
Beach Ford
Virginia Beach, VA
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Worst experience with any car dealership in forty years. Brought my 2006 van in for rough idle, mis-firing. Beach Ford found over $3,000.00 in urgent "repairs" that were needed. When questioned they explain Brought my 2006 van in for rough idle, mis-firing. Beach Ford found over $3,000.00 in urgent "repairs" that were needed. When questioned they explained that they had no record of the vehicle in their system so they assumed these things needed to be done due to the high mileage. One was a bad tie rod, had them fix it. Only two had any possibility of causing the misfiring. I chose another facility to do the repairs related to misfiring (complete tune up and intake manifold gaskets) because I felt as if they were intimidating me. With each repair the issue seemed resolved...temporarily. Ultimately I took it back to Beach Ford after reading Dealer Rater. They said it was a fuel injector problem. $122.00 for the part, $444.00 labor, and "it needs another tune up" ($267.88) because ”the bad injector had fouled the plugs". Fine. I trusted them, had them do it all. 100 days later, the problem repeated. Another bad injector, another $444.00 labor. Not being experienced at auto repair I was unaware there are six injectors, and they didn't mention there was more than one. I'm not an auto mechanic, but common sense dictates that if a vehicle has 158,000 miles on it and one injector goes bad, it would be logical to replace them all while the manifold is off. No they said, they "never recommend replacing them all". Great for them, generates lots of profits. They refused to fix it at a reasonable price, no discount, and charged me another $80 to read the CEL codes that Auto Zone had just read for free. I gave them the same codes, but they insisted on reading them again. They told me they were waving the mechanics fee, but he didn't do anything except check codes. The service rep wrote fraudulent paperwork stating that she recommended replacing all the injectors after telling me three times that she never has recommended this to anyone. She also said I declined other work we never discussed. She lied about their warranty "90 days", the supervisor said it is twelve months., then she made excuses for lying. BOTTOM LINE: I believe Beach Ford coaches service teams to drive up the repair bills. They will tell you anything that generates profits. They repeatedly lied to me and then purposefully falsified paperwork. I am a die hard Detroiter and a Ford Lover. I've been driving Fords for as long as I can remember. Have never had such a bad service experience. At this time my advice is to avoid Beach Ford. NOTE: I did have the repairs done elsewhere. An understanding mechanic charged $150.00 labor plus the parts (OEM) at $43.00 not $122.00 each. Beach Ford called me tonight, promised to follow up again. If they admit they were wrong and refund a reasonable amount I'll write an update to let the public know about it. Until then, I stand by my words and the courts decision. More
I bought my 2011 Ford Flex from Beach Ford and its had a few minor problems. My experience with the service department is very bad. I took my car there on two separate occasions and both times I had issues few minor problems. My experience with the service department is very bad. I took my car there on two separate occasions and both times I had issues with not the quality of work but how long it took for them to do the job. The first time I went there I was told that It would only take an hour and a half to fix the lock on my door. I ended up being there for more than three hours. Two hours after being there the team leader finally came up to me and told me that they did not realize they had to take apart my door to fix the lock. The second time I brought my car in was to have an oil change, to fix the rattling sound in the Roof lining and to have my rear seat latch fix. My appointment was for 9:40 in the morning. After going all day without hearing anything from the dealership I called them around 3 o'clock in the afternoon to ask for the status of my car only to find out they did not even touch my car. Not even a simple oil change. I was told that the things that need to be fixed on my car would need more than a day to do and that I would have to bring back my car and leave it with them for two days. When they finally fixed my car I went to pick it up my car. After inspecting my car I noticed that they got the roof lining completely dirty and I had to sit there and wait even longer for them to clean it. Because of their service department Beach Ford has definitely lost a customer and I will be looking for other dealerships to take my car to for future repairs and oil change. More
