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  • Report:  #763584

Complaint Review: showcase honda - phoenix Arizona

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Bao - phoenix, Arizona, USA
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showcase honda
1500 E camelback RD phoenix, 85014 Arizona, United States of America
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I drive a 2006 Acura Tl and unexpectedly had transmission failure on Monday August 8th, 2011. The closest Acura/Honda dealership that I could make it to was Showcase Honda located at 1500 East Camelback Rd in Phoenix Arizona (85014) I have my own private Mechanic so I asked Showcase Honda to please diagnose any and all problems that they find and I would buy the parts and have them installed. I also asked them to go ahead and flush my transmission fluid while they had my car. I agreed to the diagnostic fees and any labor costs to cover the transmission flush. I left the car and went to work. I received a phone call a few hours later telling me that the diagnosis was complete and that the transmission flush was also completed and I could return for my car.

When I arrived I paid for their services and was informed that my Solenoid was bad and that was the cause of my transmission failure. I went to my car and quickly checked the transmission fluid only to find it was still black and had a strong smell, it had not been flushed, changed or even touched for that matter. After bringing this to the attention of a different Service Advisor, he also agreed that nothing had been done to the car. He said to come back at 7am the following day and he would also speak for me as a witness to the Service Manager.

I came in at 7am Tuesday morning and the service guy who helped me originally on Monday had the worst attitude ( Im guessing because he knew already what happened and got caught maybe) he was very rude and said that he would refund me the money for the flush but not for the diagnostic service. He stood firm that the flush had been performed, while his co worker beside of me agreed that it had "not" been flushed. His reply? He said "He doesn't know what he's talking about"really professional. Not once did he even apologize for the mix up. Frustrated I towed my own car out of Showcase Honda and straight to my home where my Solenoids were replaced. Same problem.

I then called AAA and had the car towed to Acura of Peoria on 9190 West Bell Rd in Phoenix Arizona. I had another diagnostic ran on the car. After a few hours I was told that my Transmission needed to be replaced, "flushed" my rack and pinion and that my torque converter needed to be replaced. I was informed by my Service Advisor that a transmission flush had not been performed and that there was no way that they ran a diagnostic and didn't find any of the several problems that they found. He suggested that I contact Showcase Honda and demand a refund. I called Showcase Honda and they told me I would receive a call back.

I was contacted today Wednesday August 10th 2011 by Showcase Honda. I spoke with the Service Dept. Manager who was completely rude with me and refused to refund any money. I am just shocked at not only how bad this situation was handled by the employees but also how rude they were when I confronted them with the situation in general. I just want the $122.00 back that I paid for the services that were not completed and also for how badly I was treated. I never once got loud, disruptive or even confrontational and in return I was talked to like a child and called a liar. This is beyond ridiculous and very unprofessional. 


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showcase honda

phx,
Arizona,
United States of America
what really happened

#2UPDATE Employee

Fri, August 26, 2011

my rebuttal to this post is first, kenny the brother of bao towed the vehicle and informed me his acura is having transmission problems. he informed me he has his own mechanic and told me he needs shift solenoid a and shift solenoid b for his concern. i  then proceeded to inform mr. nguyen shift solenoids will not correct a non-moving transmission, kenny authorized diag of 120.00 to properly inspect his transmission. we diagnosed the vehicle with having a bad transmission due to internal failure. kenny was insistant  he needed shift solenoids so i quoted him  900.00 give or take and informed him this would not correct his concern, shift solenoids will help shifting points but not  correct a transmission with a internal failure. kenny then sent me a link for auto zone to show how cheap the solenoids were, i saved that email. he declined repairs and said flush my transmission so he has clean fluid when he replaces his own solenoids. the cost for the flush was 169.95 .my tech flushed the transmission with an assistant tech several times and made no change to the color of the fluid. at  this point i do except repsonsibilty for my technicain not informing me the fluid had no change after flushing that night, so when kenny arrived the fluid was still black and i understand the frustration. the following morning i was informed mr nguyen was not happy the way the fluid looked and smelled. mr bao nguyen showed up with kenny and another gentleman, i started by apologizing and informing him with a failed transmission and no pressure on the transmission i could not correctly perform a transmission flush, i was unaware of this until it was brought to my attention. before mr nguyen could ask any thing, i informed him i am going to reimburse him 72.00 for the difference of the flush and when their solenoids where installed i would flush the trans at no charge while he watched. again, i did inform he had a failed transmission. kenny the brother then continued to argue that all i was doing was to try to rip them off, when speaking to bao i believe we came to reasonable agreement. so in the final outcome we gave all their money back. they needed a tranny the way we explained, i did accept the blame for the communication error and apologized. as a dealer i believe that was fair. kenny on the other hand threatened saying he has a lot of pull in the asian community and he was gonna tell the asian community not to do business here which is completey uncalled for. im not here to argue just to explain the other side of the matter on what happened. mr nguyen is being malicious with his internet rants and is not being reasonable.  

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