Carvana, founded in 2013 by the owner of Drivetime Earnest Garcia II, sells inspected, certified cars online with a seven-day “test buy” period, passing on savings to consumers who can bypass dealerships and sales commissions.
The company allows clients to shop, finance, and even trade in their current used car, all online. Cars can be transferred nationwide and are generally picked up at what is known as “vending machine” sites, which accept a special type of coin that is mailed to the customer after the sale has been completed. Using the company’s online 360 viewing camera, clients can inspect every part of the vehicle, inside and out.
In April of 2017, the company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: CVNA
Carvana is listed as #34 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America. In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $365.1 million and a three-year growth rate of 7,925%. The company also took the #1 spot on the Inc. list of Top Arizona Companies & Top Phoenix Companies, as well as the #2 spot for Top Retail Companies.
In April of 2018, Carvana and Ford made a short-term agreement to advertise and sell more Ford used cars on the Carvana app. It is unknown at this time if the agreement will be renewed.
The company also ranked 5th on the Forbes 2015 list of America’s Most Promising Companies. Carvana has distribution centers in Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina. The company also has a physical presence in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Pittsburgh, Texas; and St. Louis, Missouri.
In order to fight the coronavirus, the company launched a virtual tour of its most impressive cars, including a Porsche 911, in September 2020.
Also in September 2020, the company announced that it was hiring 100 new employees at its Tolleson, Arizona, inspection station.
In April 2022, the company suffered its first loss and stock prices dropped.
In October 2022, the state of Michigan suspended Carvana’s dealer license for repeated violations, including failure to obtain titles for new car buyers.
Carvana maintains a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona.
CarvanaCarvana, founded in 2013 by the owner of Drivetime Earnest Garcia II, sells inspected, certified cars online with a seven-day “test buy” period, passing on savings to consumers who can bypass dealerships and sales commissions.
The company allows clients to shop, finance, and even trade in their current used car, all online. Cars can be transferred nationwide and are generally picked up at what is known as “vending machine” sites, which accept a special type of coin that is mailed to the customer after the sale has been completed. Using the company’s online 360 viewing camera, clients can inspect every part of the vehicle, inside and out.
History
In April of 2017, the company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol: CVNA
Carvana is listed as #34 on the 2017 Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America. In 2016, the company had annual revenue of $365.1 million and a three-year growth rate of 7,925%. The company also took the #1 spot on the Inc. list of Top Arizona Companies & Top Phoenix Companies, as well as the #2 spot for Top Retail Companies.
In April of 2018, Carvana and Ford made a short-term agreement to advertise and sell more Ford used cars on the Carvana app. It is unknown at this time if the agreement will be renewed.
The company also ranked 5th on the Forbes 2015 list of America’s Most Promising Companies. Carvana has distribution centers in Atlanta, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; and Charlotte, North Carolina. The company also has a physical presence in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Pittsburgh, Texas; and St. Louis, Missouri.
In order to fight the coronavirus, the company launched a virtual tour of its most impressive cars, including a Porsche 911, in September 2020.
Also in September 2020, the company announced that it was hiring 100 new employees at its Tolleson, Arizona, inspection station.
In April 2022, the company suffered its first loss and stock prices dropped.
In October 2022, the state of Michigan suspended Carvana’s dealer license for repeated violations, including failure to obtain titles for new car buyers.
Carvana maintains a corporate office in Phoenix, Arizona.
christopher hopfner says
Hello, I sorry I have reach out to you, as your employees are very unhappy to assist in a rather minor issue.
I purchased a Chevy Traverse 2023. The web-site showed zero dents, dings, damage or window chips, it was the perfect car for my wife’s 50 th birthday.
Upon delivery, vehicle was mildly detailed, 2 dings, chips in the windshield, and the front camera was cracked. The following day I made a claim with some photos, as site would only allow me to post 2.
Caravan email noted Silver Rock Insurance would respond, they did.
I was emailed and was texted to take the vehicle to a local “body shop” for and estimate, I did. The estimate was then denied, Carvana would not cover dings aad camera was not body related.
I was then told to take vehicle to local “mechanic shop”, I was texted 2. Both shops don’t do camera work!!
So back to the phone with Silver Rock, now I need to use a shop not in “network” and Silver Rock would waive part of the deductible?? At first I was told deductible was $200.00 if I used a non-network shop, now its $350.00 and waiver would cover $250.00 and I would be responsible for $100.00, why?
I’ve been getting the run around for dings, camera, and window!! initial estimate without window was 1450.00 thru body shop “IN NETWORK”. Window is not been estimated yet, probably $650.00-$700.00.
Why not send me check and be done with it. My time, your reputation.
WEB SITE WAS not accurate I need help HELP!!
Christopher Hopfner
Fernando says
I bought a car and lost it three times because they let the deadline expire, it took the RTA review team longer than 24 hours to approve the purchase. This is the most unprofessional and incompetent place you could do business with. Customer service is just as bad, if not worse. Where do they get these people?!
Chan says
Hello,
I am looking for some resolve. I have been calling daily to get the status update on my rebuild for the vehicle that I purchased and I am not getting any answers. I asked to speak to someone in the rebuild department and they said that is not possible.
Does anyone have any advice. I am desperately trying to resolve this issue.
Tamara Aaron says
We purchased a 2015 Nissan Altima from carvana a month ago we have literally only made 1 payment. However today the brakes on the car is bad. We took it over to Caliber collision they informed us that we need to get it done or approved by SliverRock, they denied the repairs (Indicated it was normal wear and tear). Contacted carvana the agent said there is nothing they can do because Carvana requires the minimum brakes to pass inspection, she went on to say that they didn’t fix the brakes because that would increase the cost of the car, she said they don’t do repairs before selling their vehicles as this affects the pricing. How can they say they can’t cover replacement brakes on a car purchased 1 month ago. I month after purchasing I am forced to put in $1000 in brakes and pads etc. To make this worst had to stay home from work until I can actually afford the brakes, losing income, with the expectation that a note should be paid. Exploring my legal options at this point. I do think that carvana and it’s employees tampered with the inspection of this vehicle.
Racheal L Marzi says
Im having this same problem. rotors shot yet they put on new pads now wont cover the rotors
HalanaJ says
I purchased a car in March 2022 and 5 months later the front bumper is paint is peeling. Went to a car wash last month (July) and paint chipped, went back to the car wash a month later (August), and a big chunk of paints comes out of the bumper again. Went this morning 8/17/2022 to get an estimate on having this fixed and was told $1100. I called Carvana twice, the 1st CSR was rude and not helpful (making comments as “well you’ve had the car for 5months”) at all and neither was the 2nd CSR. No one wanted to connect me with anyone from their leadership as if this department does not exist! I have had this car for 5 months and NO the paint didn’t chip within Carvana’s 7 day warranty or their 15 day(s) extension. This just happened and they were not transparent about this vehicle at all. I’ve had cars for years and never had paint chipping issues. I have 4/5 more years to pay for this car so who knows what it’ll look like before payoff. Carvana has a cosmetic package that was not offered with this car and today is the first day that I’m hearing about it. They should be held accountable to pay the $1100 quote/estimate that I received to have this corrected. Carvana claims transparency but no one informed me of anything regarding this bumper having a botched paint report-do job.
Darryl Brown says
I want to talk about the POOR and DISSATISFIED customer service Dept… Mgr Cris,& others that denied giving his Employee number, straight hung up the phone im my ear, while trying to solve a problem, long phone wait time, Phone shuffle, un-educated answers, the lack of following threw. Carvanna sold me a new car and refused to REG it. I set here trying to finished their job. Carvana is forcing me to drive a new car w/out it being Register. That is against the law. And they are fine w/it. But im not, I quest I will stand in the long line of Dissatisfied Customer against CARVANA. I have reached out to Santa Clara District Attorney, San Diego, Ventura, and Los Angeles District Attorney.
Scott says
The way I was just treated by Carvana in Oklahoma City is unexplainable. I am debating legal options at this point.
Start with making us sign all paperwork before being allowed to even see the car (our fault as well and red flag #1 but salesperson Kyra said it was policy.) that was a lie.
Buying from Carvana was also a mistake. A calls were recorded 8 July 2022 @ 12:46 Central Time.
Was told by lady at Carvana OKC that they could get us a free replacement. ( Video taped conversation, also a LIE)
Vehicle broke down less than a week. Mother, 70 plus years old, dialysis and that is how we are treated. Employee’s would not let me in the building. Lied to my face while on the phone with corporate (Kabreyza), snatched a note pad out of my hands. Glad I was raised right because that could of went bad quit quickly.
Long story short. We have a piece of junk car, broke down under 50 miles, A 70 plus year old women that has life or death doc appointments, and Carvana on Memorial in North OKC just proved that they don’t give a sh*t after you purchase the vehicle. Even if it is days after.
Suggestion. SOMEONE that can make something happen from Carvana call me or e-mail me ASAP and make this right. Employees at OKC Carvana need to be looked into for sure.
Bobbie Ferguson says
I purchased a vehicle from Carvana in November of 2021, less than 2 weeks later the car would not start. Took the car into one of their authorized service centers and they “fixed” the issue. drove it for another 2 weeks or so and it wouldn’t start again. Had it towed in to service center and they “fixed” again..this time they had it for about a month. Picked up the car and TWO days later it would not start again!!! towed it into service center and this time they had it for 4 months from 1/1/22 until Wednesday 4/20/22…I picked it up at 4:30 on 4/20/22 and guess what??? Can you guess, go ahead, try… Bingo!! I would not start!! At 11:32 on 4/21/22 I drove the car to Walmart and when I went to start it to go home it WOULD NOT START!!! What a piece of crap!!! And Carvana’s stance.. “advocates” words to me… at this point we can not help you anymore, I am going to be closing out my ticket on your case as I am not able to help any longer..at this point you will be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the vehicle, please reach out to the service center and see what the next steps are”… Can you believe that??
