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Dealership Service Quality Rants

Discussion in 'General Tundra Discussion' started by lehminh, Jun 13, 2017.

  1. Jun 13, 2017 at 7:32 PM
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    Thought it'd be a good idea to start a thread about poor service quality.

    Fri I had 10k service. I didn't notice til today they forgot to put back the center wheel cap on one of my tires! I called the service rep to inform them. He said "bring it in and we'll take care of you." I told him you mean fix your mistake?

    Also, I showed them the video of my Entune going mute. He said I'd have to leave it overnight to troubleshoot. I told him no way, I'm just reporting it so u can file it with Toyota since its common problem. He said they can't report it until they take it apart. This is probably why there aren't a lot of reported issues! Inconvenience customers so it can't be reported.
     
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  2. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:05 AM
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    I'm at the dealership so they can replace the center wheel cap they forgot to put back on. Service rep says it'll b an hour wait for tech to diagnose and write up report to see if they have the part. I said hell no I'm waiting that long to see if u even have the part; told him to check with his parts dept. he declined. I stormed to parts, 15 sec check that they don't have it. Head back to service rep and what do u know, my tundras getting looked at right away. But they still have to write up a report in order to order the part. What really pissed me off was he kept using courtesy to customer and general courtesy and waiver terms; like they're found me a favor by fixing their duck uphaving me come back two more times and waiting each time!?
     
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  3. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:06 AM
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    Doing and Fuck up was autocorrected.
     
  4. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:49 AM
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    Listen, I realize you have never made a mistake in your life, and Lord our God, someone forget to put on a center cap back on.

    Personally Mike, if I was the Service Manager at this particular dealership, you would be waiting for weeks just on your attitude alone...seriously. I used to do it as a lineman all the time. We would always have one jackass come out screaming. That was about the time we were just finishing up hooking up the secondary and I would have everyone else in power again except that asshole. Then the crew would go to a late dinner since we had not had anything to eat for 9+hours. Now if said asshole had not learned his lesson the first time, he would get schooled yet again. His triplex would need to get swapped out and the "dumb ass apprentice" wink wink would need to go back to the shop for more (actually just go get us something to drink). So around midnight I would beat on that assholes door to let him know he was back in power and sleep well.

    Funny, same thing happened to me Mike. On the way home I lost two center caps down the highway. I politely called them and they said to come back. I was nice and then they said the same damn thing...we don't have any in stock. I didn't lose my cool (that is amazing) and asked if they could just ship them to my home. Know what they did instead Mike? They went out and pulled two off a truck on the lot and said "Have a good day Chris, sorry for the inconvenience." I thanked them and all is good in my world.

    Point of this:

    Be nice...good things happen.
     
  5. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:50 AM
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    I'm honestly not seeing the major problem here....
     
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  6. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:53 AM
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    I know...it is like they dropped his truck off the lift...
     
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  7. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:55 AM
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    Attitude can go a long ways....I am always polite to any service team I contact. Hell, I have a book of business that stretches 4 states wide...I know what it's like to have impatient clients vs those who are patient and understand the unnecessary stress they can place and it doesn't want to make me move any faster when they have an attitude, let alone go above and beyond for them.
     
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  9. Jun 14, 2017 at 11:56 AM
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    I understood an honest mistake was made. And I wasn't rip pining him. My hell no and fuck are not words I said to him, just how I felt. I was not a dick but rather calm. I just suggested a better approach. I thought it was inefficient to not check with parts first, 15sec vs 1 hr. I understand they have their process of writing things up. But the service rep was making it out like he's doing me a favor.
     
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    Few things I've learned. Whether you are right or wrong...

    Never be rude to your..

    1. Mother
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    3. Anyone who is responsible for something you own


    And never rush a body shop
     
  11. Jun 14, 2017 at 12:03 PM
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    I'd suggest finding a new dealer. Cause you just put the SA on your bad side.
     
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  12. Jun 14, 2017 at 12:35 PM
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    I had a really bad service experience with my Tacoma a few years ago. it was so bad that I made this web page for the service manager to review. he used the web page to review it with the tech who did the work. I was really pissed off about it, but I kept my cool and the service manager made it right.

    http://teeceetee.com/stuff/tacomaservice/
     
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    Hold the Line! If you are not holding the line, abandon your ship. Destruction is inevitable without more to hold the line!
    I have to agree with you on this. It was there mistake, they should fix it in as timely of a manner as possible. It is piss-poor customer service to further inconvenience someone you already inconvenienced in the first place.

