By far the best experience Iv ever had buying a new truck. These folks go above and beyond to make you feel right and work with you to make a deal that works. Just can't say enough about the whole team. Wonderful experience Five star too low. They are a ten read more

North County Ford - Car Dealers Near Me - Vista, California

10000000% the most frustrating and complicated automated phone answering machine. I don't know if it is just me, but I call and when I click # because I don't require a medical aid device it sends me to the medical aid device site anyways, and it keeps hanging up on me. I am unable to progress to an actual person which all I need. Called 20 times in 15 minutes and was unable to make it to a single human being once! read more

Big Foot exists and he sold my friend a car! Real talk, Richard was great, helped my friend get the car he wanted. Smooth sailing on the exciting sale! Definitely recommend him to anyone who wants to buy a vehicle here. Thanks a bunch Big Foot! Woooooooooooooooooooo read more

Honestly one of the best car dealerships we have went to! We have been looking at purchasing a truck and even went all the way up to Temecula to look at one and we're shafted by Temecula. We found this truck online through the north county ford dealership website and fell in love. We called and came in same day. Richard was AMAZING! He worked with us and was so patient and kind! He has to be one of the nicest car salesman I have met! He did such a great job and the general sales manager Adrian was also really great! They really worked with us and made this the most easy and least stressful process! They were all so kind and hospitable. If you are in the market for a vehicle I highly recommend coming here! Ask for Richard he's the best! Great deals and great people! read more

North County Ford's finance department took financial avantage of my friend. After months and months of production delays and endless excuses, her new pick-up truck was in. She was contacted on a Saturday. Here are the issues: 1.) Her trade in offer was reduced by $3k...that seemed odd. 2.) She was told her bank financing had expired, but that NC Ford could offer financing. 3.) She was told that in order to qualify for their financing (nearly 2.5% higher than Mission Fed), that she needed to increase the amount to be financed. What?!!! 4.) NC Ford finance added a Scotchguard interior and exterior coating and a 5 vear extended warranty without ever disclosing the costs of each add-on. She was simply asked to sign on a tablet and was not given an opportunity to review the details of the deal and how those add-ons increased the interest rate and would affect her principal, monthly payments, and total cost of ownership. 5.) To add insult to injury with intent to inflict financial hardship, my friend was required to pony-up an additional $2k to make-up the difference of her reduced trade in value. 6.) My friend worked hard to afford her new Maverick pick-up, but her $27k vehicle ended up costing her $44k. We are more than disappointed in the way that North County Ford's finance department handled this transaction. This is pure greed and my fried was taken to the cleaners by North County Ford in Vista, California. read more

Can't begin to explain how disappointed I am with North County Ford's service department.I purchased my 2018 F150 there and had no issues until the check engine light came on. I drove it straight to the dealership and they read the code and decided the EGR cooler needed replacing and wasn't covered under warranty. 911.00 out of pocket. This morning I pack up the truck for work and the check engine light comes back on. Back to the dealership at 7am and now the service dept. states the tech replaced the wrong part and the part I need is on back order until March. Now my truck is down until the part arrives costing me thousands of dollars in jobs. I reached out to management and they have decided to back burner me. Customers deserve to be treated better than this. read more

Just bought my second car from RC Castaneda at North County Ford in Vista. If you are in the market for a car and would like the best sales men that not only knows his cars but is 100% customer focus, then you need to go meet RC. As a women, there is always a feeling of intimidation or wonder if the sales men are taking advantage of you, my experience with RC has been a positive one. The first time I met RC he greeted me with such professionalism and not the stereotypical in your face sales men,that makes you so uncomfortable, that you want to run away! If your are a women looking to buy a car for you or in my case for my husband but just dont want to deal with sleazy sales people. I recommend you go meet RC Castaneda for your car purchase. read more

North County Ford - My husband with his new truck. Thank you so much RC for your time and getting us into what we wanted! - Car Dealers Near Me - Vista, California

