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    Golden State Auto

    3.3 (102 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Chris Q.

    bought a nice Toyota Tacoma 4x4 sport on October 2nd 2025 from Pedro the salesman. Very happy with my truck, the service however is absolutely horrible. After dropping a $200 deposit to hold the truck was on my way to test drive it and Pedro didnt answer my calls for a while (I live two hours away from rancho cordova) after I was over halfway there he answered...anyway the truck checked out. It exceeeded my expectations. So I'm signing paperwork to purchase the truck. I have some of my down payment cash and some on my debit. Pedro says I can pay whatever and get the rest to him in a few weeks (sounds good right?) I also purchased the extended warranty. Anyway Pesro cant tell me much about the truck except for the carfax report. Theres was a lower front bumper lip and license plate in the truck bed, he said the lip didnt belong to the truck and tossed it to the side. I found out the lip does belong to my truck. I told Pedro I can stop by and pick it up since ill be up that way. He told me they are open 7 days a week til 7pm, I show up on a saturday I believe. Nobody at Goldent State Auto (even though I called multiple times and pedro assured me somebody will be there) then Pedro apologizes and he will make it up to me with a tank of gas and gift cards said he will mail it. He STILL TO THIS DAY has not said anything to me about the lip when I can pick it up or when he will mail it, he also has not said another word about gift cards or the tank of gas he promised me for all the wasted time and trips. The I take it to get an oil change and dealership informs me it needs a new steering rack. No problem I have the extended warranty, I schedule the repair...dealership calls me and says the extended warranty will not cover my repair becuase the policy is not active. I call pedro. Nobody asnwers, ever. He said his boss will start the policy when they recieve the final payment. (Which was not part of the deal) he told me to pay $1,000 in a few weeks, if he would have told me this upon signing I would have just paid the whole down payment, I had the impression he was trying to help me out and save some Money for the time being. This is not his intentions. Keep in mind this is the first week I had the truck. I took it to the car wash and the pressure washer blew a cover upn clean off literally not even a week after I bought it. Then the check engine came on and I informed Pedro, once again he didnt reply and still hasn't replied regarding the check engine light. Only time Pedro tried to get ahold of me was to collect the final payment and he straight blew up my phone non stop while at was at work then told me he was "conerned for my well bing and thought something might have happened to me" when all he wanted was money then proceeded to tell me "to do the right thing" and then threaten to "make the final payment or his boss will send me to collections" keep in my mind I never met or talked to his boss, not even when I called the dealership multiple times, multuple days, ever not once. But Pedro thinks when he mentions his boss im supposed to care. I believe Pedro thinks he is helping me by selling me this truck when infact the truck sold itself. Pedro was not a help at all. Infact, its but nothing but non stop incoveniences. Now I will say they do have some nice vehicles. They know what sales. But keep in mind they are "USED CAR SALESMAN" they are not completely honest or straight forward about anything and they do lie. The thing is they had the exact truck I had been looking for with low miles so I was sold, it wasnt pedro the persuaded me to make the purchase, im confident I know more about vehicles than Pedro. I do not recommend this dealership unless you absolutely have to have a vehicle you see. Everytime I text this guy no reply or when I call no answer. Trash customer service. Be cautious with this place.

    This suv is amazing I bought it from golden state auto inc Pedro is great

    Great job handling the purchase of this wonderful vehicle, Pedro is amazing he sure worked hard and made sure I was well taken care of

    Asked me to confirm delivery address; I sent him the correct address, and he still sent it to the wrong place.

    I paid cash for a Mercedes at this dealership and my experience was far from desirable. Pedro told me all it needed was a new set of tires. The morning after I took it home, the car was slammed into the ground. I expected about as much, as air ride suspension tends to wear after so many years, but the fact that it had been at his dealership for some time meant that he knew this was an issue, and he chose to omit that information when he told me that all it needed was a set of new tires. As I waited for the car to raise itself, I did a quick walk around to see if any damage had been done to the fenders. That's when I noticed the dealership never put temporary plates on the car (which is the law). I called Pedro. "I'll have my assistant mail them right away," he lied. Days went by. I got pulled over twice for the missing plates. I called Pedro. "My assistant should have sent those out already. I'll check back with you soon." Pedro never called me back. Weeks went by. Pedro kept blowing me off. I bought a set of tires. I got the suspension fixed. I got the oil changed. I got the windows tinted. And I *still* didn't get my plates. Every time I called Pedro, he said whatever he could to get me off the phone. I paid cash for the Mercedes, and didn't so much as haggle with him over the price. The entire transaction took about 30 minutes, and he was so quick to take my money that he forgot to even issue temporary plates for the car I bought from him, just like he "forgot" to tell me about the car's leaking suspension after he said all the car needed was a set of new tires. I purchased the car in April. I never got the temporary plates. The DMV delivered my permanent plates today, but Pedro didn't even have them sent to the right address, even after he text messaged me and asked me what address to send the plates to! If it were up to Pedro, I probably still wouldn't have plates for the car. This is more than an issue regarding a lack of communication. This is a textbook example of dishonesty, *and* a lack of communication. P. S. Pedro seems like a decent guy, just not a very honest one. (He even lied about the day he mailed the tags. Said he sent them on the 3rd and FedEx didn't pick them up until the 9th.)

    I took this photo just after my purchase at Golden State Auto.
    Roseann R.

    I bought a 2015 Tesla Model S from Pedro. I'm very much enjoying it!! It was a budget friendly price on a great vehicle! It's a great value, for a great vehicle. I'm very very happy! Go see Pedro for your car buying needs!!!

    This car is great
    Earica L.

    I want to say thank you to Golden State Auto. You guys are the best .Thank you Leroy for being such a kind and helpful person. I recommend Golden State auto check them out I promise you you won't be disappointed.

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    Great experience for my daughter buying her first car. Since we were paying cash, it went smoothly. Thanks, Pedro.

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    Simple process. Good car. Good deal. Bought the car just recently and it's doing fine. Glad I have something new to drive.

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    Had a great experience! Employees were very helpful and friendly made the process of buying a car easy.

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