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Dale Willey Automotive

Lawrence, KS

2.5
40 Reviews

2840 Iowa St

Lawrence, KS

66046

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March 10, 2021

Bought a used car and Shannon was very nice and helpful. If I ever need to get another car I know who to go to. More

by Lydia
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
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Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Shannon, Hayden
Mar 12, 2021 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Thank you for leaving us this great review! We are very happy to hear that we could be so helpful during your recent visit with us. We look forward to seeing you back again in the future. Take care! Best regards, The Dale Willey Automotive Team

March 09, 2021

In late February my family bought a used car from Dale Willey Honda. The sales person we worked with Thomas and his sales manager assured us multiple times that the car was extremely well maintained. It More

by johnwhite3
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Friendliness
Price
Quality Of Work
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Thomas Calderon, Sales Manager
Mar 11, 2021 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Thank you for sharing this review regarding your experience with us. I’d like to discuss this with you further if you could please contact me at your earliest convenience. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

January 13, 2021

Bought a pretty 2013 chevy equinox with 80,000 miles on it in December 2019. By end of January engine light on, needed over 1,000 in repairs. We bought the warranty as the finance guy basically pleaded to More

by JamieB
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Friendliness
Price
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Shawn Ellis
Jan 15, 2021 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Thank you for sharing this review regarding your experience with us. I’d like to discuss this with you further if you could please contact me at your earliest convenience. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

October 28, 2020

For a GM dealer they behave much more akin to a Carhop or buy here-pay here lot. Purchased a GMC Denali, with the extended warranty. In less than 6 months the A/C Actuator stuck, the battery completely died, More

by SReedy
Customer Service
Quality Of Work
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Steve Cain, Steve Markley
Oct 30, 2020 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. We always aim for 100% customer satisfaction, and it is apparent we fell short of this goal during your most recent visit. We'd like to do whatever it takes to regain your future business. Please contact me at your earliest convenience so that we can work together to resolve this issue. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

Oct 30, 2020 -

SReedy responded

Brian, I've attempted to reach out to you already with no response. If you can post on here, why can't you respond to an email? Disingenuous.

October 15, 2020

Caution!! I write to you from the side of the road off K10 as I wait for a tow truck. My sixty day tag still giving it that new car look in the beautiful fall weather. I think about how happy I was when I More

by Lamontry85
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Friendliness
Price
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Brian Edmondson
Oct 19, 2020 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

We appreciate the opportunity to learn about your experience at our dealership. Your business is valuable to us, and we want to hear more about this situation. Please contact me so that we can work towards a resolution together. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

June 15, 2020

Deceptive sales tactics. Unfriendly, Unprofessional. DO NOT TRUST THEM. DO NOT GIVE THEM A "NON REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT. What you should believe is the negative revi More

by D.skitlez
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Quality Of Work
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Doug
Jun 16, 2020 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

I would like to speak with you directly in order to better understand the circumstances you’ve described and reach a satisfactory resolution together. Please contact me directly at your earliest convenience. Thank you, I look forward to speaking with you. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

May 13, 2020

I was truly impressed by the selection and handling of my purchases. I came in looking for 2 cars for my kids. Doug Hansahaw and everyone at the dealership were great to work with. I was able to purchase th More

by abaron
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Doug Hanshaw
May 15, 2020 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Hello, and thank you for the kind words! We couldn't be happier that you enjoyed your experience here at our dealership and that Doug was there to provide you with such exceptional service! Thank you again and congratulations on your new car. Kind regards, The Dale Willey Automotive Team

January 08, 2020

Felt cheated and disrespected Took my 93 Suburban in to repair front seat - it was leaning further and further back - would not stay in up-right position. Was given an estimate an More

by brookside
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Quality Of Work
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Jay Scotten, Steve Markley
Jan 09, 2020 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