Pros: They are an official Ford dealership with staffed employees capable of processing a vehicle purchase. Cons: Where to start. 1) Limited New Inventory. 2) The vehicle I purchased in March, 2020 was found to have evidence of rodents nesting, of which I had to pay to have repaired. The nuts on my engine block (per Ford) sure didn't come from my daily driving and covered parking after I rolled off their lot. 3) Their sales manager, George, made zero effort to work with me on a 2nd new truck purchase in less than 8 months. (I do not fault them for selling me a lemon that Ford purchased back) This includes an email and phone call that went unreturned. Not many people are looking to buy 2 brand new cars in the same year, and my repeat business appeared unwanted. 4) When I dropped my lemon off to them, I gave Trevor a chance to find me a new truck. After we found one at a different dealership (due to their limited inventory) he told me he would call me back in 48 hours to confirm availability. I never got a call back. 5) I hope their GM reads this. You have 2 salesman who made no effort to make a sale from a highly motivated repeat customer. I am giving 2 stars because my first purchase went the way one would expect when spending $45,000. I am baffled at their lack of effort to entertain a customer that just had his first purchase lemoned, and then showed no desire to make a 2nd sale. Best of luck to you guys sticking around not making sales. read more

My goodness good deals on cars but they cracked my front grill while i was on a test drive and offered me way less far a car that worth way more than any car they had on the lot, now everyone was great excpet craig and who ever look at my car, i would not suggest going there. they really should have only experienced people looking at cars and they are not very experienced. Just my opinion since i work in auto field well but at our business we have customers who recommend us to their friends and what not our shop doesn't have to do any advertising and we stay busy that's because it's quality unlike North County Ford. I hate to put bad stuff online but its just the truth. I have video of them doing it and still deny it. Honestly i would probably go to any other ford but there's read more

My boyfriend and I were looking into selling our Mazda 3 and we went into to North County Ford to get it appraised. We worked with Nick Sylvester and Rick. Nick was very detailed oriented when looking over our car. Nick was great at informing us what he was looking for when appraising the car and even when he test drove the car he let us know what he was looking for. Rick also came across as very genuine and transparent. Thank you Nick and Rick you made our experience with North County Ford great!! read more

Great place to buy your car ! They work with you to get you the best rate! Easy process and everyone is really nice! George the manager is great, very friendly! They go over the process with you and answer all of your questions! read more

Moved here recently. I was looking for a Ford dealership to take my Ford Edge for service. Happy I decided to take my Edge to North County Ford. They did a great job. read more

Used the dealer for maintenance & repair of our F250 several times. Over the years the service & quality of work has decreased dramatically. Our latest experience was with Rob one of the service reps. We turned in our truck to find a radiator leak, we were told we need to replace the radiator because it had holes. No problem, that an oil change & 3k and later we have our truck back. Noticed a oil leak, brought it back. Turned out the tech never completely tightened the drain plug. Not a deal breaker mistakes happen. What sent flags up is that now they say a radiator gasket is going bad and we need to take the engine apart to find it. (The same work we just had done) . 100% questionable we took it for a second opinion, turns out the gasket was fine, and the leak was coming from the secondary radiator (which is attached to the radiator we replaced). Now we are curious if the radiator even needed to be replaced since the same leak still persists. I would advise anyone thinking of using north county ford service depart to go somewhere else and save $$$$ and the dishonesty of the service reps. It's a shame what the place has become. read more

I came here for an oil change and cat back exhaust installation. The service guy needed to go ask his mechanic how long it would take to install an exhaust system and they embarrassingly came back saying it would take 4-6 hours to install. A professional should take no more than 15-20 min to install these parts. Hell I would have even been ok if they said one hour. Just be aware if you happen to go here, you need to do research. They are either incompetent or are inflating work time hours by an embarrassing amount. read more

Fantastic customer service. Everyone we interacted with was professional and easy to talk to.

