I dropped off my car with Toyota of Manhattan on August - Shellybean
I dropped off my car with Toyota of Manhattan on August 20 after my catalytic converter was stolen. They told me it wouldn’t be ready until mid-September, which already felt like an unusually long time for repairs.
Then I checked my E-ZPass account and found two congestion tolls charged while my car was supposedly sitting in their service center waiting for a new catalytic converter and not road-ready.
Under Richie Torrez’s watch, my car was taken from the shop and driven through NYC congestion zones on August 28 and September 2 a total of about 24 blocks each time, assuming they only stopped at the toll line. Richie later tried to claim it was a “test drive,” to a Toyota cooperate rep, but that doesn’t make sense when the car didn’t even have a catalytic converter installed yet. Sounds more like unauthorized use than a test drive.
E-ZPass confirmed the tolls including photos of a man in uniform with a name tag driving my car.
When I reached out, I got voicemail boxes, excuses, and zero accountability. Even after admitting my car was driven, they positioned to refuse to refund the tolls.
In New York, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle is a misdemeanor.
So if you leave your car here, know that someone might take it for a personal joyride through Manhattan. You’ll get excuses, not help.
Service your car here at your own risk.
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