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2016 Dodge Ram 1500 "Caitlin Torrisi" I was looking for a new Dodge Ram 1500 and went to my local Dodge dealer and they would not work with me at all on a price. I looked online for dealer I was looking for a new Dodge Ram 1500 and went to my local Dodge dealer and they would not work with me at all on a price. I looked online for dealers out of my area and Criswell seemed to have the best prices. I contacted Criswell and was put in touch with Caitlin Torrisi. Caitlin discussed prices with me and said she would work with me to get a price that I liked. She was always very prompt in returning phone calls and emails. On 9-25-16 I made the almost 2 hour drive to meet with Caitlin and look at the Ram truck. The truck was on the lot and ready to go. The purchasing process was seamless and was done in probably less than an hour. Caitlin did an excellent job in every part of the sales process. There is absolutely no way my local Dodge dealer would have worked with me the way Caitlin and Criswell did. I strongly recommend her for anyone looking for a new Dodge vehicle. More

still waiting a call back 3 days later Had some questions regarding some service performed on my daughters Jeep, called and left a message for the service advisor and the service manager bu Had some questions regarding some service performed on my daughters Jeep, called and left a message for the service advisor and the service manager but neither called back. Poor customer service, won't return. More

Caitlin Torrisi Caitlin is excellent! Smart, knowledgeable, and efficient. She was able to narrow down options and find the SUV I needed really fast. And she beat the Caitlin is excellent! Smart, knowledgeable, and efficient. She was able to narrow down options and find the SUV I needed really fast. And she beat the competition on price at every turn. I highly recommend her. More

Service nightmare I have never been so appalled at such a lack of professionalism, competence, and skill at dealing with the public. Criswell has had my 2014 Fiat 500L I have never been so appalled at such a lack of professionalism, competence, and skill at dealing with the public. Criswell has had my 2014 Fiat 500L for 5 weeks. They have been unable to diagnose and correct the transmission problem. Finally they replaced the transmission, I picked it up, drove about 10 miles towards home only to have the transmission light come back on. I was uncertain as to whether the car would make it back to the shop. It is still under warranty and both Criswell and the Chrysler parent company are doing nothing to fix the problem. I was promised a call from Chrsyler today to try to work out a settlement. Needless to say, there was no call. They do not answer the phone, the service manager refuses to call back. It's a nightmare. I would never deal with these people nor trust any Chrysler product. More

Horrible Customer Experience Recently I took my 2012 Grand Cherokee in for an oil change and needed the Service Department too take a look at my brakes due to the fact that the pe Recently I took my 2012 Grand Cherokee in for an oil change and needed the Service Department too take a look at my brakes due to the fact that the pedal was not pressurizing. The Service Advisor blew me off stating they do not have time. I called back later that day because the situation got worse. I spoke to another Service Advisor (Mohammad) who I stated to that I needed a new brake booster. He then transferred me to the parts department to see if they were in stock, once I got that information I was transferred back to schedule the appointment where Mohammad tried to. Charge extra money for a service that should be included for the part that needed to be replaced. Once I asked to talk to the Manager he deducted that price from my total bill. The next morning I called and spoke with Service Advisor Oscar who seemed like he was going to help me out with a courtesy vehicle and put me on hold for 55 min without getting back to me. When I hung up and called back I got the cashiers office who I stated to the situation, she came back on the phone stating Oscar was busy with a customer and would have to call me back. When I repeated that I was on hold for 55 min she began to become very rude and stated again that he would call me back which I am still waiting for and it has now been two days. I had sent an email who stating my experiences over the past two years to a Sales Manager since I could not find an email address on their site to send to a Service Manager. The Sales Manager Sam Hall was very prompt in responding and sent it to the Service Manager and Service Director. I received a call later that day stating they could now help me with a courtesy vehicle but at this point it was too late and I had already had to rent a car out of my own pocket. There was no reply email or call from the Service Manager. This to is a complete lack of Customer Service at every level except from Sam Hall who did what he could to advise the correct staff members of the situation and I thanked him for that. I have had very inconsistent service from both the Jeep and Chevy sides of their operation due to the fact I take both my cars to the dealership for service. After this past experience with people not getting back to me when they say or any type of recourse from the service manager something as simple as a reply to the email or a phone call apologizing I will no longer be taking any of vehicles to this location and will not recommend this dealership at any capacity to any friends or family. Customers now days do not only look for a good price but the experience of this service they receive from start to finish. I might have to drive a little bit farther and possibly pay a little extra but it will be WORTH IT. Sincerely Completely Unsatisfied Customer More

