It all started off good like others have stated. We drove thru the lot and my son spotted a car he liked. A salesman came out and asked if he wanted to look at it and test drive it. They went on the test drive and came back. That is when the dealing began. They did the credit check and everything was all good. We went on and was purchasing the car when I told them I didn't have full coverage on any of my other vehicles I was told that I couldn't leave with the car till I added it to the policy. I ended up just paying cash since it was now after hours and we all just wanted to be done. I bought a 2003 pontiac sunfire with 57,500 miles on it. It is an early graduation present for my son I told him. Is there a lemon law I asked. He said no, but it is a good car and shouldn't have any problems. After having the car 2 weeks we noticed it was using oil. I call up the sales guy and tell him what is going on. He talks to the service dept and they say to bring it in and they will do what they can to help with the matter. I bring it in do the oil change and they do a 500 miles check. This is where we drive it for 500 miles and keep track of the amount of oil we put in it. I had to take a trip to Rapid City and decided to take the car. On my way back I stopped in Watertown, SD because the motor was sounding louder than normal. I drop it off at the chevy dealer to have them check it out. They call me on Monday morning to tell me that the timing chain and tensioners were bad. I call corwin and let them know what is going on. They check and tell me that I didn't buy the extended warrenty so there isn't anything they can do. I told them I didn't know it was offered but even so it has only been 3 weeks since I bought the car. Don't you have a 30 day warranty or anything? Nope we don't they say, but what we can do is pay 300 of the 900 bill. Since they could fix it for 600. I wasn't happy at all this was happening. The sales guy goes on and tells me how he bought a pickup and the alternator went out a bit after he bought it. This stuff happens he says and states that it was to bad I paid cash for the car. Really then you could do something? Needless to say this restarted the 500 miles. I track the oil for another 500 and call and talk to them. It is still using oil. They tell me to bring it up and they will check it out again. This time I get a lady. Mind you I live over an hour away. She tells me the oil level was fine and they couldn't see it leaking anywhere. I told her I put oil in it before I came up and it isn't leaking it, it is using it. She goes on to tell me it is common for older cars (2003?) to use more oil. I told her my other cars don't use this much and they are older.She then has me do the 500 miles again. I am getting upset this is basically the 3rd time I am asked to do this. After the 500 miles I call her and tell her how much oil it used. Once again she says this is common for older cars. I told her it isn't and that I am adding way more in this one than my older cars. She then tells me it is because it is a smaller motor and to continue to keep track of the oil usuage until it is time for the next oil change. A week later the piston or seal or whatever it was that was causing the oil usuage blew and blew the heads on the car. 4 months after I purchase this car my motor is gone. I call them up and they say there isn't anything they can do. That I should have purchased the warrenty. Really? This car had only 57,500 miles on it. Now my son's graduation present is just sitting in the driveway. I have checked around and almost every other place has a 30 day 3,000 mile warranty. I brought this car back after 2 weeks so it would have been covered under that with any other place so not only did I buy the car and 600 for timing chain,2 oil changes I am out almost 8,000 and there is nothing they can do. I will never buy another car from them and hope nobody else well either. If they would have looked into why the car was using the oil and instead of insisting it was common and found the problem it would have been a cheaper solution. By the way I talked to a couple of garages and they told me that she should have never told me to keep driving it with the amount of oil it was using. Since ND has no lemon law on used cars I don't think it would do me any good to go to court, but I am tempted. Very bad business practices here.

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JOEL WAS A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HONEST SALESMAN WHO HELPED MY FIND THE PERFECT CAR FOR ME AND MY BUDGET. I WILL DEFINITELY DO BUSINESS WITH THE CORWIN AUTOMOTIVE GROUP AGAIN AND WILL REQUEST JOEL TO BE MY SALESMAN!

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Everything was fine at first. Corwin was very accommodating to have us take the used van to our own mechanic for inspection and they were very forthcoming with the carfax and maintenance history. Until we went in to retrieve the vehicle. We sat for a half and hour, AFTER being called to push our scheduled appointment back and hour. They told us the disc changer wasn't operating. They said it was an easy same day fix. We would simply drop the van off one morning, have a courtesy driver drop my husband off at work, then have the van ready to drive back home that same night. We live out of town, so it's easier for mileage to drive the one vehicle to Fargo. My husband brought the van in to Corwin that Friday morning. They took out the entire stereo system and told him they wouldn't get to it that day, but bring it back on Monday. Thus begins our weekend of errands with 5 children in the back and nothing but the sound of their own voices to entertain them. If Corwin knew they wouldn't be able to work on it that day, we should have been told this before they took the entire system out and instead, brought the van in on Monday for our same day repair. Monday rolls around and my husband drives the van into work again in anticipation for our same day repair to be done and installed. It's now 2pm and no word from Corwin. I called the service center and all they told me is the repair woman called for information this morning, but they don't have it back yet, sorry. I told the service man at Corwin to call the stereo repair woman and ask for more information on whether it would be done tonight, because I didn't want to be without a van for a third day while my husband drives it to work *hoping* Corwin finally gets this issue resolved. On top of wasting gas driving the van instead of my husbands regular work vehicle, they didn't wash the vehicle, didn't top off the tank as they said they would and their customer communication skills are severely lacking. I would not buy from this retailer again and definitely not suggesting anyone else buy a used vehicle from them either.

