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General Manager
(16 reviews)

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We have tried to work with them several times.

We have tried to work with them several times. They are awful. We have 2 open recalls that we can't seem to get them to fix. Twice we called and scheduled times and they promised we could have a loaner while they took time to do the recalls. When we showed up for the appointment they said they don't do loaners. But for some reason they keep promising them. They said a manager would contact us but they never did. Go figure. So this time we made arrangements for ourselves so we could leave the vehicle. Then they call us after we have left the vehicle saying your car is in great shape! It needs $3,000 in repairs though... and we can't do one of the recalls unless you do one of the repairs. The recall is a legitimate safety concern that is malfunctioning in our car, and they just want to make money off of us. Im not sure how or who to complain to but i would think that it would be mandatory for them to replace something that is malfunctioning and is a safety concern. These people are a joke

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
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Honda Superstition Springs where I purchased my car in

Honda Superstition Springs where I purchased my car in 2018 used to be excellent. I have all my servicing there as well. I went in last week with an appointment to have something that’s been recalled fixed. The person I was assigned to Gabbie, wasn’t there, they paged her twice then actually went in the back to get her, when she finally came to her work space, she rolled her eyes & asked why I was there, I showed her the paper for the recall, snatched it out of my hand & said it will take 3-4 hrs. I left & will go to Chandler for any further servicing, my next car (2-5yrs) will be a Toyota.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
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Dealer response

Hello, Customer satisfaction is a top priority for us as well as offering five-star service to our customers. I would like the opportunity to speak with you about your interactions with our Service Team during your visit for a recall on your vehicle. Would you please reach out to me at a time that is convenient for you to discuss this further? Sincerely, Mike Rutherford General Manager miker.hondas@gmail.com 480- 355- 6926

Best buy ever!!!

I worked with a total of 4 individuals. My credit was a bit skechy...but they made me feel like family, all of them. No pressure, just caring, and I appreciate it! Thank you Superstition Springs....Mike, Art, David and Mehdi! My email is tcampbell@aguafria.org, if you want to check if this is accurate!!!

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 5.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a used car
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Dealer response

Thanks for your feedback. We are happy to know of your review and satisfaction. Please feel free to reach out to us directly if we can do anything else for you.

Complete and total disappointment and regret.

Originally went in to fix a simple tint mistake that was never applied but paid for and to speak about finding a certain new car for my 90 year old; Veteran Great-Uncle and was ignored for over 20 minutes. I left and worked out another deal for a Jeep at a competitors dealership. Leaving there sastified I returned to Honda in the hopes of at the very least having the Paid for Tint Applied, was ignored and finally when I sought out mangnement I was passed off onto someone who could not help me. So I returned the following morning with the understanding it would be applied and we worked things out. I received what they claimed and swore to me was the finished product and I was wrong because it was simply "settling". They charged him $895 for Tint that was never applied and when it was it had more bubbles and debris trapped under it than I have ever seen. There is Human Hair trapped under some edges still. So I now must take a Fifth day away from work to handle this and make sure he is comfortable. I plan on going elsewhere for Any and all my Honda Needs.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 1.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
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Dealer response

Hi, I regret hearing that you felt that the services you received did not meet your expectations. Our customers are our highest priority, and I would certainly appreciate the chance to discuss what happened with you. Please feel free to reach out to me at your convenience. It would be my pleasure to assist you in any way I can. Best, Mike Rutherford General Manager miker.hondas@gmail.com 480- 355- 6926

