DO NOT TAKE YOUR VEHICLE HERE. - taylorjbaker
DO NOT TAKE YOUR VEHICLE HERE. I get it might be convenient for some people location wise but I promise you, drive a little further. It will be worth it just to avoid this place. They have had my TDI Touareg for 4 months doing warranty TDI work. They then "discovered" a coolant leak in an area that had to all be taken a part and put back together. They said it is not covered under warranty and it was like that before. They said that in the time there the tech noticed the coolant level drop. I have never seen my coolant levels drop nor noticed coolant left anywhere. How is it that I have never noticed it drop driving it every day, but then the levels drop and there is a leak after it was taken a part and put back together?? They stated that it will be 4k to fix. The GM then said he would "split the labor" with me. VW of America said this is a workmanship issue and needs to be handled with the dealer directly. Goes to show VW of America does not care about their customers and how their dealers treat people.
I don't think this was a negligence issue. I think mistakes happen, plastic parts break, and we have to do our best to resolve them. The dealer saw this issue, put the car back together and contacted us when they would be able to charge us 13 hours of labor for something that was just a part and could have been an easy $70 fix. I wish I could say this was the first bad experience here, but sadly many people I know have nothing nice to say about Kirkland Volkswagen. Save your money. Drive to Issaquah, Everett or Seattle.
I will say that the service manager Maribel did her best to assist me once she was involved and did so with kindness and respect, but stated her hands were tied and she couldn't do anything. The tech Marshall was also very helpful and respectful. My husband is a Porche mechanic and we understand things happen even to the most experienced, careful and knowledgeable mechanics. But we also understand that if he breaks something it is on him to fix it. We would expect the same working with another dealer.
Months of frustration, lack of communication, and now this. 0/10 would recommend.
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