South Coast Mitsubishi

Unbelievably Greedy PLEASE READ THIS, don't get fooled like me. South Coast Mitsubishi is unbelievably greedy, sleazy, and dishonest. Sep and Eric the sales managers and PLEASE READ THIS, don't get fooled like me. South Coast Mitsubishi is unbelievably greedy, sleazy, and dishonest. Sep and Eric the sales managers and finance guy should be ashamed of themselves. They claim they are a family friendly business but will use every trick in the book to make you overpay. I bought a used car from these clowns and here is what happened. 1. They increased the APR that we agreed to on the final contract without telling me, they admitted their mistake, offered me some "free detailing" but never actually did anything or change it. 2. They lowered the amount of my trade-in value on the contract without telling me (they did refund this but come on) 3. They claimed the car only came with 1 key, and charged me $300 to "order and program a spare set." Then they sent me 2 old keys that were obviously the originals (old, worn, dead battery). I asked for proof that they ordered them, and they didn't have any. No invoice, no order form, no billing statement, nothing. They told me that they order them from "a guy they give old keys to and who makes them new ones." Yeah, right. But of course they refused to tell me who this guy is, or what his company is called. They continually promised to call me back but never did. ever. They love to play games and say that the one person you need to talk to isn't in and will have to call you back. Of course they never do. I always had to badger them for information. When I called their service dept, the service guy said all replacement keys are ordered from the manufacturer TOYOTA, not some random guy with no paper trail. They didn't even put the replacement key order on my contract because THEY KNEW IT WAS BS and wouldn't be able to prove it. Once they realized they were caught they offered to refund me if I returned the keys. Nice try Sep and Eric, seriously you gave a good effort. I cannot stress enough how unbelievably dishonest and shady these guys are. They are the definition of sleazy used car salesman and tried to screw me over 3 different ways. Fortunately my bank was able to refund the key $ because, like I said, they have NO PROOF that they ordered/programmed these keys. PLEASE DON'T BUY FROM THESE GUYS YOU WILL REGRET IT!!! More

They are busy and have good deals The previous reviews gave me fair warning that I would need to be patient. I was and got the car I wanted at a good price. I would say that the The previous reviews gave me fair warning that I would need to be patient. I was and got the car I wanted at a good price. I would say that the same as with any service or dealer, the "150 point inspection" is never done completely. As long as you know what to look for you should be fine. Otherwise, bring your own mechanic for the inspection. I also purchased an (expensive) extended warranty so I feel pretty confident in my purchase. More

Poor customer service Contacted the dealer by phone, they were very nice seeming and accommodating. I was planning to fly into California from Michigan to purchase a vehic Contacted the dealer by phone, they were very nice seeming and accommodating. I was planning to fly into California from Michigan to purchase a vehicle. I put money down on the car and was assured they would hold the car for me until Friday. It was Tuesday. I flew out a day early (Thursday) and received a text message as I was in route to the dealership after landing in California on Thursday that the car had been sold Wednesday. Not one word... no phone call not message nothing letting me know the car was sold prior to flying out to California. No courtesy no apology for the wasted time and after it took 2 seconds to secure the funds on my card... it took a week for them to even initiate the refund. The salesman was no longer interested in speaking to me after I requested the refund and did not wish to have the money moved to another vehicle on the lot. After that experience even if they had a vehicle I was interested in I would not purchase from a lot that does not honor their word. Do not waste your time with this dealer.... they do not stand by their promises or offer any type of customer service. Disappointing experience More

Many other options, but elsewhere I give the dealership 1 star because the only thing they did right was have the car I wanted on their lot. They (Albert the sales guy, the sales manag I give the dealership 1 star because the only thing they did right was have the car I wanted on their lot. They (Albert the sales guy, the sales manager, and the finance manager) were very deceitful. They charged me $2000 more than the sticker price for my vehicle without any mention of that prior, and I get 1-Star for that because I didn’t look closely enough at the sales contract. Albert did not listen well to my questions; I had to ask him several times to send me pics of the BROWN car, not the black car. Maybe he’s colorblind. Then he made comments about people showing up and overspending on cars because it was New Year’s. Then, it took this dealership FIFTY DAYS to pay off my trade in. In that time I had to make another payment so that I didn’t have a late payment show up on my credit (and I didn’t get all that money back after the payoff because part of the payment was interest) AND my credit score was lowered by FORTY POINTS because two large vehicle loans appeared on my credit. Granted that will improve over time when the credit is updated without the pay off vehicle, but during that time of low credit it impacted my ability to buy a house. Apparently, the finance lady asked the sales department to research the bank’s address (bad idea) and they sent the pay off check to the wrong address twice. They never called the bank to confirm where to send pay off checks to. I ultimately had to call the bank and find out the correct address for them. And then because SCM dealership never called the pay off bank that bank couldn’t accept my word that a pay off check was coming so I had to make that extra payment. Finally, the business office manager was incompetent, because when I called to follow up on the pay off and the titles lady was gone he manager said she doesn’t know, she doesn’t do the other lady’s job. What CAN you do if you can’t supervise your employees?? Moral is, With so many other dealership options why buy here?? More