xxxxxx Wrench People My wife and I have been to this dealership twice in the past 9 months, first to purchase a high end new Dodge Ram Diesel Truck and this month we purch My wife and I have been to this dealership twice in the past 9 months, first to purchase a high end new Dodge Ram Diesel Truck and this month we purchase a used Jeep Wrangler. Both the new and the used dealers provided exceptional customer service. On this visit to the used car dealership our salesman Peter Eaton was outstanding throughout our complex trade in. Peter answered our calls with all of our "xxxxxx wrenches"and texts immediately throughout the process, and was always high energy. He provided us options that were meaningful to our particular needs (great new tires to replace the one's that were on there), and made himself available for further consultation. Because of his straight forward style and 20+ years of experience we were in great hands from the time he answered our "cold call" email inquiry until the last bolt was put onto our new tags. Peter is a professional who we trust and will seek him out next time we are in the market for a vehicle. We couldn't be more satisfied with our experience at Chriswell and their exceptional customer service provided to us by Peter, and a shout out to Don in Finance. Thank you! More

Fantastic Car and Great Service! From the moment I saw the 2012 Fiat 500 Sport on the website, I knew it was going to be mine. I was in contact with Peter every day from the moment I From the moment I saw the 2012 Fiat 500 Sport on the website, I knew it was going to be mine. I was in contact with Peter every day from the moment I sent in my note of interest, and he made sure that I was completely taken care of - financing in place before I got there, and car cleaned, repaired, and inspected. When I got to the dealership, I was pleasantly surprised by a few "extras" that hadn't been listed on the site - a sunroof, leather interior, new tires, and a guarantee that the open recall would be dealt with, free of charge to me. While Peter was not immediately available to show me the vehicle, another salesman showed me to the car and gave me the keys. Peter took it out for a test drive with me, and was a good sport about my driving (I hadn't driven a manual transmission in over a year, and was a little rusty). Overall, it was a seamless car-buying experience. I never felt like I was being taken-advantage of or as if I was being pressured into a car I didn't want or couldn't afford, and I definitely felt like I got a fair deal. More

The Best !!!!! Over the years I have purchased 5, now 6 vehicles from Criswell and the sales team has always been good. This recent purchase Alwyn and Kevin Glassic Over the years I have purchased 5, now 6 vehicles from Criswell and the sales team has always been good. This recent purchase Alwyn and Kevin Glassic were AMAZING !!! Now other way to put that. They bent over backwards and then some to make sure I got the vehicle I wanted at the price I wanted. It was a LONG process due to issues on my side but they smoothed everything out like true professionals and keeping me entertained the entire time. When you find a team that is straight forward, professional and do whatever they can to keep you smiling, you come out the winner every time. I could go on forever on how great Alwyn is but come in and see for yourself. THE BEST!!!!! More

No Stress Car Buying! Jeff Boyd and Ale were laid back and made the buying process stress-free. No pressure tactics experienced, and as a single Mom buying the car, I real Jeff Boyd and Ale were laid back and made the buying process stress-free. No pressure tactics experienced, and as a single Mom buying the car, I really appreciated that level of professionalism. More

