BMW of Bellevue - Service Center

Gets things wrong all the time I've had my 2017 BMW X5 for almost 2+ years now and I've had very little positive experience. @ PURCHASE: When I got the car back in 2016, the exp I've had my 2017 BMW X5 for almost 2+ years now and I've had very little positive experience. @ PURCHASE: When I got the car back in 2016, the experience was as expected. SUPER salesy, I knew what I wanted and once they figured out it was a done deal, the service was meh. After the deal was through, they tried to sell me things I didn't need, and asked for a positive review after. They also told me that they will be sending me my new license plate before my temporary license plate expired... well that didn't happen. They did follow through, after ample complaining by sending someone to my work to give me my plate delivered in person. @ SERVICE: At my most recent service, I made an appointment but they completely forgot and didn't have me logged on to their books. They did squeeze me in but it was still a very annoying experience. When I went back to get my car, they gave me someone else' form (totally different name, different gender too?!) and had no idea. Maybe that was due to them squeezing me in? Either way, a bit of a mess. The service guy that helped me get my car back was great though and super helpful - so the extra star goes to him. OTHERS: I have been receiving emails now on how my warranty is over for my "2012 BMW X5"... I have a 2017 BMW so again, they have me mixed up with someone else or can't get their numbers straight. BMW is lucky they have a brand and quality of cars that lure people to buy it, but they really need to do something with their sales reps. Not the brightest people out there at Bellevue. More

Nightmare customer service Purchased the extended warranty from BMW Bellevue about 4 years ago and were offered a free 7 year appearance and leather protection plan. Went there Purchased the extended warranty from BMW Bellevue about 4 years ago and were offered a free 7 year appearance and leather protection plan. Went there for the regular cleaning service yesterday and were told that it’s not free anymore even though we are supposed to have that service for free for 7 years?! Asking about the leather protection plan the advisor said he has never heard of it?!! So we tried to reach the finance manager who sold us the plan Erica Olson but it’s Jerry now and you can NEVER reach him because no matter how many times you call he never picks up his phone. And probably doesn’t check his voicemail either. Got transferred every time to the advisor and finance manager except none of them ever get back to us. We do have the original invoice with the signature and date with us so I guess we will have to show up in person to prove to BMW Bellevue that look we didn’t lie to you here you go?! And isn’t this supposed to be stored in your system?! We are currently shopping for a new car but NO we wouldn’t consider BMW again after this confusing and insulting event! More

$25K repair estimate to fix my “Cat Banks”. I dropped my M6 off for service at Bellevue BMW to diagnose the “increased emissions” service message tied to my check engine light that went “on”and I dropped my M6 off for service at Bellevue BMW to diagnose the “increased emissions” service message tied to my check engine light that went “on”and was informed by my service representative who obviously knew little to nothing about cars that my “cats” (and upon further probing) “cat banks” had failed and the repair estimate to replace both headers that each include an integrated catalytic converter was estimated to be $25,000. Thank god I drove one more block to Strictly BMW who correctly diagnosed the issue to be a failing battery that supports the emissions system. My M6 was fully repaired by Strictly BMW for $800 which saved me from needle spending $24,200 plus tax to replace parts that in point of fact had not failed Needless to say the experience left an increadibly bad taste in my mouth and as a person who is accustom to purchasing expensive cars I will never again patrianize this dealership. One final comment for the Service Manager.....YOU, and not your 20 something service advisor who obviously did not understand your company’s assessment as to the problem with my car, should have contacted me to walk through and explain your company’s $25,000 repair estimate. More

