Champion Hargreaves Chevrolet - Service Center

A dreadful and disappointing service experience TL:DR -Abyssal follow up and communication -Mischarged parts -Promises not kept -Questionable Honesty, (they tried to charge me diagn experience TL:DR -Abyssal follow up and communication -Mischarged parts -Promises not kept -Questionable Honesty, (they tried to charge me diagnostic labor because Ally wouldn’t pay it due to lack of support) Details of the timeline: Week 1 October 30th – I bring my 2014 Chevrolet SS into the dealer for 1.)Coolant flush 2.)Keyfob concern 3.)Static over radio when defroster is on. My advisor was Max, who was very pleasant to talk to when I could get ahold of him Update later that day, he requests my Ally contract information (Extended Warranty), he also indicates that the Tech found that the Module had a loose ground which caused it to short out and that 1 key fob was bad, the other simply needed a battery. November 2nd – Max texts and lets me know that parts are on the way, he also let me know that Ally covered the module and the bad key fob, but that Ally will not cover diagnostic charges. I acknowledge, but decide to investigate. Why won’t they cover the diagnostic time? I call Ally Customer support – Specifically for details on my contract, are diagnostic charges covered? The rep responds with “Ally covers any reasonable and supported diagnostic time claimed.” So I inquire further, what did the dealer request? “They submitted for 1 key fob .4 diagnostic time and .4 to replace the fob, as well as 3.0 hours diagnostic time to determine the antenna(amplifier) module was bad and .8 hours to replace, we declined the 3.0 hours as it was excessive vs what they submitted to us.” Oh so they’re trying to pass the buck. November 3rd – Still waiting on parts November 4th - Still waiting on parts November 6th – No parts yet, Module showed up but the parts dept or tech ordered the On-star module, not the antenna module. Mind you this is prefaced my Max with “You going to give me an earful but…” I didn’t, mistakes happen whatever. Week 2 November 12th – Still waiting on correct module. November 13th – No module yet, Max assures me this will be “rectified on my end” Week 3 November 19th – I call twice, Max is not available November 20th – I call to follow up, again. Max picks up and indicates that the back glass is the root cause of the issue, asks me who replaced the back glass. I obtained this care used in July 2020, it came like that. He said he’ll see if he can get ally to cover it. He said he’ll call Ally right then and get back with me before close of business that day, and that since this is taking so long I’ll be given my car back no charge. No communication until- Week 6 December 9th – I text, ask if there’s any update. No response. I call that evening, I am told by a Young Lady that Max no longer works in the service lane (no surprised, was I ever going to get called then???). She lets me know that she has to talk to the service manager and that I can expect a call back shortly. I get a Call from Darrin the Shop Foreman. Get him up to speed and he indicates that the back glass was back feeding into the amplifier module (but I thought it had a loose ground??), since it’s an aftermarket back glass ally won’t cover it. He indicates that Moran Chevrolet might buy in, I find that highly doubtful. Why would they care? I request him to get a price quote on an aftermarket back glass and the OEM one. He confirms and lets me know he’ll have a quote by the next day. Texts me back, lets me know that OEM is the best way to go and the best he can do is $505.38 installed, markets down from $683.87. I call and get a quote from Safelite. They can do the same OEM part installed for $465.00, $495 if they do it on-site at my house. December 10th, I indicate to Darrin I would just like my car back at this point, I miss the rumble of my V8 and am sick of friends teasing me on how long I’ve been without a car I’m paying for. Darrin says okay then asks if I can wait until 12/14 since the tech working on it is out on medical. I politely insist that I have my car back asap. He texts me that evening and lets me know my car is ready for pick up. I head to cashier to get the paper work, bill comes to $188.99. Slightly miffed since I was told I wouldn’t pay anything, I agree and review. There is the hour charged out for diagnostic time that Ally refused to cover, I asked for it to be removed it is. Bill is now $140.98. I pay and rush out because I was so frustrated. December 11th – I review the paper work, I see a cover charged on the coolant flush line, I investigate. It’s a plastic molding cover for a Silverado. But I have a SS why is this on there. I look over the car, a tech tool is left in my trunk, battery panel still laying down removed, positive terminal under the hood never had the cover replaced and a new scuff on the passenger side trim. I decide to go to the dealer and speak to the service manager and return the tool. I’m greeted in the lane and explain the situation to a gentleman and ask for the service manager. Service Manager (I think) Tom come up and I explain the tool and mischarge, before I can carry on the conversation, he turns to the cashier and asks her to refund, then quickly run off, no explanation, no apology. I was an inconvenience they just wanted to go away at this point. The $21.99 was refunded More

