My husband and I bought a Volvo in the summer of 2015. Except for small repairs, there has been two major issues so far. The first issue is related to heated seats. Before buying this car, we looked through their website and carefully read what options this car has. It said the car has the heated front seats and we of course trusted what they said as they proudly introduced them as a trustworthy partner for used car sales. It turned out, however, that heated seats had not been installed at all. We found this a week after the purchase and it was so disappointing because we paid extra hundreds of dollars for nothing! The second major issue is about time for exchanging the timing belt. Before planning to actually buy it, we asked them when the timing belt would need to be changed. They looked it up and told us that it should be changed when it runs 150,000 mileage. Unfortunately, it was not the case. My husband figured out that it needs to be changed when it’s 120,000 mileage. The car already hit around 106,000 mileage at that time. If we knew that, we wouldn’t have purchased it for the price because it would cost us more than 5-600 dollars to exchange the timing belt. There are two possible assumptions. If they didn’t know about the fact, it means they sell a car they do not know much about. If they did know that it should be changed before 120,000 mileage, they tried to hide it by telling a lie to a customer. I am not sure which one is the case but either way is not trustworthy and responsible. Finally, there has been some “minor issues” such as broken oil pan right after the 3-month warranty and the door lock which costed us more than 800 bucks. It’s not only about money and time consumption. It’s about being an honest and trustworthy partner to customers. Who can trust them as a used car dealer after going through these experiences? It was such an unsatisfactory purchase for us.
This review was written regarding a purchase from Grand Rapids Motorcar Sales, which was a separately owned entity. The business you are referring to is no longer in this location or affiliated with Grand Rapids Motorcar Service. We would appreciate if you would remove this from our Google review. We would be happy to provide you with the information of the business you purchased the vehicle from.
- Grand Rapids Motorcar