Criswell's No Fault Service Plan The folks at Criswell Chevrolet-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Maserati-Nissan-Honda-Fiat-RAM-Alfa Romeo will do almost anything to get you to buy a car from the The folks at Criswell Chevrolet-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Maserati-Nissan-Honda-Fiat-RAM-Alfa Romeo will do almost anything to get you to buy a car from them, and they have a mouthful to choose from. But before you drink the Kool-Aid, be sure to ask them about their No Fault Service Plan. Because once the car leaves the showroom, their No Fault Plan kicks in. And what that means is, "hasta luego, sucker. You bought the car. Now, you're on your own." In April of last year (2015), I bought a brand new Fiat 500 (VIN #FT509135S34) from Criswell. I love the car. It's perfect for city driving---when it works. But I've had to take it in for servicing every week for the past three weeks. And what happened today was the final straw. The first time was for regular servicing: oil change, rotating the tires, that sort of thing. I called for an appointment and was told I would have to wait three weeks to get one. Three weeks? Last week, I took the car back to Criswell because the engine service light went on and the manual said, take it to your dealer for servicing, immediately! I did, without an appointment. An hour out there, two hours back on Metro. Ok, stuff happens. It was ready the next afternoon. But the engine light was on again within 24 hours. Then, I received a recall notice from Fiat Chrysler in the mail. Something about the clutch cover going bad and needing to be replaced. Otherwise "loss of motive power could cause a crash without warning," the recall notice said. And then yesterday, July 4th, some friends noticed that my front tire had a blister in it, which they said was so bad the tire could blow out at any second. And when we went to look for the spare, we discovered there wasn't one. Bingo! While everyone else in Washington was watching the fireworks, I was driving home in a car unsafe-at-any-speed: engine, clutch and tire---all ready to make me and my Fiat one of those sad holiday stories. You know: war correspondent who'd cheated death a hundred times, dies in a car crash. Police say it seems his car's engine blew up...or was it the tire that blew out? Or the clutch that failed? Autopsy of car and driver underway. You can imagine how I felt when I woke up this morning, alive. So I called Criswell, asking to speak with my service adviser. Then, when I got his voice mail, I asked the operator to speak to the head of the service department. I wanted to ask if I should drive the car out to Gaithersburg, or have it towed? But after 15 minutes, she said she was sorry; nobody was there. She took my number and assured me someone would call back "as soon as possible." One hour. Two hours. How soon is "as soon as possible?" Then, I remembered Criswell's No Fault Service Plan. No one would ever call me back (and no one ever did). I was on my own. When I got out to the service department this afternoon, still alive, sure enough they quickly invoked No Fault clauses 1, 2 and 3 and 7: CLAUSE 1 (TIRES): There was only a 1 per cent chance the tire was defective so they weren't responsible and their failure to rotate the tires two weeks ago, which they were supposed to do, had nothing to do with the tire, which they agreed needed to be replaced; CLAUSE 2 (ENGINE): They couldn't understand why the light had come back on but the fact that it did, after they had supposedly fixed whatever was wrong, wasn't their fault, either; Clause 2 stated quite clearly, they said, that neither my inconvenience nor my life was important enough for Criswell to give me a loaner until my Fiat was fixed; CLAUSE 3 (SAFETY RECALL): They couldn't do anything about that, either, because Chrysler hadn't sent them the parts needed to fix it; not their fault nor their responsibility. Their No Fault Service policy, they repeated, gives Criswell the right to ignore Safety Recall notices that explicitly say a car they sold could "crash without warning." That's the "hasta luego, sucker" clause in the fine print down at the bottom. CLAUSE 7 (NO SPARE TIRE): Even though they acknowledged that not having a spare meant having to be towed in if you have a dangerous blister in your tire or a flat, the No Fault Policy absolves the service department of responsibility for that, too. "Your salesman should have told you," they said, as if the Criswell salesman (who's long gone, by the way) hadn't been working for the same auto dealership they do. We'll call this the Blame It On Someone Else Clause, though I'm not sure even they believe it would stand up in a court of law. Wanna make America great again? How about boycotting companies like Criswell that don't stand behind the products they sell and cheat their customers--- giving other car dealers and capitalism, too---a bad name? More