On behalf of my husband...
At this point my wife and I are beyond disgusted with Atlantic Chrysler Jeep Dodge & Ram, located at 555 Sunrise Highway, West Islip, NY 11795. We purchased a new Jeep on September 02, 2019; here we are 3+ weeks later, and we STILL don't have a "new" car. Rather than take up potential customers' time here, I will bullet point details:
* The ONLY bright spot in the entire facility is Travis, a Salesperson; we were comfortable with him through the actual sale, and, he went above and beyond to help us through this mess, and it wasn't even his problem!! 5 Stars for Travis!!
* 9/2/19 Purchased new Jeep Latitude for $30K
* 9/2/19 We were pushed to take it the same day (not by Travis) (FYI to all: dealerships must pay interest on new vehicles until they leave their inventory ( a little bargaining power for you)
* 9/2/19 Vehicle driven from other location to this one (we had to wait for it); they washed it, and gave it to us. We noticed two (2) large scratches on the rear bumper; they promised to put a new bumper on. 30 minutes later it was given back to us with buff marks!!
* 9/10/19 (Appointment to bring in the Jeep for the bumper). Once again, they buffed out the bumper, then told us it was fixed. We just bought a brand-new vehicle and they buffed out a scratch instead of replacing it like they said they would - nice try!! We were then told they would order a new bumper.
* 9/9/19 - 9/13/19 were phone calls made to them, with no response for nearly a week. Kat from service made promises she didn't keep; I had to text our Salesperson Travis (again, the ONLY bright spot here), and he jumped in.
* 9/17/19 We were (again) told to bring the Jeep in on this day (yup...another day wasted [oh joy]!! They once again, buffed out the scratch and did not replace the bumper.
* 9/25/19 We were told to bring the Jeep in on this day, so we did. Only to have it sitting there for five (5) hours before they called us to say the new bumper that was shipped to them was damaged...another wasted day!! Don't you check your parts when they arrive?? Not only that, but we had to call the dealership to find out that the bumper was already in!!
* 9/25/19 continued...My wife dropped the Jeep off (because I was so frustrated, I was not leaving work again for this). 30 minutes later she called me from the facility stating that she has been standing there for 1/2 hour, after she was told someone would drive her home because she could not have a loaner. I called Fiat/Chrysler, then called the Service Manager of Atlantic Jeep, Tom. The first thing he said to me was "I just walked in the door, I don't know what happened". Who the heck would tell a customer that?!? The buck stops somewhere! Anyway, he finally got my wife home.
* 9/25/19 (STILL)... Kat from Service stated that she was on vacation, which is why we didn't receive a call about the bumper being in for days. Really?!? Well that's worse than the Service Manager not knowing what happened!! So, when a Service Person goes on vacation, everything stops?? Kat did call my wife later (wow...a first!!) and told her that the Jeep would be kept overnight, and that she would call her tomorrow (which would be 9/26/19)
* 9/26/19 (Today): Guess what...NO PHONE CALL!! There is only so much sub-par service [or anything] that someone can take. We bought a brand-new car 3 weeks ago and it's STILL not new! I called Fiat/Chrysler today and wound up telling them that the facility can keep the Jeep; we are buying one elsewhere. Since it was about 6:30pm at this point, I also left a message for Tom the Service Manager, as well as Kat in Service, and said similarly. I'll let my Attorney deal with the rest.
* In closing, I WOULDN'T SEND MY DOG THERE!! If you walked out your front door 3 days in a row and got hit in the head with a bucket of poop, would you do it again a 4th time? Nope, you would return the favor.
Below is a picture of the Jeep before it was even taken off the dealership lot. The 2nd picture is them giving us a new bumper...twice (NOT!!)...they buffed it out 2x and said "it's fixed". read more