CERTIFIED USED CAR INFESTED WITH BED BUGS

HONDA OF SUPERSTITION SPRINGS SOLD MY DAUGHTER A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE INFESTED WITH BED BUGS. She purchased the previously leased 2016 Honda Civic on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The next day she went to an urgent care facility after waking up that morning with a serious rash. At urgent care they thought it might be scabies and prescribed treatment for that. The very next morning, Monday, she found a couple of bugs that she thought were too big to be bed bugs; one on the knee of her pants she discovered while driving the car, the other she found later inside the leg of her pants. Tuesday, Jan. 15, she noticed numerous bugs dispersed throughout the Civic; including one that had crawled onto her face and two which had crawled onto her arm (one of which she found and crushed in the presence of her supervisor, while explaining the situation). That morning she learned that what she had in her car was bed bugs. Of the many bugs she had seen that morning 2 were big – adults -- the rest were small – babies. Honda of Superstition Springs said they would take measures to deal with the problem, but would not take responsibility, alleging the car was clean and bug free when she bought it; implying that somehow she had transferred a bed bug infestation into the car. They pointed out items in the trunk placed there three days before. These items had been in the back of my van – a van which does not have bed bugs in it (and I do not have bed bug bites on me) – where they had been stored for three weeks. The items were originally in my daughter’s former car that was totaled in an accident (determined not to be her fault). That car was very well taken care of and did not have bed bugs. The insurance process with her previous car took more time than usual due to the holiday season: the accident happening Dec. 23 – two days before Christmas. Since the insurance company would no longer pay for the rental car (also not bug infested) after Jan. 11th and needing transportation rather quickly, she purchased the used Honda thinking that it fit her needs, both ran and looked like new. Now, not only did she have to deal with a bed bug infestation in a newly purchased vehicle, to add insult to injury, she was not allowed to return to work until both her house and car were certified bug free (with documentation). So when the dealer – who sold her the source of the problem – denies responsibility, it makes me, as the father, very angry. A bed bug infestation takes more than just a couple of days to occur – it could take a month and a half or more (eggs take a week or more to hatch). Bed bugs are fairly easy to kill if you can spot them: they “Squish” easily, soap and water will kill them and they cannot live long in extremely high heat – 120º F or above. What they are is extremely talented at hiding and remaining dormant and not feeding for months (adults up to a year). Although keeping things clean and shampooing upholstery and carpet are good preventative measures, the bugs park themselves in cracks and tiny spaces beyond the reach of these chemicals. And although cars are not their preferred habitat, they’ve been known to live in cars up to 6 months. And they prefer the dark, feeding mainly at night. So the explanation that makes the most sense is that when my daughter drove the car that Saturday night to visit friends, the period of dormancy without feeding officially came to an end. On Jan. 17, Honda of Superstition Springs said they would like to get her into a different car because they were “mortified” by her experience. She did get a moderate deal on a new Honda Civic, with the COSTCO savings program and a lower interest rate. It appears they gave her $1000 credit on the infested car, but did not give credit for the $9450 that we had put down 5 days before on that car. They were still not taking responsibility for the infested car (even though their denial clearly defies logic) and responded like they were the victims, now having an infested car that they couldn’t sell. So even with the deal, she is out thousands of dollars. In addition to the down payment, her loss includes $550 to treat the house on the following Friday, January 18th – the exterminator found no proof of any infestation but three adult bed bugs and one almost adult bug were found at various spots in the house on the 4th and 5th day after the car was purchased -- the result of bed bugs hitchhiking from the car to their preferred environment: the home. My daughter also had copays to urgent care, a dermatologist (who recognized bed bug bites), prescription creams and medications. The experience has been a financial and emotional drain and a real nightmare for my daughter, who is actually kind of a neat freak and has very little fondness for most bugs as it is. The persons at Honda of Superstition Springs we have dealt with are Mike Rutherford, general manager; David Hernandez, Aaron Hammer and Louis Vasquez. Do not do any business with this dealership. Period.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 1.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a used car
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Dealer response

Mark, We pride ourselves on the high standards we maintain for our vehicles. As a company, we are sympathetic to your daughter's situation but the dealership did not cause the vehicle to have bed bugs. As for the transaction, it was handled in a professional manner, being extremely sensitive to your daughter's situation. Sincerely, Mike