We appreciate you taking a moment to leave this review detailing your recent visit. Please reach out to me directly whenever you have a free moment as I’d like to hear more about what happened and work together to come to a resolution that improves your experience. Respectfully yours , Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

Mar 06, 2020 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

I had the pleasure of speaking with Mr. Ron Swall in greater detail about his concern and allowed him to share with me the entire story from beginning to end. After hearing his side of the story, I confirmed with our Service Director that we did indeed deny his request for monetary reimbursement as requested. Our service director also confirmed that our General Manager had reviewed the request and also denied it based on Ron Swall authorizing the repair and cost of repair. I then asked Ron Swall if there was anything we could do to help him soften his disappointment, but he only wanted the monetary reimbursement as requested. I confirmed with Ron Swall that our department did give him a detailed quote of the estimated repairs that we could complete and that he did, in fact, sign off on the work order estimate prior to us ordering the parts and fixing what we committed to fixing. The main issue we diagnosed was below his seat frame had a great deal of rusted components at the attachment points and that we could not repair his seat frame issue without fixing the rusted mounting components, so Ron Swall said that he would have someone else fix it locally. Within a few days, Ron Swall picked up the seat itself and took it to another 3rd party source that performed some metal welding in order to repair it for use again and somehow straightened his upright portion of the seat. For the record, Dale Willey Automotive does not specialize in seat frame repair and we would always refrain from welding a factory produced seat frame as this could be a temporary fix that may not entirely remedy the issue which could lead to a liability for future damages. According to my understanding from Ron Swall, he did not want to order a complete seat replacement from us and with the vehicle being almost 27 years old there would have been nothing other than a salvage yard part to purchase for his vehicle due to the availability of parts on a 27 year old vehicle. Dale Willey Automotive told Ron Swall from the beginning after the initial assessment of his concern with his 1993 Suburban that we could not complete the repairs to the seat that he wanted us to fix without replacing the seat risers below the seat frame. Ron Swall authorized the repairs to the seat risers so that when his seat when fixed, it could be remounted on the proper platform safely. His current seat risers had rusted mounts and needed replacement regardless of his seat frame not sitting up properly. This was all diagnosed once the seats were removed and then Ron Swall authorized all of these repairs. After my visit with Ron Swall, I took his request to our owner for his review and after a couple of days, I called Ron Swall back and explained that his request for monetary reimbursement was denied by the owner based on our service department completing all repairs as requested and authorized by himself. After visiting about it for a few minutes, I mentioned that in the future if he was in the market to purchase a vehicle from us, that we would gladly help him as much as possible on pricing to accommodate his loyalty of a future purchase. Since Ron Swall had never purchased a vehicle from us or has never been in our service department until this visit, we thought that offering to help him with pricing on future purchases would be of value to him and his family. Ron Swall said that he would “never” purchase or do business with us again and that he would go out of his way to bad mouth us to everyone he knew. Dale Willey Automotive has done business with Ron Swall in a professional manner and completed all repairs as requested and authorized, so Dale Willey Automotive will not respond to future requests from Ron Swall regarding this matter and considers this matter completed and finalized. Thank you for your inquiry and we hope that Mr. Ron Swall in the future may end up changing his mind toward us, as our organization has an outstanding record in the market place for customer satisfaction and service. Thank you! Respectfully yours , Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

December 23, 2019

Never Lawrence Do not buy a used vehicle from here. They just want to get it out. Sold me a car with a leak in one of the tires then said they do not "fix" tires wit More

by Never DWA
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Friendliness
Price
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Both Dougs.
Dec 26, 2019 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with our dealership. We would like to speak with you about the details of your time with us. Please contact us directly at your earliest convenience. Thank you! Respectfully Yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

