AutoNation Honda Thornton Road - Service Center
Lithia Springs, GA
451 Reviews of AutoNation Honda Thornton Road - Service Center
Worst service department I have ever been to By far the worst service department I have ever been to. Sadly this is the nearest Honda dealership to me even though it is almost an hour from my hou By far the worst service department I have ever been to. Sadly this is the nearest Honda dealership to me even though it is almost an hour from my house. Because of the distance I have been stuck using them for my factory servicing. I have brought my odyssey there three times and had horrible experiences each time, but will only speak to the worst two. Experience 1: The first time I came in I needed to have some recall work done and while I was there wanted to go ahead and have the brakes done. I made an appointment for Saturday morning at 7 am, was there ten minutes early, and gave them the car. I went to the waiting room to wait as I was told it would not be too long of a wait. I got restless and walked around, behind the building I found my car sitting there, not being worked on. This was 45 minutes after I had gotten there. When I confronted the service person about this they told me that the service techs don't even get there until 8 am. So I was there an hour longer than I needed to be. On top of all this the staff was not apologetic and was a bit rude when I spoke with them about this policy of setting appointments when the techs are not even there. Experience 2: The last time I had my car serviced there they replaced the power steering pump. It was not that long ago and it was making noises and not doing its job well so I called in to ask if it would still be covered under a warranty due to how long it had been. The woman I spoke with said that if it was hard to steer that it would be covered under a campaign and that I should bring it in. I made an appointment for the next morning at 7 am. While I was on the phone I mentioned that there were a couple recalls that I had gotten letters about that also needed to be taken care of. I arrived at 7 the next morning and waited almost 20 minutes before a service person helped me check in my car. As he was checking me in I noticed that the only work listed was the power steering, not the 2 recalls. When I mentioned that the service adviser wrote it all up and said "your dropping it off right?" I said no and he was surprised and told me that the two recalls take most of the day to fix. Because of this I said never mind to the recalls and just take care of the power steering. After 3 hours of waiting I realized that the service tech was performing the work I specially said not to. I was there for 4 hours waiting and no one seemed to care. The worst part of this whole process was that they did not even fix what I came in for and told me that there was no warranty on the power steering pump. When I was looking for someone to actually listen to my complaints a sales manager tried to help me but was not helpful. LONG STORY SHORT, THEY DON'T LISTEN, TAKE FAR TOO LONG TO HELP YOU, AND DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR TIME. AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS! More