Recent Reviews from AutoNation Toyota Gulf Freeway

I bought my car from this dealership back in March. I recently had some maintenance issues with the car, so I brought it in to get it taken care of. It was a complete wasted trip (1.5hr drive from my house). It started off with the guy telling me that there wasn't any technicians available to work on my car since it was a Chevy and this is a Toyota dealership. I said "well I made an appointment, the lady verified what vehicle I had, and I bought this car from here". He said "well you may have to leave it for a day or 2 for us to work on it". I told him that I could not do that since this is my only means of transportation and I asked if they provided rentals. His response was "the list for rentals is so long you won't receive one before we are done working on your car". I told him that he needed to figure something out because I needed my car worked on today and I scheduled an appointment and that's something they should check before scheduling. So he went to talk to his manager and then comes back saying we can loom at your car today. So I go in and wait to find out what is going on with the car. He come back after about a hour and tells me I need new tires. I said "ok well I have only had this car 4 months so why am I needing all 4 new tires?" He said "because the alignment is off and your tires are worn down". I told him that this obviously was a problem with the car when I purchased it so it should be covered under warranty since they have the certified pre-owned warranty. He then again said "let me speak to my manager". This time I waited 2 hours and finally had to hunt him down, and ask if he found anything out. He said "I haven't talked to my manager yet" then walked to go find him. He comes back and tells me the sales manager is going to speak to me, and to go have a seat at the small table. I wait another 20 minutes and I talk with the sales manager who was very helpful and seemed appalled at the fact that I had now been there 4 hours and haven't gotten anywhere on the car issue or even been given a quote on what I would need to pay. So he goes to find the service manager. He comes back and tells me that the service manager will be with me shortly. This is when the service rep that I've been dealing with all day comes and apologizes for not giving me a quote and is still set on me purchasing new tires and tells me it will be around $860 for tires and oil change. I said "I refuse to pay that. I don't need new tires and shouldn't need new tires after only having the vehicle for 4 months". He then leaves again to go get his manager. This guy comes and sits down with him. He never once introduced himself or even asked my name. He just started telling the guy what to take off the bill and such. I told him he can take it all off because I refuse to pay it. He stood up and walked away. I told the guy I just wanted my oil changed and nothing else. He leaves and comes back about 45 minutes later and tells me that I owe $90.04. I said when I scheduled the oil change I was it was $69.95. He said yeah but we did an alignment on your vehicle so that's what you're paying for. I told him I never once agreed to that. That I told him to just do an oil change and I refused to pay it. His response was well we already did it so you have to pay for it. I argued with him for about 5 minutes and told him he needs to work on his communication skills because not only did he give me the run around all day he failed to listen or communicate with me. I was finally fed up and just paid the $90.04. I paid with cash and he apparently couldn't take cash payments. So he took me over to another desk where a lady was. She had her mouth full of mouth wash and didn't even speak to me. She motioned her hands and pointed at the amount due on the paper and did more hand motions and mumbles while taking my payment. After she gave me the change back she motioned me out the door and mumbled and waved. At this time I was completely fed up with the unprofessionalism. I said where is my car, no one has communicated with me on where I go to get my car. She then finally spits out the mouth wash and tells me where my car is. She then proceeds to tell me she's sorry she was going to get her lips done and wanted to make sure her breath didn't stink. I just said I don't care I want my car so I can get out of here. She then asked me if I wanted to speak to the manager because she could tell I was not happy and wanted me to leave happy. I told her I had already spoken with the manager and she insisted. She went to get him and came back and said "oh he said he spoke to you already and he doesn't need to speak with you again". I said yeah and he was no help in the beginning either and I left. I will not ever come back to this dealership for anything and will not refer them to anyone as well.

