My husband and I had been in the market for a preowned mini van for ages, but all of our online searching was leading to dead ends. Cars with tons of miles on them or way too new and out if our budget. Thankfully, we found a car from Wilde Honda and the stars aligned. My husband was in and out in a few hours making the entire process extremely painless, compared to past car buying experiences that were full day affairs. Their ability to properly handle all the paperwork in a timely fashion kept the ball rolling too, I say this as our last car buying experience in Tampa involved the dealer having to overnight us paperwork they forgot to give us. Great job guys! We will be back for another car. read more

Just went for my "B 12" inspection, which is code for oil change & tire rotation. Didn't need tire rotation, since I just had new tires from Costco. OIL CHANGE WAS $102.00!!!!! Wont be going back, & want to bring this to others attention. Very impersonal - I was treated very impersonal, which seems to be the new expectation, but I'm not willing to support that! read more

I was on the phone with them, for a good bit! Made the arrangements to fly down and buy a car and they wouldn't return my calls or send me and email for me to send a wire transfer. Theyre gonna make some crap up but tha says so much about them. No INTEGRITY!!! read more

I am disappointed in the vehicle. Prior to this last purchase I owned an Acura Cl that I had for 16 years and was my favorite car of all time. I bought a new 2024 CRV 16 months ago. Since then, two recalls and additional warranty work has taken place. I purchased a new car so I wouldn't have to spend hours at the dealership having it serviced. Honda quality has become marginal. I also believe the service department treats warranty work as 2nd class and attends to it only after more profitable work is performed. read more

Forced to take loan from Honda with high interest rates. Even though I wanted to pay in cash.

Very Very careful with this Honda dealer, false advertisement !!!!! I posted a bad review because I saw a vehicle online as Certified Pre-owned and after spoke on the phone with Makayla and kelsey I can figure out that they just trying to bring you to the dealer with false information. Sales manager Kyle call me after see my review asking to delete my review and he will work with me to make the deal, this was all B.S., he just wants the review to be delete. Never heard from this people again. Very careful their not honest people. read more

Venice Honda - Car Dealers Near Me - Venice, Florida

I send all of my family there! They have always treated us fair and we always leave feeling like we got a good deal

Called and spoke to someone multiple times today about a specific vehicle and even set up an appointment and drove 1.5 hours to get to the dealership with intent to purchase CASH. When spoke to rep. to look at the vehicle, they advised "funny story" but the vehicle got front end hit by one of our other car guys and is now being held at collision center to be fixed. When we advised that was what we came for we were asked "are you just looking for another cheap truck cause we can get that". Walked out of that place and will NEVER come back due to lack of communication between the staff, unprofessionalism and shady business practices. read more

Wanted $199 just to diagnose my problem, refundable off any work done??? Never heard of this 199 minimum charge. Stay away.

terrible all around experience trying to buy a used vehicle here. no pricing on the cars forcing me to go inside which is typical. BUT then the fees. ungodly. a used 2019 car sold for 21k brand new.(original sticker was in the back seat) advertised at 14k. but they added a 2500 reconditioning fee, 1000$ document fee and other assorted 1k fees totaling a whopping 19.5k for a very used Hyundai. then the salesperson was SO condescending and rude (Steven). telling us that they "weren't a charity and couldn't give it away". among other rude things. we were paying cash and bought another car two years newer for much less elsewhere. you couldn't pay me to go back to Honda of Venice read more

I cannot thank Michael Rodriguez enough for my beautiful new vehicle. Got me just what I was looking for, and at the right price. Never any pressure. Just wanted me to be happy. And everyone else I interacted with were easy to work with. Very much recommend Michael for your next vehicle upgrade. read more

This dealership is the best Honda in Florida. They are very very knowledgeable and welcoming. I drove here all the way from Tampa and they hooked me up with a great deal on a 2025 Ridgeline. The whole team Jerry, Tommy, Josh, and Douglas all really cared about the experience and you as customer. They will work with you to make sure the price is right and everything. Especially Tommy, he bent over backwards practically to make sure the deal was exactly what I wanted. Overall wonderful dealership, and I will recommend all my friends to Venice Honda. read more