Shout to all theses guys!! I just bought me a Sport Bronco and I love it!! John sold it to me, he was efficient and understanding, George the Manager was amazing also he went out of his way a few times, super nice and humble. Trevor in finance was also very friendly, and professional, and last but not least I believe Adrian in Service went above and beyond for me, when I needed help with my oil change. Thank you guys for all your help, I love, love my car, you guys are the best!! I will be back for my future cars!! read more

Still having been happy with my purchase and salesman. I am EXTREMELY unhappy with the fact that my auto loan has still not been paid off in full. I was advised that it was unnecessary to make my next payment because it would be "taken" care of. It's been over two months and STILL it hasn't been paid. I've been calling ford for 3 weeks now and it still hasn't been handled. I spoke to Cameron last week and he said he would call me back with a solution, still I have received nothing. I'm not someone who likes to write a bad review, but because of them not paying my auto loan on time and in full as well as not getting back to me in a timely matter my credit score dropped 70 points because they delayed so long to complete payment on my auto loan from the car I had traded in. There was absolutely no communication on their part regarding the delayed payment. It's also been nearly impossible to get a hold of someone. I've been sent to mailbox after mailbox. The only reason I have 2/5 rather than 1/5 was because I am happy with my car and I am happy with the salesman. They fixed everything and I'm very happy with this purchase. read more

North County Ford - Car Dealers Near Me - Vista, California

Bought a truck yesterday. This was the easiest transaction in buying a car We have ever experienced. Oscar was our salesman who responded to our inquiry promptly via txt. We set up a time and the truck was ready when we got there for the viewing. No Pesty personalities following you around with aggressive motives. It was an All professional staff/team. Oscar was personable, humorous, thorough, and knowledgeable. The finance manager (Demetrio) was well organized and efficient looking out for our Best interest. Highly recommended North County Ford!!! read more

Cameron Oxberry, the finance manager, is the most unprofessional, dishonest, and hostile individual. Avoid this dealership! I called the dealership to withdraw a loan application so I can secure my own funding, and over the phone Cameron was abrupt and lied to me saying I cannot cancel the application and I needed to refinance (despite the original institution confirming I did not have a loan with them and was free to shop around). Well, I reiterated that I didn't have a loan so there was nothing to refinance. I ended up securing my own financing and drove up to the dealership to provide the money, and Cameron greeted me and my parents with immediate hostility right in the middle of the showroom! He completely disregarded the legality of the contract and was blatantly lying to us stating that he already told me over the phone that I can't secure my own financing, even the receptionist was taken back by this man's aggressive and rude behavior on display -- it was shocking and repulsive. We asked to speak to his manager, and Omar was able cash the check no problem. Cameron was incredibly rude, belligerent, combative and completely out of line when speaking to us. His disregard for the law should be concerning, and he definitely should never interact with customers. Whatever sketchy things he's doing to scam or mislead people will catch up to him, and the dealer will be responsible for his wrongdoings. He needs to be fired, he's a liability and his behavior is absolutely unacceptable, and because of him I would not recommend this dealership. He ruined my experience, and in my eyes stripped the dealership of its integrity. In the end, there were positives. Omar, the Finance Manager, was very helpful, polite, and expedited the process to get everything resolved. I really appreciate his help after going through the stress of dealing with Cameron. Trevor as well, he was a very kind and very helpful salesperson, and he showed normal decency in creating a positive and welcoming experience. read more

Took my car in for a recall notification. They could not have been more accommodating! Gave me a LYFT ride back home and then again to pick up my car. Not only did they take care of the recall, they inspected my brakes, tires, fluids and gave me all in the information written so I can review it later. I am so happy with the service! When the time comes to buy a new car, that will be my first stop! read more

Avoid this place at all costs. Don't even get your vehicle serviced here. When shopping, a car listed online for a certain price here looked promising, arrived at the dealership and they claimed it was mislabeled and wanted $7k more then the online price. Bought a ford elsewhere, took it here to be serviced as it's closer to home. Brand new car, no answers, no call backs, no loaner vehicle for 4 days now. Asked for manager and left on hold. read more

