Honesty, Integrity and Communication:
3 things that automatically come to my mind with good business practices.
I feel that HA Boyd, specifically the service department, failed to show any of these in my dealings with them.
After the check engine light came on in my Tiguan, I had the error code read (for free) at Auto Zone and was entirely prepared to shell out a lot of money for a new turbocharger but was hoping that the code simply meant a smaller issue, which HA Boyd confirmed is the most common issue in seeing this error code.
My Tiguan was at HA Boyd for over 6.5 hours when I finally recieved a call.
(Mind you the error code specifically stated this was a turbocharger error which could indicate multiple specific issues according to searching the code online, so the time elapsed was nothing more than latency on the service technicians side)
According to whomever I spoke with, my turbocharger was officially "blown", would cost $1700 with labor/parts and 5 hours of work time.
The gentleman said I absolutely could NOT drive the Tiguan because it would cause further damage to the car.
Upon questioning him and explaining that my car drives as it ALWAYS has and shows no indication of problems , and why am I not noticing a lack of power, etc if this was truly a broken turbo, I was put on hold.
After a few minutes on hold, my turbocharger suddenly went from being "blown" and broken to, "it actually isn't, it works intermittently and you can still drive".
THIS sudden change of information, along with the fact that my car was driving as perfect as it was prior to the check engine light, solidified my decision to tell them to simply charge me for the 6+ hours it took them to find the problem and kindly put a breakdown of what parts and what labor, specifically, would be preformed.
In picking up my car, I was charged the expected ridiculous price for what seems to be a false diagnosis and not provided with the breakdown of what work they wanted to perform- just an invoice stating that I declined service at this time.
For what it's worth, the reviews listed seem to be VERY accurate. I felt like I was trying to be taken advantage of and if I were less intelligent, I would have paid over $1700 to replace a broken, semi-broken, intermittently working turbo charger.
Who knows what it was, they certainly didn't seem to?
I'm now into week 3 of driving my Tiguan since having it returned, have driven it over 600 miles since, and it's driving as amazing as it always has with no check engine light.
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