Credibility in service dept, quoted price of $1100 for oxygen sensor on 2007 Pilot and another $3,700 for new valve covers and gaskets, went to Masella's automotive down the street and paid $342 for replacing the oxygen sensor and told valve work not needed since most cars with 120,000 have slight leakage but didn't need any type of valve repair. So Honda trying to make me pay for unnecessary repairs, saved almost $4,500 using Masella's honest associates read more

My roommate took her car in on Thursday for repairs. Joe Cordaro told her he'd call her back in a few minutes to let her know if he could get the part in by Friday. He said if he couldn't, they would see about getting her a car for the weekend. She waited over an hour and called him back; the office said he was busy. She waited another hour and tried to call again at 15 minutes until the end of business, and they told her he had left early. She didn't hear from him until today, when he told her the car was ready and that he had gone on vacation on Friday and "didn't know what happened." He said he left all the papers on his desk, and he didn't know why no one had followed up or done anything. He had her believe that they would work on the car on Friday or at least get her a loaner, and then disappeared. When she complained today she got accused of lying about calling on Thursday. Disgusting ethics and shoddy behavior. If you want to be treated right avoid this place and go to Car Doc on the Island instead. read more

While I appreciate the service technician going over my vehicle when it is being serviced, I do not like how the Service Advisor presents the technician's findings and tries to upsell me on additional parts and/or services that are not urgently needed. Car dealerships have a bad reputation because the sales and services departments always want the customer to purchase more expensive items, upgrades, or other add-ons to generate more revenue. This dealership is no different. read more

Venice Honda is very deceptive on the advertising they use. I seen an advertisement on Facebook, this advertisement leads you to believe that they have a very good track record with getting bad credit or no credit financed. I send a message. Let them know my exact situation. They still led me on to get a hard inquiry on my credit and didn't finance me as well. STOP ADVERTISING WITH ADVERTISEMENTS THAT ARE MISLEADING. IT JUST MAKES YOUR COMPANY LOOK BAD. read more

Beware - this is how they treated me, and it is how they will treat you. Take your hard-earned money elsewhere. I purchased a used 2010 Porsche Boxster from this dealership while visiting family over the holidays. I live in Western North Carolina and requested that a few items be repaired on the vehicle, so I had to fly back to take delivery with a plan to drive the car back to NC. They knew of my plan to transport the vehicle this way. After taking delivery, I was driving to my parent's house in Fort Myers to spend the night before the long drive back to NC, and at 30 miles, the car flashed a transmission light and went into "limp" mode, almost causing me to crash as I coasted across 3 lanes of traffic into the shoulder (it was dark out, and traffic was heavy). I was able to "limp" it back to Ft Myers, where I took the car to a Porsche dealership for evaluation, and immediately brought this to the attention of my salesman, who put me in touch with his manager. After explaining the situation, he basically told me that I knew what I was getting into with an "as-is" used car purchase, but that I should call him back after the Porsche dealership finished their evaluation. For $400, The Porsche dealership performed their evaluation, and the fault codes indicated that the car needed a new transmission at a cost of $27,158.02 and also needed an alignment, which I was told was done for me before taking delivery (another $499.99). I left 2 messages for for the sales manager with no return call. After almost 2 weeks, another sales manager called and told me that I knew what I was getting into with a 15-year-old car that was sold as-is and that I was offered a service contract. The service contract offered to me was at a cost of $8K for a car that only cost $23K. I thought that with a 100+ point inspection process that they "claimed" was performed and only 53k miles on the car, that I should be safe. I have a hard time believing that it is the dealership's values to stick a customer with a car in this situation. I have requested a discussion with the General Manager, but have not heard from him as of yet. It is difficult to cost-justify legal action with a transaction of this dollar amount, but I am exploring this and plan on filing complaints with the Florida Department of Consumer Services, the Better Business Bureau, writing a Trustpilot and other reviews, and making sure that the Honda Franchise is aware of how they are doing business. This should have been a wholesale car, but they chose to put it on their lot and sell it, giving a false sense of security under the Honda Franchise's name. Update - I just noticed the recent Google review of "danbo" who also was sold a car with a bad transmission and was told the same as me. Looks like this is becoming a common practice at this dealership and not an isolated incident. Take your money someplace else and protect your family's assets. They could care less about you. read more

