This was by far my worst experience at a bodyshop in my entire life. My car was brought to them on June 16th, and my estimated repair time was told would be July 13th. July 13th came and went and no call was received, no attempt to notify me that my car wouldn't be done on time. So I call them up on the 14th wondering whats going on, they inform me it will at least be another week before my car is ready... "Thats ok" I reassured myself, "things happen and people make mistakes, at least when your car is done you can be sure that they took special care of it" I thought, seeing as how this blunder would surly cost me money out of pocket to continue to rent a car. Unfortunately I was sorely mistaken.. I return to Crash 1 on Perryville on July 22nd, hopefully ready to take my car home finally- it might have taken a bit longer than expected but at least it's fixed, right?....wrong again, I pay them my $1,000 deductible, and get in my car and drive down colloseuom drive to turn right on Perryville road, my dashboard lights up like a Christmas tree... ABS light is on, the traction control light is on, and the emergency brake light is on- so I turn around at Crimson Ridge, and take my car back. When getting out of my car to go back inside and inform them that my car wasn't fixed properly, I use my keyless entry to try and lock my door, and surprise surprise, my key FOB is no longer working. So I go inside and inform them of the issues my car is still experiencing. This lead to my estimator, Shiela, calling around to 4 or 5 different mystery people to tell me that it's the battery and they didn't have any idea what to do, and finally telling me that they're going to have to keep the car and it will be an additional week or two until it's finished. I reluctantly accept this answer and leave in one of their loaner cars that they finally loaned me after over $350 worth of rental car charges paid at my expense. Fast forward to August 10th, I get the call saying that my car is finally repaired, and ready to be picked up. So I full up the loaner with gas so I won't be charged $10 per gallon by these crooks, and head over. Upon arrival, no one is sure where my paperwork is, and when I finally do get to my car I quickly change the battery in the key FOB and my keyless entry is still not working whatsoever. My estimator, looks at me and says "I don't know what you want me to do" and gets her boss, she comes over and looks at the car and says "what does the FOB have to do with the accident?" To which I quickly reply that "I'm certain it was working before the crash" and this mystery boss woman says " I was asking Sheila a question". At this point I just want my car back, and for $150 I could buy a new FOB and be done with these rude people. So I tell them how dissatisfied I was, which was met with nothing but smug smiles. So I get in my car and begin to drive away in disbelief that they would treat a customer like this, especially one they have wronged multiple times. But as I turn onto Perryville once again, the seat belt notification will not stop digging, even though I am wearing my seat belt and there is no passenger, and my TPMS is flashing on and off continuously. Once inside I am told that I'm not allowed to stand and wait for my estimator, and then am pulled into a back office with the mystery boss woman. She is very quick to pass the buck onto the dealership and called them begging for them to get my car in today to no avail. She angrily hangs up the phone and asks me what I would like to do, as if I'm hassling her for their poor customer service. I laugh and say I think I'm going to call my adjustor and arrange for my car to be taken elsewhere. This clearly infuriated the mystery woman because she stood up screaming that I can just get out. So I get up to do so and am literally pushed out of the shop. The only reason I've given this place any stars at all is that there is not a zero star option.
If you can learn anything from my experience, I hope it's this, when you're in an accident, you have the right to chose any repair shop you want- DO NOT CHOOSE THIS ONE, they used knockoff parts, for a repair that they never finished, then when confronted with their shoddy work, I was ejected from the premises. Rockford is a city full of good reputable body shops, but this is NOT one of them. read more