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My husband Gary and I are from Minot, ND. We had been shopping for a new 2012 Honda Accord in Minot, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Fargo. Of all the dealerships Corwin was the most willing to get us the vehicle we wanted at an absolutely fantastic price that the other dealerships weren't willing to match. We have bought many vehicles in the past 30 years and we have never had a salesman who was so good to work with and so honest. Don met us in Bismarck so we did not have to drive all the way to Fargo to get the vehicle. In addition, Greg, who works in the Finace department kept in touch with us by phone to get all the necessary paperwork done in advance so all we had to do was sign in a few places when we met Don in Bismarck and we were on our way in less than an hour with our new car. The employees at Corwin are by far the overall best people we have ever dealt with in purchasing a new vehicle!!!

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Joel is a friendly knowledgable salesman who helped us find a used CRV that fit our needs and budget. He sold us what we were looking for, he was very efficient and didn't waste our time showing us vehicles that weren't in our budget. I would definitly buy another vehicle from Joel.

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We worked out a great deal so I could lock in a Honda Civic at a great price and I am saving big time at the pump!

Joel and the Team @ Corwin were great to work with and we will be back!

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Great experience everytime I go into Corwin Honda. I purchased a 2011 Accord and couldn't be happier! Can't wait until my lease is up to get into another one, and I won't be going anywhere but Corwin Honda.

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I had an extreme bad experience from this dealer. Corwin Honda at Fargo is not less than a criminal. They showed me a car (Civic Ex-L) and I test drive the car. I was impressed with the car, but when we started negotiation , the manager were behaving like a penny is important for them. Even I know they did excessive profit from this transaction, I said yes to the deal with a promised 0.9% APR financing from Honda. Now story begin. Suddenly the seller said that the price of this vehicle is not what he said earlier before negotiation happened. It is the EX model price , not the EX-L (our desired). They can not sell me by the price they already came to close the deal. I asked how much more I have to pay for this? He said he can not make the deal today as it will take his manager to look through several other paper works. I was surprised and asked him why then Corwin checked my credit history ? He said well, Honda did not approved my credit yet, but will do it by tomorrow, in case if I want to check back with them tomorrow. However, the seller apologized about the whole process. My question is, while doing negotiations he ran out to manager couple of times. Didn't they look at what model and trim they are selling at that time? Craps are all over in the world! I got back home and get a call on the next day from manager asking me if I am interested to buy the EX-L by their chosen price (which was more than Honda's MSRP value). He lured that I got 3.99% APR financing from Honda. I confronted him on this because I got 0.9 % already approved loan from them on previous day. Why are you asking this increased APR ? He was so annoyed at that point that he screamed on me and said that my credit score is low and that how I ended up the APR with . I said no way , I know my credit, it is well qualified to get 0% from any car dealer. He simply cut the call. I wish to sue them at my best for a charge against buyer harassment, faulty information about credit and misbehave .

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I purchased a 2011 Honda Odyssey yesterday with Corwin Honda at Jefferson City and my sales experience went great. Anna who is the Sales person made my purchase very smooth, she is best sales person I have ever met. Initially I was not able to trust the dealership due to my past experiences with other dealers, but it made me feel that I can trust this dealership. All the people whom I dealt with were very good. If you are planning on buying one, I can guarantee that Anna will try her best to get what you wanted. Good luck!

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I bought a vehicle from Corwin several years ago that was a lemon. Their offer at resolution was to offer me half what I paid for the vehicle for them to take it back and resell it. I bought a newer vehicle this year that was advertised on KeepItLocal.com and it was advertised as having features that the vehicle did not have. They were uncooperative and refused to do anything to help resolve their false advertising. All they came back with is pointing out a little disclaimer of the website saying it is the buyer's responsibility to examine the car's details. I am still considering taking them to court for this.

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