My experience with Nanaimo Chrysler has resulted in - Westcoastdnt
My experience with Nanaimo Chrysler has resulted in complaints or files involving FCA Canada, the Vehicle Sales Authority, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC, and the RCMP.
My 2020 Jeep Gladiator previously had an intake camshaft and lifter repair performed under warranty at Woodgrove Chrysler. When the same serious engine problems returned, it was brought to Nanaimo Chrysler in May 2026. FCA Canada later confirmed that goodwill assistance for the second repair was approved because I had not been properly educated or informed regarding the original repair.
Despite that approval, Nanaimo Chrysler presented me with three choices: purchase the oil-change/service package, pay approximately $5,000 for the repair myself, or sell them my Jeep. I was also told the package was about “customer loyalty” and creating a “bond” with the dealership. I found that difficult to understand because I had already been a Jeep/Chrysler service customer for approximately eight years, including with previous Jeeps.
I paid $1,344 for the package because I was told it was required to receive the goodwill repair. FCA later advised me that the repair had been approved with no customer payment required and that a maintenance package was not required as a condition of goodwill assistance. Nanaimo Chrysler refunded the $1,344, and I was then instructed to cease contact with dealership staff and take my business elsewhere.
What happened when I picked up my Jeep on May 27 is the most troubling part of my experience. The repair paperwork I received was missing page one, and deferred work listed on the back page was never explained to me.
After receiving my keys and paperwork, I attempted to leave. As I walked through the parking lot toward my Jeep, two male staff members followed me and told me I was not allowed to take my Jeep unless I signed another document. I continued to my Jeep and got inside. Staff remained around the vehicle, and because of their positioning, I did not believe I could safely leave. I repeatedly made it clear that I wanted to leave. I retained the audio of this interaction.
A lawyer I later consulted described what occurred in that parking lot as unlawful confinement.
The repair order was cashiered the following day without my signature. Despite repeated requests, I still have not been provided with the document I was told to sign on May 27.
I also found another customer’s paperwork inside a rental vehicle I was provided. It contained highly sensitive personal and financial information, including credit card information, CVV, expiration date, driver’s licence information, home address, and vehicle information. I am not identifying that individual or reproducing their information here.
I reported the parking-lot incident to the RCMP and provided a statement. I also submitted a complaint to the Vehicle Sales Authority, and my documentation and privacy concerns have been taken to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of BC.
This review is based on months of documentation, repair orders, emails, recorded communications, FCA case records, and my direct experience. I am posting this so other consumers can make their own informed decisions. I can only speak to what happened to me, but I would not return to this dealership.
If Ted Boyd chooses to respond, I welcome that response. I have retained documentation, correspondence, repair records, recordings, and other evidence supporting every factual statement I have made here.
I have repeatedly requested the outstanding documentation relating to my May 27 pickup, including the document I was told I had to sign. Once I receive the documentation I have been requesting, I will remove this review. If the facts in this review are disputed, I may update it with appropriately redacted screenshots of emails, photographs, and other supporting evidence.
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