We have purchased several vehicles from Lonnie and will always go back! He's amazing. I definitely consider him not only my go to car guy but also our friend. My son is now a life long Ewald customer as well. He got this awesome truck there at an amazing deal! Thank you Lonnie!!! And Howard was awesome too!! We will be back soon! read more

Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram - Auto Repair Near Me - Franklin, Wisconsin

Dropped off my jeep wrangler was dealing with an electrical issue that another dealer didn't even bother trying to fix. I was dealing with Andre and I have to say he was absolutely amazing to work with he took the time to hear me out and my concerns and have there great mechanics actually fix my issue. Before taking it there I was ready to sell my jeep and never deal with Chrysler products again, but he might have changed my mind. I highly recommend getting in your vehicle service at ewald. read more

Just purchased my 2025 Jeep Compass Latitude 4x4 and I couldn't be more thrilled with the experience! A huge thank you to Lonnie Peterson at Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram dealer in Franklin, Wisconsin for his blue-chip customer service and outstanding professionalism. Lonnie was knowledgeable, patient, and truly went above and beyond to ensure I found the perfect vehicle. If you're looking for a seamless and stress-free car-buying experience, I highly recommend working with Lonnie and the team at Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram dealer in Franklin, Wisconsin! read more

Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram - Auto Repair Near Me - Franklin, Wisconsin

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Worst service experience I've ever had. Took my RAM in for common exhaust manifold leak. After having both sides replaced under warranty my wife picked the truck up for me. A day later I started it up to hear the leak was way worse. Brought it in again and after inspection they said the y pipe was damaged... only could've been done by them. Y pipe got replaced I get warranty. I then pick it up to find out the y pipe is now leaking. They found stripped nuts and fixed immediately. After a couple days it's leaking again. I bring it back and I'm told after they have the truck for 5 days... the bolts are stripped and need replacing. So I have the truck back but I don't feel confident at all that this is the end. Will never return to Ewald for service again!!! read more

Stay away from Ewald CDJR in Franklin! Complete bait & switch pricing. I'm 100+ miles from this dealer, so I called Ewald's to verify their advertised/website price on a new Ram truck. Spoke to salesman "Howard" to clarify price, specific rebates, and dealer fees on the Ram. All sounded good over the phone. Once my wife and I got to the dealership, we find out the price of the Ram is actually higher than advertised due to "VIP" package and nitro-fill tires Ewald's adds onto MSRP. These are not items the customer can opt out of. Absolutely no mention of this by the salesman over the phone. Then, the salesman tries to justify the bait & switch by comparing Ewald's practices to other dealers that outright overcharge customers...!! Again, stay away from this dealer! read more

*** Please Read This*** before purchasing any vehicle from any other dealership or salesperson.... You will thank me you spent these few minutes reading this review! The whole reason I took my time to leave this type of review is for you the people to have this knowledge. 100% Honest and Unbiased! From start to finish Lonnie Peterson a car salesmen for EWALD dealership in Franklin,WI was absolutely amazing. His professionalism, his knowledge, his communication skills, his calm demeanor, his thoroughness, his honesty, returning calls, answering calls, sending or replying to emails, in a timely manner, transparency about ever detail and on and on. Lonnie checked all the boxes for us to earn our businees this time and in the future. My wife Helen and I both agreed we were lucky he was the one who took our call going back to the 1st time we spoke over the phone when calling EWALD to inquire about new Vans. We live about 1 hour and 30 minutes away North of Madison, WI. So we had never shopped at Ewald or never even heard about the dealership prior. Lonnie assured me this dealership wanted our business, he stated he and his team was there for me no matter what, before and after a purchase, he informed of the 20 year 200,000 exclusive EWALD warranty that only their company gives free to anyone with a purchase of a new vehicle ( only dearlership in the United States) and he spoke highly of the family like car dealership business EWALD stands for. He stuck up for the business when nobody was around to hear it. So either he must love his job is all I got to say or they are a tight knit family run business who take care of their valued employees? I liked that and hope my employees speak that of our company and myself when nobody is listening. Anyways! He sealed the deal from that 1st conversation. Now it was just locating the vehicle then and all the details to follow. I mean the guy made time for me and answered my calls on his days off when we had questions. I never felt like I was being rushed or he was in a hurry to hang up the phone. He truly just wanted our complete satisfaction on anything and everything. We appreciated him more than he realized for that. It meant he cared and understood just how important this purchase of a new vehicle meant to us. Not just the amount of money and time we were spending. It showed, Lonnie didn't care weather I purchased a half a million dollar car or a used junkbox. He wanted what was best for us and our families needs. In all the years of buying vehicles this was our best experience hands down anywhere and sales associate. My wife and I both agreed we will only buy from Lonnie again in the future. Hopefully as a company, if they read this ever, you do whatever it takes to retain this man's services at your dealership. He is the best in the business. Easy to talk with! He was never pushy, listened to everything we said, took notes, stay organized and was on top of every exact detail. We never had to repeat ourselves to him. He kept great notes. I'm not sure how long he has been doing this as a profession, but he seemed to be a well oiled machine. A "beast" maybe is a better term. Ewald just gained a life long customer because of him soley. To Lonnie if you are reading this Thank you! My wife made you work for this sale or even jump through a few hoops some may say, but ultimately you found her exactly the vehicle she wanted, the features, the options, the accessories, the price, the warranty and most of all you never gave up on us or made us feel less important til the job was completed. All that work, just to make a customer you didnt know and never met prior extremely happy. I applaud you sir. You are an overachiever and a scholar. I wish there were more men built like you in our businesses throughout the country and things would run so much smoother. More deals would get done! Thanks for a great experience. It was a pleasure to meet you and do business with you. From your newest EWALD Family members "The Luinstra's" read more

