C J.
Yelp
I purchased my used 2024 GMC Sierra 2500 HD from Ken Garff Chevrolet in May of 2024. In the beginning the service was pretty good. They had the vehicle I wanted and I had a good interaction with my salesperson. I live in Arizona but wasn't able to fine exactly what I was looking for so I opened my search to other states and found what I wanted at Ken Garff's in America Fork, UT.
I talked with my salesperson Troy over the span of a couple of days and was able to essentially complete the transaction over the phone right down to verifying my trade and securing my financing.
I drove to American Fork to deliver my trade, my downpayment and pick up my vehicle. This was where the issues started. When I first arrived I spoke the woman at the front desk. She didn't seem to know who I was looking for and told me to try the Ken Garff GMC Dealership up the street. So I drove to the GMC Dealership (not a Ken Garff Dealership by the way) and they advised they were not affiliated with KG nor did they know what I was talking about. I went back to KG Chevrolet and spoke to the same woman, I ask if she would find my salesperson Troy. She seemed a little irritated with my request but she got up and brought Troy out, turned out I was in the right place. We looked at the truck and found a few scratches and dings that were not included in the walkaround video Troy had sent. Not a deal breaker as I knew it was a used vehicle but would have been nice to know.
The salesperson seemed surprised when I asked if we could take a test drive, but we took her out. Everything ran as it should though the gas was under 1/4 tank and the DEF light was flashing empty. Troy offered to fill the DEF tank, if he his service center was still open. He did fill the DEF, though the fuel gauge was still low, again no big deal.
We went inside to finish the deal and Troy went to give my $25,000 cashier's check to the finance manager who was sitting in his glass office with is feet up talking to what I assume were friends/employees. Troy came back and told me the finance manager was "busy" and could not come out but would take care of my check. He gave me the keys to the truck and told me it had been filled with DEF and pulled up so I could move my stuff over. When I got to my new truck I could see the DEF had been spilled down the side and was beginning to crystalize and hadn't been cleaned. I moved my things to the new truck (had quite a bit since I had to drive from AZ) and had not offer of assistance, again, fine.
I left the dealership, filled the fuel tank and proceeded to my hotel. About 45 minutes later I got a call from Troy letting me know he forgot to put my temp tag on and could I come back. Luckily, I had a hotel for the night, so I was close. I came back and Troy had left for the day. He left the tag at the front desk with the nice lady who I spoke to earlier. She stated she had to find someone to put the tag on because Troy had left. She was able to find someone, and they put the tag on.
The service was unfortunate but not my biggest complaint. My biggest complaint is that I was SUPPOSED to get a warranty that KG offers with all of their Certified Per-Owned vehicles. I was not told about the warranty until I got a letter in the mail in June referencing it. The letter literally says "our records show you may not have gotten a copy". The warranty was 90 days 3,000 miles, so by the time they sent the letter I had exceeded the miles (bought the truck specifically for a family trip to Glacier and Yellowstone National Park (3,600 mi round trip) and only would have had about 45 days left on the warranty. Not a huge deal because I didn't need anything and wouldn't have gone back to them if I had. All and all the price and finding what I wanted made the trip worth it, that said I won't be buying from a Ken Garff dealership in the future thanks to subpar service and shady "oops I forgot" practices.