They sell me a vehicle in November, I get to drive it maybe 3 weeks a total less than 1500 miles but have been paying $300+ a month for 6 months for a car I have NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE and their position is “we can’t help you”… Incredible!!
No offer to buy the car back, no offer to trade it for another one..NOTHING!!! bobbieferguson@ comcast.net
Ms. Bobbie Ferguson
jesse says
I purchased a 2015 Mini Countryman last month which we are pleased with. However, I just received my plates and tags today along with DMV docs that show Original Title amount due of $927.59 and Original Registration due of $49.49. I thought my purchase covered these costs–what happened? Looks like Carvana sales/finance did a very poor job of calculating the costs and now I’ve been hit up with a huge bill when this could have been avoided during the purchase–this is very upsetting! Beware of the package you get with your plates in it, you may be in for a huge surprise that’s beyond belief–I am so very upset!
Sadie Garcia says
I purchased a 2014 Mercedes Benz in Nov 2021 with 40,000 miles.
In early March 2022 (7,000 miles later, four months later), the vehicle became inoperable and due to staffing shortages had to sit at Mercedes Benz for almost three weeks, leaving me no choice but to pay for a rental in order to commute back and forth to work.
Once the issue was raised to Carvana complaints through Customer Service(with an invoice from Mercedes Benz with details of the transmission issue). I was told they would only replace the car, not reimburse me for repairs. This was told to me after I paid to have for the repairs to be done (although Carvana was looped in from the beginning) in an attempt to get the car back I pay the bank note on every month.
I am a recent widow after Covid, and this is really not what I needed trying to find my balance and learn to survive on my own with my children. This is the setback of all setbacks and Carvana; a multimillion dollar company has done nothing as of yet to help me, and then when I try to help myself, use it as an excuse not to step in.
Please help as my job and livelihood are at stake here.
All the best,
Sadie Garcia
Bobbie Ferguson says
I purchased a vehicle in Nov of 2021 TWO WEEKS later it was in the repair shop because it would not start. It was in there for about a week. Got it back and was able to drive it for a week before it did it again, this time it was in there for a month, got it back and it stop again, this time on New Years Eve..I JUST got it back YESTERDAY…got it home and went to drive it and it WON”T START this morning!!! Carvana will not do anything about it!! NOTHING, in fact my “advocate” says he is closing the case he has open as there is nothing else he can do it is between me and the repair shop now…I purchased the car 6 months ago and have been able to drive it a total of 3 weeks..less than 1500 miles and they won’t refund my money, offer me another one or anything, just tell me I’m stuck with it!! they didn’t even give me a rental to drive the entire time I was without a car those 4 months…. bobbieferguson@ comcast.net
Sheila Hernandez says
THIS COMPANY IS TERRIBLE ! Save your time and money and go else where ! Got a car and one week later it broke down took it to the shop they “fixed it” then it broke down the SANE DAY I PICKED IT UP had to take it back and they “fixed it” again for it to break down AGAIN ! Going thru the warranty was hell and they made me pay out of pocket almost $500 for all repairs ! Tried getting my money back and it’s a run around as to who can help me and how they can help me ! Not to mention these customer service reps are rude and hung up on me twice ! TERRIBLEEEEEEE PLACE TO BUY A CAR !
KBH says
Carvana is truly a nightmare! I have been told lies, I have spoken to 20+ “advocates” that can do absolutely nothing to resolve customer complaints or issues. The promise of money you don’t receive for months in exchange for failed results….? I’ve been lied to about the location of my vehicle, the delivery date, etc…! It’s like you change your life around to accommodate the company and they don’t care. I’ve had to take days off of work, I’ve had to adjust budgets to go longer without a vehicle and all I keep seeing is “Sorry this is not the experience we want you to have”.
I’ve read about 90% of these comments and the replies are even generic! There’s so many complaints they can’t even keep up! They assign you a rep (like they did me) and the rep looks into something that can’t be resolved. The ongoing issue is the lies and inconsistency to cover up the fact that they have dropped the ball over and over again. I’m not even sure they car is real at this point, I’m not sure that I will ever receive a car. How is it so easy to run a business and have employees that have no control over anything!?
Who is the person being held accountable for these actions? Why doesn’t the head of customer service and logistics reach out? This message is one of many I’ve had to copy and paste to explain my frustration on so many platforms. I was able to find some real email addresses online to people that work at Carvana and only received one reply from the 26 emails I’ve reached out to.
They take tell me my car is in Newark NJ last week, and assured that I would encounter no issues….find out today the car is still in Delanco NJ! The reps just lie and say they care but you don’t receive actual follow up. No one ever follows up after the initial conversation. Don’t waste your time, don’t waste your money, you’ll only get a generic reply like I am about to get and so many other comments on this page.
I’ve missed more work in the last three weeks than I ever have while working, all because of failed service from Carvana. This is more of a game to them than an actual business that needs to be ran. When does the lying stop? When does anyone that can actual make a difference reach out to the consumers? I literally asked the last advocate (number 26/27 in the last 3 weeks) what’s the guarantee I’ll describe a vehicle. She literally replied “I am not sure” to which I replied “so I’m just supposed to keep taking off work and pray you guys don’t mess up AGAIN” she replies “there’s nothing further she can do”. WOW great job Carvana! Is the fourth time a charm?
Scott says
Contact the Attorney Generals office of your state my friend.
Shilea Venti says
This experience has been one of the worst I have gone through with a car buying experience. There is no pride in workmanship or honoring your customers. I spent months researching a car to buy and I landed with Carvana because they pride themselves on the 150 point inspection. One month after I bought my car I broke down in the middle of the road. I took my car to Pep Boys as one of the In Service repair companies with the warranty. They gave me a run around and I had to constantly call to see when my car would be available. I picked up my car a week and a half after I broke down and my engine is still making noises. Pep Boys would not even take the time to see what the problem is and a gave a lame reason as to why my car was making noises. My question is if a company prides themselves on a safety inspection why did they not detect the water heater connectors were leaking and leave bad tires on the car.
Dr Matthew Brandstetter says
My terrible nightmare with Carvana began on Nov 10 when they took possession of my trade in but did not pay it off until Dec 13. The reps assured me the payoff would be overnighted but in my case it was sent regular mail. Additionally, I had to make an extra car payment (on my original car); otherwise, my credit would have been negatively impacted. This was just the beginning: my first delivered car had mechanical problems so I swapped it for another but after two days of driving it, the “check engine” light came on. Neither of the two Silver Rock referrals could diagnose the problem – I arranged to have the car swapped out again and nearly 10 minutes after doing all the paper work, I received a text that the delivery was delayed 7 days – this necessitated my having to make the extra car payment but I was assured by every Carvana rep that the extra money paid to my original lien holder would be returned to me. I have serious doubts about this.
I spent 35 minutes on hold this afternoon as a rep tried to send me a copy of the receipt for the payoff check sent by Carvana – the first email had no content and the second had no specific information on how the money was sent and by which carrier nor was a tracking number included. And then to top it all off, Bridgecrest, the finance arm of Carvana, reconstituted the original due date although I was told I would have 20-40 days before making a payment. So I have to make 2 car payments in December, one for a car I haven’t had since Nov 10.
I was also promised a $250 nuisance check that was supposed to be overnighted to me on 12/13; wasn’t mailed until 12/15 and since my flight to CA left on 12/16, I won’t retrieve that money until I return in early January.
Victor brown says
It is impossible to communicate and buy a car from Carvana and all the other peoples complaints are valid based on my experience and trying to buy a car from This incompetent Company. The online app is worthless for carvana. How this company is surviving is a wonder to me?
Beth Doran says
This has been the worst car buying experience I ever had. I bought the car in early October. Getting the registration processed has been a nightmare. Still have temp tags.
2 weeks ago I get notified by the bank that my loan was past due for the car I traded in. Turns out the payoff was sent to PA the banks office is in WI. Friendly girl processed a repayment form and said she would follow up with me in a couple of days to let me know status. Never heard from her. I called and was told I need to speak with this same girl and they sent her a message. Again never heard from her. Called again turns out the treasury dept. needs a new payoff statement. Neither I or the bank was contacted. Again Carvana dropped the ball! You can’t sell this car without the title??!! If I send a new payoff statement the check will be less than the original check since I had to pay to keep my credit rating in tact. I need the check to go out for the original amount so the bank reimburses me for the payment. I have to make another payment now since you have just been sitting on this not correcting the problem. Really love paying on a car I don’t have!!!
John Rhine says
My wife ordered a 2017 Volkswagen jetta. Was told it would be delivered on Nov 8th 2021, she got an email saying that delivery was rescheduled for Nov 10th. Then on the 9th we got told that the drivers side widow and the windshield were damaged in transportation. And they rescheduled delivery for the 18th. On the 17th she got another email switching it to the 19th. On the morning of the 19th she got yet again another email switching it to the 22nd. Then again on the 21 they switched it to the 24th. Now this morning they switched it for the 7th x saying it will be here on the 26th and that the repairs have not been done yet and that they keep finding issues with the vehicle. And they tell me that they are paying us $25.00 for each day from Nov 8th til we get possession of the vehicle. Right now it’s up to $550.00. I told them if it is not here by Friday’s delivery time and if we get another delayed email we are gonna cancel the order and go with a traditional car dealership. This has been a very frustrating and unpleasant experience. And I am gonna get my attorney involved.
John Brooks says
Wish I would have read the reviews more (not the glorious ones they have on their website). They advertised a pick up or delivery date of two days after the purchase (Nov. 19th). Once I got to the end of the application they switched it to the 27th. I called and they switched it to the 22nd, if I got all of my paperwork in, I did. Then on Saturday the 20th, they texted and cancelled and then switched the date to the 23rd, while trying to pass along good vibes of “Dont worry about delivery, let us take care of that.” You are not taking care of it. I spoke to customer service and they never call back (still waiting on a supervisor to call me back and a customer service representative). One of the representatives I called stated that the car is now in Maryland, but hasn’t been inspected yet. Oh, and now they switched the date to the 29th.
