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Bad entity to do business with
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Rating: 1/51

WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- The people who run this business support criminals. Please, work with an ethical company when purchasing your vehicle. Customers should be aware..

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Customer Service
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Rating: 1/51

WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- Be careful when buying a vehicle from here. The sales and finance personnel are liars and crooks. After waiting 2 1/2 hours for the manager from finance to attend us, all I saw was mad and frustrated customers in the showroom. I then realized how unprofessional this dealer is. NOTE SEE OTHER REVIEWS BEFORE BUYING HERE.

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Harassing Phone Calls
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Rating: 1/51

WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- Just received another harassing marketing call from these people. When I instructed them to take my number off their list, I was scolded by the employee about how I should be more pleasant with him when he calls and interrupts my dinner. I have never requested information from Lustine nor will I ever do business with them or their sensitive staff of sissies. After I finish typing this, my next letter is to corporate.

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Warning! Do Not Purchase A Car At Lustine Toyota
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WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- I bought a car a month ago from Lustine Toyota and I posted a complaint already and sent a letter to Toyota. I decided to get the mailing address for the owner of the dealer. I called Lustine Toyota and I spoke ** the Customer Service Representative. She was extremely nice and helpful. I addressed my concerns to her and she asked me to speak to the General Manager **. I informed her that I left several messages and he didn'€™t call me back. Mr. ** finally called me because Mrs. ** asked him to. I explained my situation and informed him that I was upset due to the treatment received while I was purchasing my car.

I told him that I got a damaged car, and he said that they did me a favor by fixing it. I told him that they had to fix it since I purchased a new car, not a damaged or used one and he said that he can sell me a damaged car if he wants to, and I told him that they cannot sell me a damaged car without my consent and once again he replied that yes they can. I told him that due to the treatment that I received I didn't want to purchase another car there and he told me to take my business somewhere else and not to bring my car for services.

I informed him that I am taking my car to get serviced there because I purchased a service agreement and he replied with a sarcastic voice "I'€™m dying to have your car here for service"€. I took it as a threat to my car and I decided not to bring it in. No wonder you read all those complaint letters regarding this dealer; starting with the General Manager, most employees there don't know how to treat the customer.

The only two employees that seem to care and followed-through was ** and **. I feel terrible for them to have to work at a place like that. My advice to all of you, DO NOT PURCHASE A CAR AT LUSTINE TOYOTA unless you want a headache. If you don'™t believe me do a search and you will find many other complaints related to Lustine Toyota.

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Unscrupulous Sales Staff
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WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- Most of the sales guys are unscrupulous and are desperate for a sale since they get paid on commission. During negotiations, they might offer you options or say things that they don't really mean, for example -- I was told to take the car (2 door coupe demo with 4000 miles) home tonight and come back tomorrow to finalize the deal since it was about 1.15am Fri/Sat and it was really late. Initially, I refused to take the car home and they said "No problem, just come back in the morning to finalize the deal".

the next morning, to my amazement, I woke up only to find out that the seats were stained , and the rear interior was dirty and there were scratches on the dashboard, things you can't really see in a dimly lit showroom. Less than 9hrs later and adding only 10 miles to the car, I arrived at the dealership only to be told that the car is now mine, since I put a down payment on the car and signed some of the forms, not all (I hadn't even signed the transfer registration title yet from my old vehicle). They refused an upgrade.

I even suggested ending the transaction and that they keep my down payment they refused. They threatened to ruin my excellent credit saying "I can't cancel the transaction" and that it would show up as a repo on my credit report. Once you drive off the lot, the car is yours and that a handshake does not hold in court. After much complaints, they agreed to clean the stains but were unable to get the stains out.

I like the body of the car and I can live with those stains and of course have learnt an important lesson to look before I leap. The GM definitely needs some customer service classes, has he has a lot to learn and a much harder job of teaching the staff. If you are looking to buy a car here USE WITH CAUTION .

