle, horrible sales experience.... gotta wonder where it's at now... More

My brother just "bought" a car there. 2 My brother just "bought" a car there. 2 salesmen pressured him for 8 hours and once he was so worn down that he bought it, they did like many other p My brother just "bought" a car there. 2 salesmen pressured him for 8 hours and once he was so worn down that he bought it, they did like many other people here have reported and lied to him about the costs, and tricked him into buying things he did not need. ($1000 for "key insurance") They offered him cash back, but simply added on the cash back to the total amount of the sale. This is the capitol of very cheesy car salesman! Protect yourself, stay away! More

I understand buyer beware, but with these guys you really need to beware! They'll take advantage of you to whatever degree you let them. Know what the car you want to buy is worth, know what your trade-in need to beware! They'll take advantage of you to whatever degree you let them. Know what the car you want to buy is worth, know what your trade-in is worth and READ THE SALES AGREEMENT! Nothing they say matters unless it's written down on the actual documents. And, don't for a minute think that they won't take advantage of you in any and every way they can! All this is pretty obvious when dealing with a car dealership, but these guys are an extreme case! My 27 year old daughter bought a car from them and they used every trick in the book to rip her off. Bottom line, she paid $20,000 for a 2009 Jetta that was worth around $13,000. They told her the car was $12,000, but that's not what the paperwork said. She's learned a valuable, but expensive lesson. I don't have any problem with car dealers making a profit, but this is beyond the bounds of what a decent human being ought to do to someone. DO NOT TRUST THESE PEOPLE AT ALL! THEIR GREED KNOWS NO BOUNDS.... More