So they catfished with the date, as they knew they never had the car at the destination that they stated it was at and they have never inspected it to make sure they could sell it. Meanwhile, my wife has had to take off work and I have had to keep calling Geico to change policies over and over (they make you show proof of insurance on the vehicle before delivery), costing me more money. I wish I would have dealt with a traditional car dealership over not knowing when you are going to get the car you purchased. No one can answer questions.
John says
Yeah we are going with an issue with them and it has been delayed 7x and we still don’t have the vehicle. I have told them I am disabled and require taking prescribed medication 4x a day. And with this issue they are only allowing me to take them 1 x a day
Gillian Loiler says
Carvana – you should be ashamed of your self. Mid August and STILL getting run around with them – the title is STILL IN AZ – my temp tag expires 22NOV and no end in site – WHAT the HELL – I NEED MY CAR – after 22NOV my car will NOT be legal to drive – I BOUGHT THIS MID JUL 2021
FIX THIS NOW
Robin says
I’m having that same issue 7 months they want me to swap but because I haven’t deposited money in my bison account in 2months they can’t approve a swap
Unhappy customer says
The worst company I’ve ever worked with. I’m coming up on A MONTH of waiting for my car. Even got a call from the delivery man that it was coming one of the delays. He was wrong. This is unprofessional and no one seems to know what they are talking about.
Same unhappy customer. says
On top of that, in this last call they said the car had had mechanical but they would maybe get it to me now at a month and a week. Okay. Called back now they want me to reapply for a different car. This is nonsense.
Sscl says
DO NOT BUY FROM THESE CROOKS! I have had 3 rescheduled deliveries. No body to talk with, all the kids who text you say they are working at home, cant do anything, sorry. Been waiting over 2 days for a supervisor…..now i get a text saying car is not. ready.
Chris Canada says
My God, I just read most of these comments… I bought a Subaru from Carvana in August and here we are at the end of October and I still have NOTHING saying I’m the owner! This has been the MOST stressful experience. The 150 point inspection was clean, then I brought the car to the Subaru Dealership and had over $2000 in repairs! The axils had to be replaced, CV joints, the list goes on, but hey! “No worries, we’ll pay for everything because you’re fully covered!” Only, I had to pay $200 that they didn’t cover… I’ve filed BBB complaints (multiple ones), FTC complaints, and consumer protection complaints with the state. Hopefully these people don’t get away with scamming others. My advice, STAY AWAY FROM CARVANA!!
John Zozzaro says
The worst company ever the management will not take calls from customers with complaints they hide behind their advocates who happen to be nice people…Picked up a 2015 Toyota Camry four days ago they say the cars are inspected the battery was installed in July 2015 the date of the original sale they checked nothing and the cowards of management refuse to take your calls how low do they go….
Suzie Engler says
I have had a terrible ongoing experience with them as well since July. How do you get in contact with someone hire up. No supervisor calls me back. There has to be a way to contact corporate. The amount of complaints is insane and the nightmare I have been going thru and appears that many others are too is not normal and something needs to be done. A representative named Nicole Vaughn falsely accused me of things and then retracted once she was proven wrong. She then hung up on me. It’s absurd!
Brian Wood says
What a terrible experience. Carvana management should be able to sleep at night!
RDW says
I agree. Worst experience I have ever had.
Levi and Patricia Revis says
Myself also has had the worst experience ever in a of my 50 years of car buying. I’ve bought vehicles back in the day from not so reputable dealership’s and got way way better vehicles that’s 7-9 years old that were in better condition mechanically than the 2017 Nissan i Just purchased from Carvana! If we ALL would touch base from afar and start a lawsuit against Carvana then we won’t be stuck with the hunks of junk they are telling us that we are STUCK WITH!!!! I by no means intended to let this issue go. Stand up against Carvana and don’t be screwed!
Jen Parsons says
I, too, have had absolutely the worst first car buying experience.
From my vehicle being delivered with a crack in the windshield (that happened on its journey to me) to spending countless hours trying to get this problem fixed that wasn’t my problem. That takes weeks, as you have to contact third party warranty contact. Silver Rock will defer to Carvana to get them to pay since it’s not covered. Carvana will transfer you back and forth between agents where you must explain everything again and again, until weeks later SOMEONE gets the approval done.
They’ll set an appointment at a distant facility, you confirm that it is exact vendor window not random, since that’s what I purchased. Arrive to find out appointment is next day (I called to confirm). Arrive next day to hear that they have wrong glass and will be waiting for correct glass to arrive in a week or more.
I received my car on July 8th, and window finally fixed August 3rd.
I took in the car to get emissions a week later to discover that the 2014 car had no connector to do so. Process rebooted. Carvana to Silver Rock, me to Silver Rock to Carvana to silver Rock, until July 21st when approval comes through. I’m instructed to take it to get diagnostic through their “preferred facility” Midas. Midas says they don’t handle that, so back to Carvana and Silver Rock to resolve.
My car was finally able to be taken in on July 21st, BUT facility failed the loaner car. Reschedule for August 30, which was first available.
In week 1, brakes began squealing to the point of safety concerns, and was put on the list of shortcomings of the car I purchased.
Picked up my car on September 24th to a bill of $534, which Carvana agreed to pay but facility refused to release until process complete. Asked ad nauseum about brake issue to be told they couldn’t hear it. Left facility and 15 minutes later, squealed away with noisy brakes.
All this while, speaking to Carvana associates, explaining again, assuring that I was being heard, and Corporate would be informed. This morning, 3 days later, I called Carvana to update situation (told again that I would hear back from associate in less than than 2 days with her findings) and felt as though I was speaking to completely new person. “What can I help you with” was her response. I had to re-explained the entire recorded situation to her, and was once again told that a representative would be notified about my situation, and has been “looped in”, but I’ve never heard from them in any form, and I’d hear back. (Exhaling now, will not hold my breath.
I, now, have to go through entire third party process that obviously doesn’t work. That’ll take another month, I’m guessing from experience.
I am paying on a vehicle I haven’t been able to get emissions tested, registered, or driven since July 8th.
Jake says
I’m in the beginning stages of my lawsuit against them. They sold me a flood car.
Dave says
We just got a flood car too
Jason baker says
Yes I got the worst experience buying a car and it was my first car I’ve ever bought off a lot or even new has a bad transmission it’s a 2018 Dodge Journey SX t utility sport and it’s got a bad transmission it’s slipping I confronted him about it they won’t let me exchange for a better car and they won’t let me return it with it within the 7 days and that’s their code and they say they live by a code and they’re honest they say all my documents don’t match I’ve sent all the same documents it was just a October 15th at that I picked it’s only one day documents match
Chauntea Simmons says
This company definitely sucks. What thermostat, water pump, upper and lower control arms fail in 3 months of purchase and Carvana wants to take no responsibility for selling a lemon. Clearly as the dealership maker of the vehicle states the car was never inspected to begin with and should have never been sold in that condition! Do not go to anyone their warranty sends you to as well they all work together and neither wants to claim responsibility for their overlooked mistake, not one of those things should have been overlooked when thats what I took it in for to be checked under the warranty. No responsibility from Carvana or Silverrock just a 5k bill for me, mind you i just bought it!
Brenda Braun says
If it looks to good to be true it it. I spent an entire day going through the process for a car got approved and was promised delivery the next day. Now they are saying Thursday. Customer service is well – that’s all we can do.
I now have to cancel the order and start over somewhere else. These people are false advertising and empty promises. Wasted a ton of my time!
Rondal Hightower says
First things first, “DON’T BUY FROM CARVANNA”, This is the worst business to get a car from. My 19 year old daughter saved her hard earned money for a down payment on a nice looking car on Carvanna website, but first the car wasn’t delivered as promised she had to wait until “they can find the car”, now since purchasing the car she have major maintenance issues this car have been in the repair facility 4 times for the same thing, oil and coolant is leaking into the engine, call corporate office who keep trying to blow smoke up your rear my daughter need her car being a student and working, customer service keep telling me the same thing about its passed the 7 day period..unacceptable, rent a car..again unacceptable, take Uber…again unacceptable the Maintenance issues is not the fault of my daughter, this is CARVANNA problem, selling LEMONS, I am a retired Army Vet, I will not give up this easy, I will continue to fight for some resolution on my daughter’s behalf that what I was trained for, once again CARVANNA THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, and I will take this to the media if necessary so no other parent can go through this with their child who saved hard earned money to get her first car, just to be shafted by CARVANNA!!!
Chauntea Simmons says
I am having a similar issue they will not take responsibility for! The dealership maker of the vehicle was so out done with the lemon they sold me they as well fought tooth and nail with me to get them to fix it. After a month if my car sitting at the dealership, they first say they’re going to get it fixed and turn around the next week and say they are not! So im left with a 5k car bill on top if a 2k rental car ticket being they had my car sitting there for a month and its still unfixed
Jen Parsons says
Agreed. Making video of the whole process I’ve gone through in a satirical scenario with brakes squealing in background, my cracked windshield delivery experience, Silver Rock, phone calls, answers to my questions.. all of it.
Derrick McNamara says
I purchased two cars in February 2021 and still do not have registration or title 7 months later. I had to file an insurance claim on one from a hail storm and my insurance company can’t do anything until the car is in my name.
Christine says
Completed car buy June 28th. Still no car. Delivery canceled twice. No one on the phone seems to know anything. All I ever hear is “I can’t see that on my end” asked for a supervisor, they said “one will call in 24-48 hours” 72 hours later no supervisor.
