2002 Lexus : SC430 Bad service
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I've been treated with excellence at Lexus of Smithtown.
Much of the service offered has to do with surrounding car dealerships as well as the wealth of the community. Here, a pretty wealthy community, Lexus dealers maintain immacualte service, so as to not lose current and potential future buyers/lexus owners. With the plethora of BMW and MB dealers around locally, my dealership has managed to maintain the same level of service, with an increase in labor costs, for over 15 years, since the first ownership of a Lexus we had in 1990 (LS400)....Our sales dept.....now that is a nother story. Jerks.
Much of the service offered has to do with surrounding car dealerships as well as the wealth of the community. Here, a pretty wealthy community, Lexus dealers maintain immacualte service, so as to not lose current and potential future buyers/lexus owners. With the plethora of BMW and MB dealers around locally, my dealership has managed to maintain the same level of service, with an increase in labor costs, for over 15 years, since the first ownership of a Lexus we had in 1990 (LS400)....Our sales dept.....now that is a nother story. Jerks.
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I could not agree more ! Exactly how I feel when I visit the dealership now. I guess it's not just the service depts. in NJ that are acting this way now. Back in 98-99 they were excellent as well.
Originally Posted by lexuslover
i agree with the general sentiment that service at lexus is not the same caliber as it once was. it's partially b/c bmw and mb got on the ball and narrowed the gap, and it's also b/c lexus has become a little too laid back about it.
i bought my first lexus in 98, and the service was amazing. nowadays it is just satisfactory. i used to complain about ticks and rattles, and they were so quick to fix them - with no grunts, just a smile. now i get the look of death - the another-nitpicky-too-much-time-on-their-hands-customer.
now something has to REALLY bother me to complain about it, b/c i don't want to deal w/ lazy techs who come back to me with "cannot duplicate" on the workorder.
i bought my first lexus in 98, and the service was amazing. nowadays it is just satisfactory. i used to complain about ticks and rattles, and they were so quick to fix them - with no grunts, just a smile. now i get the look of death - the another-nitpicky-too-much-time-on-their-hands-customer.
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