Learn from my bad experience! - Chanelle H
Learn from my bad experience! I absolutely do not recommend buying a used car from Universal Ford Lincoln Calgary or booking at their service department.
For the past three and a half months the ongoing car issues I have experienced are trouble accelerating, jerking/shaking while driving/changing speeds and oil leaks. I have been communicating with Loren (service advisor), Amit (service manager), Jordan (guest experience manager) and Shawn (dealership manager) with no resolution.
I bought my Ford Escape back in November 2023 and had transmission issues 4 days after purchasing the car (see picture from November 26, 2023 “transmission fault”). I immediately I notified my sales rep and they couldn’t get my car in service for a week and than took weeks to figure out the actual issue. Luckily I had paid $600 for the three month warranty because they had to replace the whole transmission, valve body and torque converter.
The second time was due to trouble accelerating, jerking/shaking while driving/changing speeds but they were “unable to replicate them” until I proved them on a test drive…They explained one of the parts that they replace were faulty. They replaced it and and “fixed” an oil leak. This helped for a short while until I took the car to a reputable mechanic and he told me he found two separate oil leaks and that my filters needed to be changed immediately. I was shocked and irritated because Ford service had just had my car.
The third time in service they could not find the leaks but said I had one seep. They fixed the seep and returned the car to me, that same day I got it the check oil light was flashing…. They did not know why.
The fourth and final time my car was in service when they gave me the car back and experienced shaking and accelerating issue severe than ever before. Communicating with this dealership is exhausting and they will give you the run around regardless if it is service or management. THIS SERVICE TEAM EITHER HAS NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR ARE SIMPLY WASTING TIME! My car was in service for 5 weeks over the three and half month period. It’s taken many emails, calls, texts and in-person meetings to get to this point.
Through multiple conversations with Universal management and the sales team it is evident this dealership doesn’t stand by their used cars at all yet encouraged me to buy a more expensive used car from them? They are absolutely delusional. All the options given to me would benefit the dealership and have no consideration for my time, money and/or energy. BUY SOMEWHERE ELSE!
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