Avoid this dealership at all costs! - Rachel
Avoid this dealership at all costs! I purchased a Hyundai Kona in October of 2023, at the time of purchase I also bought a set of winter tires on rims. The tires and rims they sold me were too small and caused a major and constant malfunction of the ABS system. The vehicle would brake suddenly as if something was in front of it for no reason, I was almost rear-ended twice and involved in a serious road rage incident. I made multiple trips and calls to the dealership service department and was told every time that they could not figure out the issue. Once the summer tires were installed in spring of 2024, problem solved, I also had a new windshield installed at the same time and believed it was the re-calibration that fixed the issue. I was never satisfied with the service department and had started going elsewhere for routine maintenance, when I went to have my winter tires installed there for the season, they immediately noticed they were too small and advised against installation. I called South Trail and that began a week long fight to get them to address the fact that this was their original error and had been the cause of all the malfunctions all along. I was talked down too, ignored, misled, and outright lied to by the sales manager Reggie. (I should note that after I suggested it, I was offered a chance to purchase new winter tires and rims at cost, this was before I drove the car again with the tires they sold me and realized the ABS issue was back). If I hadn't gone elsewhere and sought advice from multiple other dealerships and tire shops and simply believed South Trail Hyundai, I would still be driving with a dangerous malfunction. Reggie told me that all the other places I spoke to were "just saying that" to me about the tires to make a sale. This place only cares about the original sale, they don't understand basic customer service, common sense or the safety of their vehicles on the road. Even my original sales experience with Alex was mediocre at best, and obviously I was disappointed in the service when they could not diagnose the issues over multiple visits and calls. Once I returned to the service department yet again for them to "test drive" for the issue again, the service manager immediately agreed that the tires were too small and that was the obviously the cause of the ABS malfunction. Not sure why that never occurred to them in all the previous visits...The dealership manager then begrudgingly approved a larger tire size on the same rims. No apology, no face to face contact, no follow up and generally just embarrassingly poor customer service. I LOVE my Hyundai Kona, it gets noticed everywhere and I always recommend it. I will now also be telling people to NEVER go to this dealership, or any part of the McManes Auto Group, they obviously cannot be trusted at all. Zero stars.
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