3 times people promised to call back, no call back. Spent 2 hours on the phone Friday July 16th and the person on the phone said I need to put you through to “the push dept” and there were 38 people ahead of me. This was to find out where the car was. I said ” why don’t you sit on hold and call me back, I am the customer?!” Nope transferred me. Another 30 minutes only because my 2 hours on hold with her already counted.
Finally Tamitra came on. Assured me they had the title. Said car would be in my state 30 miles from me on July 18th and did we want to pick it up. Yes we said we will pick it up. She said I will call you Monday July 18th to update you. I said ” you promise because no one ever calls back” yup she promised and you guessed it no call. 7pm at night. Now we get email saying car will be delivered July 27!!. Over a month since we closed the deal?! We don’t even trust they won’t cancel again.
So I call Carvana and I have been on hold 35 minutes while the person tries to find a manager. I told her “your not going to find one” I asked where is our car. Her answer ” I can’t see that information” surprise! And I’ve heard “I’m very sorry for that I’m going to stay with you until I get this resolved” about 100 times. This has been the worst experience of my car buying life and I’ve bought many cars in my lifetime.
Carvana will not be long for this earth with this business model. Better model, assign one person to follow the customer through the whole process, give them a commission, then someone may care about the customer,
and PLEASE update your hold music it is horrible! 45 minutes still on hold waiting for “the manager” lol!! .
Zoni Wiley says
Your right this is probably not going to make one bit of difference. But trying to buy a car from these people has been an adventure. Several phone calls, no one had an answer to any of my questions. I told them I was going on vacation two weeks prior to buying the vehicle. They had two weeks to get it right. I got the wrong forms, misspelled name by the time they got their shhh together I was on vacation. I spent the first few days trying to fix what I thought was a simple fix, not. I couldn’t get anyone who knew what they were doing. Shame on me, dealing with these people on vacation. I asked for a supervisor to call me and know one reached out now for three days. By the time I got home three days later the car was sold from under me. I guess that was a blessing. You have a choice we’re to buy a car. This will not be my choice and they don’t seem to care. Z
J. Eliabeth Spears says
I had an unfortunate experience with CarMax, returned the car and needed a car ASAP. I had heard of Carvana so looked and they had the exact color car I had REALLY wanted anyway, so I started this nightmare journey on Thursday.
On BOA website, CarMax, Enterprise and Carvana are listed as the only independent dealers BOA dealt with, so I assumed the process would be as easy as it had been with CarMax – I literally applied via my phone on a lark, got approved in about 30 seconds, and approval letter came minutes later and I drove away with my car.
Well, that literally could NOT be further from the truth!!!
I’ve discovered that Carvana will not accept the bank approval letter – they have to have money in hand or with BOA, have my name on the funding list that only comes out once a day.
That would all be fine, if Carvana wasn’t also set up like the worst, most competitive, Ebay bidding war, Lord of the Flies, situation!
Online you only allow holding the car for 40 minutes!! Well, not much can happen in 40 minutes!!
I spent hours on the phone getting holds on the car for 24 hours, I was told, only to call back later and be told that none of the previous people had actually placed a hold on the car.
All in the context of Carvana’s website featuring HUGE in your face countdown clocks saying complete everything by X time to get your car by X time – well, I DID everything I could do well within the time.
Carvana isn’t very transparent with their policy of only accepting FUNDING from the bank to complete the transaction – something I’ve NEVER ever had any dealer any where in the world require.
Its a rare rare transaction that goes from finding a car, reviewing all the information, obtaining financing, getting bank contracts returned to bank, and getting on a funding list that only comes out daily between 4:30-6:30 pm that will be completed ALL within 40 minutes.
I think Carvana’s entire website is horribly deceptive to consumers. Criminally so, in my book!
In addition, although I have spent HOURS AND HOURS on the phone with Carvana for three days now, and been told HOLDS are being placed not the car that never really got placed, Carvana’s own draconian, mosh-pit, fight-to-the-death competitive system of “deadlines,” STILL apparently cancelled ALL the activities I had completed in the car purchasing process when THEIR “deadline” passed, literally an hour or so after I completed a 2-3 hour stint on the phone with Carvana associates being told everything was set and held and ALL I had to do was call back in every 24 hours to re-HOLD the car and wait to be on the funding list on Monday afternoon.
Well…….nope. I got an email from about four hours after that last phone call stating that “deadlines” had passed, so I ran to check my Carvana dashboard – my purchase showed EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETE except Finalize Purchase. I have the screenshot showing Personal Details – complete, Trade-in – complete, Cash or Finance – Complete, Delivery or Pick-up – complete, Carvana Protection – complete, Driver’s License – complete, Payment – complete…….
As I’m looking at it, all that vanished and my dashboard now shows I must sign contracts – contracts I signed twice already, last time THIS MORNING when I had to change the delivery time. I SIGNED all the new contracts with the new delivery date. Then Carvana’s self-imposed deadline on theirselves passed and so, I’m told, the system deletes everything I did and I now have to re-sign documents AGAIN?? I’m told, yes, you have to sign the documents again or we won’t continue to purchase process.
Who does business this way?? This is absolutely insane.
And, let’s talk about those documents. They include a document that declares what the odometer reading is at the time of the transfer. Currently, that transfer won’t happen for five more days. When I questioned that, saying I didn’t feel comfortable signing a document saying what the odometer reading was until I’d actually seen the odometer, I was told “there’s a picture of the odometer on the website with the document information.” What?? Again, who does business this way?? That picture could be from any one of millions of cars.
WHY can’t THAT particular document be signed, legally, when the car is actually in front of the purchaser? What is so hard about that?
Carvana seems to have been designed to modernize the car buying process but, in my opinion, they have created a nightmare of misleading and deceiving consumers, put systems in place for their own convenience customers be damned, and are a system where consumers are literally in a bidding/purchasing war to hold on to a car they want to purchase while maneuvering Carvana’s bizarre, byzantine, senseless, and archaic-parading-as-modern system.
CLAUDIA WOOD says
Worst experience ever
Worst experience ever! I purchase my dream car from Carvana, an Audi. The first day it arrived I was thrilled. It drove nice and looked fantastic. I had no plans of returning it! I decided to take a trip with it to visit my sister. On the way home the sensors started reading like the car was over heating so my husband pulled over and we called roadside assistance. After being stranded 89 miles from home at a gas station for about an hour a tow truck came and took us to a shop THEIR road side assistance (Silver Rock) told us to take it. We spent another three long hours there until the gentleman at the shop told us he would need more time to look at it. I had to call my son to pick us up. The next day, I took off from work to try to handle this business. The guy from the shop called back and told us it needed to be taken to an Audi dealership. I called Silver Rock and they told me I had to find a shop willing to work on it. I spent another hour looking for a shop. Everyone seemed to be booked up and not able to take it. I finally found a place for it and Carvana said they were not going to pay the towing cost. They finally agreed to pay it after dealing with different representatives and many hours. Then I find out they were taking it to a shop that was full and not able to look at it ( the shop was closer, less towing cost I guess). I couldn’t afford for it to go to this shop, because my time was running out to make a decision on whether I was going to keep it or not. I really wanted to keep it, but not if it couldn’t be fixed. I was told it had faulty wiring and that could be dangerous.
I finally gave up after being left on hold for hours and then having them disconnect the call ( This happened at least three times). When I finally got a hold of a live person, I once again went over my story for the tenth time and told them I was exhausted and I just wanted my old car back. I need something I could depend on and it wasn’t my dream car if I couldn’t rely on it.
We set up a time for my old car to be delivered a week later because that’s what they had available. When the Carvana hauler arrived it didn’t have my car on it. The gentleman said he came to pick up the Audi. THEY HAVEN”T HEARD A WORD I SAID! the Audi was 89 miles away and I reminded them of this more than once! Now, I’m still waiting on my car to arrive. It’s Saturday and you can’t get a hold of anyone. My son was nice enough to let me borrow his car last week so I could get to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do next week. Besides dealing with the stress of this I am also out of money. I just paid the higher insurance rate for owning the Audi and I have only drove it for four days. I have no faith in this company. Each time you call you are put on hold and you have to talk to someone new, it’s taken many hours out of my day just to try to handle this and nothing has been resolved. The only thing I got out of this is a lesson. If you buy a car buy it from someone in person. You can form a relationship with them, they will hear you, help you and there won’t be all this going back and forth with miscommunication. Don’t buy your car from Carvana, they only pretend to care!
Tony Blair says
Unbelievable!!!
Purchased a car from in June from Carvana and financed it through them, signed the contracts, sent proof of insurance, drivers license, and had Delivery set for 7/4/21 at noon, got a call on July 3 at 6 PM saying the car was ready to be delivered on schedule. Called 7/4 at 8AM that morning and found it was still waiting to be shipped to California and had not even left the Indiana inspection hub.
Spent 6 hours on the phone and emails trying to find out what’s going on. Was told today the car at been put back for sale with a pending sale and I should try to find another car for the one that I paid for and insured. You could not make this stuff up.
I am going to do everything I can to expose these guys unless this is resolved to my satisfaction.
I AM FURIOUS!
CLAUDIA WOOD says
I wish I would have read this before buying from them.
STEVE J ALLEN says
I am going through the same f-ing nightmare. This is the biggest sham I’ve been caught up in. If you need any help i will vouch on what a lying scam of a nightmare this piece of sh*t company is!!!
Thomas J Lawler says
I am going through the same thing right now since July 31st!!! Will never go through this again worst car buying experience of my life!!!
Natalie Schenker says
Me too. I was supposed to receive a car on October 11, and now they claim it’s going to take until November 2 to fix a broken radio knob and deliver.