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Adding $510.00 After Sales Price Was Confirmed
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WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- On Oct 3rd 2003, My wife and I went to LUSTINE TOYOTA DODGE in Woodbridge,Va. We purchased a 2004 Toyota 4Runner Sr5. The asking price was $34000 and we offered $31000. After an HOUR of Haggling with Mr ** "sales Manager" the price "31250.00" was agreed upon with a handshake. Now we waited and then went to the Finance office and spoke with ** "Finance rep". He offered a prepaid service for a $1000.00. So I bought it thinking that over the 4 yrs of service it would cost 3800.00. By pre-paying it I will save $2800.00 dollars.

When he reprinted the contract once he added that sum back in the contract and threw! away! the original contract.
Well the following morning 4th Oct. 2003, I noticed that the price listed on the contract was $31760.00 NOT the agreed upon price of $31250.00. I went back to the dealership and talked to ** and he said to talk to **. And when I spoke to Mr ** he said "OHH that's what everybody pays". I told him that it was unethical to do such a thing to a customer like me, to add money after a deal was sealed with a customer.

I submitted a complaint to the Better Business Bureau about this incident and basically they said that I would have to wait for 30 days for a solution or a response from the BBB. I have waited almost 3 weeks now for LUSTINE TOYOTA DODGE to give me a "remote control that came with my 4Runner" and it was missing from the 4Runner when I bought it!

basically, if you go there expect to REALLY waste "YOUR" time, and also once you buy a vehicle from them that's when the "so called customer service ends". Recently, I ran into another person that bought a 2004 4Runner from Lustine and they too refuse to deal with them! due to the LUSTINE's unethical, unreasonable staff and management that needs a course in consumer/customer service!

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Service Department Not 100% Truthful
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WWOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- I had my car towed to Lustine after the serpentine belt had come off and coolant was flowing out of the bottom of my Caravan. I was called from ** a service advisor who told me that there was a problem with the water pump and that needed to be replaced which is covered under warranty. He also mentioned that the serpentine belt was stretched and they we recommending replacement. I declined because at that point I told ** that is something I can change on my own and cheaper.

That evening when I picked my car up and reading the service report I noticed that he indicated that the belt had a chuck missing out of it and not that it was stretched replacement. Also that because I didn't have them change the belt at that point that parts replaced will not be covered under again if they fail because I didn't have the belt replaced. All of this info would have been nice at the time of repair because if he would have said your belt had a chunk missing from it and we won't cover the part again I would have had the belt replaced at that point instead of doing it myself.

So when I spoke with ** the next morning his excuse about the comments in the service report were "Since you didn't want to replace the belt when I told you it was stretched I didn't need to tell you that we found a chunk missing out of it and the warrantied part because you declined to have it replace before". Now giving the correct info at the time of service I would have had them replace just because of those two pretty major concerns. So I went in and spoke with the service manager there and he did say I should have been told but it still didn't matter I wasn't given the full and correct info because I declined to have the part replaced.

I had to walk out of the dealership without a resolution because from his view it was my fault I didn't replace the belt when I was told it was stretched. Not the fact I was never told that the belt was missing a piece and the part will be void because of that. I have never been that mad after leaving a dealership and never been talk to like that by a service manager. His response before I left was "What do you want me to do" not in a way of what can I do to help but in a "oh well" way.

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Lack of Knowledge of Merchandise and Services
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WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- It's too bad that Toyota isn't enforcing the "No Hassle" attitude they've touted about their Scion dealerships. While I thoroughly enjoyed the vehicle I test drove while at the dealership (a Scion xB), the sales staff and the showroom itself left something to be desired.

The sales staff didn't follow the "Scion Experience." The sales staff at a Scion dealership are supposed to be laid back, knowledgeable, and in every other way diametrically opposite from a normal dealership salesperson. This was not the case. The salesman that I was greeted by had to be told, flatly, to slow down and to take it easy - as soon as I got out of my car in the parking lot.