Kristen Howard Aug 31, 2022

Let me start by saying, the reason I went to get me a car from AUTONATION TOYOTA was because my family had previously bought their last 2 SUVs from Autonation Ford, which is right on the side, so I assumed service was going to be about the same experience. Wrong! Buying process was not the problem, the problem is once you have to take it for service. 1st experience was when a front sensor had to be replaced, (if you trying to get something "fixed" plan on leaving the car, don't wait like I did because is gonna be a 4+ hr wait everytime) Well the service advisor told me the sensor was repaired okay cool, once I get the car back I notice the bumper wasn't placed back in there properly (brackets showing by the headlights) so I go back being understanding that they have more cars to work on and mistakes can happen, well this time I'm told the bumper was already like that and that the car had been crashed before that's why. Unless it was crashed from the service lane to the shop back there because my car has never been crashed nor do I let someone borrow it so 🤷🏻‍♂️, they ended up putting the bumper back together but still told me it had been crashed 🤦🏻‍♂️. Then I go in because the sunroof is not working properly, goes in at 715am I'm told they might have to replace the sunroof and find me a loaner because they can'tgive me the car back like that, okay cool. At 11am I'm told they don't have a loaner so collision tape will do the job and the roof will be waterproof until the sunroof they ORDERED arrives. I get my car tapped up and when I get home half of the roof is now with no tape because of the wind. So I do tell my advisor to please find a way to get a loaner by the end of the day and let me know please , mind you is now 1pm. At 430p I decide to go back and find out what happened I get a call finally, talking about 1) they don't have a loaner. 2) We won't be able to do the repair you'll have to take it to another Toyota dealership. ( like I have all the time off my job I want to be wasting days at dealership waiting rooms) Also there was a miscommunication and we didn't ordered the sunroof. So my thing is, we couldn't have said that from 730a-12p somewhere I that time frame Vs having me go back and forth and now by 430pm there's nothing I can do anymore, service depts at other dealerships were closed already. I would say if you end up buying a car here, be mindful service isn't going to be what your salesman tells you is like

Nietto Moises Sep 3, 2021

Prior to purchasing a vehicle from AutoNation, my family purchased a vehicle from another dealership. We actually returned there several times because our experience was SO GREAT! Sadly, they didn’t have the vehicle we were looking for this time. Thus, I found one I liked at AutoNation. I first sent an email inquiry and began corresponding. Then, I decided I wanted to see the vehicle in person. The dealership itself is a very clean looking building. The people seem friendly, but not overly enthusiastic with customer service. It was a completely different atmosphere than the other dealership I mentioned. Upon seeing the vehicle, which I really liked, I asked about price negotiations. I was unaware that this place operated like a CarMax...apparently a lot of dealerships are headed in this direction. While the salesman I worked with was helpful and informative...again there wasn’t much on the customer service side of things. I ended up leaving because I’d been there so long and had some things to take care of. When I got home, I looked up vehicles online again. I found one at the other dealership so decided to stop by there the next day. They were willing to work with me on the price and I was pretty set, but it was not the vehicle I really wanted - a Toyota Tacoma. So, when I returned to AutoNation to purchase the vehicle, I was very hesitant because there were issues with finance. They ended up running my credit three times. Also, I kind of felt like I wasn’t as important as someone purchasing a new vehicle. I understand this is just my experience, but I just want to caution people before they go in there. I definitely don’t feel like I really want to return or recommend any of my friends and family to go here. Overall, they did give me a great deal on my trade and the price of the 2016 Tacoma was reasonably priced compared to other dealerships around. However, they simply lacked in customer service.