My family has probably purchased over ten cars from this dealership and every time I have to deal with the service department for warranty work it ends up being a nightmare with a total lack of accountability. The latest debacle was my wife bringing in her Ford Flex for a simple window switch that was broken. She had our one year old son, so she couldn't simply take an uber or lift while they worked on the car. The service rep told her they wouldn't be able to tell her if the switch was covered until after a $190 diagnostic fee. To be clear, the part broken is a thirty dollar switch on the passenger side door. The only reason I didn't fix it myself was because she had a warranty. After they charge her $190 for a visual inspection to see that the switch needs to be replaced, they proceed to tell her she isn't covered by the warranty. At this point I become involved, and only by becoming belligerent with them do they do their due diligence and find out that she is in fact covered for this simple part. They tell me that if I bring it back in they will refund the $190, but now they will have to charge us another $100 as a deductible on the warranty that now covers the $30 part. I told the service representative that was unacceptable, and that after wasting my wife's time and my time that they should cover the deductible. He tells me the owner of the dealership would have to pay that. Of course I agreed, as I own my own company and if my guys had wasted hours of a woman's time, hours of her husband's time, all for a $30 dollar part I would be embarrassed and would have jumped at the chance to cover their deductible. Once I arrived, the part was in, a day sooner than they had promised my wife. For some reason even the shipping worked faster once it wasn't a woman with a baby that was talking to them. The service rep Jim admitted it was only a $30 dollar part and that it was an easy fix. I would have been satisfied if they would have just covered the cost of the deductible and fixed it then, even though they had essentially killed two days of mine. He said they wouldn't pay the deductible so I said I would just buy the part and fix it myself. I get how deductibles work, I understand that the warranty is operated by a third party. What is unconscionable to me is that they would charge a woman with a baby $190 to look at a switch, not fix the problem, and tell her it wasn't covered without double checking. As soon as I got on the phone they were quick to double check and blame the warranty company for entering in the VIN incorrectly, but I loathe excuses. This just seemed like a very predatory way to try and get $190 for a 5 minute visual inspection, and then try to charge my wife an additional $190 for the install on top of the cost of the parts all for a service that was covered under the warranty. I've honestly been thinking about purchasing at least one company truck through them as I have been a consistent customer in the past, but I really don't know why they quibble over such a small amount when they were clearly trying to rip off a woman for over $400 on a service that they should have easily seen was covered. read more

We went to this to buy a used Lexus. Upon arrival we meet Johnathan Pearles and he was very helpful. We also meet Mike and he was accommodating. Thanks you both for making our purchase enjoyable We enjoyed talking to the two of you. read more

I walked into the showroom to cancel a truck I'd ordered over a year ago and was met by Jesus' & the Sales Manager George Bolanos. I cannot express how kind they were & their immediate resolution to assist me in any way possible. Being a single widowed woman, I expected to get the "sales pitch" & end up paying more than i wanted to. I told them my exact parameters & George & Jesus asked me to give them a few minutes to work on the deal. They called me back within 30 minutes & had the exact deal I'd tried to work out a few weeks prior. I was treated with respect & kindness. I cannot say how very happy I am with my new Bronco; the professionalism & their understanding of my perimeters on this deal. I highly recommend North County Ford, George Bolanos, Jesus, and Richard Palin, )whom we've had a wonderful working relationship going back at least 15 years). My thanks & appreciation is very hard to express. read more

This is the best dealership I've ever been to. I have been looking for a Mach-E for a while and found the perfect one at North County Ford. Everyone was very helpful and the sales manager George went above and beyond to help my experience. I would highly recommend this dealership to anyone who wants a no pressure comfortable experience with transparent answers from beginning to end. read more

