Barrier Mercedes-Benz

Reason for Visit: Service

I recommend this dealer: Yes

My Review of Barrier Mercedes-Benz:
Barrier is a high priced flashy place to have your car worked on. But if you don't mind paying for it, it is generally a great place to do business. I have had my car serviced there a number of times and have had some mixed results but overall good experiences. There are a lot of perks like good coffee, shuttle service (they love taking you to Bell Square), umbrellas when it rains, etc. The only bad things I have to say is that sometimes the reps can be a little snobby (but 98% of the time they are incredibly nice and professional) and the service isn't always perfect. One time that I had my car serviced there they suggested that I get new brake pads, I said okay and they installed new pads. The next day my "service brakes immediately" light went off so I called Barrier. Obviously I was a bit upset but they took care of it immediately, for free and even did some extra work for free that they had quoted me would cost $350. Service techs make mistakes but atleast Barrier went above and beyond to fix it. My best experience there was when I had a head light go out. I pulled into the covered service area and the service guy ran off as he saw me coming. I was getting upset that he took off as I pulled in, but then he came running back with a light bulb in hand. He asked me to pop the hood, I did and he swapped the bulbs. I pulled out my wallet and asked him what I owed and he said "Free of charge sir. Have a nice day". He had made my day nice. I certainly don't expect to have the little things taken care of for free regularly but it really made me happy that I do business with them. I'm only 26 years old and respect isn't always easy to come by. I can't vouch for every person that works there but I can say that almost everyone I have dealt with was determined to provide good customer service. And about the shuttle, they have taken me to numerous places around Bellevue and either I call them for a ride when I want or they call me when my car is ready, my choice.

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Reason for Visit: Service

I recommend this dealer: No

My Review of Barrier Mercedes-Benz:
Today I just walked away from this dealer for good! I feel so relieved that I decide to buy a different car next time. I'm going back to BMW which I always loved.

4 years ago, when I decided to update my BMW 5 series, I thought it might be fun to try Mercedes. The first place I tried is Barrier Motors in Bellevue. Needless to say, I was very disappointed due to the snobbish sales people. They were not friendly, and very aloof on our request for service. Disappointed, I shopped at Phil Smart in Seattle, which gave me a totally different experience! I was really impressed with the level of service that comes with the purchase.

However, since I live in Bellevue, I didn't want to have my car serviced in Seattle, and so I went to Barrier Motors for service. They accepted me, and I had a good luck working with a guy who is really nice. Unfortunately, that guy left the company not long ago, and since then, my experience has not been very pleasant. Today I finally got fed up, and cancelled my reservation right in front of the service rep due to the rude attitude and bad experience. I told them they had just lost a customer forever.

Good luck!

Mike

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Reason for Visit: Service

I recommend this dealer: No

My Review of Barrier Mercedes-Benz:
Today I just walked away from this dealer for good! I feel so relieved that I decide to buy a different car next time. I'm going back to BMW which I always loved.

4 years ago, when I decided to update my BMW 5 series, I thought it might be fun to try Mercedes. The first place I tried is Barrier Motors in Bellevue. Needless to say, I was very disappointed due to the snobbish sales people. They were not friendly, and very aloof on our request for service. Disappointed, I shopped at Phil Smart in Seattle, which gave me a totally different experience! I was really impressed with the level of service that comes with the purchase.

However, since I live in Bellevue, I didn't want to have my car serviced in Seattle, and so I went to Barrier Motors for service. They accepted me, and I had a good luck working with a guy who is really nice. Unfortunately, that guy left the company not long ago, and since then, my experience has not been very pleasant. Today I finally got fed up, and cancelled my reservation right in front of the service rep due to the rude attitude and bad experience. I told them they had just lost a customer forever.

Good luck!

Mike

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