They sold me TWO Subaru cars with dead - ZK
They sold me TWO Subaru cars with dead transmission(s)
This message is for Dulles Subaru owners/managements: Do NOT advertise my full last name when you answer my post as you did the last time I posted this review. Furthermore, I do not know why cars.com keeps of removing my posts
This review is going to be long and somewhat detailed. For anyone that is considering purchasing a Subaru, especially from Dulles Motors, they are welcome to text me at (703) 839-0008 and I will call them back to discuss this issue further.
On April 2022, I purchased a 2014 Forester and the vey next day, I wrote a review giving them 5 stars due to the fact that the transaction was so fast and hassle free. Little did I know that there was a good reason why the transaction was so easy and fast! The Forester has so many problems (so far: AC not working, power window works sometimes AND a dying transmission and that within the first couple of hundred miles) and it showed up only few days from the purchase date! They offered me ZERO warranty.
Few days after driving the car home, the AC did not work. It took me a couple of weeks going back and forth (e-mailing the owner and the manager) to get this issue resolved. About a week later, the transmission began to show signs of dying. I took it back and they quoted me ~$1,800 to repair it and they charged me $99 to tell me this!!! I ended up taking it to a different shop and paid $1,255 for the same repair. Not only they wanted to charge me to fix the problem that most likely knew about it before selling it to me, but they wanted to over charge me by $500 to repair it! They had the car for sale at their lot for over 4 months and now I know why it sat that long on their lot! Usually car dealers sell their cars within 30 days and if not sold, they auction it.
Why did I begin to have transmission issues immediately after they "fixed" the AC??
I mentioned that I purchased TWO Subaru cars from them and the other one was a 2001 Outback that I purchased from them about 15 years ago or so. This one lasted one WEEK before it totally died. the transmission completely died and I listed for sale on Auto Trader, with dead transmission, and sold it with huge loss. The buyer brought a towing truck to pick it up. I called the salesman, Mr. Dash, and told him about it the car had died and I was never compensated.
For anyone reading this review might suggest to me that I file a complain to (https://mvdb.virginia.gov/filing-complaints/) to get help, I did just that. Here is the funny part: My complain about Dulles Motors and the owner, Hamid Saghafi, that I submitted to MVDB, went to the office of Mr. Saghafi because he is one of the 9 people on the board of MVDB!!!! Does anyone think that my complain will get any tractions from MVBD?? I think not! As a matter of fact, they have ignored my last two e-mails that I sent to Ms. Dian---- [email protected]
I have owned many Subaru cars in the past 30 years or so and I can honestly say that not only they are WAY overpriced nowadays, but have become very unreliable as well. The Subaru hype is no longer justified and I can honestly say that this is my very last Subaru I will ever purchase. It is insane that a 2022 Subaru Outback is now selling for ~$45,000 and that is a 4 cylinder car!!
Now I am in the process of writing the VA attorney General and if that does not work, then I will retain counsel and take this issue further. I can not allow this dealership to do this to me or any other customer. I will take this issue as far as I can. I am not worried about the money/time I spent on repairing the car, but I am very upset feeling that I have been done wrong.
**The Motor Vehicle Dealer Board (MVDB) was established in 1995 by the Virginia General Assembly. The MVDB, a state agency, is charged with the regulation and oversight on the vehicle dealer industry
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