My wife and I had been all over the the interwebs and visited many dealerships in search for a replacement car. We had a certain model and price range we were trying to get into. We showed up to north county Ford to just check on a car that we found on their site, the car was sitting out front waiting for us to test drive. The salesman Robert was quite refreshing to work with unlike most salesman he knew about the car, didn't try and make up answers and was honest about having to look up things he did not know. I would recommend this dealership to anyone and ask for Robert. Shout out to Chase in the finance department for sealing the deal read more

At the end of our current lease (2 months ago), we went in to lease another truck. We worked with a guy named KINGSLAND. Seemed like a pretty nice guy. He convinced us he would get us into the exact truck we were looking for and a payment we'd be pleased with. We ended up leasing another truck...wasn't the color we wanted, wasn't the payment we wanted, but we're VERY happy with the truck itself and we moved on from that. After all, it was our choice to go forward with the lease. But the thing that really disappointed us was, after they brought the truck out nice and clean, we noticed that they had not put in a bed liner as he had promised. We questioned him, and his answer was, "let's just wait until the financing etc goes through, then we'll get you back in here for the Bedliner." We should have gotten that in writing because of course he forgot and said he didn't say that. Well he DID say that, we both heard it clearly. Disappointing to say the least. He would not budge over this $300 item (which would cost even less for him). Lesson learned. Get everything in writing, you can't trust everyone. Love our new truck but left with a sour taste...and questioning whether or not we will lease from them again in the future. read more

Terrible customer service especially from the finance department. I purchased a used vehicle and an extended warranty. I traded in that vehicle before the warranty expired and the warranty company said I am due money back. The North County Ford finance department will not return calls or emails for over 2 months now. It's not even their money. All they have to do is submit the form to the warranty company for me to get my refund. I have been emailing and calling for weeks read more

Service Dept takes 2 hours for a simple oil change. Jim the service tech didn't inform me of the delays of the job until it had already been 1.5 hours for a job that should take 30 min max. The casual conversation among staff in service makes them look like nobody's working in the front office. Clearly not coordinating appointments very well. Overall, these clowns cast a very unprofessional impression and I will just take my truck to Valvoline for a 15 min oil change from now on. Conveniently, no manager was on duty to share this complaint with. Customer service is a dead. read more

I had an appointment Thursday morning 7am to run diagnostics for check engine light. No update calls. I called that afternoon and was told they had to order part and vehicle would be done Friday. Friday afternoon I called again and was told work wouldn't be finished until Monday. At 9:30 I get a text informing me of additional work that needed immediate attention at the added cost of $3700. On the text I authorized additional repairs and tried to call the number given if I had questions. No answer and mailbox was full and couldn't leave a message. I called North county ford direct and got no answer. I called every hour for three hrs until finally got through to someone who said they would have service call me back. 1 1/2 hrs later I got his call. He told me work wouldn't be done til tomorrow. He gave me a song and dance about how busy and short staffed they were. I told him all this info should have been given to me last Thursday. I'm done with North County Ford. Put my truck back together I'm coming to get it. I will take my business elsewhere. APPOINTMENTS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING. THEY JUST STACK YOUR VEHICLE UP BEHIND OYHERS AND WILL GET TO IT EVENTUALLY. THEIR LABOR RATES ARE OUTRAGEOUS! BEWARE! read more

Took my Escape in for service this Week and, as usual, everyone was so nice And helpful. I had especially good Service from Jim Goodine, who said he was going to have my car ready in an hour. Jim was true to his word! He also called "Lyft" for me who drove me back to the dealership. I really like the way North County Ford takes care of me and my car! read more

Been trying for 4 days to get someone to pick up the phone... Guess I've given up on NCF.

