Beware of the Roseville Kia Dealership. - jazystorm22
Beware of the Roseville Kia Dealership. This submission is as a direct result of my horrible sales experience at the Roseville Kia Dealership located in Roseville, CA.
On 5/25/24, my husband and I purchased a Kia 2024 EV9. I met with Christian Hurtado, Chad Matz, Christian Costello, and Veng Vue.
Sales managers Hurtado, Vue, Matz and finance manager Costello told my husband and I the following:
It is the policy of Kia that all cars purchased must include LoJack paid for by the customer. In my opinion, this was a false misrepresentation, as this is not Kia’s policy.
We informed all sales managers that we had our own financing with a 6.5% interest rate; however Hurtado, Vue, Matz, and Costello told us in order to receive the $7,500 Kia incentive, we’d have to use Kia Finance America. We later found out our lienholder was B of A, not Kia Finance America.
Managers submitted the customer satisfaction survey without our authorization.
Managers told us in order for a smooth loan process, it was better to use our mailing address rather than our physical address since our driver’s license listed our mailing address. This resulted in an increased sales tax and delay in submitting our clean energy rebate application.
Managers initially offered us a 8.99% interest rate with a 84-month term even though our FICO score was over 800. Wells Fargo denied our application saying that the “term was excessive”.
Mr. Costello submitted our loan applications to several credit unions that required a membership or Sacramento residency. We received denial letters stating we failed to meet their criteria.
In my opinion, this reckless submission illustrates Mr. Costello’s lack of oversight.
Roseville Kia included in our sales package a “cheat sheet” directing customers on how to respond to survey questions regarding customer sales experience.
The Roseville Kia Dealership should be investigated for conducting, in my opinion, unscrupulous business practices.
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