Drew collins says
Carvana is str8 up fraud…I hope file a class action lawsuit
John burda says
Caravan purchased my vehicle on June 14,2021. Paid on spot move vehicle to neighbor’s driveway , vehicle has lock box and carvan stickers on it. As of today 7-1-21 vehicle is still in driveway. Called this past Sunday after 4 phone calls and transfers talked to Jason he said he will contact dept to pick up vehicle and call me back. I’m still waiting!! I think 3 weeks is a way to long to wait for a vehicle pick up.
lucretia cuba says
I’m new to carvana and never read any of this until today. OMG… I’m seriously disappointed and I have had a ok experience but today things took a change now I’m not gonna bad mouth them until after I speak with all parties involved. my deliveries were on time my swap out was on time no one has given me a hard time so far but I have experienced people that are not very knowledgeable and have to call back and speak with a different person just TODAY. So I’m gonna give the benefit of the doubt because all this I have read now my experience was totally different and it was really good. I am a nurse who is in a pandemic and I don’t have time to play with anyone. If my patients can contact the govenor to get better service or justice so can I. So I’m gonna give carvana the opportunity to continue with a good experience with me. NO serious complaints at this time for me. I hope all of you all were eventually treated with dignity and respect from carvana. Before I purchased I looked up the CEO and familiarized myself with him and his dad. because there has to be way for us to reach them when we need to. These guys are billionaires and aint hurting for money. Both are on the 2021 forbes list and I’m thinking Ernest Garcia 3rd, and 2nd are not aware of the poor service customers are recieving but they will if things continue to go left for me. But for now no complaints.
Brandon kee says
I would love to speak with ceo or someone in leadership regarding operations and team work in your organization. I signed contract to buy vehicle and was told system issue caused it to be available but it’s not. I received several conflicting messages. Transportation delay, it’s on way, it’s not available, etc…day before pickup. It actually did get delivered to my local vending as scheduled after I was told it wouldn’t. After spending over 8 hours on phone, the head of leadership(or at least he said there was no one above him to talk to)did offer a solution but it was not what I wanted. The vehicle was returned(i found out and spoke to customer who bought and returned to you)and is waiting to be put back in system but he can’t renter in system or put a hold on it so I can resume purchase? Just keep my eye on it and wait for it to re list, I might get lucky and be able to buy again??? I already have signed contract to buy!!!! If I was leading in this company, I’d be furious that customer was willing to give $$$ to me but because my systems don’t talk to each other and people aren’t able to work together across teams, I can’t sell a car? I’m blown away that a leader in company can’t pick up phone and tell logistics or any other team about an issue and they work together to resolve.
Amanda says
Well I purchased a car and got confirmation and the day before I could pick it up they told me my car was sold over the weekend how when I put insurance on it and everything this is just crazy that they can do somebody like this and I signed contracts
Jason McClary says
I had a wonderful experience purchasing my car (even though the car arrived 7 days late)! The advocates were extremely pleasant and proactive with helping me me make my purchase. I reluctantly decided to include a trade-in with my purchase. However, immediately after the purchase I decided I wanted the trade back (as I was reassured that would be an easy process if done within 7 days). I was told it would take 60 days to recontract my paperwork. As a result, I had to buy back my car because too much time passed to have it rolled into my loan. Nearly two months later, I still do not have my vehicle back. I’ve called weekly to inquire about status updates and have received conflicting information with each advocate. I’ve received mail from my credit union & County Tax Commissioner’s office as a result of Carvana’s negligence in resolving this matter expeditiously. This is easily the worst customer experience I’ve had based on the price point & inexperienced staff. Carvana clearly has not figured out how to seamlessly address post sale concerns. As a result I will never recommend Carvana. Virtual shopping is not all its cracked up to be when you need to interact with people. Please do yourself a favor and just go to CarMax.
Kimberly Cox says
Purchased a vehicle from Carvana and before the standard Carvana warranty timeframe was up but 30 miles after the mileage stipulation was up the car died on the freeway about 25 miles from my home. Had to have the vehicle towed back to my house and it has not moved since. I have tried repeatedly to contact someone at Carvana regarding this issue to no avail. Beware of purchasing from Carvana you will end up with a lemon, payments, no vehicle and no help. This is the worst experience I have ever had with a dealership.
Niela says
I agree, going through something similar
Melissa says
I will not recommend this place to anyone not even the devil. These ppl are wanting your money MD to take ur car tht is all they will come up with whatever they need to too take ur car and keep ur trade in. And they get out of lawsuits cuz if u don’t live in Arizona then u can sew them they are scamers
John Williams says
Just made my second payment. The ABS and Stability Trac light came on. Took it to their “authorized” repair facility. The first words out of the guys mouth was “take it back”. The bottom of the car is completely rusted out. Braked, rotors, calipers, under carriage….everything. I was told swapping it out was “off the table”. All I wanted was a car that was in good shape. How can you sell a car, say it was inspected when clearly it was not. Oh yeah, this is my second car. The first one I got kept stalling in reverse.
Alexsis fuentes says
To whom this may concern
I write this email to ask for help. I have only been a customer of Carvana for a month and a half. Already I am faced with troubles with a car that was sold to me . I was told that all Carvana cars are throughly checked before selling and what I received was a car with low mileage and now a very serious transmission issue. I have contacted customer service and must say that all agents were very polite but it seems their hands are tied and that I’ve went over the so called mileage /100 day warranty plan and now I no longer have coverage . I am single mother and without a car I cannot work which means I cannot take care of my children. During this pandemic this makes things 10 times harder for me to provide for my children and still be responsible for a car note . I was told that if I can get a diagnostic that someone may consider paying for the repairs however nothing would be guaranteed . As a big company that you are I would think you would care more about your customers and may even take more pride in selling reliable cars. I am asking for more than just a maybe but a definite yes we will help in this situation. Again after only a month and a half I don’t think a car with low mileage should have transmission issues . Thank you for your time and I pray that you see some sort of resolution for this problem. I am humbled that you have taken the time to read this and yet very upset that my family and I are put in this situation. I do pray and hope you can help. I’m not sure if I emailed the right person but I do hope this finds its way to the right hands .
Sent from my iPhone
Inez D Brown says
Carvana is SHADY AT BEST! I purchased a vehicle in July 2020; next day the car wouldn’t start, so of course I called and returned the vehicle. They wanted me to take it to a mechanic; ABSOLUTELY NOT! They picked up the car that Friday (after rescheduling). Now I’m getting a series of TOLL VIOLATIONS for the tags that were assigned to my car!! What makes it worse is that the images CLEARLY depict another model car. WTH Carvana? Trying to reach them has been impossible! Never heard of a credible company without an email contact, especially when on hold for 2 hours and 12 minutes with no pickup. I wonder how many lawsuits Carvana has against them. CONTACT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU and file a formal complaint.
Victoria says
Please contact the ftc. I just contacted the gov over them asking me to resign a contract at a 26.194 interest rate. Check your contract for the section that says total amount disclosure. My 2012 civic was to cost me 32229. I did not sign but got them to move the car to my state after them trying to blow off delivery promised of I bought within 2 hrs. I believe carvana is embezzling money through clients with illegal practices
Bobby says
I have been told by credit bureaus try carvana, i found out that they are secretly working with credit bureaus on false information and try to damage peoples credit scores and make them look bad, i also found out, and to ruin people and deny them cars homes etc they are secretly working as conspiracy to falsify on thier businesses to sell bad cars with bad brakes and any other stuff false advertising and all of that I found it out got warned not to buy with carvana they will use false information on people steal money without authorization, and all of the mess its going to be send to u.s. attorney General. I disabled and retired and my car I had a financing on it on my first car loan I kept paying and carvana says to me by phone sorry we cannot help you you bad credit all this lies, my car is dead wont work anymore my health depends on it carvana hung up on me how shameful that too will be reported to attorney General on all this terrible false stuff they say
Scott jobes says
I bought my car 6 weeks ago from carvana, no tags or registration, so I went & got my own tags, called and told custom service,, and all of a sudden tags are both being mailed out, bullsh*t, so I go for inspection, I am told I need back brakes & rotors don’t brakes & tires, how do you sell a car with so much wrong with it these things are basics fixes that should be done before you sell the car, warranty is a joke,
Claudia Barquero says
I have had the worst experience ever, and will let my experience be heard. So i found the car i wanted, I submitted all the documentations they informed me to do, then i got an email saying to contact caravana customer service. Once i contacted carvana they informed me that Experian was flagging my report and that I need to update my information with them. So i went ahead and did that. They ran my credit report again and the same issue. The agent then again told me wait 24 hours to process the purchase everything will be okay, i went ahead and submitted the purchase. Once again i got a text to contact carvana customer service. They told me again it was an issue with Experian. I called Experian they said everything is good on their end. I called carvana an hour later like i was told from the prior rep. The rep told me again that no Experian was still flagging my credit report. they told me to wait till the 28 to pull my credit again for the 4th time. I said no this is ridiculous. I’m done I don’t even want to bother with getting the car anymore. Its bull that these workers can’t tell me from the gecko the correct procedure. my credit is getting ruin. I rather go to a dealer ship then ever deal with carvana. I hope you all do to. Don’t bother with them. unless you want your credit report to get pulled many times and lower your credit score.
RaShaunda Sanders says
I have had the worst car buying experience ever. I got my jeep 09/07/2020 had the car for two weeks and haven’t had/seen the car since 09/22. I was contacted through email on 09/08 to get repairs done at a shop the was given to me via Carvana/SilverRock sent in the pictures and descriptions as asked made an Appointment to bring the car in that following Tuesday at 9 am. Two day’s after the car was in the shop additional concerns had been presented and I was told that they will be in touch with the SilverRock/Carvana to get the additional work approved so there is where the nightmare began I had waited days to hear back about the work so I start calling in to the repair shop and the shop had told me they were waiting for the a call back for the work to be approved so from what I got from our conversation is I should be speaking to the people who initiated the claim and I start calling SilverRock and they told they don’t do approval I should contact Carvana. Now i’m calling the correct company but still getting false information about how this situation should get handled. I have been told that I have been given an exception on the work that is getting done and any other work will not be approved to reach out to the repair shop. As a new customer I expected way more from Carvana but this has been a joke because no-one has tried to make the customer(me) happy and I would have to pay for the repairs on a car I haven’t seen/driven in almost a month and that there is nothing they can do to help further. So please if you purchase a car from them look over the car as best as you can and make sure the right people get your documents to try to get your work approved because you will be in a rollercoaster of words trying to get help that they don’t want to help with. SMH
Gary Matteson says
I have been waiting on my title and registration for 2 months from the KC, Mo facility. When I finally threatened to file a complaint with the attorney general they all of a sudden found the title. Supposedly they are sending it. I’ll believe it when I see it. Very incompetent staff.
