We bought my 2020 Ford Explorer fall 2020 at your dealership and opted to add the Premium Maintenance Plan that included the “Full Synthetic Oil Option”. This plan includes 8 oil changes, wiper blades, other maintenance, and a guarantee of Ford replacement parts. We opted to have the first oil change prior to driving the car off the lot to replace the oil with the full synthetic oil the next service interval was to be performed at the 7500 miles. We brought the car in on 6/7/21 for regular maintenance that included an oil change, tire rotation ect. The service advisor was Sahara, invoice 210790. I arrived a few moments prior to my appointment and was the only one at the service desk. Sahara was rude from the moment I approached her, she had difficulty finding my car in the system even though I had an appointment. She stated something about the oil charge, and I explained that I had the Premium Maintenance she argued that I did not, I requested that she ask someone she said NO. I explained that we bought it with the purchase of the car she said I needed to “prove” it, I went out to the car and did not have what she needed. I told her we bought the car there could she ask someone in sales she said NO. She continued to argue and was becoming ruder this went on for a total of 15 minutes. I explained I live in Elizabeth (over an hour’s drive one way) and that my “proof” was at home, she told me there was nothing she could do. I told her that I was going to go to the sales side and see if they could help me. That is when the lady next to her said let me look, she found my car and the Premium Plan code. Sahara said it was coded wrong in their system, the other lady said no it was a Ford Plan ect. She said that was stupid, finally took my car and did the maintenance. She did tell me that it was due for DEF fluid I stated that service was for my truck (2014 F350 bought at the same dealership), and not my car she rudely and in a condescending manner stated, “well it is diesel, right”? I said no my car is gas she did not even acknowledge me let alone apologize for reading the wrong vehicle maintenance. She came and got me when done, I questioned the SAE 5W-30 SN SNPlus and asked if it was full synthetic, she RUDELY said in a condescending manner said, that is what SN means. (After further research that oil is a synthetic blend, not full synthetic.) She never apologized for the mix-up or the extended wait. I said thank you and she literally stared at me did not say thank you for your business not a word. We have called multiple times and left messages for the service manager for a week now no calls back. We have a contract that states full synthetic, so we still need to address that issue. There are a lot closer Ford dealerships, but we buy and service all our cars & trucks there please tell me why when I was treated like this and why my repeated requests to talk to someone else were denied. We paid a lot of money for the Maintenance Plan partially because we want factory parts, full synthetic oil, but mostly because we want it to be easy with NO HASSLES. I am bringing my car back on 6/28 for a warranty issue as my back vent is not working Sahara said it could not be seen on the 6/7 that it was warranty work. I do not want to be treated like this so how can this be avoided? I will keep a copy of the contract in my car so that I have proof going forward. Because the contract is with Auto Nation, we understand that we must bring our car to your dealership and cannot use it at another Ford dealership.
Dianna Cohoon
Jun 18, 2021