We had a great experience all around I found the best price in Southern California from their online ad. I thought it had to be some sort of scam until I went there in person. We live in I found the best price in Southern California from their online ad. I thought it had to be some sort of scam until I went there in person. We live in San Diego, so we were hoping that we weren't wasting our time. Everything turned out to be true and they were very helpful. It was the best new car buying/leasing experience I ever had (out of 5 new cars.) We still love the car after 9 months. More

Worst dealership by far My process started out of state, as all the dealerships in Arizona didn't have the Wicked White Evolution GSR I wanted. I also wanted to get the Sight My process started out of state, as all the dealerships in Arizona didn't have the Wicked White Evolution GSR I wanted. I also wanted to get the Sight and Sound package on this car, and that was a big selling point for me. After contacting multiple dealerships and searching the country, I found that there was only 1 left in the nation and that it was at South Coast Mitsubishi. I called and I got Munshi. This is where the whole process went downhill very quickly. Most of our conversations was through text so I have time stamps and the text itself all recorded for this review as well. I was ready to buy the same day that I called which was 4/15, however my salesman Munshi wanted me to get preapproved, which I understood. I submitted that all same day at 4/15 5:31PM. Didn't hear anything from him for an entire day so I texted him at 8:35AM on 4/16 seeing if there is anything he needed from me, and he responded and told me he would have everything done so we could get the ball rolling the next day, next day being 4/17. Next time I heard from him was at 11:03AM 4/17 confirming the car I wanted to purchase, which was the 2014 GSR with the Sight & Sound, Navigation, interior upgrade, and wheel locks. I texted him again at 1:03 on 4/17 to see if there was any news and he told me that his boss was working on the numbers and he would get back to me once he got the numbers finished. He then texted me at 4:03PM on 4/17 and sent me the per month price for someone else’s car. Quickly after doing so apologized and gave me the actual payments per month. Soon after, I texted him back and asked him to give me a price breakdown of everything after taxes so I could see it instead of just that monthly number. Munshi told me that his boss, E has to print it so he would have to wait. I understood and gave him my email. I didn't hear anything from him so I texted him at 6:20PM on 4/17 asking if we were still waiting of the numbers, Munshi replied the next day on 4/18 at 10:08PM saying that his phone wasn't working and confirmed monthly payments yet again with me. Feeling that there was a disconnect, I asked Munshi for an itemized breakdown and total sent to my email so I could review and we could move forward. I didn't hear from him all day and sent another text without a response. I then texted Munshi at 4/19 1:22PM telling him that I was ready to move forward and that I haven't heard from him. He texted me back with an invoice/MSRP breakdown of pricing which wasn't what I was asking for. I then asked for an updated invoice as that one didn't include navigation, and wanted to confirm the exact breakdown that I was looking for. I didn't hear anything from him so I texted Munshi on 4/20 11:37AM. His boss then wanted me to send him a copy of my driver’s license and copy of insurance to his boss’s Gmail, which I thought was odd but no problem. They were sent on 4/20 at 12:54PM. Munshi then texted me back and confirmed colors with me, and then sent me a picture of the breakdown which didn't include the things I was asking for, just yet again the total price broken down into monthly payments. I texted him back and asked for the breakdown again on 4/20 at 3:00PM. He said that he would send it, and then got a call from him at 4:33PM saying that his phone was broken and he couldn't respond but that he would be able to contact me at about 7PM later in the day. I didn't hear back from him at all that day. So I then sent him a text on 4/21 at 6:11AM letting him know that I was still waiting for the breakdown. He texted me back and asked me to call him. Because of my job, I can respond fairly quickly via email or text, just not as easy through calling. So I told him that he could just email me or text me the breakdown so that we could move forward, rather than going through it over the phone. He then texted me the breakdown at 10:46AM 04/21. There was markup on the vehicle to which I texted him back at 12:46PM saying that if he could take that off, I would be ready to move forward with the deal. He told me his boss, Eric, cleared it shortly after, and I texted back at 04/21 1:05PM saying that I have my own financing moving forward. Munshi wanted to check if they could get a better deal for me than my banks APR however that he couldn't beat it on 4/21 at 2:32PM. Everything on my end was good moving forward, I followed up at 2:55PM on 4/21 to see if there was anything else he needed from me to secure the deal, Munshi then texts me asking for me to call him. He informs me over the phone that there is someone willing to pay cash, 12k over MSRP to secure this car. He told me that he will work with his manager as I have been trying to secure this car for a while, but he wasn't sure what he could do. I then get a text at 3:13PM telling me that he has good and bad news. The bad news that they are selling it to this person that just walked in offering 12k over MSRP. The good news being that they have 2 more in the lot, but not the color I want. Also one that is white without the Sight and Sound package. This was more than troubling