Ridiculous I speak as someone who happens to have three BMW in the family garage (no old clunkers here, we have a 2011 335i, a 2013 M3 and a 2014 F800gs) two of I speak as someone who happens to have three BMW in the family garage (no old clunkers here, we have a 2011 335i, a 2013 M3 and a 2014 F800gs) two of which are out of warranty; I am not a “huge fan of BMW”, it just worked out that way. Our family tends to buy the best car available; sometimes we buy used sometimes we buy new. I am amazed by the customer service at auto nation BMW in Bellevue; somehow they always seem to find some mysterious misunderstanding that pops up. Today, after spending MY ENTIRE DAY AT THE DEALER my M3 had the wrong tires put on despite me asking for the tires several times on the emails to the dealer (I have email records)... My request(s) to have the takata airbag recall (hello... national recall??!!) was ignored for years... (to be exact since 2011, the car was bought new there) until I involved BMW north America and Washington state attorney general and the IIHG (insurance institute of higway safety)... Not to mention... on thanksgiving my car was dropped off for a belt service and they literally lost the car; nobody could tell me when the car would be returned or how much the repair would cost. After a week I had to Threat them and tell them I needed my car back and some info on the repair. This dealer doesn’t like to communicate; the repair was $2200 which is ok if the customer service and the actual work was done properly but amazingly it was not... It is pretty amazing to me this people are still on business. Anyways today they managed to install he wrong tires on my M3... Why is it so hard?? I understand that mistakes happen... but I am just wondering te reason why it’s so hard to get what I want. I can assure you this is not a nonprofit... More

Poor service at high prices I want to warn EVERYONE about dealing with BMW of Bellevue. I recommend and encourage you to validate my comments by cross checking with what others s I want to warn EVERYONE about dealing with BMW of Bellevue. I recommend and encourage you to validate my comments by cross checking with what others say herein and within other reporting sites such as the Better Business Bureau to unveil for yourself what to expect from this dealership. Note how many complaints there are over time on the same issues and the consistent and seemingly sincere message from BMW requesting you to call the general manager to make things right. If the issues are the same as they were years ago then obviously there is a problem with management that loudly suggest they don’t care about taking care of their clients until they are so fed up they write a complaint. Even then they are not fixing the issues but merely appeasing you for the moment. So, here is some of my own experiences. Scheduled service online with a loaner request to find on the day of service no loaner is provided; you must call to request the loaner. Call or walk in to schedule service with request for a loaner finding that on the day of the service there is still no loaner reserved. After service reviewed the diagnostic check sheet of which indicates fluids are topped off only to later see a warning light appear that the fluid is low and strangely no leaks are evident. Came in for new tires finding that upon pickup I was also charged for a “mandatory alignment”; don’t recall this being mentioned or signed for (This should probably be reported to the FTC). Left voicemails on a few occasions for my service rep only to walk in to his office and see his phone message light blinking; he claims he didn’t get my message from 2 days ago; “hmmm…”. Service visit resulted in car damaged by the shop (repaired by BMW). Came in for a scheduled oil change and was turned away because I was 975 miles too early. Came in to buy a vehicle to find there is NO negotiating room; the price is what it is. Bottom line, if you want poor service at high prices then this is the place. I am so turned off by this dealer that it sincerely makes me feel like I NEVER want to own another BMW again. More

Poor service department I brought my 2016 435 into the service department for my 2nd routine service on January 20th. The only service required was an oil change and somethin I brought my 2016 435 into the service department for my 2nd routine service on January 20th. The only service required was an oil change and something called a micro filter change. I asked my service advisor how long this appointment would take and she told me "just a couple of hours". I told her I knew I'd have to wait my turn but had a major surgery just 10 days prior, so the sooner I could get home the better. She told me she would see what she could do. I settled into a chair in the lounge and prepared for a 2 hour wait. I saw my advisor a couple of times come into the lounge to get customers when their cars were ready. 3 1/2 hours later I received a call from my advisor that my car was ready. Really, a phone call? She was 50 feet from me! It took them 20 additional minutes to pull my car out and the whole time my advisor stood at the parts counter chatting with the counter attendant. Twice I had to ask somebody what was taking so long to be told it would just be another minute. This dealership treated me very well when I ordered my car and when I picked it up. They treated me as if they really appreciated my business. I've been to this service department twice now and they give me absolutely no indication that they care at all about my experience with them! 3 hours and 50 minutes is simply not acceptable for an oil change! Some of this could be avoided if they scheduled enough help to service the vehicles they schedule appointments for. To top it off they didn't reset my reminder for my next service. It says I'm overdue for service each time I start my car. My wife takes her car to BMW of Seattle and tells me they are great! Looks like they will become my new service provider as well. Very disappointed in the culture of this dealership. More