Kris Roland Jan 18, 2021

No star for sure. If anyone needs a service or a car fixed, go to the other place have a free diagnosis before coming here. They will somehow get your money. The guy helped me today is Omar as I called earlier and he was the one answering the phone, I came and asked for him. I did ask him I don’t know what happened with my car and my car is under 36,000 miles so it should be under warranty. He mentioned that he needed to check and I pulled out the diagnosis from Autozone. For sure I don’t wanna pay if my car is still under warranty. He mentioned something about if there is a physical problem I need to pay $297 for just diagnosis??? And I told him you should tell me if there is not under warranty, tell me before you’re get any done. He said let me call his college, he called and took few moment and told other to drove my car to diagnosis. After two hours or more, got out and told me I needed to pay 297 if I chose to not fix the car, if I fixed it, I pay around more than 200 and total is around 600. And I told him, you didn’t mention I needed to pay earlier, why didn’t you inform me before. ... I talked to the manager and he gave such examples that we needed to pay for our master, and do you think you go to the grocery store and got food for free. Sir, that’s a different story, is this how you treat customers and made fun of us because I am a woman and don’t understand about the car, or about I am asian and don’t understand English well so you tried to trick me like that. The manager ended tell me if I do the service (get fixed) I don’t need to pay 297 but 600, remembered earlier Omar told me fixed and diagnosis total around 600. Wow anyway, my bad to not recording our conversation. And learn one thing before leaving. I had the thing fixed finally, paid out of pocket around 600, including 10% discount, the manager said oh, that’s money He need to pay, Omar wouldn’t have lunch today because of that, I know for sure they earned more than that. And before I left, I asked Omar so how long warranty for the part, he said 12 months or 12000 miles, which come last. So to be confirmed, I asked again, does that mean if I got the problem with it, bring the car within these conditions, I will get fix for free. He said yes, if that’s the same problem, if not, still need to pay for diagnosis. Then I asked can you showed me which parts should be under warranty, he told me the mechanic guy know that, but I need to know that, if something happens for me in the future, should he at least to get to give me some information, he just tried to make sure I pay, that’s it and sit still in his office, give me the car. Wow, I figured out how dealer service makes the money now. Try to trick customers, what the point for the warranty, if you say I still need to pay for diagnosis. If I a woman know what is wrong with the car, do I need to bring it here and pay that money. He didn’t even wash my car, didn’t show me the fixed thing, just seat in his office. I went out, open the hood to check, one guy is coming and asked what happened. I said I was not sure is that the new one repaired, he explained to me patiently, and I asked why other got the car washed and mine wasn’t, he said oh do you wanna wash, and ask other guy to bring my car to wash. I meant if I knew every procedure needed to be done, I don’t waste my money for that. And does the first help advisor needed to let customers know upfront, and even you aren’t happy with your customers, you still to do your job, I just asked what I don’t understand. Sorry for such the long complaining, thank for reading. If I can redo that, I will write more, for what I experienced today, that isn’t much

Oanh Pham Mar 11, 2020

Being completely honest I was not happy at all this time. I made an appointment, showed up early and was met by the worker in the bay that said he was going to get my advisor. When the man came out his name was Omar and I booked with Russ as the one I wanted wasn't available for that day. No big deal there that person may have called off for the day. When I told Omar I was there for my first service he immediately told me what they were going to do which included a tire rotation and since it was busy it would be about an hour to an hour in a half. I mentioned at this point I had purchased my own tires and they had there own schedule to be rotated so take that off the list of things to do so as to not mess with the warranty on the tires. He kind of stumbled at that point and finally agreed saying yes you have expensive tires and you don't want to mess with those Michelins. I hesitantly said ok and went to the waiting area. You see my tires say B.F. Goodrich big and bold all over them and when he said Michelin I was a little thrown off. But like I said, I let it go and went to the waiting area. I'm sorry but that leaves an uneasy feeling when your service guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Remind self he's not the one working on it. An hour and twenty minutes later I went up to Omar and asked how things were coming along. He says, Oh it's going to be awhile I told you it would be two to two in a half hours. I said, No, you said it would be about an hour to an hour in a half and since you do not have to rotate the tires it should be less, don't you think? Omar stared for a moment and said the inspection had already been done so it'll be done in at least another fifteen to twenty more minutes. I said I hope so. Hmmm he hasn't talked to anyone or looked at a computer at this point so how does he know?? Meaningless words seemed to be just flying out at this point. You can obviously see I'm being fed a line here. I go back to my seat and noticed Omar is all of the sudden running around all over the place now when this whole time he was basically just sitting around chatting with others and low and behold there's my vehicle. Was he frantically trying to stop the tire rotation? Did he really even know what was going on? So many questions. He called me up to the counter and said I need your signature very sharp and tight lipped. Not explaining what had been done or what I was signing. I had to ask and got very short snappy non informative answers. Well I'm sorry he was caught being untruthful and it made him feel he had to treat me that way. Bottom line...if you're going to work in that field, at least know what you're talking about and do not make crap up. The other thing I do not like is you cannot see what is going on with your vehicle. You have no idea what they are really doing nor can you trust that any work has been done at all. I have been burned more than once before and honestly if it wasn't for the first time service for warranty purposes, I wouldn't go there at all just because of the past mistakes that have happened. Each and every time I have have said something and yet it remains the same. Unfortunately every other dealer is across town. Now this does not pertain to the sales. Only one experience there and it was a good one.

