The Phil Long motor city dealership was great.
Joseph was amazing. He got me what I wanted and was very helpful. The whole team was.
Joseph was amazing. He got me what I wanted and was very helpful. The whole team was.
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by wilsonmm73
Verified Customer
Verified Customer
Mar 03, 2025 -
Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City responded
Thank you for the kind words regarding your experience with Joseph! He is one of our best! And thank you for the great review on Hannah and Kevin too! We are so grateful to have you make your purchase here with us! #1 Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City! #1 in Southern Colorado for 11 Years Running! Home of the Exclusive 30 Year / 300,000 Mile Warranty!
Mar 06, 2025 -
Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City responded
Thank you for the wonderful review of Joseph, Hannah and Kevin! They are all long-term team members and are excited to serve our customers like you each and every day! Thank you for trusting us with your purchase! #1 Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City for 11 Years Running in Southern Colorado! Home of the EXCLUSIVE 30 Year / 300,000 Mile Warranty - only at MOTOR CITY!
Mar 06, 2025 -
wilsonmm73 responded
Thank you I also want to say that Mary was great as well. Very helpful and knowledgeable.
When I wrote this I didn't know how badly this dealership
ruined me when they sold me this car. I am not going to touch my original, but I need you to read all of my responses below because I need someone's
ruined me when they sold me this car. I am not going to touch my original, but I need you to read all of my responses below because I need someone's help because I am so scared right now
This is my original post....please also read my responses below
Be warned about Phil Long Hyundai. They make it look like they care about you and are helping you but in the end they are snakes selling snakeskin oils.
When they came out with the monthly car payment I should have pressed them to tell me total price of my used car
Also, I should have taken the car to a licensed mechanic to check it out before buying it
I noticed a problem with my car having a hard time going up hills and what I talked to the salesman he told me it was normal but NEVER trust a salesman because it wasn't until months later that I found out it was a possible transmission problem
They also told me they did the 60,000 mile checkup but they never did
I also found out that they over sold me on the car by $12,000.
Did you know that by law they are allowed to mark up a car up to 150% over market value and if you don't do your research before you buy the car you could be stuck with the same kind of negative equity that I am now stuck with?
Also, DON'T but the Secure Road or Secure Mark. They are just bogus fees that not only waste your money (you can buy it way cheaper somewhere else) but you can never get your money back
Also beware of the secure warranty and GAP insurance they try to sell you. Not only can you get it cheaper through your insurance or other program but they will tack on the amount of time you had the two items making the money you get back going into their pockets
The law doesn't protect people. It protects the dealership
Also, when Phil Long Hyundai sees this review they will know who is writing it and will do everything in their power to discredit me
I don't fear them or care what they say about me
The point of this is to warn you to do your research before buying anything from them
1. Avoid the bogus extended warranty fees. They are just fees they hide to charge you more and you can buy them cheaper other places
2. DO NOT allow them to get away with just showing you the monthly payment fee. Make them show you the FULL amount you will be paying for the car.
3. After they show you the full price of the car you are buying go to Carfax with the VIN number to find out the market value. You can also call other dealerships to verify the REAL value of the car
4. DO NOT trust that they did all of the maintenance and checked the car before selling it to you because you will end up like me. You should by law be allowed to take it to Firestone or Mineke to do a full checkup on the vehicle. If they don't allow it then take that as a small gn and walk out of the dealership as quickly as possible
5. They make their living over their intimidation tactics and emotional manipulation. Don't fall for their smiles or pretend politeness because it will quickly disappear if you challenge them like me.
6. Know the car you want to buy and the max price you want to pay. That way no one can manipulate or push you into the lemon that I ended up with. There are honest dealerships out there. Keep moving on until you find a dealership that builds their relationship on trust. These people are snakeskin oil snakes.
FYI - These snakes only took advantage of me because I was desperate and hurting. Had I remembered my strength and courage I wouldn't now have a car with $12,000 in negative equity and possibly needing to pay for either a new transmission or something else
Be strong and confident in what you want. Do your research and DON'T back down. The worse that can happen to you is they turn a funny red face to which you can simply say goodbye and go to your next dealership
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by tapoad5
Feb 25, 2025 -
Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City responded
This customer purchased a car for $5,636 BELOW the Kelly Blue Book Retail Value. This customer has been asked not to step foot on our property or call our store anymore after treating our staff and employees abusively. We wish the customer the best.
