8 months and no repair. Took to another shop after Robert took $400 for "storage"
Our BMW 328i had the engine die on us in FEBRUARY. It was towed to Bavarian Autohaus to assess and fix the problem. The owner, Robert, said that he would look for a replacement engine for us and that the repair could cost between $7k and $8k depending on the replacement engine. He told us that he could not find an engine and would start charging us $100/mo for storage until he found one. This is pure fiction about him not finding an engine - do the search yourself and see how quickly you can find a replacement engine. Robert never looked for an engine to repair our vehicle (by his own admission in front of the police officers). We have contacted BMW's customer service department via the internet to find another shop that would be willing to do the work after waiting for months for Robert's shop to give us ANY communication regarding the vehicle. About a week ago (End of SEPTEMBER), he left us a message on voice mail telling us that we needed to "settle our bill" or we would be sent to collections. We have now had to pay for storage of the vehicle without him actually doing any of the work necessary to fix it or looking for an engine. It is now October, and we are going to take our BMW somewhere else at the recommendation of BMW's Customer Satisfaction department. The first 3 months delay was due to Robert's own personal family issues preventing him from working on the vehicle, and the remaining 4 has been his simple neglect to repair the vehicle. The only communication we have received with Bavarian Autohaus in the past 4 months was the voice mail advising us that we needed to pay or face collections. Robert's side of the story is that we never authorized him to do the repair. We had to call the police because he would not accept a $400 cashier's check and insisted on CASH. You know something is wrong when the police officer says "I'm getting really sick of coming here."
Posted by Pat
on October 08, 2007