Kathy Jan 7, 2020

Took my car for an oil change and state inspection almost 2 weeks ago, waited 5 hours without any updates from the advisor during the time. Three days ago, started hearing weird noise from the engine while driving and the car stalls while I was driving to work. Fortunately I was already close to the parking lot at work or else who knows what could've happened if I was driving on the highway. Asked my colleague to help figure out the problem and saw that there was no oil on the dipping stick. Yes, I've been driving the past two weeks with leaking engine oil. Calls AutoNation Toyota and was told to have the car towed to them so they can check on the problem. Tow company that the roadside assistance hired came 3 hours later than they said. Finally my car arrives at the dealer, the advisor in charge of my oil change service calls to ask for details of the issue, says he would call back with an update the next morning, no offers of a loaner if needed assuming that I'll be fine without my car for who know how long. Next morning, NO CALLS AT ALL! So I called his direct line around 9:30am and left a voicemail. After 3 hours of waiting, still nothing, so I called the service line and found out that the advisor had the day off. Are you serious? What kind of service is this? I would've been a fool waiting for his call if I hadn't took the initiative of calling. The worst thing is that the person I spoke to told me she'll call me back after she talks to the technician about the status and the work on my car. So again I waited. After two hours, at 3PM, still no call so I called again and asked for the person who I spoke to, and I was told that she has left for the day. WHAT?! Is this for real? Just because my case was assigned to someone that had the day off means I shouldn't get the service you are supposed to provide? So I nicely asked the person on the phone to please find out what's going on with my car because almost a day has gone by and no one even told me what was the cause of the problem and how it'll be fixed. So the guy puts me on hold, comes back in a couple of minutes and tells me "they're working on it and should be ready next morning, your advisor will give you a call." So I asked if he can at least tell me what they're actually working on, and of course being the advisor that's not responsible for my car says "your advisor will give you a call tomorrow morning." At this point I am speechless and running out of patience, and after an hour I decided to call again and if I don't get an answer I will have to speak with a supervisor who should be able to tell me what's going on, hopefully. Finally, the person who answered my call was very helpful, put me on hold for ten minutes and explained to me the cause of the problem, faulty O-ring on the oil filter from the oil change they provided, told me about the works they had done to make sure the engine is working fine after the damages from the lack of oil, and that my car is ready for pickup. (My car is actually ready to be picked up!) She then transfers me to the service director for more details and ensured that there will be no cost for me since it was the faulty O-ring. So I said I'll be there in 30 minutes (thankfully a colleague of mine offered to drop me off there). I asked the director if I should ask for him when I get there, he says he'll be off by then but ask for this other person. When I got there, asked for this other person, was directed to his desk and told to wait. 10 minutes gone by, this other person is nowhere to be seen, but I do see my keys and paperwork, so we asked a nearby advisor if the guy will be here soon, the nearby advisor was nice enough and offered to help instead of the never-ending wait I've gone through. Although he helped me with getting my car back and the paperwork, he couldn't answer the questions that I had since he doesn't know about my case, if I wanted my answers, I would have to wait who knows how long for the guy who was supposed to help me to come back. I did not want to waste another second of my life dealing with this so asked for the guy, or my actual advisor to give me a call when they're back. At this moment, while writing my review, no follow-up calls, nothing, as if nothing happened. In the end, I got my car back in working condition, crossing my fingers on this since won't really know the damages until other problem occurs. After 2 days of dealing with this mess, it's really disappointing to see how ridiculous their service is, from the oil change to fixing the issue caused by the oil change. Throughout this whole time, no one offered any service or future service, no word about the cost of towing if it's more than what my extended warranty covers, or even a refund of the oil change, as if this whole thing wasn't caused by their faulty piece of equipment that they should've checked. Why should I have suffered for their mistakes when I paid to prevent issues from happening? It feels like I was taken advantage of because I'm an Asian female. I was a loyal customer, bought my car from them 4 years ago, had my services even state inspections done with them, and yet no one wanted to help, what a let down. Hopefully, after sharing this review, no other customer will be treated this poorly and have to go through this unpleasant experience ever.

Yujung Liang Oct 10, 2019

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