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I purchased a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox and salesman Sean Kulp was knowledgeable, patient and thorough and made many trips back to his manager to make sure that I was completely satisfied with my deal, trade-in and financing. read more

I brought in my caravan in for repairs at Ewald in Franklin. The Service Manager Kevin Geldreich and Service Writer Austin Hirzel really went the extra mile to make sure my van was running like a top! They were exceptional! read more

Ewald - what an experience! This review is for a visit that was some time ago. I forgot about Ewald until it was brought up so I thought I'd leave them this review. I had an appointment with a friendly salesman (I don't recall his name). I made it very clear that I was taking off work to make this appointment with him and I'm unfortunately on a really tight schedule as a business owner. I arrive at Ewald for my appointment and ask for my sales guy. He's not around. Off to a good start. I ask the receptionist to find him. I tell the receptionist If he took another customer and doesn't show up in 5 minutes I'm leaving. I simply don't have time to burn during the day. So up meanders this bulky/chubby guy with dark hair that I assume is manager of some sort. He tells the receptionist, within my earshot, "Tell 'So-and-So' some A$$HOLE is here to see him." I KID YOU NOT. VERBATIM. Yep, I'm an a$$hole for making an appointment and expecting my time to be respected. Long story short, Captain Tubby Tough Guy's comment convinced me to purchase my fleet work vehicles elsewhere. I've since steered other franchise associates away from Ewald as well. Why should anyone put up with such obnoxious abuse and pay for it? They get two stars because the salesman was nice enough and did show up after a few minutes. You guys should really consider getting Captain Tubs some training. Or just get rid of him. read more

I was traveling from Florida to Muskego with my new truck and had a message. Come up to shut me down because we DEF problem. I called Ewald and spoke to a sales person. He went over to the service department to ensure that they would be able to work on my truck if I was able to get it to the dealership, I live to the dealership after hours and park in front of the service department. When I called the service department in the morning, they said they were unable to work on the truck because they only had two lifts they would handle my truck. They would not even offer to plug in the truck to see what the problem was and see if it was something simple or what. I was told that they couldn't even think about looking at the truck until next week sometime. I had to take the chances that my truck was going to break down again and get my truck to another dealership. Thanks Ewald for nothing! read more