and everyone who I talked to about this situation was just as dumbfounded as I was. I quickly reached out to another dealership to see if there was any other cars that I could secure however it seemed that there wasn't. I told Munshi I didn't know if I wanted to continue, however he called me shortly and as deflated as I was, I told him if I didn't pay any markup on the basic model just as we agreed on, I would go through him. I wish I was smarter and stopped the entire process looking back on it. Later on in the day, at 6:44PM on 4/21, Munshi tells me that I need to make a deposit for the car to make sure they hold it. I quickly do as they have already sold a car out from under me, and he confirms that it's secured at 7:06PM that night. Munshi explained to me that once the car was bought the deposit on the car would be refunded no problem. I worked with my bank and on 4/22 2:18PM and they had documents that they wanted them to send over. He worked with them and I asked about the add-ons that we talked about before with no response. I don't hear from him so I text him on 4/23 at 10:44AM to confirm with him, however he said he couldn't confirm anything until tomorrow and would get back to me. I also got overnight paper work with pricing that we didn't agree on as it included a $2,000 markup, and the total didn’t add up as there was a $200 which my bank pointed out to me later on, as well as all the other paperwork that I needed to sign. I held off on that and decided I would talk to my bank/South Coast Mitsubishi about it the next day. On 4/24 I send a text letting him know that we needed to get the wire transfer done before a certain time as the day was Friday, and the wire transfer would have to be done by then, or we would have to wait till Monday. Munshi understood and would make sure we got that taken care of. I also asked about the pricing on the paper that they had sent me but he explained that he wasn't sure, but that he would ask his boss. He then asked me to call him and explained that my bank would be able to explain the charges and to confirm with them. Once I got to the bank and with my banker Tonya, who was absolutely fantastic through this process, began to tell me that they would in fact be charging markup on the car, however one of Mitsubishi's factory rebates would make it so it didn't cost me anything. I explained over the phone to Munshi's boss, Eric who was the finance manager, which I and Munshi had agreed that I wouldn't be paying for any markup on the vehicle. Eric said that wouldn't ever happen and that I would have to pay markup for it. Frustrated Tonya and I explained to Eric this was agreed upon but Eric still refused to honor what Munshi promised. Due to this being the last step in the process and me being excited overall, I chose to move forward even though I was lied to about the price. Eric said that he would help me with $200 on something to the car, such as wheel locks I wanted, to make up for the mystery charge so they wouldn’t’ have to resend the paper work and further delay the deal, however unsurprisingly that never happened either. Frustrated but eager to purchase one of my dream cars, I decided that I would move forward even with the extra markup. I wire transferred the money and we were set. I contacted Munshi and asked for an ETA on the delivery on 4/24 at 7:37 PM so I could set my delivery company up to pick up the car. Munshi explained to me that because of some of the packages I wanted, the car was being worked on and he wouldn't have an ETA until that was done. I don't hear from Munshi so I texted him at 4/26 11:17AM explaining that my company did have some trucks in the area so I needed to know if we could setup a time to pick up. I still don't hear from Munshi and I follow up with a text on 4/27 9:02AM asking what the status of the car is. Munshi then explains to me that South Coast Mitsubishi wasn't able to verify funds, so I reached out to Tonya, and they faxed the confirmation to South Coast Mitsubishi, and directly to Eric. I then follow up with Munshi later in the day 4/27 12:01PM to confirm that South Coast Mitsubishi was able to confirm everything with the bank. Munshi explains to me that it hasn't hit their account, even though the money was gone from my account. I then reached out again to my bank, who again verified payment with South Coast Mitsubishi so we could get a delivery time setup for my company to pick up the car. I don't hear anything from Munshi, so I reach out again to him on 4/28 at 12:31PM confirming that everything has been confirmed for them, and to make sure the parts were all installed. Tonya also asked for all the paperwork to be sent with the car so that I would be able to register it when I got the car, such as the Title. Munshi said he would check and he would be right back. I don't hear from him for a couple of hours, so I text him at 2:13PM on 4/28, no response. I then text him again on 4/29 at 3:27PM to again check on the status of the car, Munshi explains that the parts are installed however that I couldn't pick it up because he needed two "Go's" from two mangers, and Eric had gone to Vegas for the Pacquiao vs Mayweather fight, so that I would have to wait at least until Thursday. I also asked about the deposit that I had given them, as it hasn't come back to me, Munshi told me that it would be refunded but at the end of the month, and that he didn't have any control of that. I setup a pickup with my delivery company for 5/1, as that would give time for the car to be ready and the big "Go's" from the managers. I then get a call at 2:39PM from my pickup company that South Coast Mitsubishi again somehow couldn’t confirm payment and that they were refusing the pickup of the car. I called Munshi and he said that it is good to go for pickup, and also