I went to several local dealerships in the area prior to checking out Beach Ford but I realized the moment I walked onto the lot that this was where I would be purchasing my new vehicle from. Car buying is checking out Beach Ford but I realized the moment I walked onto the lot that this was where I would be purchasing my new vehicle from. Car buying is tremendously stressful but Olga Miller made the process go very smoothly. She identified just what I was looking for, showed me several options that met and exceeded my criteria and ultimately found me the perfect car. She was patient, friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful. I'm extremely happy with this purchase and highly recommend this dealership. More
I made a appointment at 3:00 for my car to get a state inspection sticker which is a 20 minute process and it took 2 hours!!! what is the point of a appointment if we're going to be waiting 2 hours for a inspection sticker which is a 20 minute process and it took 2 hours!!! what is the point of a appointment if we're going to be waiting 2 hours for a simple process. More
Beach Ford gave me the best deal I could find and Michael Dudley was outstanding. He is a very fine gentleman and made my wife and I feel very much at ease. He went out of his way to make our purchase as eff Dudley was outstanding. He is a very fine gentleman and made my wife and I feel very much at ease. He went out of his way to make our purchase as effortlessly as possible. More
Whoever our salesman was the last time I went to Beach Ford I wanted to look at a new focus. When we arrived no one came to greet us and once we were finally helped he was very rude and just seemed to be Ford I wanted to look at a new focus. When we arrived no one came to greet us and once we were finally helped he was very rude and just seemed to be in a hurry to get rid of us. He was very rude and condescending, once he mentioned that you can use you i phone or whatever kind of smart phone to connect to the cars Bluetooth I replied that i didn't have a smart phone, he seemed shocked. Beach Ford refused to let me drive the car because I am under eighteen (although all other car dealerships I've been to had no problem with it) but offered to let my father drive the car and "inform" me what it was like. Overall Beach Ford was not kind to us and i would NOT recommend it to anyone. My recommendation is, buy German. More
You guys are the best! Tom and your service department are wonderful. I will continue to buy at Beach Ford because of all the great people there. They are truly part of my extended family now, no hassle, are wonderful. I will continue to buy at Beach Ford because of all the great people there. They are truly part of my extended family now, no hassle, no gimmicks, no bait and switch, they sell at a great price but that is where the pride in Ford ownership begins. The folks at beach ford are great. More
We would like thank Matt Culberthson and Don "Doc" Childress for their superb diligence in working to provide us the vehicle we wanted at the price required for the monthly payments we could aff "Doc" Childress for their superb diligence in working to provide us the vehicle we wanted at the price required for the monthly payments we could afford. Their team worked extremely hard to meet our needs! This is the 3rd vehicle we have bought from Matt Culberthson and have received superb service! More
Overall it was a good buying experience. I was expecting a torturous experience, but the team at Beach Ford made it as stress-free as possible. Simple, fair, and fun and I got a great deal out of it. a torturous experience, but the team at Beach Ford made it as stress-free as possible. Simple, fair, and fun and I got a great deal out of it. More
After finding a used 2010 Fusion on another dealer's lot that turned out to be a lemon I did not buy, I decided to see what the price of a new 2013 Fusion would be. Of course, I could not find the prici lot that turned out to be a lemon I did not buy, I decided to see what the price of a new 2013 Fusion would be. Of course, I could not find the pricing on the Beach Ford website, and filled out the contact info and request on line for them to send me the info of the new car in question. They responded in about 25 minutes with a phone call, which was awesome. I then declined to come in and look at the car as I was merely compareson shopping. I specifically asked the sales representative that called me "Do not call, do not contact, do not give anyone my name for any reason" as I am not that kind of shopper, prefering to initiate my own further contacts if I am still interested, and that I would be buying a used vehicle anyway. Beach Ford continued to call me, (with different people, 2 more times) continued to e-mail (3 more times) more information on other cars, and now, 2 months after the fact, I just got an e-mail from JD Power Associates asking me to take a 15 minute survey on my opinion of the 2013 Fusion that I supposedly looked at. Rather than waste my time doing that, I prefer to spend that 15 minutes letting the Virginia Beach community know that if they contact Beach Ford their name and contact info will be sold or given away, and they will have an unending process of declining to give information to people contacting you about something you are no longer interested in. Thanks Beach Ford, as I now know where NOT to shop in the future. More