For anyone who doesn't want to read a long review, let me summarize for you. Drive as quickly as possible to ANY other dealership. Griffin's dealership is only 8.5 miles from Ewald. If I could link to Griffin here, I would. In hindsight, I would take public transportation or walk before dealing with anything Ewald affiliated again, if I could avoid it. We got the runaround from their sales department, and a VERY shady salesman (Bruce) that give salesmen the bad reputations they have. Now we have been left stranded without a vehicle for 6 weeks because Ewald's service department managed to do thousands of dollars damage to our $83K Jeep from simply installing running boards and seemingly is unable to fix the error in any kind of timely manner. I would love to include photos, but that would require me to have my vehicle to take photos. We purchased a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland from Ewald. The salesman Bruce was nice enough during the sales process, which I would expect. I had a very specific Jeep color/trim package that I wanted. Bruce found one at another dealership, and the only thing it was missing was running boards. Bruce assured us that if we chose that we wanted running boards we could purchase them at cost and he'd have them installed at no charge. When we took delivery of the vehicle, there was a defect in the passenger window. Bruce said a new window was being ordered. After a few weeks we call and the window hadn't been ordered yet. Several months later we are told that we can schedule the Jeep for the window replacement and 2 recalls. We took the Jeep in and nobody knew anything about a window. Another few weeks goes by and we are contacted that the Jeep's window has arrived. The replacement window was damaged and we would have to ONCE AGAIN reschedule our service. 3 more week pass with not a single update from anyone at Ewald. Our AC also wasn't working. So we took it in and the 2nd replacement window had been in for weeks. We also decided at that time to order the running boards. My husband spoke with Bruce, and Bruce wrote up an order for the running boards, selling them at cost. My husband asked about the installation and was told by Bruce "don't worry, I'll take care of it". After 4 days we get a call that the Jeep is ready to be picked up, but they didn't fix the air conditioning. Despite a technician experiencing it not working they claim they could not recreate the issue, and that the AC was working. My husband goes to pick up the Jeep and was told he owed $290 for installation! He went back and forth with several managers, as he was told there would be no charge, and they agreed on us paying $100. It's important to note, this was in the evening and the sun was setting. The next day when he went to get in the Jeep he noticed SEVERAL dents and dings, and gauges of paint missing from the Jeep. He also noticed upon further inspection that over 18 bolts were missing from the running board installation. We immediately called and left a message, but as it was Labor Day weekend we did not get a call back until Tuesday morning September 3rd. The air conditioning was also once again not functioning. We took the Jeep in on September 3rd. To make this already long review somewhat shorter I will conclude by saying it is now October 11th. I have not had my Jeep in my possession since September 3rd because Ewald has been "attempting" to fix the thousands of dollars damage they caused installing running boards. They told us they would need it for 1.5 weeks. It has been almost 6. They have also told us that they do not have a fix for the air conditioning, nor do they know when they will. We have gotten the run around from Ewald the entire time. Each time telling us "worst case scenario you will have it back the day after tomorrow". I understand that the service dept may have their hands tied, and can't fix it faster. However, the lack of transparency and good communication is par for the course with Ewald and a severe disappointment. read more

I'm so done with this place. Started with buying a new car from them. Car was supposed to come from a dealership up north since they didn't have on site what I was looking for. AFTER it was purchased (and they refused to take my leased car in trade) they tell me the car is now being driven in from MICHIGAN. Offered me a freaking oil change for the wear and tear and mileage added to my NEW car. Then we go to pick it up, they say NOW they want my leased vehicle in trade. Uh, no. Already got rid of it idiots. Almost every single oil change or service appointment has been met with: we're understaffed and there's no parts. Not sure how long it will take. Doesn't matter if you have an appointment. Got a text stating vehicle still hadn't been brought into the shop after being there for 4 hours. When I asked why that was, received: "an appointment in the automotive industry is a time to bring your vehicle in, NOT the time where your vehicle goes into the stop to get looked at. We'll probably have to keep it overnight." I've had to take my Jeep in twice now FOR THE SAME THING. Tell me they can't replicate the problem and the computer shows nothing. I've also noticed when it comes to reviews, the ONLY time Ewald responds is if there is a 5 star review. NEVER to any of the negative ones. read more

I wish we could say that the dealership was wonderful to work with but sadly we can't. We purchased a new vehicle from Ewald and from there it went downhill quickly - of course once all the papers were signed. We were told numerous untruths about the vehicle and they refused to address or even respond to phone calls or emails. They attempted to set up the Uconnect for us but entered an incorrect email address. We contacted Uconnect directly only to be told that Ewald would have to make the request to change it which they didn't. Ewald forgot to give us the keys so when got home we were able to turn to car off but unable to start it again without the keys, They reused to have someone come out to deliver the keys to our home. None of the accessories that we were told came with the car did. We were so excited with our new vehicle that we didn't notice until later that day that items were missing and again, Ewald didn't respond to any of our telephone calls or emails. Our Salesperson was Justin Spinks and seemed to know little about the vehicles. Numbers kept changing and we assumed it was because he was young and seemed unexperienced. His manager stepped in to finish the deal. We will NEVER deal with this dealership again and they could offer t give us a new car free of charge and we would literally run the other way, BUYERS BE AWARE! They are underhanded, incapable of being truthful and are the scum of the earth. read more