    I had a nightmare story from my local Toyota dealership as well. 5 weeks in the repair center to figure out what was going on, then before it was all said and done, they claimed my motor was bad because it had very low pressure when they checked it on all of the cylinders. I suggested that they check the timing alignment, since we already checked that the belt was on. I was concerned it stretched and slid over a few teeth causing it to fall from TDC. Sure enough, I was right on the mark, the belt had stretched and slid over 4 teeth. I had them fix this, and woolah!, the motor was not bad. The they charge me over a $1000 for all this, it seemed like I was the one who actually made the repair/diagnosed it by the time we found the issue. Frustrations...

    Then when I picked it up, I noticed it was running like shit, well they had broken the air filter box housing as well as accidentally swapped out my newish Spark plug wires. They claimed they were using them for troubleshooting another customer and forgot to put the new ones on.

    So I waited another 4 days (weekend included). They duct taped the broken air box (no joke), temporarily, until the new airbox came in, which they ordered from a salvage yard, since they did not want to pay the $800 for the new one, they broke. Luckily I always take many pictures an of any vehicle I drop off at a service department before I leave it there. If I had not done that they likely would not have fixed it at their own expense.

    1 week later I get a call, they are saying that if I drop it back off they will see if they can install it that day. I told them I would just pick it up and install it myself...
     
  14. Jun 14, 2017 at 12:51 PM
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    Went to California with a small box trailer to pick up a one room apartment furniture to bring back to Texas. While traveling through mountains of California my Check engine light went on. The very next day in Arizona, i went with the trailer to a Auto Zone to diagnose the issue. They told me it was the Secondary Air Injection Valve. Since it was not a major issue, I continued by trip back to Texas. Went to Advance auto part to re-diagnosed the issue and they told me the same thing that it was the secondary air injection valve. I also went to the mechanic on a local air force base which also told me that it was the same issue. I figured 3 out of three can't be wrong. so I stopped at the local Toyota Dealer and told them that I needed to replace the secondary air injection valve. They said that they needed to diagnosed the problem first, and then fix it. I told them what the problem was but they said according to their shop regs that they had to diagnose the problem them selves at a cost of 129.00, then fix the problem. SO I asked them how much was that part anyhow, they said that that secondary air injection valves was 479.00 and installed was another 450.00 because of the intensity and the labor involved. So the bill would of been 929.00 total including tax, shop fees, etc.

    I said ok, I went to parts geek and found the part at 189.00.

    http://www.partsgeek.com/td9l49v-to...rm=Toyota+Secondary+Air+Injection+Check+Valve

    It took me about an hour and half to take the old part off and another 20 minutes to install the new one.

    So I had the truck fixed in less than 2 hours, less then 200.00 bucks and half a case of Heineken.

    Actually it was pretty easy except for two nuts at the bottom of the valve that I could not see, but was able to unbolt them using a 4 inch spanner wrench.

    So the moral of the story is, if you can see the procedures on how to fix it in You Tube, and your willing to do it yourself, you can save hundreds of bucks. By the way, my truck already had 221,000 miles on it at the time and it's still running really good.
     
  15. Jun 14, 2017 at 12:57 PM
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    I'm sorry but if they lose a piece of anything off my truck, tell me to come in, wait an hour, only to tell me I'd have to come back again.... I'm gonna be pissed.
     
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    twice now i've had issues with my service department. 1st time was when they had to replace the carpet on my wife highlander cause it was cut short or somthing at the factory and wouldnt stay behind the the kick panel. when i went to get it the rear seat specifically where my kids car seat went was not bolted down all the way and had a lot of play, good thing i checked it before i left.

    then on my tundra they owed me the Lin X so they went and had it done but they lost my keys for like 30 minutes when i went to get it. then when i did my service they forgot to put on 2 bolts to the skid plate. then when i took it back to have them put back on they didnt run the bolts all the way down.
     