states that his boss, Eric, is right next to him so he could verify, but that I should give his boss Eric a call even though he is physically sitting right next to him. I try and call Eric but I am told by another salesman on the phone he is on the phone with a bank and couldn't be reached. I leave a message, and send an email to Eric saying that if the car isn't on the back of the truck by the end of the day I would like to move back on the deal. Very quickly after that email, I get a text from Munshi saying that the car has left South Coast Mitsubishi and it's on its way. The car was then delivered with tons of hard water stains on the rear of the car, not only that but South Coast Mitsubishi didn't send the title with the car so I didn’t have any way of actually registering the car itself. I asked the driver if that was there when he picked up the car and he said that the watermarks were indeed there. I also noticed that the car didn’t even have a full tank of gas, and only had 5 miles of range for me to put gas into it. I reached out to my bank and had a conference call with the bank and Eric. He said that the title was put in the car but yet it was nowhere to be found. Eric unapologetically told me that they will overnight the documents to me. I also started to look through the car to see if there was any upgrades that Eric promised me would be on the car, however I didn’t get the interior upgrade, or the wheel locks I asked for. You would think that I would be done dealing with South Coast Mitsubishi at this point, but of course this is just positive thinking. I continued to call South Coast Mitsubishi to get my $1,000 deposit I put on the car. I even texted Munshi saying that I would be disputing the charge with American Express since they weren't willing to refund the money. Munshi responded and said that it was out of his control but it was also rude to text him which floored me as I was still out a extra $1,000 for the deposit. I pushed to talk to a manager above Eric as he was absolutely no help. I finally got into contact with Chuck and Allan, who was even less of a help. In talking to both of them, they explained that I was [B]lucky[B] that I only had to pay $2,000 in markup and that they can't help me out with the parts that were in writing. Not only that but they realized that they still needed to refund me and didn't apologize for any of the experience or the deposit refund. After 2-3 days, I finally did get the refund however getting a "no hassle" deposit back shouldn't be this hard with any business. Frustrated I contacted the Better Business Bureau and emailed Mitsubishi's company HQ's. The Better Business Bureau reports them as a D- company, which isn't surprising after my experience. Mitsubishi HQ did respond with this "Thank you for your email to Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) regarding the unsatisfactory sales experience. It is never our intention to have anyone less than completely satisfied with any aspect of his or her Mitsubishi ownership experience. I apologize for any inconvenience the situation you described may have caused you and understand how frustrated you must feel. Please be advised that all authorized Mitsubishi dealerships are independently owned and operated. As such, they engage in the retail sales and service of Mitsubishi products for their own account, and not as agents of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. After carefully reading your email it seems you are in touch with the Managers of South Coast Mitsubishi we would recommend to continue working with the Managers, if you haven’t done so already we also recommend speaking with the GM whom has the highest authority at the dealership Mr. Abbas Ahmadi. Thank you again for your comments, and we certainly hope that you will do business with Mitsubishi Motors in the future." After receiving this I tried to contact South Coast Mitsubishi and get in touch with Mr. Abbas who as you read is the GM of South Coast Mitsubishi, as well as the GM for most of the Mitsubishi dealerships in that area. Unfortunately, when I called the number they gave me which was "714-545-1700" the standard number of South Coast Mitsubishi, I asked for Mr. Abbas however was transferred to Chuck again who interrogated me on why I wanted to talk to Mr. Abbas and told me that he wasn't in so I would have to contact them later. I called back about 10 minutes later and instead asked if Mr. Abbas was in. I was told he was but that he was just on the phone at the moment. I asked to wait but again was transferred to Chuck. Not only that but through this process of climbing the ladder I quickly found out that both Munshi and Eric had been fired, no one would tell me if it was because of my experience which I doubt it was. I would assume that a business would want to make things right for how I was treated, and that they had to fire employees but of course not. Overall, this has hands down been one of the worst, and longest car buying experiences I or anyone I talk to have ever heard of. I asked a couple of friends who not only work at dealerships, but that have owned dealerships and they are absolutely floored by how horrendous South Coast Mitsubishi made this whole experience. I wanted to make this review as detailed as possible so there aren't any questions and there are just facts. I also have all the texts and pictures of the following issues that happened. I know that the rule of thumb is, "if it's not in writing, it's not happening" but I never thought I would have to record every conversation we had for $50 dollar wheel locks. If you are looking to buy a new Evolution, or any Mitsubishi car for that matter, don't buy from South Coast Mitsubishi. They will lie to you and once they get your money, South Coast Mitsubishi will run. More