Oscar hernandez says
this is probably a waste of time but I must vent. I am super disappointed I purchased a van 3 years ago and now I was looking into trading it in to get another after days of trying to get a appraisal and I kept on getting a error code to try later I decided to spk to someone and after much digging she informed me I’m getting that message because carvana doesn’t want to take my car mind you its in mint condition and I bought it from carvana….
I am so disappointed and I regret all the referrals I did…
James Drysdale says
The issue with Carvana is in real time, it happened this past week and as far as I’m concerned is still not resolved. On Tuesday of this past week (3-17-2020) I called into Carvana and was assisted by one of their associates to put my vehicle into their system for Carvana to purchase. I then received the quote from Carvana saying they would purchase my vehicle for $22,354. I was also told this price would be good for seven days just as their website explains. Over the next couple of days I got together all of the documentation that Carvana required to complete the sale. On Friday (3-20-2020) I received an email from Carvana saying they wanted to proceed in purchasing my vehicle. After opening up the email and reading through it I was shocked to find out they now valued my car at $21,263 reducing the original price they gave me by $1091. I then called in and spoke to one of their associates and she tried to tell me it was because the market has dropped so much in the past week. I told her that I didn’t control that and I didn’t believe she did either and that the market was always fluctuating and that had nothing to do with Carvana’s commitment to their customers that the price they quote is good for seven days, no haggle no hassle just like the price’s on the vehicles they sell they do not negotiate because their pricing is fair market value and it is set firm. I then spoke to a supervisor who told me the reason the value of my vehicle had dropped was because the odometer had changed, and he is correct, originally I had 1085 miles on the odometer and when I put the vehicle in their system the odometer picture I sent them showed 1102 miles, I had traveled 17 miles since they quoted me the value of my vehicle four days ago. Their website says that if you travel more than 1000 miles from the time they give a price to the time they’re ready to buy it the price will probably change but not unless it’s over 1000 miles. I am planning on calling their corporate office on Monday and seeing if I can get ahold of somebody that will make this wrong right, and stand behind what their website touts is their business practice and philosophy, otherwise their business principles do not mean a thing!
SHADONNA BAILEY says
I wish I would have come here before making my purchase January 16, 2020. I bought a 2014 BMW i3 with the extended warranty. I had to return the car because it only gave 45 miles at full charge. I returned the car within the 7 day guarantee and chose a 2015 BMW 328i with the extended warranty January 23, 2020. On Monday, January 27, $1000 had been withdrawn from my account. I call customer service for answers as to why it was taken and who authorized it. I was told the car was an extra $1000 down which was not true. I provided documentation proving it was an even swap. I was then told the extended warranty was $1000 down. I told the rep I didnt want the extended want the warranty and I would get a warranty through a third party. I was told he would get back to me but never did. Two days later I called in and spoke to a different person because the original rep wasnt available. He told me that I was misinformed and I could not take the warranty off and I would have to put the 1000 to the back of my loan and my car note would go down, or I could pick something else. I went online just to see what options I had and noticed that my down payment went up and the quality of cars offered where not the same as was offered before. I then received a call from the executive support team asking how I liked my car and if I was going to keep it. I explained to him what was going on. He put me on hold to look in to what was going on. The phone hung up and I got an email from letting me know his system was down and he was going to call me back when it came back up. That was January 30 in the morning, it is now January 31, 2020 in the afternoon and I have not heard back from them and it is my 7th day. this has truly been a nightmare. I will be contacting my attorney.
Tina Barnett says
Please let me lnow what is happening, I am going through this right now!!!
San Antonio says
Mr Garcia
Carvana has the worst customers service. They don’t honor their warranty. The 7 days shouldn’t include holidays, weekends or how long it for the car to sits at the mechanic shop. They blame the customer for there problem they create. I bought the car on 23 December 2019 with the check engine light on
The sale person told me that Carvana mechanic couldn’t figure it out. So I trust the salesperson that I should that it to a specialty mechanic and it could be fixed.
I took the car to a specialty mechanic they said it can only be fixed by dealership. Sliver rock wouldn’t guarantee it would be covered under warranty. Carvana said they had a special team that handles this type situations like mine.. but Carvana wouldn’t guarantee they would cove it. I could not get the car in the 7-day window to the mechanic due to closed for Christmas holidays … was told it would affect the coverage.
I talk to the customer service manager he said I should sell the car. Never do business with a company that does not stand by their warranty and does not make exceptions because of holidays and time in the shop that the customer can’t control.
And for the phone manager that I talked to today that told me I should sell the car, that I just bought from Carvana should be fired or reprimanded for suggesting such an outlandish statement. He is the ideal of very poor customer management service. The car has been sitting at a mechanic shop longer than I have had in my possession he should be ashamed of himself.
Alex says
I am not fond of doing this but, We started buying a car in October it is now December and still no car. I have called and got some updates but no solid answer to when the car will be ready. I had to refinance because the 45 day was up. Well it went from 400 down money to 1300 down money. They did offer to try to find a different car but could not and kept telling me to stick with the car I have reserved. So I did, now I am so upset that my terms drastically changed. I just can’t believe they could not honor my first term. It was not my fault that it is taking the car so long. I hope that you can help me with this situation. Please make this right.
Kyra says
I too am having issues with tags and registration. Temp tags expired on 10/29/19, as of today 12/6/19 no tags or registration. DO NOT BUY FROM CARVANA.. ITS A TOTAL SHAM.
Collette Burrell says
It is with great frustration and discontentment I must write this complaint to the heads of the caravana. I started the procedure of purchasing a car in September of this year 2019 I have done all that was required of me initially the car first was listed as being keylesd entry when the car was delivered this was not so and here Begins the series of issues that I now enduring with this endeavor. Along with the fact that I was sold a lemon.The situation has been long and on going to my utmost dissatisfaction and would be too lengthy of note to here I can say that I am dissatisfied distressed and dismayed that Carvana is taking me down a very treacherous path taking my time causing me to lose business and precious resources and not delivering what was promised.To date all has gone wrong I now sit await the car registration has not expired I am told that it will be coming every hour every minute to no avail. I feel misled lie to and spun around by Carvana. Caravana exist on false advertising and misleading the public in efforts to sell car this is wrong.
ED C Owens says
I would like to speak to someone about an issue im having with a car that was delivered to me on 8/19/2019. concerning the back brakes on the car after having the car for about a month I heard rattling in the back of the car. Spoke to one of your rep and was informed to take the car to one of your authorize shop which is located in Piscataway NJ Called Mr Tire Auto Center which informed me that the back brake and rotors need replacing it its going to cost me $900.00 I only had this car about a month and now I have to come out of my pocket to fix a problem that should have been address before, As a consumer I don’t think this is a fare practice for me to buy a car that is certify but yet need back brakes in less than 35 days in my possession. I spoke to the warranty department and they said this is not covered by the 4100 miles warranty that comes with the call
Patrick says
Never again!!! 2 months later still waiting for our registration! Cannot legally drive a car I am required to pay for each month. They were late paying off my trade in and we were lied to 3 times via email regarding the payoff. No ETA on when we may get the registration. Have spent countless hours on hold and on the phone trying to get this resolved and unfortunately the customer service doesn’t listen to you or read notes in their system
Scott says
This is the worst company. I am suffering the same fate. Called DMV and have absolutely no record of my car processed. Two months, countless hours on hold, and no one knows anything. Next step is calling the COO and selling all my shares.
Bobby says
Go to state attorney General and have state confiscate all vehicles to be professionally checked for bad cars and business chains in u.s. to shut it down and close all of thier businesses dealership appears to be fraud going on too hiding from customers and ripping off money these people and ceos have to go
Loathen says
We had a vehicle delivered on February 15th. It was falsely advertised as an automatic transmission, and when it arrived, it was manual transmission. There was also a crack in the windshield & the air bag light was on. After contacting customer service multiple times, we were told to take it to a repair shop. The repair shop referred us to the dealership. This process took two weeks to be resolved, with another handful of calls to Carvana to get the issues resolved. I spoke with a supervisor who offered me compensation for the aggravation & promised a check would be mailed. That was on February 28th. In the meantime, we were told to have an emissions & state inspection completed. Then, using the FedEx mailing label, ship the receipts back to Carvana. We would receive reimbursement for these inspections, along with Carvana submitting the documents to the DMV for the registration and tags, since it was already included in the price of the car. We mailed that paperwork on February 22nd, and it was received by Carvana, confirmed with the FedEx tracking number on February 25th. On March 20th, I called customer service again. We had not received the reimbursement for the inspections, our registration or tags from the DMV or the compensation for all this aggravation. Our temporary tags were expiring on March 31st and we had not received any sort of deliveries as promised. After speaking to a representative, it appears that only then, almost a MONTH after we had mailed in our receipts for inspections, the process to register the vehicle began. We received a text message notification after the customer service call later that day as proof of the initiated process. However, based on the estimated processing time, we were not going to receive our license plates and registration in time! After contacting customer service again on March 27th, we arranged for a rental car once the tags were expired, meaning we could not legally operate the car. It is ridiculous that multiple hours were spent on the phone trying to negotiate a convenient option for this problem. Again, it is still unclear what happened, when we submitted the appropriate documentation with more than 30 days for processing time. Furthermore, I also asked about the $250 “aggravation” check I had not received, which was supposedly issued on February 28th. I was promised that check would be canceled, a new one reissued and sent Fedex overnight. When I did not receive it within three days, I called again & was promised the same thing again. I spoke to two different supervisors about the delay with this check & I still did not receive a check after being promised an overnight delivery TWICE. Then I was told, after calling a third time in two weeks, that the check had been sent on March 29th, but through the postal service and would take another 10-15 business days to arrive. Even though I was promised the check to arrive overnight by two different supervisors. From the delivery of the vehicle to the time it took to process all the paperwork, receive reimbursements, repair all the damaged items and contact customer service approximately 20 times, two months passed. Next time, we will spend the three hours at a dealership & not have to deal with such inconsistencies and shady business practices. Interestingly enough, each time I called, their automated system stated that the calls were being recorded for quality assurance. If I were Carvana, I would use these exact situations to train their employees to follow the necessary customer service and quality control guidelines. Our experience with Carvana was absolutely horrendous.
