8151, Report:
#2377
Posted Date:
Jun 03 2000
Marietta Ford (Ga) - Bait & Switch Tactics on Their New Car Quotes
June 3, 2000
I was interested in a 2000 Ford Explorer XLT and visited Marietta Ford 810 Cobb Parkway S.E, Marietta, Ga. 30062 (Tel: 770 422-1100) After looking several times I got a faxed quote from Russell Porter 'Sales Manager' and the quoted amount was $25,999, less a $1,000 re...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
8152, Report:
#2344
Posted Date:
May 29 2000
Start Mart aka Shuckmans ...starter problems ? rip-off auto repair
my wifes 96 ford aspire a lemon at its best had a problem starting turn the key and nothing battery is good sometimes it would start if you moved the gear selector back and forth so i figured it might be the park neutral switch didnt have a repair manual didnt want to spend the tim...
Entity
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8153, Report:
#2329
Posted Date:
May 25 2000
Ford Explorer 1997
I purchased a 1997 Ford Explorer with 11,000 miles in November of 1998. Just recently, with only 38,000 miles, the timing chain went and I had to replace the entire engine. The warrantee was 3 years or 36,000 miles. I called Good Brothers Ford of Randolph, MA and Ford Motor Compa...
Entity
Categories: Auto manufactures
8154, Report:
#2223
Posted Date:
May 08 2000
Big Hearted Smitty's Auto .. is a no-hearted Auto rip-off !
We purchased a 1990 Ford Probe from Big Hearted Smitty's. Two weeks later, the linkage in the transmission wrapped up in it. We had it towed to a local transmission shop. Jerry at Big Hearted Smitty's called and told us not to let the shop even look at the car, that he would go a...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
8155, Report:
#2209
Posted Date:
May 06 2000
Mel Clayton Ford stole our car ripoff Phoenix Arizona
I went to Mel Clayton Ford in Phoenix Arizona to trade in my vehicle, a 95 Nissan Altima. I was placed in a 99 Ford Taurus (silver). After two weeks the dealer called me back and told me that I didnt get approved and to bring the car back. I did that. I got my car back. Then our sal...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
8156, Report:
#2145
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2000
S & C Ford CA rip-off Parts and Service
I took my car in because there seamed to be a problem with the starter. I was told that they needed to order a part. That that problem occured on some cougars and contours.
It took about two weeks to get it fixed. I finally got the car back. I did not have a car they said they c...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
8157, Report:
#2087
Posted Date:
Apr 17 2000
MOBIL . FULL SERVICE STATION .Southgate Michigan ..GAS STATION REPAIRS, LABORS CHARGES , HIDDEN OVERCHARGES OF COMSUMERS.
Last Wed. morning I was driving on the freeway I-75 south. I couldn't avoid a piece of rolling metal, it put a hole in my gas
tank, approximately three & half inches by half an inch. I stop
at the first repair station which was located on 12961 Dix at Northline in Southgate MI....
Entity
Categories: Auto Repair Service
8158, Report:
#1909
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2000
greg sweet ford is a fraud
In october of 1999 I bought a van From Greg Sweet Ford. They agreed to fix certain things on the van when I bought it. They also gave me a 30 day power train warranty. Out of the 5 months that I have owned the vehicle I have only driven it for one month. The rest of the time it has ...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
8159, Report:
#1829
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
Bait and Switch
On October 24, 1999 My wife and I stopped to look at a 1999 ford expedition located on the lot of Diamond Motors. They offered us to take it for a test drive which we did only to find the fuel was below empty so we didn't go very far down the road. Not getting a true feeling of the ...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers
8160, Report:
#1712
Posted Date:
Mar 28 2000
BAD CAR DEAL
My husband and myself bought a 1992 Ford Bronco from a dealer at Auto Deal in Livermore,Me.When we Bought this truck all stickerable Items wre supposed to be fixed,a leak of anti-freeze was also supposed to be fixed.When we Paid Cash for the truck and picked it up we decided to brin...
Entity
Categories: Auto Dealers