Extremely bad experience with the service department I took my 2007 BMW to BMW of Bellevue with engine vibration issue. They diagnosed it to be a misfire in one cylinder and recommended changing all 6 sp I took my 2007 BMW to BMW of Bellevue with engine vibration issue. They diagnosed it to be a misfire in one cylinder and recommended changing all 6 spark plugs and ignition coils as they said it is likely that others will fail shortly as well. I agreed, paid ~$1200 and they did the work. Right the next day after the repair check engine light went off again, but it turned off shortly and I did not pay much attention. However, within next few days, being driven less than 100 miles after the repair, Check Engine light turned on again and engine started slightly vibrating. I took it to the dealership again. This time they diagnosed it to be a failure of crankshaft sensor and told me that the replacement will cost ~$900. I told them that I am suspecting this has something to do with their first repair and asked to speak with the service manager. Service manager called back within 30 minutes and said that he wants to help me and that I can just pay for the part (~$200) and they will take the labor cost on them. I agreed and they did the replacement. After few more days I started hearing strange grinding sounds when shutting off the engine and, being driven only about 150 miles since the second repair, various service lights came on (ABS, 4x4, DSC, Brake). I took the car back to the dealership. This time they diagnosed it to be a failure of transfer case and told me that it will cost about $7000 to repair. I told them that I am suspecting that this is their fault and asked to speak to the service manager. After going back and forth couple of times, they said that they can take the cost down to ~$3700 and they can not do anything else. Next day I took my car to an independent repair shop. They diagnosed it to be the transfer case actuator and replaced it for ~$1600 (including replacement of transfer case fluid). I don't know for sure if this was a pure coincidence that 3 independent components (according to the dealership) failed with quick succession, or it was a human error from the mechanic that did the repair or if the problems existed before and they misdiagnosed it in the first place. First seems to be really unlikely and the other two cases do not say anything good about their competence of doing quality work on BMW cars. The whole experience of dealing with the service department was extremely unpleasant and they did not earn my trust at all. I would not recommend going to this dealership. Note, that this was the first time I took my car there. Until then I have serviced my car at BMW of Seattle and have had no issues whatsoever. More

Overpriced and aweful service We liked the experience of buying the car, the salesman was fantastic, but this review is in response to their aweful and overpriced service center. W We liked the experience of buying the car, the salesman was fantastic, but this review is in response to their aweful and overpriced service center. We brought our car in for spark plugs, BMW claimed oil leaks damaged them and it would cost 5k to fix leaks (however, we never had oil drips under our car, or a low oil light suggesting any major leaks). When we got our car back, oil was litterally pouring out of our engine. We took the car back to BMW, they said it would cost 5k to fix again. Don't go here, SHENANIGANS!!! More

Excellent service Very friendly and helpful, also some of the best prices Ive seen! Everyone was so helpful and had tons of information on everything I needed! Very friendly and helpful, also some of the best prices Ive seen! Everyone was so helpful and had tons of information on everything I needed! More

BMW or Honda??? THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE Don't even bother going to BMW of Bellevue, you will be treated so much better at BMW of Seattle. I have never been so ap THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE Don't even bother going to BMW of Bellevue, you will be treated so much better at BMW of Seattle. I have never been so appalled at how I was treated by the MANAGER at BMW of Bellevue. I am disgusted. I value my time and it was not valued there. More