I had a great experience shopping for a new SUV with Darren Welcher. He was very knowledgeable, patient and thorough. He asked good questions and did a great job explaining all the features. I would ask for him when you go to this dealership. read more

Great dealership! Courtney & Kara are so helpful! Straightforward and to the point. Low title & tag fees, not like the other Honda dealers!! I highly recommend to anyone who's shopping for a new or used auto! read more

If you can email me ... text me about service about special deals about new cars and everything else you sell... BUT you wait until I'm in the service area...my car is on a lift being worked on to inform me... with a little sign in the waiting area.. that you now surcharge for credit card payments!! These surcharges were for years absorbed by businesses to use credit card transactions.... Now you are passing these charges to your customers!! You should have at the very least sent an email to inform customers so they can make payment arrangements that they are happy with! No. You blindside us!! With " there's a sign in the waiting room" See you for the recalls that inevitably come... but as for me using your services you've seen the last of me. Purchases??? Not @ Venice Honda... guaranteed!! I hope this review will help other customers understand you're doing this BEFORE they make arrangements to have their service done @venice Honda read more

Never again at this Dealership I visited Venice Honda to look at a certified preowned car that was advertised online. Of course, it had "just been sold", when I arrived. Be aware that there are appointment setters (in their internet dept), and then there are those in sales and leasing on the floor. As an older woman shopping alone, I got the distinct impression that the young salesman, Zach, didn't take me or my inquiries seriously. After showing me a few models on the lot -- all over what I wanted to pay, I was ready to leave. But, WAIT! After several visits to the "back", Zack discovered he had another car to show me, while not the same year as the car advertised online, but the same color and with similar features. Zach walked me through the lot and --I kid you not -- down a steep, albeit short, gravelly slope to a lower lot. It would have been courteous and only a small effort on Zach's part to have driven the car from the lower lot to the front of the showroom. After the test drive, we returned to the showroom where Zach disappeared again into the "back" and returned with Frank to talk to me about leasing, even though I had told him I wasn't interested in leasing. What a disappointing visit. Zach, the salesman wouldn't give me any written figures to consider when I asked for a written worksheet on the cars he showed me -- he jotted some figures on the back of his business card -- saying until I was interested, he couldn't do so. With this kind of exuberant enthusiasm, why would I want to buy a car from him? I thanked him for his time and left. I'll gladly purchase a car from someone else who will take me seriously when I enter the showroom. read more

This dealership is run by nothing but snakeoil salesmen. They distribute fake promotional materials in order to "drive customers in" (thats a direct quote from the manager) When you attempt to collect your coupons/winnings, they deny your collection while baiting and switching you into obtaining services at their clearly failing location. It is no wonder they have a 2 star rating across platforms. Do not shop or service here, they will do nothing but attempt to scam you. read more

Avoid like the Coronavirus!!! I was interested in a car they listed on the website so I called a couple of times to get more details from this dealership, and scheduled the hour-long trip with my family this morning to come see it and drive it. Last I spoke with them, it was 7:30pm. We got a call this morning confirming that we would be arriving, and we confirmed. I even called them again to confirm info they'd need for a registration transfer. I spoke to several people, but my main points of contact were Michael and Red. They told me - this morning - they "were getting it ready for me" and they "found it in their notes" by my phone # and they "would see me soon". When we arrived this morning we were told the car was gone. Apparently it sold last night at 8:45pm. We were given a number of clumsy excuses, including an effort to scapegoat their third party scheduler. My feeling is that at best their story shows they are willfully negligent in keeping their customers informed. At worst, they were gambling that we'd be interested in the up-sell alternative they were only too quick to offer. WHY ON EARTH DID THEY NOT CALL AFTER THEY "REALIZED IT WAS SOLD" INSTEAD OF LETTING ME DRIVE AN HOUR FOR OUR "APPOINTMENT" ? These are the shenanigans that give car salespeople a bad reputation. We can't and won't buy a car from people we can't trust. They do not deserve my business or yours. read more

