The sales experience wasn’t bad but since? - willie_pete11
The sales experience wasn’t bad but since? Not so much. This is the craziest experience I’ve ever had with ANY make of vehicle from ANY dealership. After 54000km, our van needed all new pads and rotors. (Over $1000). By comparison, on my previous vehicle, after 150000km, only pads were needed. According to the dealer it was our fault because we didn’t bring it in at 20000km for brake cleaning and service which we were never made aware of. The Service Manager DID however, eliminate the cost for the rotors. Then the rear row seat would not lay flat. Service said it was a bent hinge and ordered it in and installed it. They said it still wouldn’t lay flat and that another part was needed and that they would order it and call us when it came in. After a month, NOBODY at the dealership or Toyota Canada customer service has any record of the part being ordered. Now, we went to have our winter tires (on their own rims) changed out for the all seasons on alloys. All four tires are unusable. The vehicle is used about 2/3 of the time in the winter since it’s AWD and safer. The front tires are both smooth on the inside edge and the rears both have broken belts. We haven’t hit big potholes or bumps and there is ZERO uneven wear of the winter tires. The parts person at the dealership told me that ALL makes of new vehicles original tires only last 35-40 thousand km. First time I’ve ever heard that and this is far from the first new vehicle I’ve purchased. Called another dealership and they were very surprised by that statement as well. I called Toyota Canada customer service and these issues have been “escalated”. I’m waiting now to hear back from either corporate or the dealership to see if I’ll have to spend around $1000 to replace tires that probably only have about 25000km of wear on them. I’m a retired CF member and I can say without any doubt in my mind that in that world, somebody or several somebodies would be standing in front of the SM, the CO or both being asked some hard questions.
I bought the van because I need one for my mobility scooter. I bought a Toyota because of the reputation for reliability. I love driving this van and sincerely hope that I don’t have more issues with it in the future
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