Took the vehicle in for a thermostat change, Which they - TTHawk
Took the vehicle in for a thermostat change, Which they allegedly changed. also needed a coolant flange. Audi didn’t make the flange any more. They rolled it out onto the lot while I looked for a flange for several weeks on My own. Found a flange on a referral from a colleague who has an Audi as well through a local shop, owned By an awesome guy who was factory trained by Audi. So I had the car picked up by Mundies who did a great job, even though these guys didn’t event put it back together, and it was in pieces to transport. The other sketchy thing is I had to wait two hours when I picked it up to get the bill, which they said it was delayed because the Technician has to “close the work order”. 2 hours??? So 4 hours in labour@$210/hour , and a “new” thermostat later, the bill was over $1000. So the other shop put the flange in, and showed Me the new thermostat……it was rusty! I called Wilson Yu the Service manager, explained the situation, and when I questioned the work He immediately went into defence mode, and made excuses such as “we’re a big operation” and “we wouldn’t do that”. Then after reviewing with His technician, Sasha(sp?, and me having to call back so they could respond). He gave me some excuse about while the car was on the lot, the air pockets in the line would lend to the t-stat rusting. My other Audi trained tech called xx. With new coolant and new hardware it shouldn’t rust. Couldn’t get get any type of refund or discount on the “work” order, or the part, which I asked nicely for. So in My opinion, this dealership is not reputable, is sketchy, and uses “hocus Pocus” tactics to avoid responsibility for their workpersonship, hoping those they rip off just go away. I did go away,…… to their competition who charged $30/hour less, and fixed My car right, with a NEW thermostat. However I won’t forget them, after all I did ask nicely for a reduction in the bill, or a proper fix. Just because they fly the Audi flag and logo, doesnt mean that logo isn’t a little bent.
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