I brought my car in for maintenance 2 weeks ago. - lillydomingue
I brought my car in for maintenance 2 weeks ago. I waited for the car. When I got in the car it was running. I stopped to get gas on my way home and turned off the car. I tried to turn the car on after pumping the gas only to see No Key Detected on my dashboard. They had not returned my key. I sat in the heat until someone came and returned my key.
On the way home and for the next week, I felt like the car was driving roughly. Last Friday the check engine light came on. I could not reach Alexandria Hyundai’s service department. They do not answer the phone, they do not return calls and they do not respond to texts. This has been an ongoing problem for years. And yes, I have brought it up to management. Nothing changes.
I gave up and brought the car to the Liberty Station by my house to see why the light was on. There was a problem with the fuel rail pressure sensor. They told me not to drive the car other than to take it to the dealer on Monday.
Before I left the station, I called Alexandria Hyundai’s service department once again. And again, no luck getting through. So, I figured who at Hyundai would answer the phone? The sales department. Sad that I had to do this, but I called them and told them what was going on. They had someone from service call me back.
I explained what was going on and that I only had one car and currently could not drive it so I needed to get it repaired. The person I talk to said no problem she could get me in in two weeks. Really??? Are we a little tone deaf here? So I told her that I was the person who got stranded at a gas station because they did not return my keys to me. She transferred me to Diamond, the service advisor who helped me the day on the day I got stranded. He assured me that if I brought my car in on Monday, he would have it back to me by Monday afternoon.
I brought my car in on Monday morning and Diamond was not there so I got to deal with Troy Dodd. He was incredibly unresponsive when I dealt with him in the past, but I really didn’t have a choice. He told me he would try to get the car back to me by the end of the day but would call me and let me know. Of course, I never heard from him although I called four times, texted him and left phone two phone messages. Here it is 7:39 PM so I’m assuming my car is not ready. What’s worse, the problem was caused by something they did when I brought my car in two weeks ago. I have incurred over $100 in expenses for a rental car. I have no idea how to get in touch with these people tomorrow to see if my car is actually ready.
This was my second Hyundai that I bought from Alexandria Hyundai and it will definitely be my last. I would not go to their service department except for the fact that the other Hyundai dealer I could use is very far from my house. Although I like both of my Hyundais, I’m not buying another one. Until my car is out of warranty, it does not make sense for me to go anywhere, but to the dealers to get it fixed. This would be an ongoing problem if I bought another Hyundai.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the employees who are very service oriented. Joe and the two ladies who work at the admin desk. They went out of their way to help me with the things they could.
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