Venice Honda - The culprits. - Car Dealers Near Me - Venice, Florida

We we're quoted a price over the phone. We drove an hour to get here and Gilberto honored everything that was discussed over the phone. You can't ask for better. Thank you, Venice Honda! read more

I want to start off by saying that I have never stepped foot on their property. I'm from out of town and anticipated traveling HOURS to buy a car. I've been looking for a specific vehicle for months and I finally saw it on Venice Honda's website. I called them and they told me that it was sold. No big deal, right? Wrong. I received a call from a salesman a few hours after they told me it was sold asking me if I was still interested in the vehicle and when I can come in for a test drive. I told the salesman that I already confirmed that the car was sold. He stumbles on his words and proceeds to tell me that it wasn't sold and it is being shipped to the dealer that weekend. I ended up making an appointment in case he was being truthful. As it turns out, that salesman wasn't truthful. I called the dealership about ten minutes later to confirm if the car was there or not. It was sold the day before. I wouldn't suggest boycotting this dealership but call to confirm if the car you're looking at is actually there. DO NOT FALL FOR THE BAIT AND SWITCH. You're in control of the deal :) read more

WARNING - DO NOT TRUST Advertised pricing!! Looking for my sons' first car...we saw a car advertised for $4995.00 . My son had $7000 cash in hand to pay for car (he worked hard to save this and he just turned 17) , Test drove the car , fell in love with it , perfect first car with low mileage- We knew it would be about $7000 with tags / title /taxes etc. However, they tacked on an additional $2500 to pay for inspection of the car so they could even sell it off the lot! Don't you think you should do that before you advertise the car , and should not advertise the car for $4995.00 if you are actually selling it for $7495???? So end of the story they Nickle and dime you - and a car advertised for $4995.00 - came out to be $9372.64!! And good luck trying to actually get someone to answer the phones there - it is impossible !! Even before we visited for a test drive we could not get anyone to answer. Apparently I am not the only one with this complaint - Several reviews of this nature all over the internet on pages they list their cars! Rule 2-19.005(16), F.A.C., states that it shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice for a motor vehicle dealer to advertise the price of a motor vehicle unless the advertised price includes all fees or charges which the customer must pay for the vehicle. Excluding Taxes, Fees, Title, etc. Dealer cannot legally add to the advertised price any additional charge for services performed before delivery , such as those preparing the car . read more

On top of the 5 visits it took to buy a used car that I had to put an addition $1500 into to keep on the road when I bought it, these people didn't process my loan! 2 months later with no payment coming out of my account, this is the worst car buying experience I have ever had. read more

We just bought a car through salesman Douglas Asay at Venice Honda and couldn't be more pleased with the experience. He is knowledgeable, patient and very pleasant. We have bought many cars over many years and put this experience at the top. read more

Please please I don't care what deal you found, please just go somewhere else. This is a horrible dealership

I recently went to Venice Honda to do some maintenance items for my CRV. My service advisor was Tyrell who was able to help me with everything. He answered questions and explained things to me. We took a look at my records and he was incredibly helpful. I waited at the dealership and everything was comfortable. There was a great place to sit both indoors and outdoors. Everyone is very friendly and accommodating. I'd like to reiterate that Tyrell is extraordinary I am looking forward to my next visit as my recent experience there was wonderful. overall Venice Honda is wonderful - great service and friendliness and the quality of their mechanics is unbeatable. Venice Honda is fabulous. I recommend this Honda dealership to anyone in the area. read more

Sent an Email as I live 80 miles away and requested an out-the-door detailed cost sheet . I received two replies from different staff members , asking , "When could I visit for a chat ?" "Am I trading, financing, what is my zip code etc .?" All rather presumptous queries as I've yet to receive the O-T-D. I suspect that their lack of forthcoming with my request is that a detailed out-the-door cost sheet would include many dealer add-ons which I would challenge and refuse to pay as , despite what many, but not all, dealerships claim, these additional fees and simply blatant profit padding. Some good came from the experience though and it's that I can eliminate Venice Honda from future consideration. read more