Consumer response

IN RESPONSE TO MIKE RUTHERFORD, THE GENERAL MANAGER'S, COMMENTS REGARDING THE BED BUG INFESTATION IN A CERTIFIED 2016 HONDA CIVIC: Thank you. Your response is exactly what I was talking about. There is honestly no other explanation that makes sense as to how and when the bed bugs entered my daughter's life: with the bed bug's abilities to hide deep and remain dormant for months without feeding; the population size and combination of adult and baby bugs that appeared in the infestation; how long it takes for an infestation to grow - it happens slowly, over weeks and months (not in a few days) --; how quickly the infestation presented itself after she bought the car; that she had never had a bed bug encounter before in her entire life; and, possibly, even the fact that the car had been leased up until November 2018, the Certified 2016 Honda Civic she bought on Saturday January 12, 2019 at Honda of Superstition Springs was ground zero. To recap, she suffered bug bites bad enough to go to Urgent Care on Sunday January 13th - the day following the purchase of the vehicle --; she saw 2 bugs on Monday (one crawling on her leg while driving, the other later in her pants on her leg); and on that Tuesday morning, January 15, 2019, my daughter, Rachel, saw bed bugs all over the Civic she had bought 3 days before. She called Honda of Superstition Springs and was told that they were sending a tow truck for her car and they would also send someone to pick her up, as well. Neither she nor the tow truck driver knew that she was supposed to ride back with him. So later a van was sent from the dealership, but she was not allowed by the driver to ride back in it because of her bed bug issue (the driver was not told about the circumstances so was not prepared: he did not have any plastic sheeting to cover the seats). She understood. She sat outside, mostly in a park about a block away from her place of employment, without her coat (she left it in the car where it had been earlier in the morning -- she didn't trust that it had not also become part of infestation) for over six hours before it became clear no one from the dealer was coming for her. I picked her up in my van, with the passenger seat covered in plastic (by her request). Somewhere in there, while she was calling from the park, she was also informed by the dealer that they would not be able to give her a loaner car off their lot, while her car was being treated, because she had been contaminated by the infested car. But she was told that they would see about getting her a rental car from Enterprise, advising her to not tell them about the bed bugs. This was something she would not do, and told them so at the time - my daughter is honest to a fault. For example: when she was in an intersection accident about 3 weeks earlier, when her previous vehicle was totaled, she was found to be 80% without fault in the causing accident - the remaining 20% was because she admitted that she was driving 50 mph in a 45 mph zone (she knew this because she had had her cruise control set for 50 mph). This off course meant that the amount the insurance company paid on the totaled vehicle was $200.00 less than it would of otherwise (20% of the $1000.00 deductible). But that's just her way. That accident is what precipitated her need to get a new vehicle. And the $6450.00 payout from the insurance company (which came to me, because I still had the title on her car), plus an additional $3000.00 that I gave her, became the $9450.00 down payment that was made on the 2016 Civic on Saturday January 12th. And on Thursday January 17th, when the dealership wanted to get her into a new vehicle because they were "mortified" by her experience, all but a $1000.00 of that down payment was NOT credited towards the new replacement vehicle that was sold to her only 5 days later. This should be a really serious cautionary tale to anyone who reads this review.

I felt valued

My sales representative Mike Lacey spent a good amount of time with myself and my father in finding the right price and the right vehicle that I was looking for which was the 2018 Honda accord. The transaction was a tad complex since I currently had a lease to add into the mix but with the help of Mike Rutherford and also the finance person David H. whom we had the pleasure of meeting we were able to make it happen. The attention to detail and the sense of urgency and asking open ended questions truly made me feel valued and I highly recommend Honda of Supersition to my family and to my friends. This is the fourth vehicle my family has purchased from Honda of superstition! I also have two small children and I appreciate them having a kids area for them to color read or watch a movie !

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 5.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a new car
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Dealer response

Hi Tiffany, thank you for the five-star review! We're so glad that you enjoyed your experience with our team. It's great to know that we continue to earn your family's business with our excellent service and attention to detail. We're always happy to help you with your vehicle needs.

Did it again.

I would like to say that Superstition Springs Honda has been my go-to place to buy a car in the past 5 years. The salesman are friendly and helpful Finance managers are very informative and cooperative and the management team is very friendly and appreciate. This is my second new car from them and continue to buy again from them in the future. Thank you Superstition Springs Honda you're the best

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 5.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a new car
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Dealer response

That's fantastic to hear! We are happy to hear of your outstanding experience at our dealership. We wish you the best! Thank you for your review!

Awesome Experience!!!

Bought many Honda’s from Honda Superstiton Springs and always had a great Experience and will come back to do it again! Awesome Job 😊 the whole organization takes care of you! Starting with the Owner the General Manager all the Sales Mangers as well as the Finance and Sales Representatives. Thank you!

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 5.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a new car
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Dealer response

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us! We're delighted that we continue to earn your business with our excellent customer service. We look forward to serving you for many more years to come.

New Honda CRV

My experience dealing with Michael, Adrian, and Amir was very pleasant and quick. I love my new molten lava CRV EX! The ride is so nice!!

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 5.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a new car
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Dealer response

Thank you so much for the five-star review! Congratulations on your new car! We are so glad to hear you had a pleasant experience with our team, and hope you enjoy everything about your new ride!

Service has become an issue.

I’m not writing about the car or issues with the car. Repairs happen. What this review is about is the total lack of customer service within the service department. If you buy a Honda do not get it serviced here.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair 3.0
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
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Dealer response

Jerry, I am concerned by your feedback and regret to see you are inconvenienced by any customer service during your service visits that did not meet your expectations. Please know I take your feedback seriously and would appreciate the opportunity to elaborate on your feedback. Would you please reach out to me with your preferred contact information at your earliest convenience? Thank you for your time. Best, Mike Rutherford General Manager miker.hondas@gmail.com 480- 355- 6926