Lindsay Volkswagen of Dulles

This low rating is mostly directed at the service department. The salespeople I've encountered were great but oversold the service department. I've taken our Jetta in 3 times and have yet to walk away completely satisfied. I may be spoiled by Pohanka Acura, Pohanka Chevrolet and Audi of Chantilly, all of which I recommend.

The first time I visited Lindsay VW service department, I had to prove to them that I purchased an extended warranty two weeks earlier to get them to remove charges from our bill. Our latest episode was over purchasing a new key. Seems easy enough, but even though I set the appointment for service online a few days before the appointment, they told me at the service appointment that they were GOING to order the key and would call me when it came in. I paid for the key in advance and waited for the call.

Later I received a call telling me that my key was in and to stop by at my convenience. I went a couple days later with the family expecting to pick it up and go. The service advisor told me it would take an hour to program. (Would have been nice to know in advance.) We did not have an hour to wait, so I set an appointment for a few days later. All the times were inconvenient because the service department closes at 5pm, according to the service advisor.

We returned for the appointment to program the key. We took a seat in the lounge for about 40 minutes when the service advisor said we were all set to go when the car came out of the wash. When we saw the car was finished, we left. Soon after we were on the highway, the service advisor called to say we needed to pay for the programming ($95). This was the first mention of this fee. Of course it was rush hour by this time, so we made our way back and paid the $95.

What bothers me most about this is we have 3 kids who drive VW Jettas. The boys have moved away already. This is our oldest daughter's car, and we have two more girls about to start driving, and I really wanted to buy a VW Golf GTI for my own tool around car. Now I need a new plan for those three cars solely because of the Lindsay VW Service Department. Too bad it's the only VW dealership within 25 miles of our home. Very disappointing.