Brandon Busse, Lonnie Peterson, & Alexa. These three are the most helpful people and made my year. I had the most awful experience with a 08' Nissan rouge. After 10,000 miles of owning it the transmission went. Though the used car manager was not helpful about the situation. The GM Brandon Busse did the best he could to remedy the situation. He offered me a trade in for the inconvenience, which was a huge sigh of relief. Thank you Brandon Busse, Lonnie Peterson (sales man), and Alexa (manager). You were a ray of sunshine and I will miss Lonnie and Alexa. read more

Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram - Auto Repair Near Me - Franklin, Wisconsin

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Far better service experience than at Schlossmann Dodge City Chrysler Jeep Ram Fiat, where the service people flat-out lied to me about the oil spec requirement for our Jeep Grand Cherokee. But Ewald provided no information about how to obtain the Castrol oil change rebate offered in their on-line coupon, they charged $24.95 for the "add a tire rotation for just $10" on the same coupon, and didn't wash the vehicle after $72.60 in service. And the seats in the waiting room couldn't be more uncomfortable. Overall, though, still just a 2-star dealer given their shabby sales department. read more

Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram - Worthless coupon. - Auto Repair Near Me - Franklin, Wisconsin

There is an employee at this EWALD that simply ranks number 1 in my book and that is Roy Visor. He was direct with me when purchasing my new car, compassionate, and hard working. If anyone comes to this dealership looking to purchase or lease a new vehicle, I recommend asking for Roy! read more

I honestly can't even give them 1 star. I purchased a jeep from the Oconomowoc dealership in October. had an average transaction, no problems just time consuming. I noticed after a few days there was a problem with the fuel neck and trim it was very loose, Every time I got fuel I would have to hold the nozzle so it would stay in otherwise it would fall out. I had an appointment for them to look at it on Nov 17. By the way, I live an hour away. Stopped in, they checked it out said it was normal. I left. On my way to Green Bay we received a call from the manager saying that after he thought about it, that wasn't right and he was going to order the correct parts and that they would let me know when the parts were in. I received a call and set an Appointment for 11am Dec 14. I arrived on the 14th After I was waiting for 1hr the lady in service came back and told me it was going to take 4 hrs! Ok, well I'm here, so that's fine. 1 hr passes and she comes back and tells me that all the parts aren't in that I will need to come back and it is going to be a bit because they need to put my car back together. As I was leaving the service dept they said to call them when I get notified that the parts are in, wait.... Aren't you a service dept??? So, I get the email that the parts are in, finally after 2 weeks, when the part just needed to be shipped from Chicago. Now, I book the appointment first thing in the morning as I am a business owner and that Would work best. Today 1/4 I arrive at the dealership at 7:55 am for my 8 am appointment. Get checked in and wait for my ride. My daughter shows up and we left for 2 1/2 hrs. It is now 12:10. Came in and asked the women in service how my jeep was coming along? I could see it in the back lot. She needed to check. She then came back to tell me that they would need the Jeep for 2 days. I asked if they even started the work, No they had not. I told her I had an 8am appointment it was now Noon and you hadn't even got the vehicle inside????? I asked about the 8 am appointment and was told"" "Oh that's the appointment to see me", unfortunately I don't care if I see her, I made an appointment to get my jeep repaired!!!!Now, collectively I have wasted 10 hrs of my time and I relayed this to her and I was told"Unfortunately we can't get back time". This is the worst customer service I have ever seen. Do not waste your time. I believe everyone's time is valuable, that's not how Ewald sees it. I left. Happy New Year!!!!! read more

Brought my vehicle in for an appt on a Monday morning. Had to call constantly for updates. They are understaffed which is not the workers' fault, but the complete lack of communication and not setting expectations on the wait when I dropped my vehicle off is unacceptable. Picked it up Friday and the work was still not finished. DO NOT bring your vehicle here for any reason. read more

Came here for a trade in and I dealt with a man named Bruce. When the dealer checked out my truck they gave me 16,300 for a number to pay off and put 11 towards the truck. I asked for specific clarification on that and I signed the papers which is my fault but the papers were written up a lot different from what we talked about! I only got 11 for my truck and the extra 500$ for the new tires I just put on was never on this deal either. That's what you get when you trust a car dealership! Don't ever shop here if you like a fair deal. read more

Updated review. Was told manager would reach out to me and they never did. Have started driving to a farther location to get work/oil changes done and have been very happy with their service. read more

