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Kerns Chevrolet-Buick-GMC has 2 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforKerns Chevrolet-Buick-GMC

    New Car Dealers
    Multi Location Business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Overview of BBB Rating

    Products & Services

    This company offers new and used automobiles, parts and service.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

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    Kerns Chevrolet-Buick-GMC has 2 locations, listed below.

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      Location of This Business
      218 S Walnut St, Celina, OH 45822-2145
      BBB File Opened:
      1/1/1987
      Years in Business:
      77
      Business Started:
      1/1/1947
      Business Incorporated:
      1/1/1947
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      25
      Alternate Business Name
      • Kerns Chevy-Buick-GMC
      Business Management
      • Mr. Mike Kerns, President
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Mike Kerns, President

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Mike Kerns, President
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (419) 586-8258
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

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      Customer Complaints

      2 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      10/05/2022

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I bought a new 2020 Equinox Primere in September 2020. On august 27th of this year, the radio screen went black. Brought it to kerns, they said the radio was out (less than 2 years old). The warranty was passed not on age but on mileage. They were willing to help with half but it was still a $568 expense. I wanted to consult my family. 8 days after, my car wouldn’t start. My son in law charged the battery and we took it to kerns. They then identified after keeping it for 3 days (though they said they called the next day) this issue was a new battery issue and the battery is bad. We asked if these two were related and they told us they did not think these were related. The wipers randomly would come on and the brights but they said it was a battery issue. And it would cost $365.45 to fix the battery. Now we have $933.87 cost for a less than 2 year old car. We asked what they did from Monday to Thursday and they said all they’ve done was test the battery. We took the battery and charged it and let it sit for a weekend and the battery could fire back up once it was hooked up. We thought there was a pull from the car that was being missed possibly. We brought the car back to kerns and let it sit overnight and by morning we tested and it drained again. And we asked if they would look at it again and they asked why because it was a battery issue. We replaced the battery with a new battery from an auto store in town at $225. and once again there was a pull on the new battery we had to buy. So after that the car went back to kerns and they said the pull was from the radio, however they only tested the battery in 3 times of dropping it off saying it’s just a battery issue. we have it written that they only tested the battery. Though they came back after our expense of a new battery to say it’s more than just the battery as we had questioned. Auto zone also said the battery was good but needed charged. Told its a radio problem now, bright lights still come on randomly.
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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Kelli K.

      1 star

      10/27/2022

      My husband and I bought a vehicle from this company and within 3 weeks we were having transmission issues. We took the vehicle back to the dealership and explained exactly what it was doing. Kerns hooked it up to their machine but couldn't find a problem. We were told since the claim was made under warranty that IF we continue to have problems with it. that it IS covered under warranty. We took the SUV to GA and sure enough same problem. Kerns replaced a part but still didn't fix the problem. That was July 2021. In May 2022 car is worse. We take it back to Kerns and they keep it for 18 days. When we get the suv back we are told they want a shift pattern after putting 300 more miles on the SUV. The suv is even worse and jerkimg all over the place. Kerns refuses to help and tells us we need to open a case with GM. GM had us take it to a different dealership and they find our transmission is missing a piece. GM tells us it's Kerns responsible to fix it under warranty but Kerns refused to help us and GM won't make them. We have now been with out a vehicle since Aug 1st 2022 while going back and forth with this situation that should have been corrected in 2021, 3 weeks after buying the SUV. Kerns lied about the vehicle during the purchase, we asked for the car fax and they told us it was in our paperwork and it wasn't. They also said the bought it from GM we found out that was a lie. And they claim they don't do transmission as a "certified" chevy dealership and we have proof they have worked on the transmission. We have a family of 6 and we are down to one vehicle, my husband even walking to work because of Kerns. I explained our situation to a Kerns associate since she claimed all the managers were busy, she told me the store manager and service manager would talk and come up with a solution. Their solution was they refused to help us. We now have to buy a transmission and have it put in ourselves, costing us even more out of pocket.

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