Taken advantage of My experience would have been better had my vehicle not returned to me in worse condition than when I brought it in. I came in for minor repairs and My experience would have been better had my vehicle not returned to me in worse condition than when I brought it in. I came in for minor repairs and tire changes, oil change etc. However the day I left my check engine light came on. I spent about 3000 dollars this day. I called the repair technician Ed and he informed me it was an error and that he would clear it. I returned, he cleared it, it was gone, only to return a day later. I could not continue to make trips to the dealership I have to work as well. SO I had to go through my week with my check engine light on causing me great nervousness and paranoia of my wife and children driving our car and suddenly being in an accident because the car has malfunctioned while driving. However, when I called the repairman he ASSURED me that it was a computer glitch of some sort and it was nothing to worry about. Ed constantly informed me that if it was an error with ANY OTHER PART on my vehicle the auto diagnostic would have caught it when I brought it in for service. I felt at ease only to be shocked when the very next day my vehicle began to sputter, rattle, and jerk as if the power steering had went out and the rattling sounded as if someone had left loose nuts and bolts inside of a vacuum. what is worse you might ask? it was a day that my wife needed the car to run errands. after calling and complaining to the repairman Ed who, might i add, didn’t answer my calls for an entire 3 days, they sent a tow truck to retrieve my vehicle. after speaking with another representative I was told that the "NEW" repairs would amount to almost another $3,000. I am furious and to make matters worse, I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM MATTHEW-HARGREAVES 2000 Twelve Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48067 I was treated as if I was not a loyal customer and I know that I have been swindled out of my money. I am a hard working American that contributed to this society in ways that keep roofs over heads and it is a shame that I have been played in such a way that will prevent me from taking my children to school, going to work and other things that Matthew-Hargreaves Chevrolet dealer ship 2000 Twelve Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48067 care less about. they have staged a coup on my family and put a bitter taste in my mouth when asked if I would ever be a customer to them or recommend them to others. I was taken aback when I was emailed this customer review, then again it may have been an automated error akin to the diagnostic program that just happened missed the additional problems my vehicle DIDN'T have! More

Rude and cheap Do Not and I repeat Do Not use this company to buy a car and especially do not use them for any type of service work. They are by far the worst dealer Do Not and I repeat Do Not use this company to buy a car and especially do not use them for any type of service work. They are by far the worst dealership in Michigan!!! If I could give them a no star review I would. First off I purchased a car from them and they never did a overall safety inspection on the vehicle per the laws of the state of Michigan. Then when complaining about the issues that should have been fixed they say they fixed the issues that were brought up. But yet the car has been brought in 4 times without the issues resolved. They are so cheap and slick they hide issues by trying to cover them up so they don’t have to fix the issues so they can make a few more pennies. Then they lie and to customers and have an attitude toward the customers of you address them about an issue. They don’t want to cover warranties they offer the customers per a purchase agreement. They make up every excuse to not cover an issue stating it’s not safety issue. A wheel hub is a safety issue but they state they talked to the warranty people but they never do it with the customer it’s always behind closed doors. They are very slick in what they do and try to cover there tracks but I’m too good for them on that. I have documentation of the false repairs and lies and have many photos of the issues before and after with issues still not resolved to this day. Have bought a vehicle almost a month ago and have driven a loaner for 27 or the 30 days since the purchase of the vehicle!!!! I will be also filing a complaint to Lansing to have all there service department workers license reviewed in Lansing and also a complaint will be filed with the better business bureau as they have poor business practices that are borderline fraudulent. I will go as I need too to make sure all the issues are fixed properly and correctly and the vehicle is safe to drive and that others will never have this same problem. Used car manager Eric Rucinski shouldn’t have a job there for sure cause he’s promised too much and feeds customers with all lies and he’s very rude and has a I’m better then you attitude. More