I drove 1 1/2 hours to get my new lease. Everything that was promised over the phone was met. Everyone was super friendly, especially Chris, Kyle and the finance guy. I was in and out in under two hours. No hassle, no push, just great fo0lks to deal with. I'm 73 years old and have never had a better experience buying or leasing a car. KUDOS to all of you. And thanks!!! read more

I had a very bad experience with this dealer. I checked with KBB to see what the leased car is worth before returning it to the dealer at the end of the lease and this dealer began to inundate me with phone messages, emails, and phone calls that they wanted to buy my car and were stating that they will give $4-$6k more than KBB. I immediately clearly explained that I would not buy a car from them as I already purchased another vehicle. They assured that they were just buying used cars and really wanted mine. As a result, these clowns offered me several thousands less than KBB (even though I told them MANY TIMES how much the lease buyout was) and I wasted more than an hour of my time. The girl who was texting me from the dealership didn't even have the decency to come talk to me. Don't waste your time at this place read more

They are rude and unprofessional especially Tommy Faulks. Many employees without mask read more

Venice Honda - Car Dealers Near Me - Venice, Florida

Daniel Smith 08-12-2023 From FACEBOOK....ATTENTION Venice Honda is Exploiting the Elderly (my Mother-In-Law) Service Advisor Joe Cordaro pressured my elderly mother-in-law into getting a recomended service on her 2016 Honda Pilot Touring that she owned since new because he said the motor would "Blow Up" if she didn't get it done. The service advised "pressured" was a timing belt, 4 new tires brake fluid change, A/C Filter, Windshield wipers and an oil change (which the oil change was the only thing she originally came in for on 7/21/23). She clearly informed Joe that she could not afford all this, but Joe didn't give up and gave her a brochure for Koalifi financing and pushed her to apply for pre approval on her phone, which she got for a $5000 loan/lease. She was scheduled to return on Monday, 7/24 and when she arrived they took her across the street to get a rental car while they performed the services. She was told she wouldn't get to know the terms or amount of her bill until they completed what was necessary and submitted it to Koalifi (the finance company) when they were finished. When they were done and submitted the $2968.46 (invoice #644159) she was then made aware of the horrific finance terms. They were going to take $188.35 out of 52 paychecks starting 8/9/23 or she can pay $3,497.85 as of 8/2/23 (increasing daily) but she only has 90 days to pay off the daily increasing total, otherwise she will have to pay a total of 52 times 188.35 = $9,794.20‼ HOW CAN YOU CALL YOURSELF A TRUSTED SERVICE ADVISOR AND DO THIS TO SOMEONE?‼‼‼ This then leads us to 5 days later after my hard working mother-in-law was coming home from work and had a nail in her tire. She drove to Venice Honda (who she trusted) to just get her tire fixed as she needed to get home to pack for her long awaited 3 night trip to Disney the next day with her Grandchildren and Family. She was tired and vulnerable and unfortunately trusting of these employees. Certified Honda Sales and Leasing Consultant Stephen Walczak saw my mother-in-law in service and approached her as he stated service was his sales territory‼ He pressured her while she was in a vulnerable state to sign a HORRIFIC contract for a smaller, used 2020 Honda Passport Touring with 29,717 miles on it. He got her to sign all under the guise of "helping her" because she needed to "get out of this situation". Mind you the "this situation" is the situation she was in because her service advisor Joe Cordaro advised her to use Koalifi financing to pay for services she could have waited to do, but she believed him when he said her car would blow up if she didn't do her timing belt. So let me backtrack and get to the HORRIFIC numbers of her new contract. She ONLY had 10 payments left of approximately $550 to own her 2016 Honda Pilot Touring with all the fancy upgrades‼ She was concerned she couldn't afford the additional $188.35 every 2 weeks (that's out of every paycheck through Koalifi lease financing for her service) thus costing her about $927 a month (which would only have been for 10 months mind you as she would then have owned her car) and then she would have only had to pay just $188.35 each paycheck for the remaining about 32 of the 52 paychecks she would have left (Assuming I hadn't found out, which I have now so I would and will buy her financing out of Koalifi if they do the right thing and give her her car back) Salesman Stephen with the help of finance manager Spencer Hibbins and sales manager Kyle Composto then persuaded my elderly, single, vulnerable Mother-In-Law to quickly sign a contract for $726.58 per month for 72 months for a merely 4 year newer, smaller, used Honda Passport Touring with 29,717 miles on it with a 13.54% APR. THAT'S financing $35,377.25 for a 4 year old smaller vehicle that she doesn't like that after her trade in that they only gave her $13,000 for and she still owed $5,509.08 on it. They did include a check for $3,700 to pay off that Koalifi loan for the work done on her trade in Honda Pilot. So after the payoff and the money to buy her out of the lease on her trade in service work through Koalifi (so including the $7,490.92 down payment for her trade in) her total cost of purchase is $59,347.48 (well that's according to the paperwork that shows a 13.21% interest rate, but the other page shows a 13.54% APR so it will be more). SHE WILL PAY OVER $60k for a USED PASSPORT UNTIL SHE IS 68 YEARS OLD‼ there is so much more to this story, from the way we were treated once myself and my wife were made aware of the coercion and mistreatment of my elderly Mother-In-Law, to us bringing back the vehicle on Tuesday 8/1/23 at 2:15pm as soon as we returned from vacation (which was about 89 hours after she had signed the contract) and...FULL POST ON FACEBOOK, VENICE FLORIDA'S FRIENDLY PEOPLE, SORT FOR NEW POSTS, 08-12-2023, 5 PM read more