November 27, 2019

Do NOT buy a used vehicle from Dale Willey Honda. I purchased a used Maserati with 8k miles that I was told was in new condition. I picked the car up on 11/9 and noticed no issues. Exactly one week l More

by ARWissler
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Chris- Internet Sales manager
Dec 02, 2019 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Thank you for reaching out, but your review in our opinion was unfair and unwarranted. The leather repair you are referring to was done by the prior owner and had nothing to do with us as a retailer of pre-owned used vehicles. We know that every used vehicle cannot be classified as new because of the prior use of the vehicle by its original owner or any past owners, including any minor blemishes and imperfections. We feel your comments were unfair and not well thought out based on your purchasing of a pre-owned vehicle and the understanding that a used vehicle is and always will be a "used vehicle" with imperfections. We also want to comment on your desire to work with ethical dealerships which we believe we are based on our 49 year impeccable reputation both in the community and also on social media sites. What we find ironic, is that you did not disclose a $900.00 defect in your Mercedes trade-in windshield that we had to deal with after your purchase of our vehicle. We did not require you to reimburse us $900.00 for the damage and failure to disclose your windshield damage on your trade vehicle, so we really feel that claiming that we were not fair to you is completely unwarranted. We hope you change your mind about this situation and agree with us, because we value our reviews that are honest and trustworthy! You can always change your star rating and update your comments after you have some time to think about it. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

Dec 05, 2019 -

Dale Willey Automotive responded

Thank you for reaching out, but your review in our opinion was unfair and unwarranted. The leather repair you are referring to was done by the prior owner and had nothing to do with us as a retailer of pre-owned used vehicles. We know that every used vehicle cannot be classified as new because of the prior use of the vehicle by its original owner or any past owners, including any minor blemishes and imperfections. We feel your comments were unfair and not well thought out based on your purchasing of a pre-owned vehicle and the understanding that a used vehicle is and always will be a "used vehicle" with imperfections. We also want to comment on your desire to work with ethical dealerships which we believe we are based on our 49 year impeccable reputation both in the community and also on social media sites. What we find ironic, is that you did not disclose a $900.00 defect in your Mercedes trade-in windshield that we had to deal with after your purchase of our vehicle. We did not require you to reimburse us $900.00 for the damage and failure to disclose your windshield damage on your trade vehicle, so we really feel that claiming that we were not fair to you is completely unwarranted. We hope you change your mind about this situation and agree with us, because we value our reviews that are honest and trustworthy! You can always change your star rating and update your comments after you have some time to think about it. Respectfully yours, Brian Edmondson - Dale Willey Automotive Management Team - 785-830-4120 - brian@dalewilleyauto.com

Dec 09, 2019 -

ARWissler responded

Update 12/10: Brian Edmondson's comments that I did not disclose the chip in my windshield is a complete lie. I have included the email below where I told Chris Hess, their Internet Sales Manager, about the chip 2 business days PRIOR to purchasing the vehicle. I also said that the trade-in price they were quoting me was based on the condition I provided to them and it would obviously need to be confirmed when they saw the car in person. I told Brian that I would update my rating if they made things right and I would even be okay with them covering half of the cost to repair the $1,500 seat. However, Dale Willey is still not willing to do the right thing and stand behind the cars they sell. Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 6:31 PM To: Chris Hess Subject: Re: The Maserati at Dale Willey Honda Chris, In addition to the video, I would like to also get a trade-in quote on my vehicle. I realize you cannot give me a firm price until you see it, but you can give me a general idea (I’ve bought my last three vehicles this way) based on the condition I am telling you and then it is obviously confirmed when you see it in person. Here is the original sticker with the VIN number and options. It has 47k miles and is in excellent condition. Not smoked in, no dents/scratches, never wrecked, and very clean. I keep my vehicles in very good condition. Even when my kids finish a baseball game, I put down rubber floor mats over the carpeted ones and put a dog seat cover over the back seat! The windshield does have a small chip from a rock on the highway (the size of a dime) but I had it filled immediately so it wouldn’t spread. I might be able to come on Saturday, but that means we need to work out the negotiations ASAP.