I used to love Toyotas.

This blog is all about my disdain for the Toyota brand. I once thought Toyotas were one of the most reliable cars on the road today. My 1991 Toyota was a great car. I bought it used in 1996 with 37,000 miles on it. I replaced the clutch, exhaust manifold, the starter, along with the basic maintenance items. The car served me well until I was rear ended and the car was totaled. The car had 96,000 miles on it and would have lasted much longer. My next car was a 2000 Kia Sepia, which I bought new. Little did I know at the time, this would be one of my best cars. I drove it for four years without any trouble in 45,000 miles, except for a loose sun visor. I sold the car when a 1998 Buick Century fell into my lap with 26,000 miles on it. It was a very comfy car but lost compression at only 65,000 miles. Rather than have the head gasket replaced, I decided to return to the Toyota brand. In the November 2005 I purchased a 2006 Toyota Matrix. Besides lower than promised gas mileage, the car treated me well for the first 59,000 miles. This blog journals life for the car after that.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Toyota Survey

So Toyota, corporate, chose to follow up on my recent service experience. I was not going to go out of my way to share my displeasure, but they called me. I told them how I was totally unsatisfied and could not believe that they wanted two hours of labor for the simple repair. The woman on the phone apologized and asked if the dealer could follow up. I said sure. The next day I got messages from Greg the service manger and Gilbert the principal. I returned Gilbert's call. I explained my concerns and he said they would do the repair for 1 hour of labor. I told him that this did me no good since I already had to pay the diagnostic charge, which would have been waived if I paid the $360. By lowering the price at this time by $100, the repair would still have cost $360. This is why I did the repair myself. Why couldn't they have lowered the price when I first asked if this would really take two hours? I would have had them do the repair, which would have been the same price as me doing it. It was not until they got pressure from corporate did they want to help me. Boo Queensboro Toyota.

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