476, Report:
#233631
Posted Date:
Jan 31 2007
Carmax lousy body shop, lousy paint job, tried to cheat me out of my warranty, incompetent management Tampa Florida
I bought a car from carmax in Dec. 2006. After I bought the car I noticed the car had obviously been in accident since there was an attempt to touch up some paint on one side and there was overspray everywhere, also dirt under the paint and tiny dimples commonly known as fish eye. ...
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Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
477, Report:
#230437
Posted Date:
Jan 14 2007
Carmax Unskilled staff damages my new truck, ripoff. Sterling Virginia
I purchased a new truck from Carmax in Sterling two months ago. After taking a month and a dozen phone calls to get my new license plates I thought the nightmare was over. However, when I went to change the oil on my new truck I found that their service staff had used an impact wren...
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Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
478, Report:
#217180
Posted Date:
Dec 23 2006
CarMax Of Rockville, Md. Don't Expect To Get Your Downpayment Back If You Return A Lemon Ripoff Rockville Maryland
I went into CarMax of Rockville, on Sept. 19 and purchased a 2003 Hyundai Sante Fe. It had about 70K miles on it, and cost 12998.
After driving the car for a few days, the check-engine light came on and I returned it to the CarMax service department for inspection. As it turned o...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
479, Report:
#222487
Posted Date:
Dec 02 2006
CarMax Dishonest Sterling Virginia
I purchased a 2000 Toyota Corolla in 2004 from CarMax. Three days after the purchase I went back with the car because the clutch and brakes were making noise.They asked me to come back a few days later, but I was traveling. Every time I called they were booked. I was told to take it...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
480, Report:
#115756
Posted Date:
Nov 22 2006
Carmax - Dishonest Sales Practices. Rip-off! Deceptive unfair not transparent chicanery misleading! White Marsh Maryland
On October 12th, my fiancee and I decided to buy a used van. We searched online for various models and searched various vendors. One of them was carmax.com. Carmax was offering a 2001 Durango for 12,998. For the mileage, it seemed like a fair price so we decided to call carmax to...
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Categories: Car Financing
481, Report:
#218215
Posted Date:
Oct 29 2006
CarMax Misrepresentation, Safety Failures, and Negligence Ripoff Tampa Florida
I purchased a 2002 VW Jetta 1.8T vehicle in March 06 and since then have had nothing but problems. I know there are always risks when purchasing a 'used' car, but I chose to make my purchase at CarMax because of the reputation of safety and quality as well as the guarantee they pro...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
482, Report:
#217509
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2006
Joe Myers Ford selling salvage cars as demos Houston Texas
I was sold a Ford Escape as a demo. I was told this car was in perfect condition and would be in the price range that I needed. I bought the vechile at 3000 miles.
About 8 months after I purchased the vechile I tried to trade the car in at Carmax and they told me that there was ...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
483, Report:
#172545
Posted Date:
Oct 23 2006
CARMAX Sold one death trap, then sold us another as replacement ripoff Whitemarsh MARYLAND
I WILL PROBABLY GET IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE FROM MY HUSBAND FOR DOING THIS. But as the nagging wife, and for the safety of others I ask you to heed my warning. In Mid Dec 2005 we purchased a little cheap Chevy Blazer. We chose Carmax as they advertise EVERYWHERE about their 125 poi...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
484, Report:
#214983
Posted Date:
Oct 10 2006
Carmax Service departments: The reason they don't have to do ANYTHING Raleigh North Carolina
Carmax has no one to check on their individual service departments.
I drive a 2000 Honda accord, which I purchased from Carmax in Raleigh in Dec. of 2002.
Last summer, I had my compressor replaced under warranty. Over Labor day weekend, My car started making funny noises, an...
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Categories: Auto Dealer Repairs
485, Report:
#198466
Posted Date:
Oct 04 2006
CarMax ripoff Laurel Maryland
June 14, 2006
Alex Kozdras, Service Manager
CarMax
8800 Freestate Drive
Laurel, Maryland 20723
Dear Mr. Kozdras:
My son, Amos, purchased his 1999, Mazda Mellinia on or about January 29th, 2006. Since that time his car has been returned to CarMax because the engine ...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
486, Report:
#212433
Posted Date:
Sep 26 2006
Superior Auto ripoff superior auto Crawfordsville Indiana Crawfordsville Indiana
We bought a car at superior auto in Indiana and have almost got it paid off we are living in Tennessee now and have been mailing payments back, we have had nonstop problems with it including to it jerking down road, all equipment on dash goes out at different times and we were havin...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
487, Report:
#63554
Posted Date:
Sep 19 2006
Carmax Bunch of damn losers, who do not care once you drive the car out of their lot. Greenville South Carolina
I bought a 2002 X-terra from Carmax last year. In less than a year my Air conditioning has gone out 4 times and everytime I have taken it back, they have treted me like crap, like its my fault they have these want to be mechanics who cant even change a tire. I had toget a male fri...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
488, Report:
#210593
Posted Date:
Sep 19 2006
Carmax Irving Texas (Texas Stadium location) cancelled my extended service warranty without my knowledge/consent for 9 months and put it back as if its always been there ILLEGAL CROOKS!! Irving, Texas
I purchased my BMW from the Irving, TX (Texas Stadium) Carmax location in December 2004. May 31, 2006 was the first time I've had to take my vehicle in for a service problem.
