Jeff D.02-03-2025
TYPE:ServiceMODEL:JettaYEAR:2019
This is the third time I've had an awful experience at this dealer. That was their last chance - I'm not going back.
The first time, they refused a warranty service for a bad headlight housing, and quoted me ~$1000. I had to take it to a different dealer, who covered it under warranty.
The second time, the forward assist radar stopped working. They blamed it on a scratch on the bumper that had been there 5 years, and charged me ~$300 to diagnose, and wanted another $1200 to repair. I declined. A few days later, I kid you not - I drove over a big bump, and the system started working again. It's been working fine ever since.
This third time (this appointment) was comedic. The service advisor:
- Chastised me for "not keeping up with my maintenance" despite me coming in every year and letting them do whatever they wanted to the car
- Got my mileage wrong on the work order
- Added a bunch extra stuff to the work order "because of a computer glitch"
- Listed in fine print a crazy high price on the work order, which was far off from what we discussed. I had zero trust at this point, and had to read the final (5th attempt) at the work order over with a fine tooth comb, to make sure they weren't trying to screw me with other fine print
- Said my car (with 22K miles on it) was way off track and urgently needed lots and lots of work. However, the techs had my car ready in a little over an hour, so I don't really know how much work they could have done in that time
- Once I collected my car, the advisor tried to charge me hundreds of dollars more than the quoted price on the work order, and only corrected it to the agreed upon price once I complained and showed them the signed work order.
Overall, after three separate incidents with three different "service advisors", I have zero trust in the "service advisors" who feel more like salespeople trying to pull a fast one, by looking for excuses to deny warranty coverage, slip "extras" into work orders hoping customers don't notice, or charging prices higher than what was agreed to.
I will not be coming back to VW of Kirkland. I will take my car to an independent shop, and will likely not get another VW after this.