Feb 26, 2025 -
Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City responded
We wish you the best. We sold you a good car at a great price. You wisely purchased a warranty which will cover your car up to 120,000 miles and is good at any ASE certified mechanic in the US. Other than that, we cannot allow our employees to be treated wrongly by you from here on out. We wish you the best.
Feb 25, 2025 -
tapoad5 responded
That's not true. They are lying. They are forgetting about my $2,000 deposit I put on the car,, the extra fees they sold me and the extended warranty fees that they will never give me all of my money back on. Even worse they sold me a car with possible transmission problems and they won't fix it. They are forcing me to use my exended warranty. They also insulted me and my faith. I told them my pain and how much I was hurting and how much I wish I were dead and they didn't care. They even said I had a devil in me. The used my Lord's name in vain in order to scare and intimidate me. Just listen to the recording of the call I had with them. It was horrible and it caused me more pain that I am already in. This car was supposed to be the start of a new life after I gave up on life, but now I am not only threatened and taken advantage on but I now have to fix a car that should never have been sold to me in the first place. Plus, they said they did the 60,000 mile checkup but they never did. How is it possible that a dealership can be this horrible to a person that's suffering? I just reported them to the BBB but no one has ever cared about me before and they just all want me to die. I wish my Lord would answer my prayer and just let me die because what's the point to my life when people like this can get away with their lies and threats? What's the point of everything?
Feb 25, 2025 -
tapoad5 responded
Also, according to that snake of a person that threatened me on the phone, he said the bank appraised my car at $21,000 but that also wasn't true. A bank would never appraise a 2019 Kia Optima for that amount when the market value on the car is just $11,000. Did you know a dealership by law can mark up a car up to 150% above the market value? The extended warranty fees are just their way of hiding extra money back in their pocket. 2 of those fees will never be returned back to you and the other two will only be returned after they tack on even more fees depending on the mileage and amount of time you had the car. I have only had the car for 2 months and am already losing hundreds of dollars because of the fees they are charging. Even worse they are forcing me to use my extended warranty to fix a car with possible transmission problems because they are angry with me I won't back down. They even deleted my post on Google. It's not right or fair that they can get away with such bullying and selling a broken car. As well as selling a car so far above the market value when they knew that person was suffering. How is that right or legal? How is it right that they force me to fix a problem on a car that should never have been legally sold from the beginning? Shouldn't there be some kind of lemon law that protects me? But there isn't. That's why I am home sick because I am so tired. So tired of the bullies always winning and me having to pay for what they get away with.
I am hoping the BBB will make them fix my car but the law has never protected me so I don't hold much hope for justice.
Please listen to the recorded message between that man (that I now call a snake). Listen to how he spoke to me and what he said.
It wasn't me that threatened him. It was the other way around and that recording of that conversation will prove it.
Don't listen to their lies because they are good at them. Find the truth and you will see that I am not lying.
I am just a very hurt and broken woman trying to want to live again.
At the end of the recording I tried to get that snake of a man to not talk to me when I came in but that's when he told me he wasn't going to help me and to use my extended warranty.
He not only got away with lying and threatening me, and telling me that he didn't care if I lived or died, but he also told me I wasn't allowed to come in to get my car fixed.
According to that snake, our conversation was recorded. Just listen to that recorded conversation between him and me and you will see that I am telling the truth
I need someone to hear what I am saying and help me because I am so tired. So tired that I just want to give up and not try anymore. I just need someone to get me justice. Someone to care.
Feb 25, 2025 -
tapoad5 responded
I just found out something else about this shady dealership
Turns out this dealership sold me an extended warranty that only covers my car up to 60,000 miles. When they sold it to me the finance person said it covered my car up to 150,000 miles.
When I bought my car it was at 56,000 miles (I forget).
This means they charged me almost $3,000 for an extended warranty that only covered me for 4,000 miles and I am an Uber driver. My car after only two months having the car has 58,000 miles on it
This shady dealership not only over sold me on a car that's only worth $11,000, they threatened me and lied about it, won't take responsibility and are forcing me to use my extended warranty which won't allow me to get the money back in it, and even worse the man that threatened me enjoyed the pain he caused me
My total loan on the car is $20,328 on a car with possible major transmission problems on an extended warranty that only covers my car for now less than 1,000 miles
How is this legal or right?
How is it possible that the law allows a dealership to get away with something like this?
How is it right to oversell a broken and hurt woman at the end of her rope and get away with it?
I am so hurt and broken by this horrible dealership
Even worse, how many other people have they done this to but those people don't know because they didn't read through their contracts or ask questions?