We got our Jeep here recently and as soon as we enter to the dealership Loonie Peterson came to us to help us out and show us the SUV we were interested in. We felt very welcomed, Loonie answered all our questions and concerns and made the process very easy and fast. read more

I made sure to have an appointment and even with an appointment they had my vehicle for 4 days and never even looked at it until the 4th day. that's after my husband got into with them on Monday and after my husband I took the phone, which didn't end well. They never offered a rental which is in our warranty. Never called to update us on anything. My husband did all the calling. Here it is Tuesday, my vehicle is finally done today!!! My warranty with them is for 3 more years. I will take it to a different Ewald from here forward. You're supposed to get a car wash whenever service is done, that's a joke!!! You bring it up, they say oh would you like to make an appointment to come back . What a joke!!!!!! read more

Went to by car with asking price in hand and when I told them I was going to pay cash. They said that sales representative was out for lunch and will call me when he returns. Called back one hour later and was told that it was sold..next day car was advertised again . read more

I would recommend not searching for a car here. Although I had an OK purchasing experience, the months following have not been great. 6 months post purchase and the transmission already needs to be checked. read more

Purchased a used certified 2018 Dodge Durango from here. Thinking that a certified vehicle had been well inspected that should have taken some of the concerns of buying used off my mind. However whoever "certified" this vehicle should be fired because anybody with "expertise" should have caught several issues before me. Chipped window, bent rim,scratched bumper. "Certified" to ewald means that jimbo smoked two cigarettes while looking at the vehicle instead of the typical one. They fixed the paint because I spotted it at the dealership. But they did nothing for the bent rim that was clearly missed during Jimbos certified inspection and I brought it to their attention within the useless 3 year 3k mile bumber to bumper warranty. All their certifications and added warranties are useless so don't bother listening to that. Zero customer service they professionally said F you and I'm paying for the rim. Buyer beware of the shady used car manager. He's the one that looks like an alcoholic Stan lee read more

Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram - Terrible customer service from Brandon. No sorry no unfortunately just basically F you! - Auto Repair Near Me - Franklin, Wisconsin

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My wife was in the market to buy a used car. She looked at 2 or 3 at Ewald and choose a Chevy that she really liked. We sat down to talk numbers and the finance rep joined us. He said that they would find us the best rate and we were looking at about 8% through their banker. We said we have our own lender that we use that we can get 3-4ish%. He then said that because of Covid and the vehicle shortage we had to finance through them. I asked him if I came in with a money order, or straight cash, that you wouldn't sell me a car? And he said that's right, that every car needs to be financed through them and that with the pandemic that all other dealerships are practicing the same thing. At that point we were over being strong armed and manipulated by this person and left. We went to several other dealerships and all were ok with us using outside lenders. read more

Do NOT do business with Ewald, don't even check them out or you will be hounded to death. I was looking for a used car and went to Ewald to check out a car they had for sale. Test drove it but ultimately bought a car elsewhere. Unfortunately I gave them my cellphone number and email. Over the course of 2 weeks they called and called and called and emailed and texted. One of their sales people lied twice and said I had appointments when I never scheduled any appointment with them. If they are going to lie repeatedly then I never want to do business with them. Finally I called their general manager and complained and he says he took my information out of their system, which I hope is true. I don't care if they're the last car dealer on earth -- I would NEVER buy a car from a dealership with these aggressive and underhanded tactics. Beware. read more

I live in Oregon & could not find a Jeep Renegade with all the options I wanted within 500 miles, none of the dealers here would go any farther than that. I found a few cars I liked- 1 in New Jersey (they said they would call me back but never did) , 1 in New York (they were really rude), 1 at Ewald. Ewald is in Wisconsin- over 1,700 miles away from me. The first person I talked to was Paula- she was very nice & she connected me with Mat. Mat was extremely kind, positive, helpful, & very knowledgeable on how to do an out of state sale! There were A LOT of texts & emails between us & he was very quick to respond to all of them. He answered all of my questions. The paperwork was sent via UPS 2nd day air- they even sent a return envelope so I didn't have to pay to return the paperwork to them- I thought that was really nice. They highlighted all of the places to sign in 1 color for my husband & another color for me- that was super helpful since we were not in the dealership. My husband dealt with Jake who handled all of the financing- he also was very nice & easy to work with. After the sale was done, Mat put my car into 'storage' until I could secure transport to get the car to me in Oregon. It was about 1 week later that I was finally able to arrange transport. I asked Mat to take a video of my car being loaded onto the truck & he did. I sincerely appreciated that! I get my car tomorrow & I could not be more excited! I wish I could give more than 5 stars, it was a pleasure to do business with Mat & Ewald CJDR Franklin read more