Good people with integrity! They were able to diagnose my problem and repair it quickly. Took time to explain what was the problem and how they fixed it. I want to give a shout They were able to diagnose my problem and repair it quickly. Took time to explain what was the problem and how they fixed it. I want to give a shout out to Tom, Rob and Mary Ann who took care of me. It was worth the 12 extra miles ( out of my way ) to go here.. I will be back if my car needs attention. I drive an 8 year old Impala Chevrolet. 😊 More

As dishonest as they come From the beginning, Matthews-Hargreaves acted with dishonesty. We took our car in for a repair and the verbal estimate was $2500. The service guy, To From the beginning, Matthews-Hargreaves acted with dishonesty. We took our car in for a repair and the verbal estimate was $2500. The service guy, Tom Kaiser, said he was going to reach out to GM because they hadn't been diagnosing the root cause, they had only been fixing the symptoms...Because we had this SAME repair less than two years prior, we asked for our records. I was told they were given to us when they weren't and then the person that told me that blocked my email. It took a ridiculous number of phone calls and emails to get the records and when we did receive them, there were only three. I asked for the rest and we were told that they were purged from their system. When I explained that they weren't in compliance with the law if these records were indeed purged, suddenly they were able to give me the rest of the records. I compared the repair records to the reports on Carfax and they didn't match. Two were incorrect and one was missing completely. When I asked about it, I was told, by Matthews-Hargreaves, that the dealership isn't responsible for the accuracy of what is reported to Carfax. In addition, I was told that GM was providing the information, so it was their error. It bothered me, because I paid $2500 for a major repair that was listed as "checked system" on the Carfax report. So...did I pay for a repair that didn't happen? It seems so, since they wanted me to pay for that same repair again! Next, I wanted my estimate in writing. It took over a week from the verbal estimate, to get a complete written estimate from the service manager, Rob Morris. During that week, I was given a partial estimate with two dollar amounts for the repairs, but nothing broke down labor or the cost of the parts. Getting that information took several more days. Once I had the full estimate, I was verifying the parts online and discovered an incorrect part number. When the correct part number was finally given to me, it was at a markup of over 620% of what I could buy it for online. In addition, when I received the written estimate, it was given to me and I was told that if I wanted to complete the repair, I was required to give my driver's license number, the last 4 digits of my social security number and pay in advance for the parts. If I didn't want to move forward, which they highly recommended I go elsewhere, I needed to have my car off the premises by the end of the following business day or it would be removed. I was outraged at this. I contacted the EM, Lisa Austin. She pretended to be interested in working with us to resolve this issue, but it seemed her main motive was to sell us a car. When we met in person to discuss my concerns with the service department, her first question after the hellos and how are yous was to ask if I liked my car and if I was interested in something new. I explained then that I liked my car, wanted to keep it and wouldn't be going through this if I wanted a new car. At this meeting, the GM, Walt Tutak, acted as if he never heard of me, even though I emailed him multiple times. The point of this meeting was to discuss these issues. My car was supposed to have been repaired in June of 2016 - we paid $2500 for it. The following summer (September 2017), we had the same symptoms and this time Matthews-Hargreaves "cleaned" the injectors for $200. Then, six months later, the injectors along with the catalytic convertor needed to be replaced again!!! They blamed GM for the injector problems. It was a faulty design by GM, according to Matthews_Hargreaves. During this meeting, it was acknowledged that the bad injectors could cause a problem for the catalytic convertors...coincidentally, after Matthews-Hargreaves replacing my injectors and then claiming to "clean" them, my catalytic converter also went bad. We allowed them to look at my car again for a thorough diagnosis (even though I thought that was why we brought it in to begin with). They had my car for a week. They said the original estimate still stood, along with a list of all of the other problems. We wanted to discuss this further so we agreed to meet the following week. Lisa Austin decided not to come to that meeting and Walt met us with a new car salesman trying to sell us a car. I explained that we never said we were buying a car, that we said we were coming to discuss our options. Walt acted surprised (even though he was on the call, he said he didn't remember talking to us) and took us to his office. He admitted that the cleaning of the injectors for $200 shouldn't have happened and agreed to refund that, but couldn't agree to refund the original $2500 repair that was listed on Carfax as "checked system" He did say he would look for some service reports regarding the engine and get back to us. When he did, there was, of course, nothing that they could do (or would do). While they had my car, I used their estimate to contact their parts department to request pricing on the parts listed on the estimate. Would you believe that I could walk in off of the street and pay LESS than what the service guy wanted to charge me? How? Why? I asked Lisa and her excuse that it was GMs "pricing matrix" - it was GM's fault that Matthews-Hargreaves wanted to charge me $204 for the same part that I could buy for them for $79. IT WAS GM'S FAULT THAT THEY WERE CHARGING TWO DIFFERENT PRICES. Even after all of this, my husband agreed to come in and talk to them about a new vehicle. Walt and Lisa set him up with their BEST guy. Their best guy wanted to trade in our car, keep all of the money and still charge us more on payments than any other dealership in town. That was their idea of helping us out. He didn't ask about incentives, look for incentives, he just gave us a price that required more than 3X the advertised price down and more money in payments. No thank you. Lisa decided that because I kept asking questions that they wouldn't answer that I the customer that will never be happy and she said she quit responding to me because we I would never be happy no matter what she did for me. She said we came to several agreements and I kept turning them around. I asked what agreement I ever made and she couldn't answer. I went to another dealership and I explained the high pricing that we were getting from Matthews-Hargreaves and he said that it looked like they must have increased the MSRP on the vehicle in order for the monthly payments to be what they were, with a down payment as much as they were taking. So...not only did the service department try to raise the prices on us, so did the sales department. In addition, they blocked me from posting to their Facebook page. This is specific to me only. They didn't like the review I left or that I was commenting on other reviews. I recently noticed that they are using their own salespeople to inflate their ratings on Facebook...the last reviewer to give 5 stars works there. Just another example of their dishonesty. More

