My fiance's family and I have purchased a total of 4 - sylviawrosz
My fiance's family and I have purchased a total of 4 vehicles and leased 1 vehicle from this dealership. A year and a half ago when I was in search of a new car, it was an easy option to come here since the family already had a relationship with the dealership.
I purchased a used 2021 Sportage which had happened to be turned in 2 days before. Given that information, I had wheel and tire, key and extended warranty to 100,000 miles added to the purchased to ensure that we were covered in case anything came up that wasn't analyzed in the mere 2 days they had had this vehicle. We even drove it off the lot dirty because it hadn't been detailed yet.
A year and a half later, I had 3 separate instances where the car slowed down on me to 25 mph on the freeway. I was able to get it looked at each time, run engine cleaner and change the oil (even though, it wasn't time for my oil change). Once it happened the third time, I had it towed to this dealership and told them the codes that popped up on my last incident. I am not a typical girl who is ignorant to cars and their function/operation. I have worked on machinery myself and already knew this was an issue with the engine. Luckily I was only at 90,000 miles so is something that is still to be covered under warranty.
It looks a week and half and "tentative approvals of $750 (until warranty covers the claim)" for them to tell me what I already knew: I needed a new engine. After a week without a vehicle (here in San Diego, with 2 jobs, where public transport is just not an option) I asked about a courtesy vehicle. They said they couldn't offer that until the Kia claims department arranged for the engine swap. Instead, Kia claims authorized a rental credit of $35/day (with me still out of pocket by $16 a day) for 4 days until they could determine responsibility.
Once the engine swap was approved, which was a surprise to NO ONE, they extended the rental for only one more week. I asked 2 more times about a courtesy vehicle; because I wasn't thrilled that I was paying out of pocket at all. THIS IS WHAT I GOT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO PROTECT ME FROM. I was told "you're already getting a credit, so we're just going to keep you in the rental". I was also told at one point that "they don't do that"-- referring to offering loaner vehicles.
I finally picked up my car with a new engine after over a month of not having it and now I am being told they are only covering the vehicle for two weeks, telling me that "that's 5 more days than I should have gotten".
Essentially, the dealership took more than the 2 days allotted for the engine swap (and the repair department DID inform me that it could take "weeks" not days...). So this delay is not covered and now I am being told I have to pay for a whole week and some change on this rental that I shouldn't have had to pay for in the first place BECAUSE I HAD A WARRANTY!!!
Now I am being (once again) ping-ponged back and forth between the dealership and the Kia claims department for the extra rental credit I deserve. Unfortunately I keep tabs on and write legal contracts for a living so I am disgusted by the amount of time I have wasted on the back and forth and keeping tabs.
I will say that Robert (the manager) was helpful in getting some of the process and moving it along; and Stephanie (from the repair department) is a gem and I know she took some heat and frustration. The gentleman who sold me the vehicle was also sweet but he doesn't even work there anymore. And these 3 people are the only reason this is a 2 star and not a 1 star review. Because this has been xxxx on earth for the past month and I will not change a word on this review on any platform until someone gets back to me on this. Enterprise still hasn't charged me and I am NOT paying $400 when I paid thousands for an extended warranty, I'm sorry.
With the amount of Lemon Law issues Kias have I am SHOCKED they weren't more diligent with the situation.
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