My letter
October 14, 2016
William Willis
Willis Chevrolet
2707 South Dupont Blvd
Smyrna, DE 19977
Mr. Willis,
I am writing this letter to you to let you know how disappointed I am in not only in service that I have received from your dealership but also the manner to which I was treated.
After speaking with Whitney, who was very helpful in listening to my concern, she led me to believe that you manager, Isaac Willis was going to work with me to help resolve the problem. Instead, he treated me with contempt and as if I were bothering him with a "trivial" request and couldn't listen to a word I was saying nor did he appear to even care.
I would like to take a moment to go through my dilemma, which Mr. Willis, could not even bother to hear. I feel like I have been totally taken advantage of and charged for services and damages to my vehicle that are not of my doing but were actually caused by a mistake that happened while my car was in the care of your service department.
Initially, in 2011, I brought my vehicle in for an oil change. When I left the service department after my oil change, my vehicle "died" and I had to have it towed back to Willis Chevrolet. After inspection, I found out that the oil filter was not installed properly. Ever since then, I have had problems with my vehicle. Then in 2013, while my vehicle was still under warranty, the timing chain had to be replaced. This also happened again in 2015. This time when it was replaced there were several "loose" wires left unconnected in my vehicle which caused my wires to catch on fire and locked by steering while I was driving with children in my car. I reached out and it was agreed that due to the faulty installation and the problems caused after, that Willis would incur this charge themselves and I was informed that the employee that did the work on my vehicle was terminated. Well, now here are again 2 years later and I'm finding myself needing the timing chain replaced again. I don't know much about vehicle work, but I know that a timing chain should last at least 100k miles. I put no where near that many miles on my vehicle in a 2 year period.
I feel that my concerns have been dismissed and there is still no resolve in how to fix the problem that I believe was caused by my having received faulty service from your service department. I believe that the lack of effort on your part to resolve an issue caused by your service department and your lack of concern for customers who count on you for reliable service is deplorable. Your dealership and the way you handle complaints is irreparable and I will let anyone who will listen know just how your dealership operates and handles complaints and concerns.
During my conversation with Mr. Willis, he let me know that the manufacturer was willing to pay the difference after I pay the first $700.00. That is all he kept repeating. I feel that there truly is a problem that was caused by faulty service from my oil change in 2011 that caused unknown damage to my engine and the poor workmanship from the service department on the repair and replacement of the timing chain in 2015 which caused my engine to catch fire and my steering wheel to seize, and rather than admit fault and take care of the problem, you would rather see a single mom of two children and takes care of her disabled mother in a fixed income pay for a mistake that is through no doing of my own.
I would like you to review what has happened to my vehicle. It is ruined and I basically need to replace it, which not likely since I simply cannot afford a car payment. I would like to see some resolve in this matter and I would like to know that when a woman walks into your service department with a concern they are not going to be dismissed like they are nothing and do not know what they are talking about. I want you listen to what I am saying.
I appreciate and thank you in advance for your time. read more