On about May 5th, I made an appointment to have my car - Thequietone
On about May 5th, I made an appointment to have my car looked at because I felt the transmission failing. I was afraid to drive the car. Vancouver Kia (who I am leasing this brand new car from) would not look at my car until May 31st because they said they "have no Technicians". I said the car will be dead by then and I cannot just park the car and not use it for nearly a month. I am disabled and need a car to get to my 2 jobs (Cannot take transit because of all the walking, I have MS and work in a dangerous neighborhood at night. Also, transit commute to my main job is 4 hours) Sure enough, my car died in a major intersection on May 9th. This could have caused a major accident. I missed work and had my car towed to Richmond Kia who helped me in right away. Before the car even broke down, Richmond Kia set up an appointment for me for the next day, since it was a serious matter. My car died the day before my appointment at Richmond Kia. They triage repairs at the Richmond location. Vancouver Kia told my husband they do not do triage repairs (husband went to see them in person on May 7th to ask again if they could get me in faster because he confirmed there was a serious issue with the transmission)..So they had no problem letting a disabled woman who has problems walking, drive a car with a slipping transmission. Richmond Kia had to replace the entire transmission on this brand new car. I am out many hundreds of dollars because of taking Ubers and missing work. After writing a letter to Kia Canada, I got a courtesy car and my car was fixed in a week. Initially they said it would take many weeks, but did everything to push things ahead when I told them my work and health situation. I will not deal with South Vancouver Kia again and will never lease from them again. I am paying lease payments and they expected me to go without a working vehicle for over a month. No offer of a replacement car or courtesy car or anything. I was going to buy this car after the lease was up, but I will not be purchasing it now. In 9 months time the transmission failed. The suspension feels messed up already too. I really want to just dump this lemon off at the dealership, hand them the keys and walk away. I would except I don't want my credit destroyed. I am stuck leasing this lemon for 4 more years. If a customer is making over $500 per month in lease payments, you should not strand them without a vehicle for over a month! I think that's breach of contract or something isn't it?
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