This is the first time I ever left a review for a car dealer but they have been so good to me that I felt I had to. My only regret with them is that I didn't go there right from the start. The service department doesn't treat me like I'm stupid. Their amazing! read more

I don't think I've EVER been treated as horribly as I was here. New low. A pinnacle of a new low. There are no words to describe this benchmark of bad customer service and brand denigration. I'd give 0 stars if I could. read more

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE! I was in communication for over 2 weeks with a sales person from this dealer before flying out from California to pick up a Sprinter. During this time I specifically asked about certain issues regarding rust, drivability, and overall condition. Mainly because I was going to be driving it back to California where it was going to be customized before going to its new home in Oregon. I understand that buying a used vehicle means that the vehicle is not perfect, new, and does have it's signs of wear. Especially due to age, mileage, and region it was used in. As much as I would have liked to have purchased the 2005 Sprinter in the condition that I was described by Ewald's sales person, as well as on the Ewald website and Cars.com listing. The vehicle I saw when I arrived was definitely not in that condition. There was never any mention, even after I had specifically inquired, of the mechanical issues including ones that deem it unsafe such as inoperable power steering, severely warped brake rotors, inoperable emergency brake, or the other issues including the inoperable front and rear air conditioning, oil pan leak, and inoperable power door locks. Regarding the tremendous amount of rust and body rot, I had specifically asked Corrie/Connie about the rust and was told the vehicle looks and drives "like new", was in excellent condition, and that the photos on the listing were an accurate representation of the vehicle. Furthermore, I did not receive the Wisconsin vehicle report until I was mid-travel at my layover, even though I had been talking with the sales and finance staff for nearly 2 weeks. The Wisconsin vehicle report that was sent to me by the finance manager clearly stated mechanical issues that contradict what I was told by the salesperson and the listing online, mechanical issues that actually made it legally unsafe for road use in Wisconsin! I was told it was perfectly capable of a 2000 mile journey in its present condition, and mechanical conditions I had specifically asked about I was told did not exist.. The best part was the Sales Manager telling me it was normal for these issues in a sprinter and that they wouldn't even drop the price $100 from the ridiculous KBB Excellent condition price they were demanding. read more

Went to get my emissions test completed and was turned away. Was told they will not do any until the month it expires. If that's standard why does the DMV send it 3 months early? Testing takes minutes. read more

Today my wife and I just purchased our 3 vehicle starting back in 2015 from Lonnie. Lonnie goes above and beyond to make sure the experience is second to none. From start to finish he's with you during the entire process. Shout out to Ryan(finance) and Jim(service) who also make sure that I'm taking care of. Keep up the great work men and see you when I purchase the Cat!!!! Nick D read more

My first time writing a review and I hate to do it. Here is the scoop from the email I send the dealer. I feel they are better than my experience. Sorry Ewald staff but you failed me. Mr. Ewald, I would like to share with you the worst customer service I have ever experienced anywhere. This experience happened at your Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram store at 6319 S. 108th St. in Franklin WI. My 2018 ram was towed into your store on March 24th I received the car back on Aug. 16th and that is 146 days without my vehicle and poor communication as to the status of my repair. I only have one car so if you could take a moment to imagine what I had to do to get back and forth to work, pick my kids up, drop them off, take them to school events and so much more. I borrowed cars, I rented cars, I used Uber and Lyft along with some good friends. I was lucky to use a car from my job for most of the time but I was limited to the miles I could put on it. I'm sure you don't see any issues in anything you've read so far and there probably isn't. The problem was with communication and what we in the auto industry would consider customer service, yes I'm in the auto industry as well. I have always thought very highly of the Ewald group and assumed they must do a great job with so many locations and just from doing it for so long. Well, your Franklin store needs help and it must come from the top on down. Here is the frustrating part of the whole thing. I documented 24 calls to your store with seven returned calls. I called Ram customer service 19 times with 13 return calls. 9 emails with 4 replies from your store, 13 emails to Ram with 11 replies. I consider myself extremely good at customer service as a matter of fact for two years I traveled and trained people in the automotive industry on customer service, sales process, service process, and more. I'm in the automotive retail world again ever since Covid and I probably won't go back to consulting because I really enjoy the day-to-day crazy world we call the car business. I wanted to give you feedback because I think you deserve it before I share this nightmare with others. I would also like you to know that when I picked up my vehicle on Tuesday from your store I felt like I was disrupting the kid's play hour. When I walked into the service write-up area after the not-so-friendly treatment at the cashier window I witnessed your staff playing with the remote control car in the service drive where I was standing while one employee was trying to find my paperwork. When I was a GM of a store I made sure that we were professional and courteous to all customers when they are right in front of you. I'm not saying we shouldn't have fun at work I'm just saying when a customer is standing right in front of you it might be time to put the remote control car away. The last part of the experience was me picking up my truck, the last opportunity to make me a happy customer. So getting into my truck after 146 days and finding grease on the steering wheel, hood, quarter panels and grill, was very frustrating. I started thinking to myself why wouldn't they run it through the on-site car wash? Instead, I have to have it cleaned next week to get the grease off the fenders, hood, and grill but I've already cleaned the steering wheel, I couldn't drive like that. There's other comments that was made and attitudes that were given to me but I wanted to share some of it with you. I hope for your sake and the reputation of the store this does not fall on deaf ears. Take a moment to read your 59 Yelp reviews on your service department and you will see why you only have 2 stars. Everyone has room for improvement but we need to want to improve. I am normally not a complainer but this was a really bad overall experience. Thank you for taking the time to read my email. Sincerely, *The truck was returned to me dirty with greasy fingerprints all over the steering wheel, fenders, hood, and grill. Sad part is they have a car wash on site. -Why not a 1 star? I was able to work with Ram and get it covered under warranty. read more

