Five stars, and I want to be specific about why, because - CSB96
Five stars, and I want to be specific about why, because the easy version of this story would have gone very differently.
I bought a used 2024 Equinox from Banister in August. Mary handled the sale, and she was straightforward and unpushy throughout — no manufactured urgency, no stacking of add-ons, and she answered questions directly rather than deflecting them. That set the tone.
Some weeks later I discovered a significant problem with the vehicle’s history that hadn’t been apparent at the time of purchase. By then I was well past the point where a dealership has any practical obligation to do anything. Plenty of them would have said exactly that, politely or otherwise.
Claudio, the sales manager, did the opposite. He put together a replacement deal: an even swap into a comparable 2024 Equinox with roughly 16,000 fewer miles, with no additional cash from me. He didn’t shave the trade value, didn’t reopen the terms, and didn’t make me fight for any of it. The whole thing was handled as problem-solving rather than damage control, transparently and professionally.
The measure of a dealership isn’t how it behaves when a sale goes smoothly — it’s what happens when something goes wrong afterward and walking away would have been the easy call. Banister chose to make it right instead. Mary and Claudio earned this review.
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