Reason for Visit: Service
I recommend this dealer: Yes
Employee(s) Dealt With: Valerie Alexander
My Review of Paul Moak Volvo:
The intial contact we had with the dealership was with Jerry Warfield and he has been a great help to us in our purchase of three Volvos since 1990. We have found the service to be done well and correctly. Our only complaint was with the transmission breakdown on our S80. We were out of town when we noticed the transmission was acting incorrectly and we called the dealership immemdiately and they told us to continue our trip. When we returned they said the transmission was just out of warranty mileage and that we would have to pay $1000 on the new one.
On our first Volvo there was a time when we had to have the power steering pump replaced and the mechanic had to remove the radiator hose to reach the pump. He did not secure the hose back when he finished and while I was on the interstate going home steam starting pouring out. The other drivers allowed me to pull into the median and I discovered the problem. After waiting thirty minutes for the traffic to thin out, I drove to the nearest service station and bought a screwdriver and tightened up the hose. However it was too late and the radiator had cracked. The dealership replaced the radiator.
The S80 that we bought from the dealership was a leased one that had been returned. I read in the owner's manual about the headrests being retractable and assumed that was the case with the car. However after purchasing the car, I discovered that the retractable headrests were not available at the time the car was manufactured. When I complained to the dealer, I was informed that they had a similar car in their inventory (Dealer's wife executive car) which was equipped exactly like ours (even to color) plus the retractable headrests--however I would have to pay $6000 more for it. It was a too big a pill to swallow--so we kept the one we had purchased but I never was pleased with their action in the matter (nor was I happly with Volvo having published a owner's manual with the headrest being shown as standard when it was not).
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