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    Business ProfileforKia of Irvine

    New Car Dealers

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.22/5stars

    Average of 18 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    21 complaints closed in last 3 years

    8 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview

    This company offers the sale of new and used vehicles.

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    45 Oldfield, Irvine, CA 92618
    Years in Business:
    12
    Business Started:
    1/26/2012
    Business Incorporated:
    4/4/2012
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Alternate Business Name
    • Hardin Irvine Automotive Inc
    Business Management
    • Mr. Eric Hardin, General Manager
    • Mr. Michael Knapp, General Sales Manager
    • Mr. Shawn Gibson, Sales Manager
    • Mr. Gary Barr, Service Director
    Contact Information

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Gary Barr, Service Director
    Additional Contact Information

    Phone Numbers

    Industry Tip

    BBB Tip: Buying a new car

    Customer Complaints

    21 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    06/10/2024

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    NHTSA Recall number 23V218 SC267 for a 2016 *** **** ** high voltage battery issues.Car has been at the dealership for 204 days and counting, have done everything *** has requested of me and paid for everything including the tow to the dealership, No loaner car no nothing but an ever changing excuses.Was tracking in late December 2023 an E400 battery from ***** to **********, Customs, and that's where it vanished, ***** a *** ******** care who said she was in charge of ordering the ** batteries has also vanished.My new Escalated case worker ******** is not helping and I only get canned responses that say the same thing.We are waiting on a ********* ** main battery, the car only has ****** miles on the odometer and they are only offering $5,000.00 in trade for a new car.The dealership says the battery is on national backorder.Please help no one is doing anything, get a different response with each different person at *** care, That Recall doesn't apply to you, only thing we owe you is a gear for the electric park break, You never got such a letter (Yes I did and still have it), One girl had a ohh s*** moment reviewing the case but would not tell me anything, ******** says it is backordered.Please help I am stuck in a very bad situation.Sincerely, ************* $25,000 for a car that only delivered ****** miles dead on the side of the road.

    Customer Reviews

    18 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Ben K

    2 stars

    07/10/2024

    Ride Management and Shady Business Practices Salesperson insisted that we would have to buy add-on services in order to buy a car. After threatening to buy elsewhere (cars are a commodity), agent wasted nearly half an hour before magically waiving the requirement. Second complaint was that agent said they would match Carmax offer. When we came in, she back-pedaled, stating that they value cars differently and Carmax likely wouldnt honor their own offer! Agent had full sale detail with $1,500 below Carmax on the trade-in, pushing us to sign. When I refused and threatened to remove the trade-in, she magically got management to agree to the Carmax valuation. It took a full 3 hours to complete the purchase process, noting that we paid cash (ie no financing). A few days after the purchase, the sales agent badgered us in broken English to give her a positive online review in exchange for the previously negotiated car mats. To add insult to injury, her manager backed her up and didnt see anything wrong with such blackmail.

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