This is a review of the Service Department. They basically got rid of all the older service reps. The people you check in with when you bring your car in. Today I waited 30 months an to be checked in. 2 service reps NO customers waiting. They literally sit there and do things and simply ignore you. Why they got rid of all the guys is crazy. Always checked in within 5 minutes previously. Bad move Venice Honda. read more

BUYER BEWARE!! I purchased my 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid Sport almost a year ago & WHAT A MESS! Paul in the finance department recorded the wrong VIN# on my paperwork, even though it was corrected a week later it was never reported to Honda Corporate, no knowing this, I have since paid off the vehicle and have not been able to obtain the title due to a lien Honda has placed on my title due to the confusion with the VIN#. There are plenty of good Honda dealers out there, I WOULD NOT RECCOMEND THIS ONE!!! read more

Venice Honda scam alert - Read your contract carefully. They throw a lot of paper work at you with all kinds of different prices. I was charged $499.65 for something called "Total other charge and amount to others paid on you behalf". They basically snuck in a $500 charge for nothing. This is the reason everyone hates car sales men. Granted, it was my fault for not catching it, but I had no idea how dishonest this dealership was. I will never, ever shop their again. read more

Manipulative and dishonest. They ran a promotion in the mail with deals on new cars where you scratch off sections to determine whether you win a prize. I scratched off winning numbers for the "$2,500 cash prize". Everything is a scam nowadays, so I wasn't shocked when they handed me a $5 Walmart gift card instead. But it still really rubbed me the wrong way. I guess I'm getting my Honda serviced elsewhere now. I understand wanting to bring people in to look at your inventory, but my advice for next time would be to just say "you could win a mystery gift card". Don't lie to your regular customers and waste their time on scams. read more

I was looking online one day at cars since my car wasn't going to last much longer. I saw a 2016 accord for $16,000 and decided to see if it was still available. I made an appointment to go in look at it. I decided to get it. The next day when I was looking at the paper work the car was actually $22,000. I was taken advantage of, this was the first time I ever got a car from a dealership since I'm only 19 years old. I was also charged a $1000 delivery fee and the 100,000 mile warranty that they said was for free turned out to be $2000. They were very pushy and mean when I said that I had to think about purchasing and almost walked out on me. I will never go back to Venice Honda. I suggest others do the same. read more