Dave S After a routine service (tire rotation and oil change)on February 15, 2018, I received an email from Mathews Hargreaves with a satisfaction Servery re After a routine service (tire rotation and oil change)on February 15, 2018, I received an email from Mathews Hargreaves with a satisfaction Servery request. I filled out the survey giving the dealership a 9 (out of 10) on overall rating and a YES to the question about referring others to this dealership. In the comments section, I mentioned that even with an appointment, i was told it would take an hour to an hour and a half. It took just about an hour. The reason I did not give a 10 was the fact that even with an appointment, it still took an hour for an oil change and tire rotation. I figure that 30 minutes would have been a more appropriate time frame. I understand that the mechanics need to have their coffee and breakfast sandwich or kibitz with the other guys, but I should not have to wait. Do that stuff between jobs. Today I got a call from a Customer Service Representative (CSR) telling me that my rating effected someone's pay, and that it is normal for an oil change and tire rotation to take an hour to an hour and a half. I said that I can get an oil change and any of the oil change locations in about 10 minutes, and that a tire rotation for a dealership should not take more than 20 minutes. He became very argumentative. I asked what was the purpose of a satisfaction survey was if not to find out what the issue is if a customer is not satisfied. He ignored the question and insisted that I could not get an oil change in a 10 minute time period anywhere. Then after a few more back and forths he suggestion that maybe I should take service somewhere else. I agreed and hung up. I have bought 2 cars thru them and have have my service done there as well. I will not be bullied and I will not go back to Mathews Hargreaves again. More

They pride themselves on being the hightest price dearler Upon my arrival i asked paul to treat me like family.. I wasnt aware that a dealer would be unapologetic about charging 45 dollar for a oil change the Upon my arrival i asked paul to treat me like family.. I wasnt aware that a dealer would be unapologetic about charging 45 dollar for a oil change the one before that i pais 31 on jefferson and Sierra chey carged 33 and they didnt was my car and robert was very rude and unapologetic he said they can charge what they want More

Terrible Oil Change They claimed they change my oil, but in like 4 months there was no oil in there! I had to prayerfully drive to Joe Lunghammer to get them to fix it an They claimed they change my oil, but in like 4 months there was no oil in there! I had to prayerfully drive to Joe Lunghammer to get them to fix it and they said there was no oil in there. They told me there was some things wrong with my car that wasn’t. I bought my car brand new from Joe Lunghammer but moved to Warren so i keep it maintained and thought this would be a good place to try. And then they charged me $64 for an oil change when I only pay $39.95 at Joe Lunghammer. It just showed a lack of integrity on their part. So they will never get my business again. I’ll just make the drive to Waterford or go to Hamilton Chevrolet on Mound Rd. More