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Chula Vista Auto Group

(287 reviews)
Sales hours: 9:00am to 8:00pm
Service hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm
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Monday 9:00am–8:00pm 7:00am–6:00pm
Tuesday 9:00am–8:00pm 7:00am–6:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am–8:00pm 7:00am–6:00pm
Thursday 9:00am–8:00pm 7:00am–6:00pm
Friday 9:00am–8:00pm 7:00am–6:00pm
Saturday 9:00am–8:00pm 7:00am–5:00pm
Sunday 9:00am–7:00pm Closed

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(287 reviews)

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Had at test drive scheduled for a Mach e. Arrived and the...

Had at test drive scheduled for a Mach e. Arrived and the person we had an appointment with was with another customer and unable to attend to us. Someone else did and they mentioned that the car model we had booked an appointment for was not available for a test drive. Utter waste of time.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a new car
1 person out of 1 found this review helpful.
Dealer response

Customer satisfaction is one of our main priorities, and it seems as if we fell short during your most recent visit with us. We understand the car-purchasing process may be stressful and time-consuming, but our staff is dedicated to making that process as fast and easy as possible. If there is anything our staff or I can do to fix your experience, please do not hesitate to reach out to me directly. Regards, Telly Gomez, GM (619) 656-2500

I have very bad experience they sold me a bad car. Many...

I have very bad experience they sold me a bad car. Many problems . What a fraud. Mr gomez. I m going to start writing people has to aware how this people from ford chula vista main. Sold cars with a lot of problems and used . I don't go to stop please don't sign any contract. Mi name is martha mr Gomez'. Rememberme how many times I went to his store and only make feel like trash .is a shame.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a used car
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful.
Dealer response

Hello Martha, we have seen this review and are concerned with the experience you described. It is not our team’s standard quality of service and I would like to discuss what happened in greater depth if you are available. Please contact me to get in touch so we can work towards an understanding. Thank you. Regards, Telly Gomez, GM (619) 656-2500

Consumer response

Hola usted me conoce cuando compre el ford escape 2014. Que desde que lo vi y le senti muchos defectos. Y yo estaba en lo correcto. El carro tiene mucho ruido al acelerar pareciera que no esta bien la transmission o algo tiene por ahi por eso se los lleve pero dijeron que todo estaba bien. Pero no. Despues les dije que se cerraban y se abrian las puertas y me dijeron que no. Y que paso me mandaron una carta de recall por problemas com las puertas. Y desde hace 6 meses se le enciende la lusz anaranjada del motor. Yo me canse de molestarlo y usted no dejaba a sus teabajadores que hablaran conmigo. Yo solo queria que me cambiar de carro. Porque yo Jamas he dejalo de pagar el carro mensuamente al banco. Si yo compre este carro dizque para ahorrarme dinero. Y me salio peor . Las llantas tambien le compre hace 6 meses. Y el carro tiene 85000 millas creo que para tener ese carro desde octubre 2019 no son muchas las millas que se le han gastado. . Yo la verdad tengo varios meses que deje de usarlo. Porque no me siento segura. El carro esta estacionado y pues no se que hacer. Si no me costo mil dollars sr gomez me salio mas de 20000 dlls. Usted tiene mi numero de telefono 619 763 8041. Si esta vez me quiere ayudar por favor.

Service department is terrible for Ford service

The service advisor promised to call me after my car was dropped off at 10 AM. He didn't call. I called the next day and he promised my car would be done by the following morning. I drove to pick up my car and the advisor wasn't in. The work (recall) wasn't done. A trim part I ordered wasn't delivered. Another advisor hustled to try to help. He was the only advisor working. Under the circumstances, he did an excellent job. There seems to be a staffing problem. I waited two hours and the work was completed minus the trim part. The original advisor presented me with a bill without reviewing it item by item. I insisted upon a review and found that the bill included the installation of the trim part. I asked to have this item emoved from the bill although I did pay for the part. Now, 4 days later, I am calling to see if the part is available for pickup. It is my intent to have some other service provider install the part because no one could assure me the 1 hour installation would be completed in a timely fashion. Now no one in the service advisor department is answering their phone. No one has responded to my messages. There seems to be a staffing problem both in the advisor and the technician department.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 2.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
1 person out of 1 found this review helpful.