I only know all of this because I had a couple of kind people show me what was going on but a lot of people don't have that
I am so hurt and broken inside right now. I feel like giving up I am so sad
Feb 26, 2025 -
tapoad5 responded
I just found out worse news
Turns out this dealership sold me an extended warranty that I can't use!
I was told by the finance guy the warranty covered me until 150,000 miles but today I was told by the extended warranty people that I am only covered up to 60,000 miles
As sick as I am, I forced myself to check my mileage. My car has 68,000 miles on it!
That means a couple of months ago I paid almost $3,000 dollars for an extended warranty that I was never going to use and even worse I have a loan of $20,000 on a car that's only worth $11,000 with an extended warranty that I will never get my full price back on and I still have pay to fix the transmission because the dealership won't fix it
How is this legal?
This is why I pray to die every night because what's the point to my life if every time I try to live again someone is always there to knock me down
This dealership insulted my faith, character, stole so much money from me and today I find out that I have paid for a fee that I can never use
I am so broken right now.
I don't know what to do
I wish someone would fight for me and help me get justice
Someone please help me
Joseph is great and admirable Paoe can be second to one
or vice versa excellent sales and dealership recommended for any and everyone.
or vice versa excellent sales and dealership recommended for any and everyone.
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by mattbravo20
Disappointed in purchase experience.
1. Bait and switch tactic was used when I researched inventory and finding out vehicle I received "out the door" numbers was no longer available up
1. Bait and switch tactic was used when I researched inventory and finding out vehicle I received "out the door" numbers was no longer available upon visiting the dealership.
2. Constant up sell stemming from car of interest turning into service loaner.
3. Horrible finance experience (We were not provided our APR, or terms prior to meeting the finance representative.)
4. The finance representative was condescending and rather than congratulate us on our purchase, we were left with a comment of "see you in 6 years" implying that we would have problems.
5. The negotiated price with the Sales rep was not communicated to the Finance officer creating a significant difference in purchase price.
6. Immediate problems surfaced with the 2023 Santa Fe Calligraphy (trim under bumper is substandard and makes noise at highway speeds/following larger vehicles)
7. Vehicle did not reach 5,000 miles when every warning light activated (ESC, Auto Hold, Downhill Brake Assist, Forward Collision warning, Rear Cross-Traffic warning, Blind Spot system, Cruise Control warnings). The vehicle's safety functions (All listed and cameras) are not operational when lights illuminate and have activated at least once a day since the 16th of December to today, 27 December 2023 (53 total DTC codes).
I do not recommend this dealership and would advise potential customers to seek out different options. My last purchase in 2014 was far more satisfactory through the New Exchange Car Sales in Germany than this one with Phil Long Hyundai in Colorado Springs.
My concerns elevated my scheduled appointment from 8 January 2024 to 29 December through the Customer Experience Manager. I'm hopeful that the necessary repairs will be completed, otherwise I will be looking into the Colorado Lemon Law process moving forward.
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by vcthompson
Jan 03, 2024 -
Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City responded
We appreciate you bringing this experience to our attention. Our GM was able to sit with you today on 12/29/2023 and believes all of these issues were discussed with you and clarified. The dealership does not engage in bait and switch practices and all cars are available for sale or becoming loaners up until the time another customer purchases it or they are made available as a service loaner for another guest, which is what happened with the particular car you had inquired about. In terms of upselling, we always aim to place our customers in the lowest cost car during their search. We do not compensate our sales associates differently based on you purchasing a more expensive car that you original desired. Also, we are glad that we were able to diagnose the issue with your car bringing several warning lights on and we have the part on order and being replaced under America’s Best Warranty! We can assure you that we do not find this type of situation acceptable, and we are glad to have had the opportunity to address the situation you have described. Thank you - Phil Long
This is a follow up to a review I wrote.
My name is Michael Eugene Bully and I want to make a correction. The General Manager Steve checked into the situation I had about a recall alternator
My name is Michael Eugene Bully and I want to make a correction. The General Manager Steve checked into the situation I had about a recall alternator and Steve was able to fix my situation. Come to find out it was all a misunderstanding. Steve took good care of me and helped me out moving forward. I'm very pleased and satisfied with Steve and Phil long hyundai motor city service department and also sales department. I recommend Every one to bring your vehicle to this location to get service and if you're looking to buy a new vehicle. Thanks Steve
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by bully331
Service Price Transparency
Dec 29, 2023 -
Phil Long Hyundai of Motor City responded
Thank you so much for such a positive review! We are so glad we were able to turn your experience around and earn your recommendation. We look forward to helping you again in the future!