So I had an appointment today, i get there and a young man comes out to check me in, informs me my service advisor will be Kim, I say no thank you I want someone else, I don't want to deal with her, she is dumb... the kid goes inside... a lady comes out and starts going over what services I am getting done, I asked her name and she says Kim. I say ok yeah, I not dealing with you, you can't ask basic questions and ensure my concerns are addressed. I would rather deal with some one else. She then proceeds to tell me I am booked on her schedule and how great a service advisor she is.
So I say ok then move the car behind me ill go somewhere else because I told you already I'm not dealing with you and yet you are insisting on how great you are by arguing with me and continuing on.
( I previously brought my 2024 highlander in for a vibration when I brake at 45+ mph... it was never fixed, she said it was, then says it was a miscommunication. I ask how, you never asked if they test drove it, if the vibration was fixed or how they fixed it ..she did ask for my payment though🤣, apparently the only question her position asks !) She finally stops arguing with me and leaves.. but I'm still trapped with a truck behind me.
I wait, I get waved in.
As i am pulling in I start rolling down my window I hear someone saying " well that's why no one wants to work with him".
So I sit there about 5 or 10 minutes more the service manager has to come out and help, because you know that's not what service advisors are for, they decide what they do and are their own bosses.
I needed new rotors and pads come to find out, you know the things they claim they check on your rotation and ToyotaCare you pay for ..... but not even when rebalancing all 4 tires and performing a brake fluid service, rotation and oil change... and they are supposed to check these things... they can't find anything because they apparently don't do it.
And how dare you ask a question... you are then branded a trouble maker and the advisors will apparently refuse to help you. That also means your dealership is losing income.
For the G.M. or OWNER, here is an idea:
1) fire the service advisors
2) hire one cashier to cash out all service tickets
3) hire about 3 more cheap check in kids to greet people, check in , assist calling customers when cars are ready, escorting them to pay and getting to thier vehicles and say " I don't know, but if you don't mind waiting I can go try to find out"
4) just have the service manager and 2 non titled assistant positions to help him running the floor and directing workflow and working phones with customer issues
5) hire 1 person to make/change/schedule all appointments
Your dealership will probably save 300k a year in Salaries.
Seriously, your advisors could all be let go and your customer experience would improve.
***All they do is take car keys, call customers and take forms of payment....***
They do not even talk to the mechanics, you ask them any questions and they fold like a house of cards... it would be better to just have the mechanics take our keys and forms of payments... AT LEAST WE WOULD KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE !!
******Update: no Ressler Motors, you have not bothered to contact me multiple times, I have no missed calls from you. Yes, you have my current phone number, both of them.
This is the google version of you saying" you are breaking up , I can't hear you"
Because you have no answers, no explanations, no plan for corrective action and no culture of accountability.
You also have my email, feel free to email me if you don't want to call.****