Wheaton Honda

Buyers Beware! I had a horrendous experience at this dealership. They tried to rip me off on my trade-in and grossly inflated the price of the vehicle. They would no I had a horrendous experience at this dealership. They tried to rip me off on my trade-in and grossly inflated the price of the vehicle. They would not allow me to see what they were offering me for my trade-in and stated that they would only allow me to see the interest rate I was being offered, after I agreed to purchase the vehicle. I went to a different Honda dealership who told me what my trade-in value was, the interest rate, and my monthly payments were significantly less. The other dealership showed me everything up front. Wheaton was not willing to give me any information other than monthly payment cost and even went to the extent to tell me that all dealerships operate this way, which I know is not true. Buyers beware! More

No backing up of work done I had my driver and passenger and ignition locks redone in July 2015 - $975. In February 2017, the exact same problem occurred ( key wore out and I co I had my driver and passenger and ignition locks redone in July 2015 - $975. In February 2017, the exact same problem occurred ( key wore out and I could not turn on ignition). I had my car towed to the dealership. They quoted $500 to replace the worn out key and said they would throw in a second door key for free. They also offered 10% off bill. (By my math, that would be $50.) I argued that a key does not wear out in 1.5 years. The technician agreed that he has never seen this happen in such a short time. The Service Manager could not explain it either. The only discount offered on the invoice was $34!! I argued that the work was not done correctly the first time or the key is faulty. I was offered no explanation but had to pay the bill in order to drive to my job the next day. I have filed a claim with Honda Canada. Very disappointed in dealership. My family has driven Honda for my whole life... More

Failure to take responsibility/ Milking for more $$$$$ It all started with an oil change for my Honda CRV on June 1st, 2016. They had a sign behind the service desk for synthetic oil change for $59, and I It all started with an oil change for my Honda CRV on June 1st, 2016. They had a sign behind the service desk for synthetic oil change for $59, and I opted for that. While waiting, I was told that there was a nail on my right rear tire, would fix it for $45.00. Taking their word for it I said OK. Minutes after I was approached again, with another 'problem', my serpentine belt has crack, and suggested a replacement ($170.00). Again I said OK. I was told that there was a recall to replace the airbag inflator and they would take care of it. So, the $59 synthetic oil change became $333.70, including an $89.00 charge for the oil change, $30 more than they advertised. On the way home I noticed that the SRS light with the airbag sign was on. I went back to the service. The guy shouted back at me saying that it has nothing to do with their airbag replacement. I said the red rs light was not flashing before they allegedly replaced it. No,,NO. it has nothing to do with it he repeated. Well I want to fix it, I don't want to drive around with the sign flashing. I was told to make another appointment the next day which I did. When I went there to reset the srs code, I was told that there would be a scanning fee of $49.99. Again I said the SRS light came on only after their trying to replace it the day before. But the demand for the scanning fee persisted, and I agreed, hoping they would reset the codes. I was waiting when I was called in to pay the invoice. While paying, I asked the service rep, Meaghan (Kennedy), if the light was fixed. She said no, and thinks the problem lies with the seat belt buckle tensioner, for which I had to make another appointment and pay for the labor cost $140.00 (?) per hour + parts. She also said that if I did not fix it, the airbag won't deploy during a collision. Great News indeed!. Now my life is in their hands!! I thought this was really getting out of hands, and left the dealership thoroughly disappointed. After consulting with Honda Canada and with my lawyers, I wrote to Karen Germscheid, Business development manager at Wheaton Honda on 22 June, 2016 with the problems I encountered at their dealership. Two weeks later on July 5th, she responded to tell me that the sudden appearance of the SRS light, right after changing my airbags was "very coincidental" She also stated that they should have "never charged me a diagnostic fee to discover why there was a definite failed component as we received the vehicle with no codes and should have returned to you in the same condition" . She also admitted that Wheaton Honda had handled this situation rather poorly. However she stressed that I would have to pay for the labor minus the diagnostic fee they already charged me. I pointed out that it was their responsibility to reset the codes which might take 3 minutes to do it instead of dragging me down with numerous appointments day after day. These things happened 6 months ago. It was over a months ago, I made my last appeal to them to fix the problem of resetting the codes, and again received NO response. Based on my above experience, I have now grave doubts about the nail in my tire ($45.00+ tax), the defective serpentine belt ($169.00+ tax) and the $30 extra for the oil change package. I have been a regular customer with Wheaton Honda since 2012 and enjoyed their service until June 2016 when I experienced bad service, rudeness and excess greed as if they are working on a commission and bonus at the cost of milking their customers aggressively and ignoring the basic service. I have not given up my fight to restore justice yet. (This is just the beginning). I have been driving around my SUV over 6 months now fearing sudden death in the event of a collision as I was told that the airbag won't deploy. I have advised my next of kin also the decision made by Wheaton Honda in this regard, a sudden death due to the utter negligence of Wheaton Honda allowing a simple remedy escalating to a homicide for a few more dollars? More