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Find a Location

160 Driving Academy Headquarters has 14 locations, listed below.

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    • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

      500 Davis St Ste 502 Evanston, IL 60201-4621

    • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

      199 W Joe Orr Rd Chicago Heights, IL 60411-1733

    • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

      14301 W Commerce Rd Daleville, IN 47334-9604

    • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

      700 S Lake St Ste B Montgomery, IL 60538-1435

    • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

      2998 W Pearl City Rd Scioto Mills, IL 61032-9338

    Business Profilefor160 Driving Academy Headquarters

    Truck Driver Training
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 5 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    15 complaints closed in last 3 years

    9 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    160 Driving Academy Headquarters has 14 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

        500 Davis St Ste 502 Evanston, IL 60201-4621

      • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

        199 W Joe Orr Rd Chicago Heights, IL 60411-1733

      • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

        14301 W Commerce Rd Daleville, IN 47334-9604

      • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

        700 S Lake St Ste B Montgomery, IL 60538-1435

      • 160 Driving Academy Headquarters

        2998 W Pearl City Rd Scioto Mills, IL 61032-9338

      Location of This Business
      500 Davis St Ste 502, Evanston, IL 60201-4621
      BBB File Opened:
      3/2/2018
      Years in Business:
      16
      Business Started:
      2/22/2008
      Type of Entity:
      Sole Proprietorship
      Business Management
      • Ms. Nicki Kleifield, Managing Principal
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Ms. Nicki Kleifield, Managing Principal

      Customer Contact

      • Ms. Nicki Kleifield, Managing Principal
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      Customer Complaints

      15 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/27/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Customer Service Issues
      Status:
      Unanswered
      I'm a student at ************************************************************************************************************************************************************ January when I get to the yard they have ********************* no washing stations to wash your hands I complained a corporate they put out portable Wash stations next to the ********************* the weather was -5 and 10 degrees below zero the conditions were unsafe and unsanitary people are sick and they're riding five people to a truck the seats don't have backrest in the vehicle the trucks are broke down they won't run properly I was made to drive a truck that had a broken windshield one truck that caught fire and it done on another incident on a different date I'm tired of driving unsafe trucks I'm tired of driving broken down trucks trucks that won't pass the pre-trip inspection I made the drive I spend eight hours a day on the yard and get to drive the truck a total of *************************** the manual side I got wrote up for granting the gears twice because the clutch and transmission are messed up in the vehicle I have standard vehicles I'm driving a 2000 Corvette right now that's a 6-speed and I drive it with no problem had no complaints for 3 weeks until I reported the sanitary conditions to the corporate office and then I've been neglected by the instructor he wrote me up and sent me to the automatic side of the yard there on the 8th when I got my road up of March the lead instructor **** and the other instructor *** and myself had a speaker call to the office her name was ****** she's no longer with the company now it's a woman named **** but ****** stated that I had $113 hours on record up to that date not including that Friday I completed that Friday I completed the following week after except for 8 hours my transmission went out in my pickup truck and I couldn't drive it so I was trying to fix it repair it so I can get back to sport to school I had to trade my Camaro for a car that drove and that's my situation now I come back after the first week after the 8th the office tells me that because of a safety breach I'm going to have to delay my schooling another week so I come back she tells me I can come back on the 25th on that date I was made to drive a truck with a broken windshield which I wouldn't pass on the pre-trip inspection but was made to drive it anyway and after that date I refuse to go back and drive those broken down trucks I have a total of $161 hours from her date and her telling me that I had 113 other than that I have almost 200 hours recorded on my calendar records at the house but the drive times I've only been able to drive the vehicle on the public roadways eight times a total of 15 minutes each time the last time I drove the truck on the public roadways it was for 10 miles that was it and then I would not go back to the class because I refuse I'm over my time limit on my hours and they will not schedule me CDL test with the state police they're telling me now that I only have 94 hours on the record I don't see how it can go from 113 to 94 I'm very disappointed with this company it is unsafe for other students not just myself because I complained I was neglected and mistreated I guess that's retaliation for going over their head but it's not about me it's about others and the safety of others and the well-beings of others and how they're not being treated fairly or sanitary now I need a job very bad but I'm willing to sacrifice that to help others and I don't care what the penalties are I will have

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Yusuf K

      1 star

      12/06/2023

      My name is ************************* I'm a current student this program was said to take a month I've been going for 3 months or so I cant get in a truck to get ************* I paid you guys a service and you guys are dragging your feet. If you guy are unable to deliver please refund me so I can go to another school or transfer me to one of your better facilities in sc/**.   

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