In Sept I needed a car. I went to JD Byridder and got the lies. First off they wanted 12 references, which they later used to call and harrass everyone as well as give out personal account information.
When I went to test drive a 93 white Ford Aspire, I noticed the transmssion was slipping really bad. I took it back and told the sales man I didn't want the car since it had issues. He said since I Stil had to bring in my down payment he would have the service guys fix it and it woud be ready for me in a couple of days.
6 days later I got the car, only to have the transmission go out again, I ended up having to rent a car to get back and forth to work. I was really not happy. The mechanic Brian said there was nothing wrong with it other then it was low on fluid... Hmmm funny I just had it checked when I got gas before I brought it in and it was fine.
I had a family emergency which ment I needed to move back home which was a little over a hour away. I told Rob my salesman that I was moving and I needed to give them my new address, he told me I coudn't take the car that far. I said fine then yu can keep it and started to head out the door. Half way across the lot he ran out to tell me "he spoke to his boss and I can take the care but I needed to give him my work number, my address, my parents number and address as well as 2 other people, okay fine I did that.in feb I moved back home.in June it went out again and this time I was able to get help in getting it fixed but I had to bring it back to Fairfield. I took a week off from work to stay with a friend while they "fixed" the car (should have left the P.O. S there the first time, but being young and in dire need of a car I took it back. I told them if it happened again they were keeping it, the mechanic assured me it wouldn't happen again.
Then in Oct when my girlfriend was on her way to get me from my second job that was over 15 miles away the transmission fell out AGAIN! I had it towed to the shop in town and they said the transmisson was shot I tod him it had been fixed 2 or 3 times already.
Todd at Village Automotive showed my the transmission it was a piece of junk. It had never been replaced or "serviced" AT ALL! I was heated. I called JD Byridder and told them where the car was and that they needed to come and get it because I wasn't paying for a car that spent more time in the shop then on the road, and the salesman told "You will pay for the car wether we come get it or not" I told no I wasn't and he needed to come get it before the shop had it towed out for being a junk car.
I went back to the shop and told the guys what was going on, and I got my stuff out of the car and left. Todd called me at home 2 hours later to tell me they had come and got the car. I had not heard anything from JDByridder for about 5 months. The guy that called yelled at me, cussed at me and then informed me that all the times that they had "fixed" my transmission was charged to my account so now my 3995.00 car was now 7995.00. I told him I wasn't paying it. That if they had been legit and not shady, maybe I'd work with them. He proceeded to yell and cuss some more I hung up on him. Now it is 2006 and I have moved to another state over 2000 miles only to have that crappy car lot right up the street and I have met a lot of people who have had issues with them in my new state as well.including my friend who has been in a legal disput with them for over 2 years.
Too make it even worse they are now runnng a special "$299.00 and yu drive today" My new friend was in need of a car and called the number on the flyer. She was talking to them. I asked her who the car dealer was and she told me it was JDByrider. I took the phone from her and told the guy she wasn't interested and he said he wanted to know why and I told him, he said he was sorry that I had such a bad experience in Ohio, he went on to say that the company was having some problems which had all been retified and that, then he asked me if I was in the market for a car! I said I was going to be nice and just say no thank you and I hung up. So now I have CNAC on my credit report saying they repo'd the car which wasn't rue because I paid my car note even when I shouldn't have and I gave them back the car. So how can you repo something that is already given to you? This company takes avantage of people and its not right, you can put bows and flowers on a pile of shit bt its still shit.
Cheryl
Chandler, Arizona
U.S.A.
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