I'm DONE with this place! There service center is a SCAM!!!! They screwed us over a few years ago, but we decided to give them a second change because we love our salesman Alton! So sad their service department looses sales for these hard working individuals! I have bought 4 cars from them and now need a new one, but NEVER again and I feel bad because Alton deserve it! But won't ever go due to their scam service department! Dropped of our truck to get our check engine light off to pass an emissions test. $2,000 worth of things and we paid and got it done. Every thing that came up on the scanner they showed us. We got fixed. They told us they didn't have the part and wouldn't have it till Friday. So we asked for our truck back since it's our business truck and we needed it. They asked if they could keep it and would give us a loaner for free: we agreed which we NEVER should have done! 4 days later we get our truck back, paying $2,000. Told we had to drive and come back for emissions test. Fine. 5 minutes later our freaking check engine light comes BACK ON!!!! 5 minutes!!!! Called and they said to come back so we did. They hooked it up to the machine, and what do you know another code comes up that was NEVER there the first time and this one will cost $3,000!!!!! Scam ass place! They did something in those 4 days to make another code come up! What are the odds it makes our check engine come up too? Knowing we needed to perform and pass an emissions test! This place is sick to do this to a family especially during these hard times! We need that car to take our child to his doctor for his health issues once a week and now we can't with expired plates still. This is our only car! We were talking with Alton on another car, but NOT FROM YOU! We TRUSTED you once again to fix our truck since we bought it from you, and yet again another scandalous act from your dealership AGAIN!!!!! You should be ashamed of taking advantage of people during these times! Do the right thing and fix this issue, you so much care about your customers! read more

Purchased a jeep a grand cheereke 2018 larato. PD cash for her. We love the jeep great ride, and Brandon has been one amazing sales rep. Ok here we go. Day one we bought the car, no manager came out to congratulate us, on our purchase, or to say thank you for joining our dodge dealer family. As a manager I found this very poor, as manager, I would personally come out and say something. As we walked to the car, my boyfriend and I realized we did not have a 2nd key or any manual. Brandon went to locate the key fob we waited 20 minutes no fob found no manual was found. But a generic one with no vin number anywhere. We where told to come back Monday for the key they would have it. Ok I understand as a car rep myself this happens on occasion. Monday, no key fob found, but my boyfriend found the owners manuel in the glove compartment. Brandon then said the fob was found but not at the dealership. They will send a driver out Tues. Again no manager, I think at this point he was more concerned about fb or maybe he was non existent. Why is not the manager not apologizing.For the phantom key. We where we not reprogrammed another key, oh wait that cost them money. Bullshit. Tuesday we waited for a phone call nothing. Wednesday I went into get a update. Lmfao no fob again, same bs they located it a drive will be out today to get it. I finally wanted to talk to the manager, the phantom manager approached me..same bs was given, he said the key will be here Thursday. I said why is this so difficult. Where is the key at he said at a dealership, I said what one and dont give me a line of crap he said it's a dodge dealer. Which one I said he refused to answer me. So I told him we own two dodges, you want my service correct he said yes, so then for all this hassle your giving me you expect us to come back, for maintenance. Yes he said with a smile. So ...hmmm I said so why not a year of free oil change on the jeep, he said oh I'm sorry we dont do that. He said I will write you up a IOU a key fob. That is what I'll can do for you. What the heck we spend over 40,000.00 and he acted like we owed him a favor. He shook my hand and walked away. I talked to Brandon for awhile, as I waited for the IOU a key fob. You got it the Moran never gave me one. We shall see if we get one Thursday. This manager needs to be fired, his management skills are left to be desired. I maybe a female but this girl knows cars and how to sale them, fire his ass and give me his job I'll teach your company how to build customer relationships. Oh lol they offered us tap water and coffee what the heck offer soda popcorn doughnuts really, need to work on your customer relations and respect to your prospective buyer's. BEWARE... OF LACK OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. read more