Eugene says
The buying experience with you all was worst than dealing with a shaded used car lot sales person. I am having some serious issues with you all that I can no longer look over.
First, your company delivered the vehicle over a week late due to location and operations. I was dealing with a total loss and renting a vehicle at the time. Your company cost me an additional $300 out of pocket. Your customer serviced agreed to send $250 to help cover the cost of the rental. I have yet to receive.
When the vehicle was delivered the vehicle had damage caused during the transit located on the on both bumpers and the passenger side on the vehicle. The Carvana delivery associate took pictures and instructed me how to get the vehicle fixed. The problem is I work for the government contractor, finding the time to get the vehicle estimated and fixed will require loss pay and leave from work.
Registering my vehicle has been a nightmare, I filled out and submitted two limited power of attorney. The first one dating back to early Feb, and second limited power of attorney forward to your staff was dated the end of February due to an error made during the delivery of the vehicle. The temporary tags expired 3/7/19. Your company could not process an extension. Therefore, I had to result to catching rides to work and renting vehicles over the weekends. Your company once again has cost additional funds and frustration.
I originally instructed your Carvana associates that wanted to put a down payment of over $6,000 towards the vehicle which had cleared with my bank weeks prior. Only over $2,000 was actually put towards the purchase of the vehicle. Your company was supposed to move that payment to the new vehicle since I was financing through your lending arm. It didn’t happen!!!! Now I was stuck paying over $450 monthly payment for a $19,000 vehicle that should have been financed for $15,000.
My disappointment with your service and the recurring cost that I can not totally that responsible for has caused me so much stress and frustration. This purchase DID NOT save me money and time. It cost me hundreds out of pocket, thousands of dollars via financial charges and countless days/time off work because I could not find rides to work, because I can not drive the Carvana car I bought due to expired temp licensing plate.
By the way your contact us; it’s a joke.
Disappointed
Eugene
240309XXXX
Robert Taft says
I bought a car from Carvana and it was delivered Friday, March 15. It was a diesel car and delivered with no gas three hours late. I was told to buy a gas can and fill it with diesel and fill the tank. The problem is that the tank has a safety latch that prevented me from getting the nozzle of the can into the tank.
I called to return the car; and it was scheduled to be picked up this Sunday. Today I was informed that they couldn’t pick up the car Sunday, they were booked Monday and the soonest they could get the car was 4 PM on Tuesday,
After that they had to process the car and advise Carvana Dallas to return the funds to me.I paid in full for the car. They said that process would take another three to five business days meaning I won’t get reimbursed until April 2 – a three week process.
I need the money by Friday of this coming week. I don’t know why when I transferred you funds it took about five minutes, but to get the funds returned will take five days.
If I don’t have the funds in my account by the end of next week – March 29, I will be forced to write this up as an article for the AP and put it one the Internet as well.
I would appreciate a speedy response to this email.
Thank you, Robert A. Taft
910-603-XXXX
William poole says
I bought my car in Aug of 18 it’s now January and caravan has yet to get me registration for my car. 4 times it’s been rejected because the paperwork is incorrect! Carvana will never get my business again or the business of anyone I talk to.
Richard D Post says
Over a month ago I started a car search with you.I found the car and three times a delivery date was scheduled and changed by Carvana.Twice I was on my way being two hours away I was 10 miles away. Last time I was 30 min from my home and I had called the day before to confirm delivery.Never again and I have been getting the word out.
anthony perna says
ANTHONY PERNA
VINELAND, NJ 08361 1-856-691-XXXX ANPERNA@ AOL.COM
10/25/2018
Job posted
I’m very interested working for Carvana as a Body shop Manager opening .I have a genuine interest in the job position. I have Managed a Maaco in Williamstown NJ .
I am very experienced with the Carvana policy’s and procedures .Excellent Management skills and also have connections with getting proper techs that only deliver quality workmanship .
I have already sent in my application . Very excited to become part of the Carvana Family group.
Very friendly and upbeat personality.Dedicated employee,self motivated ,very reliable.
Look forward in hearing from you soon.
Thank you
Anthony Perna
susan bond says
I have seen a lot of advertising on Carvana on tv and I have heard a lot about the great experience my family member had when purchasing a Carvana vehicle. The process looked so easy and hassle free without any hitches. The customer service agent, Lindsay, was great to work with so I knew this was going to be a great experience. Oh not me, that wouldn’t be my luck! It’s been the WORST experience of my car buying life! They were to deliver the vehicle I purchased on 8/30. A few hours before delivery they called and asked if I wanted it early. I said no as I was still at work. They agreed to deliver at my pre-scheduled time of 6pm. I then received a call from the delivery driver saying he was in my driveway and he drove the car over as a transport vehicle broke down. If I wanted my car driven way out here, I would have picked it up earlier in the week or driven it myself out here from Frisco. What happened to putting it on a transport vehicle as advertised and bringing it to me as you advertise. You could have changed my delivery date. Driving it out here took half the fun of seeing it pull up on a truck! Then to top it off my wheels, windshield and bumper were dirty! Looks like it was run though a regular car wash that didn’t do so well. It didn’t look near as nice as it could have looked. Moreover, there is no key for the glove or back hatch. It will cost me $72.00 to get one made. .My trade-in had a full tank of gas in it. I was told, “well you’re getting a full tank in the new car. But if you were going to give me a full time whether my old car was empty, (you didn’t know) I still lost out on that one. The car actually had 400 more miles on it as compared to the large picture of the odometer you furnish when the car is being advertised. When I spoke to Customer Service about this mileage descreptency, they referred me to the upper left hand corner of the picture of the car which is in about a 6 font that I never ever saw before that should the correct mileage. I was told someone likely brought the car home to purchase and then returned it. I said you should have then posted a large picture of the odometer reading upon it’s return. This has been the most disgusting car buying experience. Your delivery driver said he would try to get me a $30 gift card. $30 for all my trouble, issues and lies I just laughed. More like a $500 gift card for all my trouble, lies and horrible experience. After all, this was over a $35,000 vehicle! .
Rod says
Your car came with a dirty windshield? Oh my, how utterly disappointing. And the wheels were dirty too? Was it the front bumper, like some had driven your used car? Gosh I would sue for mental distress. If you can’t afford a car wash and the key price, perhaps you should have bought a cheaper car. Better yet go get yourself a piece of old cardboard and a marker and make up a sign and stand on a busy street corner. I’m not quite sure what the sign would say, but just try to look poor and upset all at once. Perhaps some other princess types will feel your pain.
Love You!
The guy that works at the car wash.
Bill says
Rod, I see you are just a small d*ck motherf-er who loves trolling. Go stand on the corner and suck d*ck you f-ing b*tch.
Carole Cafferty says
I am extremely disappointed (furious) with Carvana. I spent endless hours online and on the phone with representatives since Sarturday. I was quoted a trade in value which was rescinded and I was not informed. I was also told I could register the car on my own rather than roll it into the financing. I called back today (12) hours later when I didn’t see any adjustments made and was told I couldn’t register on my own and my trade in offer had been rescinded (even after I had been given an value of approx 4k). I was about to buy a 42K car which was scheduled for delivery in two days. I just cancelled the order. I spoke to many different representatives over the weekend all giving me different and incorrect information. I am looking forward to hearing your response before I post online. Although your staff were kind, they all were inconsistent, incorrect and derailed this entire deal. CC
Moniquica Anderson says
I was so excited when I purchased my Kia Soul from Carvana in Houston, Tx 2/2018. The process was so easy and stress free , so I thought. I picked up my car and noticed a light on the dashboard. I ask the gentleman , why’s the light on he stated oh just take it to discount tires because the car could be from another region. I first stated , you take it to discount tires and make sure all is well. Finally, I just took the car and the tire pressure was low and air was added and the light went off on the dashboard. Ok, I thought all was well. Umm no, it was not. I noticed several deep scratches on the bumper that we’re not disclosed on the summary of the car. Carvana told me to call the warranty company and I did. Was told to get a bid to have the bumper replaced. I received the bid faxed it to Silver Rock and they approved it and the work was done. My car was kept for 3 days. I received my car back and noticed the car was making this loud noise. Took the car to get a diagnostic test completed. It was reported that the back brakes , calipers, and rotors were eroded with rusk . The entire under carrage was severely rusty . The pictures were sent to Carvana and SilverRock. How, was this possible when they state they perform a 127 point inspection? At this point I was furious and no one could explain me how this was missed. The work was completed in 2 days to change the rotors, calipers, and brakes. Then my air goes out without warning. It was blowing good never blew warm or hot air , all of a sudden it simply shut off. It not blowing or clicking or making any noise. Well, I was told that the rust under the car is still within their standards and it will be my responsibility to get my air fixed. I asked for a peace of mind inspection since all these issues were missed . My concern is with the engine and transmission. The response was you purchased a used car and you didn’t purchase the warranty. I’m not arguing these issues. I’m arguing that it’s unfair I was sold a lemon that falling apart. I would not recommend anyone to purchase a car from Carvana. At least with a car dealership they have the means to check it out instead of telling you too. They stated that they don’t sell cars with embedded rust. Well, I sure have one it’s been labeled a death trap .
