AJAY79
Member
- Joined
- Feb 2, 2016
- Messages
- 31
- Reaction score
- 2
- Points
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- Location
- VIC / S.E
- Members Ride
- SV6 Storm Sportswagon
Background:
*My mum bought her Holden brand new from a Holden dealer in 2014
*It was then passed on to my wife early 2017
*In October 2019, I was driving the car and had a tyre blow out
*When I went to fit the spare (which had never left the boot since new), I found that it didnt fit - holes in the rim were on a different P.C.D than the studs on the wheel hub
*The following day, my mum contacted the original dealer, who acknowledged the fault and told her to bring the car in to change it over
*Problem is, car came with wife when we moved up to QLD
*Original dealer said no problem, take it to local dealer and they can change it over and recover cost through head office
*I called Holden Customer Care last Thursday (the day before it was to go into the local dealer for schedule servicing, airbag recall) and explained the situation, and was lead to believe that it was all ok and would be done, and that I would get a call back that day to confirm
*No call back
*I get the call the following day telling me that the wheel wasnt replaced
*I call Holden Customer Care again, asking for an explanation and was told that it had been allocated to a case manager, and that person would call me back to provide an update
*No call back
*I call Holden Customer Care again on Monday morning, left a message for the case manager to call me back
*No call back
*I call Holden Customer Care again later on Monday, and was told that the case had been rejected and closed
*I again leave a message for the case manager to call back with an explanation
*No call back
*I call Holden Customer care on Tuesday and asked to speak to the case managers supervisor, was told that "escalations can take up to 24 hours"
*Supervisor calls me this morning and said that it was Holdens position and the decision is final and will not be overturned
*The only reasoning they could provide after their 'investigations' was that we couldnt prove that we hadnt removed the spare wheel at some stage and swapped it over - WTF!?!
I told them that it was an absolutely pathetic excuse and pathetic treatment of a very loyal customer
I also pointed out that our whole family had been driving nothing but Holdens our whole lives (including many brand new), my dad worked for Holden for over 25 years, I worked for Holden for just over 1 year
OK, the part only retails for $138 (and probably only costs Holden around $30), but its the principle of the matter
I also told them that if this is their attitude towards loyal customers, theres no wonder the company is going down the toilet, and that they are trying to extract every last cent they can from the public before going under
I had to also remind them that my current lease is up in a few months and for the sake of screwing me over for a $30 part they will miss out on a $60k sale
In summary:
They supplied a part that was never fit for purpose, acknowledged that it was a mistake on the production line and were prepared to change it, only to later called into question our ethics and reject the claim
Thoughts?
*My mum bought her Holden brand new from a Holden dealer in 2014
*It was then passed on to my wife early 2017
*In October 2019, I was driving the car and had a tyre blow out
*When I went to fit the spare (which had never left the boot since new), I found that it didnt fit - holes in the rim were on a different P.C.D than the studs on the wheel hub
*The following day, my mum contacted the original dealer, who acknowledged the fault and told her to bring the car in to change it over
*Problem is, car came with wife when we moved up to QLD
*Original dealer said no problem, take it to local dealer and they can change it over and recover cost through head office
*I called Holden Customer Care last Thursday (the day before it was to go into the local dealer for schedule servicing, airbag recall) and explained the situation, and was lead to believe that it was all ok and would be done, and that I would get a call back that day to confirm
*No call back
*I get the call the following day telling me that the wheel wasnt replaced
*I call Holden Customer Care again, asking for an explanation and was told that it had been allocated to a case manager, and that person would call me back to provide an update
*No call back
*I call Holden Customer Care again on Monday morning, left a message for the case manager to call me back
*No call back
*I call Holden Customer Care again later on Monday, and was told that the case had been rejected and closed
*I again leave a message for the case manager to call back with an explanation
*No call back
*I call Holden Customer care on Tuesday and asked to speak to the case managers supervisor, was told that "escalations can take up to 24 hours"
*Supervisor calls me this morning and said that it was Holdens position and the decision is final and will not be overturned
*The only reasoning they could provide after their 'investigations' was that we couldnt prove that we hadnt removed the spare wheel at some stage and swapped it over - WTF!?!
I told them that it was an absolutely pathetic excuse and pathetic treatment of a very loyal customer
I also pointed out that our whole family had been driving nothing but Holdens our whole lives (including many brand new), my dad worked for Holden for over 25 years, I worked for Holden for just over 1 year
OK, the part only retails for $138 (and probably only costs Holden around $30), but its the principle of the matter
I also told them that if this is their attitude towards loyal customers, theres no wonder the company is going down the toilet, and that they are trying to extract every last cent they can from the public before going under
I had to also remind them that my current lease is up in a few months and for the sake of screwing me over for a $30 part they will miss out on a $60k sale
In summary:
They supplied a part that was never fit for purpose, acknowledged that it was a mistake on the production line and were prepared to change it, only to later called into question our ethics and reject the claim
Thoughts?