  17. Jun 14, 2017 at 1:15 PM
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    I bad experience myself from a toyota dealer(toyota world Spring) Houston north side. Brought to them because the entune radio would not accept the start up and off image upload. hours later I called they said yes it was ready, but it was not, two-three hours more I finally got my truck back, he said they uploaded newest version of the software, got it home and tried to upload images they disabled the option to upload, after hours of trial and error I got it back to reset. And no the images still will not upload!!
    I also had bad experience with body shop (Milstead auto) that everytime I take to them to bring it back for complaints after they repaired something they would damage something else not even related to the issue or anywhere close to it.
    Needless the say I will not go back to either one!! I let them know and move on.
    I feel your pain!! On the other hand when I do get good or great service I let them know and reward them for that service!!
     
  18. Jun 14, 2017 at 1:18 PM
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    I only bring mine to one service tech where I get excellent service (even with oil changes)
    I tip my mechanic with either cash or beer and he texts me pics, or spots anything out of adjustment that he thinks should be corrected and does just that. Hell, I even wrote the SM an email complimenting his work and the service teams attention to detail. I'm glad I have someone like @LOTSOFTOYS that pays attention to the small things.
     
  19. Jun 14, 2017 at 1:24 PM
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    Put me on the list of pissed too and I probably would have done the same thing however I consider myself very lucky to know a tech who is super cool and let's me come back to the shop with my truck.
    Just because you are in a position such as service writer or lineman does not mean you can just lolly gag around. Paying customers need taken care of pronto!
     
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    good and honest shops are hard to fine, I do know of a shop ( AutoScan in Cypress Texas) but a bit far and don't do alignments. but for major service I take it to them for sure. Just got to get a ride home from a friend or family and back to pick it back up.
     
  21. Jun 14, 2017 at 1:41 PM
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    We all have had some nightmare stories of bad customer service.

    Find a good tech and hold on to them.
     
  22. Jun 14, 2017 at 1:45 PM
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    yeah, I have a good shop for general work, but my tundra is still under warranty from dealer, so I need to fine a dealer who has a great tech with good service support team.
     
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    I bought a brand new 2016 Tacoma and took it in for its first oil change. I asked the technician to remember to grease the driveshaft. The only reason I specifically asked for this to be done was I bought the first 2016 off the truck and with the 2016 grease zerks were added where there was none before. I picked the truck up after service and drove it home. The next day I got curious if the technician remembered the grease zerks so I crawled under the truck and looked. Sure enough the zerks hadn't been touched. I was a little proterbed at this so I decided to grease it myself instead of hassling with the dealer. As I was greasing I noticed a lack of any oil on the skid plate and thought that was odd since it's almost impossible to drain the oil out without getting it on the pan. I thought maybe he pulled the skid plate off so I looked closely at the bolts and they did not have took marks. Now I was really curious so I got a flashlight and looked st the bolt to the oil filter and it didn't have any tool marks. I pulled the dipstick and checked to see if the oil was clean and it was. I called the service department and said I'm coming down. The service manager and a master technician confirmed my suspicions. The trucks oil filter wasn't changed but the oil had been. They apologized and said the technician that did this was already being watched. The changed both my oil and filter this time and told me nobody but the master technician would ever work on any of my trucks. The moral of the story is to make sure your filter gets changed.

    Another time I bought a brand new Toyota Highlander. My wife drove it a couple hundred miles and parked it in my garage which is attached to the house. She was unloading some work stuff and smelled something burning. She asked me to come take a look. I looked under the Highlander and it was on fire. I told her to back it out while I got a fire extinguisher. I looked under closer and saw some rubber sealant was the source of the fire so I sprayed it out and inspected it closer. The rubber sealant was a few inches from the exhaust. I called the dealer and they requested I have it towed to them. Some sort of claim was filed by the dealer and someone from Toyota flew in to evaluate the situation. They asked me what happened and I told them the story. The inspector kept saying there was no fire. He asked me more than once what I wanted out of this and I said my car back without the threat of catching fire. I think this must have surprised him given this happened just after the Prius brake fiasco. Anyhow, I ran that Highlander 50,000 miles without any additional problems.
     
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    Hold the Line! If you are not holding the line, abandon your ship. Destruction is inevitable without more to hold the line!
    I would be upset for sure. however just knowing that a master tech will work on my truck for now on, would make it worth it. lol too many bad techs out there...
     
