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Harris Kia

Nanaimo, BC

4.5
829 Reviews
We were proud to receive Kia Motors most prestigious honor, the Kia "Platinum Dealer" Award. At the Harris Auto Group, our mission is to be an industry leader in providing automotive solutions and services. We strive to exceed our customers’ expectations and maintain their loyalty for a lifetime. By creating an atmosphere that encourages employee excellence, integrity and teamwork we constantly endeavor to meet the changing needs of our customers.
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2575 Bowen Road

Nanaimo, BC

V9T 3L4

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December 11, 2021

Absolutely wonderful experience with Aly + Joshua! Our trade in was a complete headache at every other dealership but these guys managed to get it all done in one day without any hiccups. Super friendly, More

by Juliana N
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Cameron Adams
5.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Other Employees : Aly Adib, Joshua Cornelissen
Jan 12, 2022 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi Juliana N, Thank you for the kind words and for sharing your experience here in our dealership. Welcome to that Harris Kia family! Warmest regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

December 08, 2021

1. Cameron reamed out a sales rep in front of me . Very unprofessional. The reason he reamed him out? Becuase the sales rep related to me that Cameron agreed to a deal and then the next morning Cameron sai More

by DHC
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Cameron Adams
1.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Other Employees : Josh Hawker, Bintou Bouare
Feb 05, 2022 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi DHC, I appreciate getting your message and please allow me to apologize to you for the experience that you had. Please do reach out to our General Manager, Ted Boyd at your convenience if you would like to discuss further. We truly do appreciate and thank you for your business. Respectfully, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

December 02, 2021

I purchased a used Sorento from these guys and the service I got from the whole team was awesome!! 10/10!! I will definitely be back to buy my next vehicle from Harris Kia! Thank you so much! More

by Ned
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Doug Krem
5.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Cameron Adams
5.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Andrew Karmazynski
5.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Other Employees : Marcelo Suvillaga, Liam Singleton, Aly Adib, Joshua Cornelissen
Dec 07, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

HI Ned, Thank you so much for sharing your experience with our dealership. It was our pleasure to serve you and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Thank you for your business and welcome to the Harris Kia family! Warmest regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

November 15, 2021

November 2021 I met with a sales rep to discuss trading in my 2019 KIA Soul. The 2016 KIA Sorento presented to me met all my family’s needs. However, the thing my family most needed was to stay within bu More

by Jo88
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Cameron Adams
1.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Ali Megahed
2.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Other Employees : Bintou Bouare
Nov 30, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi Jo88, I am sorry to read your comments about your experience here in our dealership. I want to personally apologize for any disrespect and frustration you experienced during your transaction and for any confusion that you felt. It is never our intention to deliver anything other than world class service and it is obvious to me that we certainly did not in your case. Please do reach out to our General Manager, Ted Boyd with any concerns or comments or directly to myself. Again, I apologize for any drama that we caused. Respectfully, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

November 04, 2021

I’m a 100 per cent 10 out of 10 impressed with this dealership. This was the best customer service starting with my sales rep Liam Singleton . What a stellar experience. He was very efficient in all my More

by Patti Jean Murphy
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Liam Singleton, Aly Adib, Joshua Cornelissen
Nov 30, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hello Patti, Thank you so much for the glowing review of our dealership and more importantly, your sales person, Liam. It was our pleasure to serve you and we wish you all the best in the future. Thank you for your business and welcome to the Harris Kia family! Warmest regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

October 29, 2021

Very positive interaction with Dave Bare and Sara Poirier. Dave worked hard to get me what I needed, and Sara helped out when I picked up the car. More

by DTE
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Dave Bare
5.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Other Employees : Sara Poirier
Nov 30, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hello DTE, Thank you so much for the kind words. It was our pleasure to serve you and we look forward to serving you again one day soon. Enjoy your new Kia and welcome to the Harris Kia family! Warmest regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

October 23, 2021

Sara was fun, knowledgeable and easy to work with. The rest of the process went smoothly as well. More

by Tina
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Sara Poirier, Bintou Bouare
Oct 28, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi Tina, Thank you for sharing your experience here in our dealership. It was our pleasure to serve you and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Welcome to the Harris Kia family! Warm regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

October 22, 2021

BUYER BEWARE!! 👎🏼👎🏼I had the worst possible BUYER BEWARE!! 👎🏼👎🏼 I had the worst possible experience with these guys and would give a -5 star rating if I could. In my opinion, they do not More

by Exile_05
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Cameron Adams
1.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Ted Boyd
1.0
This rating includes all reviews, with more weight given to recent reviews.
Other Employees : Liam Singleton
Nov 30, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi Exile_05, I am terribly sorry to know that we did not live up to our normally high standard of service. I understand that you spoke with our team regarding your dissatisfaction with our dealership and I personally wanted to sincerely apologize for any disrespect that you felt. I can assure you than no disrespect was intended. That said, I will use this review to reinforce good guest service and double down on efforts to do better with all of the folks involved. Respectfully, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

Nov 30, 2021 -

Exile_05 responded

While I know you are in the business of making money Dave, I’d like to make a personal suggestion for you to let your staff know (Specifically, the ones I rated) to be less pushy about getting a customer to consent to a sale (Likely to increase their own sales record) and more about making them actually happy with their purchase. By not allowing them to weigh their options with ALL the information provided beforehand, there is bound to be a lot of resentment and customer dissatisfaction. I’ve read every other review on here (As well as Google) and there seems to be quite a bit of other people who have had almost identical experiences— and while there are many other customers who have also listed satisfied reviews.. I believe certain employee outlooks are beginning to slowly give your company a bad reputation. It might be worth taking a look internally soon, because it’s bound to come up on it’s own eventually. Unfortunately, I will not be able to retract my review until then. Have a great day.

Nov 30, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Thank you for the message. I totally respect your opinion and am grateful for the insights. It is only through dialogue like this that I can identify shortcomings and make this business better and I can assure you that is the goal and my focus. Much respect, Dave

October 20, 2021

Sara was great to work with. She found the perfect car for us after having been disappointed at other dealerships. More

by lorraineforster
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Sara Poirier
Oct 21, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi lorraineforster, Thank you so much for the kind words and for your business. Welcome to the Harris Kia family! Warm regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

October 20, 2021

I love Kia products thats why I chose to stay with them when I decided to upgrade my vehicle. The process itself went quite smoothly, however, I was at the delays delarship for 7 hours getting the deal com More

by Alexakomadina
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Barbara, Sara Poirier
Oct 21, 2021 -

Harris Kia responded

Hi Alexakomadina, Thank you for taking the time to review our dealership. I will ask my team to follow up again on the UVO issue and get that sorted out promptly. Thank you again for your business and enjoy your gorgeous vehicle! Warm regards, Dave Bare Dealer Principal

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