Thomas David Sledd says
Carvana took 22 thousand dollars from my bank 6-25-2018 in payment of 2016 Chevy….it is now 7-12-2018 where is my car…..
XXXXX Beulah av Pueblo co 81004
norma4647@ outlook.com
813 955-XXXXX
Kerry Prejean says
I purchased a 2017 Chevrolet Traverse and was very pleased at first. I even posted several comments on line about the experience. Then within the 100 day warrant and 4K miles, I experienced the engine light on. Brought to dealer twice in two days with different parts being changed. Diagnoses suggested several part and two were replaced. The power steering pump leaked oil out of the hose into the wiring harness requiring replacement. The issue started before I even purchased the vehicle and was not caught during the 150 point inspection. I bought it back to the dealer and silver rock carvana’s warranty program denied the claim because the time ran out. GM felt so bad they knocked off $1,300 from the $2,000 bill. My point is silver rock did not pay to fix the vehicle problem. I need someone to make this right and pay me back for this bill I just paid to the dealer. Please respond immediately by email. If I don’t hear back from someone in a week, I will move to step three. Please email me so I can send the receipts. cell phone 225-279-XXXXX
SHERON WILLIAMS says
Very upset with Carvana was told that i breach my contract after i was told my down payment ead in the bank…advise them on the funds,was there however the keep saying it wasnt try to review info customer service refused n stated underwriting madr the decision that they will not draft the funds n the car need to be return advise i hsve i vested my money on insurance and payment why can’t they vertify card info n draft acvount while I’m on phone travis the customer service stated turn thr car in
Kathi Kreider says
Dear Corporate and Marketing Managers,
As a long time customer and former employee (many years ago), I ask to to stand strong against the pressure to remove your advertising from Laura Ingraham’s show.
David Hogg has blown this situation way out of proportion and is trying to make himself powerful as well as famous. Laura Ingraham
did not attack David Hogg, or bully him at all. In fact, he is his bullying Laura Ingraham, by trying to publicly shame her and destroy her career. Please do not allow a vulgar, whiny child to destroy a woman’s career because he didn’t like what she said.
If David Hogg is going to proclaim himself the spokesperson for Gun control, he should expect people to disagree and speak against him. And, Laura isn’t calling anyone “pathetic f*ckers that want to keep killing children”. No, that was David Hogg. Oh, and let’s talk about his level of disrespect. He says, “our parents don’t know how to use a f*cking democracy“.
For your education, here is the actual situation. On March 16th,
David Hogg tweeted that he was rejected by yet another college. Personally, I am not surprised he was rejected, despite his remarkable gpa, because he has regularly slandered politicians, the NRA, and the many average Americans who support the Second Amendment. He has been unwilling to sit down and discuss options, preferring to push for as much fame as possible. Why would any college want to accept someone who creates such chaos and potential disruption?
However, the fact is David Hogg seemed a bit whiny about it (based on follow up tweets about needing chocolate chip muffins to feel better) and Laura Ingraham made a comment. If you note in her quote below, she also says it is predictable due to UCLA’s acceptance rates. That is not a comment against Hogg, but UCLA. White men are low on the totem pole these days for college acceptance, something Laura speaks out about on her show.
“David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it,” Ingraham tweeted. “(Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA … totally predictable given acceptance rates.)”- Laura Ingraham’s tweet.
So now the ball is in your court. I know you are being pressured from both sides. One of this country’s strengths is the ability for people to have different opinions and to work together towards solutions. Please take a stand for both the First Amendment and Laura Ingraham’s right to speak her thoughts.
Sincerely,
Kathi Kreider
Jeffery Sisco says
Quite disappointed with Carvana. I purchased a 2014 Kia Sorento and on day one after the delivery the rear power hatch door stop working. I reported the issue immediately and to Carvana’s credit the were understanding and the car was repaired at a KIA dealer. One problem though, the dealer informed me in writing that the car had been in an accident therefore, the rear hatch even with new struts will not stay open because the door is way out of line. I followed up with Carvana on several occasions to express my concern that they sold be a car that had been in an accident however, did not show in Auto Check and/or Carfax. On 2/1/2018 they expressed to me that there is nothing they can do regarding my issue. I also at the advice of counsel ask them to swap out the car. Since they had an identical car albeit more expensive. They basically said they would not do that. Basically they sold me a car that was damaged and refused to remedy this situation.
My complaint is not an attempt to spear Carvana, I just want the car I purchased to be in good working order as any consumer would want. I quite disappointed and plan to file a complaint with Maryland State Attorney Office. I will also hire a lawyer to ensure my rights are being considered with respect to the purchase of this auto.
Derinda Arnold says
I just want to share with you guys at the ‘big’ house what a HORRIBLE car buy experience I have had, and currently still having with Carvana!
My husband and I were looking to get into a vehicle for our family, with a 3rd row, ASAP. We have a new baby, and at the time, with all 4 kids are not able to travel together as a family to go anywhere. So getting into a 3rd row vehicle is very important to us. We had some friends use Caravana in the past for several cars, so you came highly recommended.
We started viewing options online, and were immediately impressed by the cars offered, the selection and the shape of the cars. On 1/14/2017, we finally locked in and settled on a 2014 Kia Sorento. I noticed before hitting the buy button, the photos of the car did not show a 3rd row. So I did some research online, and it turns out that they COULD or COULD not have that 3rd row. Under the details and specs of the car, under seating – it said 3rd row. My thoughts then were that the row must have been folded down at the time. I still went further, and decided to call in and speak with an agent. The agent then confirmed that does have the 3rd row. Pleased with that being said, we completed the purchase. The car was then set to deliver in 2 days. AWESOME. The day before delivery, something didn’t sit right with me about the 3rd row. I then chatted in, and this agent then confirmed that DOES not have the 3rd row, and the annotation team must have made a mistake. Well that’s a BIG mistake to make. I called BACK in and the rep then told me that she didn’t think that had a 3rd row, but we should wait until that arrives, and then if not, refuse the delivery. So the day of delivery comes. That morning, I get up, and check online again, just because it was really bothering me. As I expressed with ALL the agents, this 3rd row was a deal breaker for us. Period! We can seat 5 in our sedan. After going online that morning, i noticed then the annotation – 3rd row seating was then removed from the listing completely .Then convinced that did not have the 3rd row – I cancelled. Very disappointed in the back and forth with that.
The following day after searching HOURS online, we decided on a 2015 Traverse. (Still really wanting that Sorento) but they was not a lot of those to choose from. So 1/16/18 we locked in on the 2015 Traverse. A little disappointed in the delivery time frame (compared to the speedy delivery of the Sorento) we patiently have waited 8 days anticipating the arrival up to this morning. We received an email yesterday 1/23 saying that would be there in 24 hours. Meanwhile we have set appts to have our day to day car put into the mechanic’s shop, and payed for a planned a weekend getaway. Since we could now fit all of our family. The day of delivery 1/24/18 we get an email saying there’s been a delay, and to call in.
I call in, to hear that the inspection center had some issues and that would be an additional 5 days until delivery. I was no longer as understanding. The agent stated they saw the SUV was last scanned in Birmingham, AL (only a few hours from us here in GA). I asked WHAT happened, and lead me to another question, what’s going on with the inspection that’s preventing us from getting this? Should we be concerned now? Is that, has that failed an inspection? The rep would need to get more information and call me back.
I get a call back, and long story short, the SUV has NEVER EVEN LEFT the facility in TX?!?!!??
Disaster. We have already planned this weekend, payed for it, and payed to have the insurance added to this vehicle that’s miles away. Apparently the facility in the beginning phases could not locate the car, and it’s since then, been located.
Here’s my issue. So many things could’ve been done in the beginning to keep us in the loop of this process. Knowing a car is traveling almost across the US, not being able to locate a whole car (??) the customers should have been notified immediately! This would have saved us hundreds of dollars, my husband a day off work, and a gigantic headache! I am SO angry and disappointed in the experience we have had with the let downs from your company. Purchasing something upwards of 20K all in the hands of an online store, and customer advocate agents, I don’t feel like the ball should’ve been dropped THIS many times. This is not giving us confidence in this purchase.
End all, I sure hope this SUV is exactly as it’s cracked up to be. The next issue we have will not resort in us choosing another car or waiting any longer.
– Consumer Derinda Arnold
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Jeremy Hogan says
I was expecting my Hyundai Elantra Saturday 02/10/2018 at 3 then it got pushed back until Tuesday 02/13/2018 at 12! Got an email from the company twice telling me that they’ll have to reschedule my delivery date! I missed hours from work and on my pay check waiting on this car! I don’t know who’s running this company but I need to talk to someone higher up! I don’t wanna get my attorney involved but if my car not here by 02/14/2018 at 6-7pm we’re going to have a problem! I switched my insurance from my old car to this new car, they said I can’t get the car until I put insurance on it on the day of delivery which I did!
I called the corporate office the man is telling me that the safest bet is to put me on for 1pm, 3pm, 5pm or 7pm Friday! I work during those times!
I heard high praises about this company but I’m really not seeing where their coming from! I don’t know what they seen or did for them that they did for them that they ain’t doing for me but someone need to make something happen ASAP!
jesus m garcia says
It’s happening to me exactly the same, they have rescheduled the delivery date 5 times, they made me change cars 3 times, and when I said that I was going to look for the car in Philadelphia, they gave me a new one and a date, and two days later they returned it to change. I’m paying insurance for a car that I don’t have, in addition to the frustration of never being able to have the car. The worst thing is that there is no manager to talk to and the advisors do not solve anything. I think I will buy my car in another way