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    I'd like to point out that my dealer service department is fantastic. And so are their sales & finance staff.
    Waite Toyota if they're reading or anyone needs a good experience.
     
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    An hour to diagnose and write up the center cap or an hour to diagnose the radio and order the part?

    Warranty work done for you by the dealer is for your favor and income for them.

    When I wrote service I sure shit wouldn't order any warranty parts without a RO. However, if you had to come back for the center cap and then I said it had to be ordered and you would've had to come back again I would've mailed that out to you or yanked one off a new truck - whatever you'd prefer.

    Intermittent issues are the worst thing to fix. You cant throw warranty parts at stuff. You blind order something like that (esp. a $1000 radio) and it doesn't fix the issue you have to eat that repair. If there is a TSB or the SM tells you to order the part based on symptoms then that works.
     
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    An hour wait just to write up that I'm missing the center cap and see if they have it in stock or need to order the part.
     
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    That's not good CS on their part.
     
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    Hold the Line! If you are not holding the line, abandon your ship. Destruction is inevitable without more to hold the line!
    Yep, me too

    Words of the wise here... So true

    This was not my fault, but I just very reasonably asked for my food to be remade.

    So when I was in HS, I was waiting in a Mcdonald's drive-thru, I ordered a chicken mcwrap meal, they asked me to pull forward.

    I was wearing nothing but shorts at the time as I was driving back from the lake. I waited for 30+ minutes and watched 10+ vehicles come and go before I decided to walk in barefooted to find out what was going on.

    I walked up and the girls at the counter continued talking and laughing with one another for 30 seconds to 45 seconds before acknowledging I was there waiting on them. The girl then said, "Yes", in a rude tone. I explained I had been waiting on my food for 30 minutes. She proceeds to laugh, then say, "Oh here it is right here". it was just sitting there getting cold the whole time.

    I said well, can i at least get some fresh fries, they are cold now, as they have been sitting there for 30 minutes. The girl turns around and says this guy wants his food remade, in a rude manner. I let them know i will go back to my vehicle and wait.

    10 minutes later she walks out with the food and damn near throws it at me. I keep my cool, and just forget about it. As I am driving home eating the mcwrap. I feel a hair (in my mouth) halfway into the wrap. I proceed to look at it and there is a "hair wad" that looks like it was pulled from a shower drain in there.

    I was so angry I though about driving my truck through the front door. I opted to just take pictures and send them to corporate as well as post them on social media.

    I could have easily ended up jail, they way I was feeling if I went up there that day. I am so glad, I kept my cool and just went home!
     
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    Where to start with this one?! I've been in automotive service for almost 30 years, 20 at the same shop. There are certainly some pretty poor dealers, service and body shops out there but there are ALOT more customers out there that are impatient, rude and who don't have the faintest idea what common courtesy is. Mistakes, many times honest ones are made. People screw up!! Me, you, everyone. So first on here, if you're bitching about Entune learn to read reviews, they're not good. The system has never been good. It's a complicated thing and problems can't be diagnosed in minutes. And do you really need to upload images? Rely on an outdated nav system? Listen to your own personal digital mix tape via bluetooth? Come on, it's a pickup truck.

    Mike, in your first two posts you're a wanna be hard ass at the dealership and your third post has you being cool??? You start with missing a center cap....that you didn't notice was missing for almost a week!? :thumbsup: Here's a tip, never, ever leave the dealership without doing a walkaround of your vehicle. The dealership told you to come back and they would get you taken care of and you had to get your jab in by telling the person on the phone "you mean your mistake." Telling people "hell no I'm not waiting that long" or TELLING the SA to check with parts rather than asking isn't keeping your cool. Nor does it make anyone really want to help. Storming into the parts department...again, not really keeping your cool. And courtesy terms are typically reserved for customers who are loud, demanding and probably aren't going to be satisfied regardless of the outcome.

    Service departments and techs make mistakes occasionally. It happens. They're human and so are you. In most instances they'll make it right if you give them the chance. So, put on your big boy pants and try using your people skills. Respect and common courtesy goes both ways. And besides....it's just a fucking center cap!
     
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