Excellent service experience

Although trying to book an appointment online on the website wouldn't allow me to make it any sooner than 5 days in the future, I called and was able to get in the next day at a time that was convenient for me. I took my car in for its 15000 mile service. I was told it would be done in hour and a half to two hours, and it was. And not only that my car was washed and dried, which was a nice surprise. Will be going back here for all my service on my vehicle and to get my next car. Very satisfied customer. Thanks for doing a great job,Ford of Chula Vista

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful.

*Buyer Beware!* Shady Business Practices

This dealership is a complete scam artist and uses shady business tactics that I am pretty sure are unlawful. I sold a 2016 Ford Explorer SUV to them over a month ago. They offered to buy it on Craigslist through a program called Driveway. They made a reasonable offer so I drove it down there, spent 30 minutes doing paperwork. I owed $11,000 to Ford Motor Credit and they were buying it for $24,000. They said they would pay off the loan and give me the difference....makes sense so far...after they inspect the vehicle and complete the paperwork and I have "sold" the car to them, they tell me I won't receive the money ($13,000) for about 30 days and they will call me when it's ready. I was really caught off guard that a dealership of this magnitude would do this and it seemed very strange to me considering they have the car, Ford has the title, and I have positive equity in the car. 30 days has gone by, still haven't received my check, they have listed the car for weeks on their website to sell and I think now have sold it. Wait....how can you sell a car without paying for it. Its just a consignment program they are operating. I have a call into Ford Motor Credit and it looks like they didn't even pay it off right away so I accrued more interest when I "sold" them the car. Complete scam....*buyers and sellers* beware, this place is Robbing Peter, to pay Paul. What a joke and I am out $13,000, they said it should only be a few more weeks to receive the money......

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a used car
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful.

Worst customer service

Made an appointment for service at this dealership. I purchased my vehicle new here, they said one hour. An hour and ten minutes later, I asked where they were at and they showed me my car waiting to be washed, I told them I could live without the wash and they brought it around. They then told me they don’t know what happened but my car was not serviced and it would be another hour. No apology. Asked to speak to service Manager and all he said was that the computer messed up and I was the third person that happened to. Called and left message with GM and he didn’t even have the decency to call me back. I would not go to this dealership or any of its family of dealerships. This was by far THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED!

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 1.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 1.0
  • Does not recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
1 person out of 1 found this review helpful.

recall done

I was extremely upset when I wrote my previous review of Penske Ford. The general manager reached out to me and put me in touch with Victor Torres. I assume he's the Service Manager. He got approval for the recall repair and within a couple of days it was done. He was very courteous and treated me like i mattered. Thank you.

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 3.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Came in for service or repair
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EXCELLENT

CARLOS WAS AWESOME...COULD NOT HAVE HAD A BETTER EXPERIENCE. TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN AND HELPED FIND ME THE RIGHT VEHICLE. HE WAS VERY EFFICIENT AND VALUED MY TIME.

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

Thanks to the flyer, Sales persons Carlos Cortez was very helpful in finding just the right car for me. Thanks Carlos and Kim, D. Landers

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a used car
1 person out of 1 found this review helpful.

Mario and team are AMAZING!!

Mario and Eddie were amazing!! I bought a Mustang GT 5.0 and couldn't have been happier!! Thank you so much for the red carpet treatment!!! If you need a new car go see them!! They are the best!!

Rating breakdown (out of 5):
  • Customer service 5.0
  • Buying process
  • Quality of repair
  • Overall facilities
  • Overall experience 5.0
  • Does recommend this dealer
  • Shopped for a new car
0 people out of 0 found this review helpful.