Not a single member of the staff had any intimate knowledge of the vehicle, or, if they did, they weren't willing to part with it. After doing rudimentary research on my own, I felt that I knew more about the car than anyone of the salespeople did. When the sales staff didn't know the answer to a question I had, they were almost lethargic about finding the answer. Even then, the answers I received to many of my questions were along the lines of "I guess." or "If that's what the book says."

The dealership had *no* literature on *any* of the Scion models. They claimed that they had run out and that Scion refused to or hadn't sent more. I would think that Scion would want their vehicles to sell, and would be more than willing to supply the literature. The dealership didn't even have a firm grip one of their own policies: "Auto4Life." I don't think that I received one satisfactory answer about what *exactly* Auto4Life entailed.

The salespeople didn't have information at their disposal. They had to continually run off for different materials; even something as simple as Toyota's Scion Recommended Service Guide. They didn't know how much an oil change was at the dealership or even how often the recommended change was supposed to take place (and I did, and had to argue with the salesperson that I was, in fact, correct - it's six months or 5000 miles, whichever comes first; he tried to convince me that it was FOUR months or 5000 miles).

Overall, the experience at the dealership was terrible. I felt rushed, or, in most cases, I felt like the sales staff only wanted me to get out of the showroom for asking questions. The salespeople were nothing like I expected from what I read in Scion's mission statement.

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Avoid This Dealer At All Costs
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WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- After looking at almost 12 dealerships in the Fairfax and Prince William area, my wife and I finally went to Lustine Toyota in Woodbride. BIG MISTAKE! Besides being 95 degrees and my wife was pregnant, the salesman was pushy and wouldn't take the fact that my wife didn't like the cars they had in stock. He kept picking out cars that she insisted she wouldn't buy, but he kept running and getting keys anyway. He was determined to sell me a car no matter what we wanted. If my wife doesn't like it...WE AREN'T BUYING IT!!!! PERIOD.

After about 2 hours of trying to be polite, we said we were NOT interested in any of the cars and that we were leaving. He said "Wait 5 minutes and I'll get some information about your car as a trade to take with you". HE GOT OUR KEYS. BIG MISTAKE. 40 minutes later he comes back and I was ** OFF!! I had to go up to him and a sales manager in the middle of the salesroom floor and say "Give me my keys... NOW!!! I'm not interested and we aren't buying a car!!" My wife was in tears and I had to make a scene. He still didn't want to give me my key back.

The sales manager had to tell him to give my key back. The sales manager said something obscene as he walked away. I wanted to punch him in his face!!! He wasted almost 2 hours of our time in 95 degree weather. I'll forever badmouth LUSTINE and will never look or buy a car from these snakes ever.

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Random Call After Normal Business Hours
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Rating: 2/51

WOODBRIDGE, VIRGINIA -- Tonight I got a call from someone "following up" with me about an inquiry I made on a Scion TC in 2010... It's 2014! It was a little after 7pm and there was a lot of noise in the background. He wanted to know if I was still interested in that car, why not (because I said no). He wanted to know what kind of car I have now (I only told him the maker), and if I was interested in trading in my car and getting lower payments (I said maybe in the future). He asked me to keep them in mind if I changed my mind.

Has anyone ever gotten a call from Lustine or other dealerships like this and after normal business hours? He sounded confused and like he didn't know what to say. Do they hire people to make calls like this at random times? Aren't they supposed to do this during normal working hours, 8am - 5pm for example? The number they called from, **, doesn't seem to be associated with Lustine Toyota in Woodbridge or any Lustine Toyota dealership. Has anyone received a call from this number before from someone claiming to work for Lustine Toyota?

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26 reviews & complaints.
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Lustine Toyota
14227 Jefferson Davis Hwy
Woodbridge, VA 22191
866-984-6839 (ph)
www.lustinetoyota.com
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