I took my vehicle in at 7:30am to BMW of Dallas. Around 3pm, I was notified by the BMW dealership that ...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
489, Report:
#196855
Posted Date:
Aug 17 2006
CarMax ripoff cheats poor repair incompetent mechanics 101 point inspection my aXX Independence Missouri
I had purchased a car from CarMax in KS in 2004 and had very good luck with it. Then my 17 yr old son totalled it. CarMax in INdependence was closer to home so I went there. Since my credit is less than pristine, I was very happy with the deal I got and, since they claim to do a 1...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
490, Report:
#205982
Posted Date:
Aug 14 2006
CarMax Ripoff Not trustworthy, fell apart in a month White Marsh Maryland
My husband bought a 2001 Nissan from CarMax (White Marsh, MD) on October 1, 2004. It had about 23,000 miles on it. I had no say in the buying process at that time but it sounded like he had made a good decision.
Almost a month after he bought the car, my husband noticed a kno...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
491, Report:
#138207
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2006
Carmax ripoff MaxGouge MaxProfit Orlando Florida
I took my 95 Honda Civic to Carmax. They'll buy mine, even if I don't buy theirs. National advertsing. Major Network TV.
I first researched on Carmax's site, the national retail selling price. It was about $7900.00 for my car.
I then used CarMax's blue book valuation. I was a li...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
492, Report:
#199654
Posted Date:
Jul 06 2006
Carmax Maxcare ripoff, lies, uncaring, treats customers like they are morons, fails to honor extended warranty Tampa Florida
Talk about crooked!!!
I purchased a 2001 Ford Windstar minivan from Carmax in Tampa, FL in October 2004. The salesman included the Maxcare extended warranty ($1599.00) without asking or telling my husband and me. Since my husband was in a hurry to go and pickup our child from sch...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
493, Report:
#150481
Posted Date:
May 24 2006
Carmax Certified Quality Inspection False Advertisement Ripoff Greensboro North Carolina
I recently purchased a certified vehicle from carmax
or so I thought. I have had this vehicle for 3 months
now and have had to replace the clutch. I also took
this certified vehicle into a merchants tire and auto
store to get the car aligned the steering wheel was
cock eyed a l...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
494, Report:
#184759
Posted Date:
May 13 2006
CarMax, Dulles VA Totally Being Screwed RIPOFF Sterling Virginia
All these stories about CarMax on this site sound WAY too familiar to me!! This is only an ABRIDGED version of the hell I have been dealing with (there is much more to it but I'd be writing forever):
Purchased a used car from them Dec 10.
Experienced stalling in mid-turn and com...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
495, Report:
#189699
Posted Date:
May 03 2006
Carmax, Carmax Superstores Trying to change contract,claiming I owe them more money. ripodd Richmond Virginia
On 11/29/04 at 9:48 p.m., I purchased a 2000 Acura 3.2 TL from CarMax, with the trade of my 2000 Nissan Maxima. Less than 12 hours later, on 11/30/04 while traveling to work, the side airbag lights started flashing. I contacted CarMax immediately.
They took the vehicle in and co...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
496, Report:
#156348
Posted Date:
Apr 30 2006
Carmax False Advertising Certified ASE Quality Inspection Duarte California
I purchased a 2002 Nissan Altima SE from them in June 2005. One week later I took the car back and had them check the brakes because they were making a squealing noise. I was told the noise was due to aftermarket(non Nissan) brakes being put on the car during the Quality Inspection....
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Categories: Auto Dealers
497, Report:
#186137
Posted Date:
Apr 17 2006
Courtesy Ford Conyers - Randy Morris ripoff FORD CERTIFIED PREOWNED WRECK FORD CPO was in a major accident the vehicle did not receive a thorough inspection Conyers Georgia
I purchased an OEM (Ford Motor Company) Certified Used Car from Courtesy Ford back in February of 2005(11 months ago). The Ford model is 2003 Windstar. The Certified Used Car program offered by the Ford Motor Company, for authorized Ford Dealerships, is suppose to certify that the c...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
498, Report:
#185862
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2006
Carnax Another Warranty Scam ripoff Schaumburg Illinois
Purchased a GMC 3500 pickup from Carmax. I brought it in because the coolant level was always going down. Carmax confirmed that there is gas in the coolant and they indicated that it was a head gasket. They wanted me to pay for 15 to 20 hours of investigative diagnosis to pin d...
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Categories: Auto Mechanics
499, Report:
#132574
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2006
Prime Motors Ripoff Deceptive advertising and pricing Palatine Illinois
I called on an auto advertised on carmax.com. We spoke to the dealer listed on the ad, Clifford Jeep in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. They informed us they had sent it to their wholesaler, Prime Motors. The price seemed almost too good to be true. So we contacted Prime Motors to verif...
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Categories: Auto Dealers
500, Report:
#184272
Posted Date:
Mar 31 2006
Wells Fargo Acceptance ripoff Philadelphia Pennsylvania
in june of 2005 i needed an automobile because i had totalled mine. i went to carmax in laurel maryland and was given an interest rate of 15.39, which is very high considering my credit scores are 697, 659 and 660. i really was thinking because i had just bought a house and my cre...
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Categories: Banks