Fraud These guys are scammers. Don't ever lease a car from them. Don't buy an extended warranty from them. They will take your money and leave you out in th These guys are scammers. Don't ever lease a car from them. Don't buy an extended warranty from them. They will take your money and leave you out in the cold. Awful people, awful service. These guys are just rotten. The Evo is an amazing car. Get it from another dealer. For the record, the people who own this dealership are also involved with Surf City Corp. Bazoft Automotive II dba Cerritos Mitsubishi and Victorville Mitsubishi. Watch out for any business involving Abbas Ahmadi AKA Gholam Abbas Baahmadi. More

Aweful! I took mky car in for service and it still hasn't happened. Lies and more lies with no one available and nobody responsible! Stay away from this place I took mky car in for service and it still hasn't happened. Lies and more lies with no one available and nobody responsible! Stay away from this place if you are looking for anyone with any integrity. More

financed inhouse on a car that was in a flood or otherwise somehow became rusted on the underside of dash and seats etc. required 1100 in repairs to get it to pass somg and three weeks later its che otherwise somehow became rusted on the underside of dash and seats etc. required 1100 in repairs to get it to pass somg and three weeks later its check engine light is on again the mpg is getting worse it was one of a few cars theyd finance me with poor credit upon. only, when i asked about the condition i got a lecture about not being difficult when being done a favor or otherwise being financed where and when other institutions simply would not extended an offer in my case- i did not however see that id be taken advantage of ten times more than the typical customer at the mitsubishi superstores aka bazoft auto the owners of scm in coasta mesa associated with a handful of other so cal mitsu dealers operated by the parent org. Bazoft Auto who rips off consumers habitually engaging in offensively innapporopriate and certainly unethical unlawful and seemingly without respect for client..... human decency. it even began to appear (to others whom without my solicitation or inquiry of any experiences shared) at times that particular attention and energy was directly concentrated in agitating and doing the most messed up stuff to people over and over- pathetically underhanded with employee posted false reviews scoring brownie points for new hires- the finance guy left the company in days fallowing my initial incident - he was replaced by someone new whom is made to believe what management says and does is without the slghtest of fraud which is difficult since she thinks shes doing me a favor every time we speak for payment of my outstanding loan ..... dont get duped by efforts to smooth over wrongful illegal practices with decent transactions stuck in every few weeks if that.... ill never recover the thousands of dollars, the stress of being fraud ed by an est. entity bearing a name like Mitsubishi - My worst nightmare and everyones worst auto buying fears came true thanks to the work they do damages being done on several levels monetary/emotional distress/domestic controversy constantly stems from this circumstance that also resulted in the loss of a job for which transportation was purchased on my part - not knowing the pending events leading me to such actions as these -and or pursuing litigation on the basis of auto fraud by dealer facing plenty of civil judgements not generating restitution of loses sustained.... in consequence of their outrageously appalling antics to which im continually subjected to seemingly without acceptable response or recourse. Wow. I am going to try to forget this now to keep out of further outrage.... Peace? More

The dealership is tired and depressing. We were left alone for a long time while the sales lady went to "see what her manager could do". When I went to find them...they were both on their phones and ch alone for a long time while the sales lady went to "see what her manager could do". When I went to find them...they were both on their phones and chatting. We left immediately. Not sure what these sales tactics were but I find them insulting. The sales lady was sweet but her experience was limited...she had no clue about their service department and whether they would provide a loaner car. There was very little enthusiasm to come to a deal. We were seriously considering the Outlander Sport (we ultimately ended up buying a VW Tiguan for $24k - that's $9k more than we originally planned to spend) More