Reason for Visit: Service
I recommend this dealer: No
My Review of Rosenthal Jeep:
In 2006, I had dropped off my Jeep for three repairs:
1. Determine what was wrong with the cruise control (the cruise control would power on, but it wouldn't function or hold a speed at all) which was installed only weeks prior.
2. In addition, my vehicle had another problem--the turn signal would not reset after actuation--so I wanted them to fix that as well.
3. Finally, the fog lights were not coming on, so I asked them to fix it too.
After I received the Jeep back, they had replaced the "Multifunction switch" which solved the fog light and the turn signal problems (2 and 3 above). But they were not able to solve the cruise control problem but instead tried to convince me that I needed a new engine harness ("loose connectors"). I was not convinced that I needed to spend the hundreds of dollars to fix my cruise control (which I probably wasn't going to use that much anyway) and declined the engine harness recommendation. I took the Jeep home, under the impression that the cruise control was not fixed.
As it turns out, it WAS fixed. The multifunction switch, which was the solution to my two other problems, was the solution to the cruise control as well! I feel stupid because I should have realized that! But worse is that during the technicians didn't troubleshoot properly either.
So, in a nutshell, they had fixed the problem, but didn't even know that they did! I have very little confidence in the Rosenthal Jeep Service Department in Arlington, Virginia.
In 2009, I had two other problems with Rosenthal. Read on...
In January 2009, I dropped my Jeep off when they opened for business for some periodic servicing and to determine why the horn was muted. I was told the job would probably only be a half-day job. I waited by my phone all day, fully expecting a phone call to tell me that it was ready so I could pick it up to go run errands, but never got a call. About half an hour after their technicians had gone home for the day, I called their service manager (who was still open) to check on the status: the servicing was complete and it was ready to be picked up. I know that if I didn't call, they would have closed for the night and my Jeep would have been left there overnight.
As for the horn, when I called to see if the vehicle was ready, I was told they did not have a replacement horn, but that they could order the part and that it would probably be there within a couple of business days. I told them to go ahead and order it. I never got a phone call saying the part had arrived. About two weeks had passed before I decided to check to see if they had the part, which had arrived.
Twice in one month, Rosenthal Jeep demonstrated to me that they don't call their customer.
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