Bought used RAM 1500 truck supposedly with all known defects disclosed-- developed a rattle the day after purchased, and it turns out it needs $2000 of repairs. This was after the usual, dishonest salesman blather and runaround on pricing, and "dealer fees", and having to wait 90 minutes after we agreed on price to get the paperwork done (in an all cash deal)! Stay away read more

I bought my jeep off lease today and I'm very disappointed that it took nearly two hours to complete the purchase and they charged a second "dealer service fee". I initially leased the car from Ewald and it irks me that I paid a service fee on the lease and was asked to pay another service fee on the purchase. I questioned the service fee since my lease contract stated i could buy the car for the residual plus tax and dmv fees. The gm initially claimed the service fee was an official fee. After I explained it was a fee permitted by state statute but not mandated he backed off the "official fee claim" and said it was unfair if it wasn't evenly applied. I showed the gm my lease contract with a different service fee and asked him if that was fair. At that point was told point blank that I needed to pay the fee or go go find a dealership that wouldn't charge it. For the $250 "dealer service fee" I expected better service. They could have portered my car or at a minimum not lied about why they charge this fee and completed the transaction in a reasonable amount of time. I understand the dealer fee is a money grab and everyone does it. For that fee I would advise finding a dealer that respects your time and intelligence and would advise you skip Ewald read more

Will never purchase a car or go through service with this dealership again. It has been nothing but problems and when ask to speak to a manager you are hung up on. 1 when purchased car they did not do something with the DMV and 1months later my plates were suspended. 2 when called to schedule service for an oil change, said couldn't guarantee 45 min time like website states. Horrible customer service and rude. Will never deal with or recommend this dealer to ANYONE! read more

The good: Lonnie Peterson (salesman) He is one of the nicest salesman you'll ever meet. He doesn't pressure you like others do, he doesn't try to get you to buy something else you don't want, and overall he is a extremely professional at what he does. I can't say enough on how much of a pleasure it was to work with him. The bad: Rich the used car sales manager Rich was apparently having a bad day and he took it out on a customer (me) He was condescending, rude, and used a tone of voice that is unacceptable while talking to anyone. All i asked him for was his best offer on a car that i liked and test drove and he said he wouldn't give me an offer because i said I had another dealership to check out a similar car i liked before I made any decision. This enraged Rich when i said that. His exact words were that I was not allowed to "shop around" if I wanted an offer from him. That i was to buy the car today or it was no deal. Are you serious?!?! This kind of pressure and bullying is what give car dealers a bad name. Th ugly: Rich's ego couldn't apologize to me himself but had to have Lonnie do it for him. (quite sad) Lonnie the salesman called me the next day wanting to still work out a deal. He said that Rich told him to apologize for the way he acted and treated me yesterday. Apparently he wasn't upset with me but with the kind of day he was having. They then decided to give me an offer which was only slightly less than what they were asking for before to make up for his actions. I think an apology from Rich himself would of been more appropriate and acceptable than having his minion do the dirty work. Rich's customer service tactics are extremely lacking. I will never step foot in this place ever again and I will make sure I tell my story to everyone else i know who is car shopping. Overall, I will only give one star on this review and that star's name is Lonnie. If you do decide to make the same mistake I did and try to buy a used car from there, definitely ask for Lonnie Peterson. He will at least soften the blow from the "dreaded Sales Manager Richard." Oh and trust me, Rich will act like your best friend, the first time you meet. Don't fall for it like I did! read more