I just paid almost 6000$ because my diesel was smoking badly from tail pipe. I live 25 miles away. From the time I picked it up it was smoking within 10 minutes. I can tell they get paid commissions and apparently rip you off like no other. Do not do business here. I will be speaking to an attorney. read more

The service department is VERY incompetent!!! My 10:30 Saturday "scheduled" appointment, turned into me leaving 3 hours later... without the service being done on my truck! I came back 2 1/2 hours after dropping my truck off at 10:30 am (my appointment time) and they they couldn't find it, nor the work order. After 20 minutes, they told me it's in the back lot and the tech will pull it in now to start working on it. NO! Give me my keys and I'M LEAVING! Thanks for wasting half my Saturday, North County Ford. Never AGAIN!!! read more

North County Ford - 2016 Ford F-250 diesel 4x4 - Car Dealers Near Me - Vista, California

I'm leaving a 5 star review for Jim Goodine from the service department. He was very professional and helpful when it came to repairing some of the issues my car had. (I had the car for a week when I realized some things were off) Jim assisted me with a diagnostic and went above and beyond to get this repairs fixed (no cost due to the car being bought with the minor issues.) would strongly recommend! :) read more

We love this place! Our sales woman was Randi and she was amazing and helped us find the perfect car. Everyone at the dealership was so friendly. There is a great selection of cars to chose from all at great prices. The facility is welcoming and clean and relaxing to be at! Highly recommend! read more

Horrible mechanics. My story is so upsetting i cant even!!! Long story very short- took my mustang to Clairemont Ford today and what a difference!!! Omg! Vista was awful in knowledge and it took 5 visits with no permanent results in fixing the problem. Very disappointed with dealership mechanics. Never going back. Thought you should know Mr. Grody. read more

Do not deal with north county ford or north county Buick gmc I just sold them my truck sadly there check was returned nsf I spoke with Rick whom I assume is the sales manager all he did was blame my bank at first then blamed his bank there was no sincerity it making it right he seemed more annoyed that he even had to deal with it he did not care about all the trouble and time it cost me when I asked for a cashiers check he refused what ever happened to caring about the customer and doing what it takes to make things easier for a customer when your at fault I'm sickened by the lack of care or respect the only courteous respectful person I dealt with was Kolton who handles the purchasing of used vehicles read more

Dealer will withhold interest rates if you don't buy their warranties and bs aftermarket add ons. Typical shady dealer. Probably why it's always a ghost town. read more

Our experience while purchasing the vehicle was somewhat painless. We knew what we wanted and how to handle finance. My concern is over a recent experience in which I had a simple question about registration post sale of the vehicle. I left several messages for a finance manager and never received a call back. I called into the dealership to request an email address for the finance team and was met with such unprofessionalism by the "receptionist" Teresa that I was in shock. I emailed the finance manager with my question and shared my concerns over my interaction with the receptionist and was met with an equally unpleasant response from him. Awful customer service. Will not be back to this dealership for anything, ever if this is how they allow their employees to treat their customers after the sale of a vehicle ... HIS RESPONSE: From: Mike Cottrell [mailto:mikec@autogrp.com] Subject: Re: Registration Question-Vehicle Purchased YOU WERE NOT CHARGED AT TIME OF SALE, SO YES PAY YOUR REG FEES ________________________________________ My email to "Mike": Hello Mike I have left a few messages for you over the past few days, with a quick question in regards to a registration notice we received for a vehicle we purchased in January from your dealership. In the past, I have only purchased new vehicles, in which the registration is handled through finance and then your renewal comes up one year after purchase. So I was confused by the fact that we just received a renewal notice in the mail for the used vehicle purchased in January (see attached). Can you clarify the process for me on the registration for a used vehicle so I know rather or not we indeed need to send this into the DMV? Also - The receptionist (TERESA), I had a very unpleasant interaction with her this morning when I was simply calling in for an email address, if you would like to pass that along to her manager. As a supervisor myself, I was very taken aback by her behavior and lack of professionalism. She had placed me on hold for an unnecessary 7+ minutes to simply provide me with your email address. I had to end the call to grab a call coming in and when I called back she then hung up on me. I had to call back a 3rd time to just get an email address. Her tone and behavior was completely unprofessional and unpleasant during the whole interaction, a shame for someone who is the "voice" of your dealership. read more