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"Lack of competence among mechanics "
2.2 out of 5 stars
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"I recently purchased an Insignia from Drive vauxhall Bristol east, assured that it had been checked "from top to bottom" by their technicians, was faultless, and had just been serviced. However, within two weeks of ownership, I discovered multiple issues: an oil leak, oil leak from the gearbox, and a split CV boot. I immediately contacted the salesman, knowing I had a 3-month warranty, and offered to have the repairs done at my local garage since I live two hours from the dealership. However, I was told this wasn't possible and that I would need to bring the car all the way to their location in Bristol. Upon dropping the car off, I requested a courtesy car of similar size to my Insignia, as I have a family of five, but was instead given a small Corsa, which was far from adequate for our needs. Even more frustrating is that two weeks later, my car is still not fixed, and the communication from the dealership has been minimal, with no clear updates on when repairs will be completed. The issues go beyond inconvenience. If the technicians had properly checked the car, these issues—oil leaks, split CV boot, and a damaged locking wheel nut—would have been addressed before my purchase. I know this from experience, as I own accident repair centre and work in the trade. Additionally, the locking wheel nuts were tightened to the point that I needed special tools to remove them. I even sent images of the problems to the salesperson to document the issues. What’s most disappointing is the lack of competence and poor communication throughout the process. Despite my request to have repairs done locally to save time, I was forced to take time off work, drive two hours to drop off the car, and I’ll need to make the same trip to pick it up, totaling eight hours of driving and a day’s lost work, not to mention fuel costs. Given that I was told parts are on back order with no estimated completion date, this experience has been exhausting and frustrating. This experience has left me questioning the quality of their service and the accuracy of their initial assurances. I would strongly advise others to exercise caution when dealing with Drive vauxhall Bristol east and be prepared for potential after-sale issues."

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"Awful Customer Service"
1 out of 5 stars
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It’s inevitable that cars will have problems sometimes, how a company deals with it and treats their customers is what distinguishes them as good or bad, in the case of this particular branch there’s a clear pattern of poor communication and lack of customer service from the Sales dept whenever issues come up after a sale. I have read through reviews of other customers and this seems to be “Business as usual”. In my particular case, after purchasing a used car the date for delivery was delayed 5 times, now as I said sometimes problems happen and initially I was happy to wait out a few days or so, rearranging my time to accommodate and extending a hire car. After extending the delivery date for the 4th time I felt extremely let down, I have been working away all of this year and while waiting missed family events which I could have attended if the dealership had been more communicative and honest. Eventually they set out to deliverer the car and so, yet again I rearranged my time to accommodate this, however they then called to say the engine management light had come on so would need to go back for diagnostics, ok I can appreciate that. There was no attempt made to contact me or update me afterwards, I had to call myself and when I did get through to Matt the business manager he informed me that it was a faulty sensor and he would get back to me that afternoon with some kind of timeframe to rectify the problem. Matt did not contact me that day (despite me saying that leaving a voicemail with any kind of updates would be fine if I didn’t answer, as I was busy myself). When I called the following day both Matt and the sales rep I have been dealing with were away on a course. I am absolutely astounded at the lack of basic communication and regard for customers, they had clearly not even arranged for a colleague to contact me. I am now without a vehicle having returned the hire car I was using and completely in the dark as to what the situation is. I would not recommend using this dealership, Drive have fallen well short of any basic standards I would expect from a professional customer facing company and I will be complaining directly to Vauxhall and the Motor Ombudsman in short order.

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"Part return "
1.4 out of 5 stars
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After I compliant about returning the part they said just send email to us and we will look for it so I haven hear from anyone.

"Brilliant service from start to finish "
5 out of 5 stars
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After searching for a second hand “Dacia Sandero” with all the specifications that I wanted for quite a while, ironically, I found one in my local Vauxhall dealership. I approached Martin Hacker (Sales Executive) who from start to finish put me at ease and was very helpful and professional. He guided me through all the options and “Red tape” and I never once felt pressurised with sales talk. He gave me a good price for my car and the 2015 Dacia Sandero I bought, was nearly “As new”when I drove it away. Well impressed, and would thoroughly recommend Martin and his team at “Kingswood Drive”. Ps. The Coffee was nice as well

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"good warranty at Dan Hartford"
4.8 out of 5 stars
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When buying my car and with the service I received I cant fault Dan Hartford Vauxhall. The car if I am being honest was a little bit pricey compared to some others I had seen but I got a years warranty which was great and I would recommend this car dealership.

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    48-52 High Street
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    South Gloucestershire
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