Auto repair service near Germantown, MD

I brought my car in on a Friday evening after my husband had spoken to a service representative explaining our problem with our rear tailgate of our T&C. We had recently gotten our window shot out and when the glass people repaired the glass, the tailgate would not engage. After a few weeks of driving around with the door taped shut we brought it to our mechanic who was able to hook it to his computer and get the tailgate to close but only when hooked up to the computer. After another couple of weeks of not using the door but it staying shut because of the computer hook up by our mechanic we finally had the opportunity and time to bring it in to the dealer and see if they were able to figure out what was going on. When my husband spoke to the staff member in service he was told to bring it in and during the day on Saturday if they found time to take a look at it they would and let us know what was going on. On Saturday after we had to call around 3ish we found out they had taken a look at it and detected an issue with the assembly kit to the lift gate. He said that the gate was in the closed position at this time and we told him that we would pick up the car and decide if we wanted to pay the $500 bill to fix the problem. When I arrived with my husband and two children in the other car I paid my $110 bill for diagnosis and went out to my car. There I found the gate was not engaged. This was around 6. We were told we could pick up after the service center had closed and there would be someone there for payment and to give us our keys. I went back into the center and let them know that the car would not close. At first the receptionist politely told me that there was nothing that could be done because service was closed. I explained that I could not drive away with the car in its current state. She then got me the manager on duty from the sales department. At first this gentleman was not very willing to help until he realized the situation and went back

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I imagine you'll be hearing quite a few complaints about this location today, if it's not already a regular occurrence with this location. I waited about 30 minutes in the service area before anyone approached me and asked what I was there for, and this was after we had called the location multiple times earlier, but had been put on hold for 10-15 minutes each time before being cut off, and having to call back, just to be put on hold again. After receiving no answers or information on my vehicle for over an hour from Chris or Billy (apparently known as Will at this location), a young lady, Kelly, finally came in, clocked in, and started to clean up their mess. While Chris & Will attempted to keep an appropriate attitude with everyone, it was very clear that neither of those two employees should be doing what they're doing. Both of them kept answering the phone, saying the typical and I assume approved, "Thank you for trusting the boys, this is xxxxx, may I please put you on hold for a moment", and then letting the caller remain on hold until the phone system cut them off. Well, that's only partially true, they did that 75% of the time, the other 25% of the time, they just let the phone ring without answering it at all. When Chris finally found my paperwork and attempted to check me out, he told me the price was over double what we had been told it was going to be. I inquired why, but he didn't have an answer, just kept asking me who took in the call initially. As I was not the original caller (nor do I assume the majority of people remember who they spoke to on the phone), I finally pointed out that it says who took in the order on the top right hand of the order form. That seemed to come as a surprise to Chris, who then told me he was going to get that gentleman, Mike. Chris came back, said Mike was on his way over. So, I proceeded to wait for another 20 minutes until I finally discovered that Mike was behind the counter in the store and had no idea what I was talking about. Chris kind of just shrugged his shoulders at that, and that is when Kelly finally stepped in and said she would just take care of it. At this point, I'd like to remind you that Chris was having me pay the "wrong" amount, and was going to hand me the keys. Well, while Kelly was looking into why the price was over double the amount told to us originally, she found out that the WRONG TIRE had been installed on the car. We brought it in to replace one, single, individual tire with you because we have the warranty with you and tires we had just purchased recently. When Kelly then looked into how that had happened, all of sudden, we found out that Tina had been looking into it for about an hour, but hadn't said anything to me or had it fixed yet. I'll skip to two hours later, of course after being told it would only be a couple of minutes to replace the tire, when thanks to Kelly and a young technician, Dave, who came up and started helping customers on what I presume was his break, I finally paid the original quote and got the keys. Are you kidding me? At one point, I even had to interject myself into a conversation Chris & Will were having in front of us, while they ignored the phone ringing and the people walking in to the service center, about which one of them was going to take a smoke or lunch break at that point. That conversation lasted for over a minute before I finally said, or how about we answer the phone that's been ringing or help us? This location has gone well beyond losing my future business, both personally and professionally, and while I've had good experiences at other Pep Boys, if any of your stores are going to continue to employ people like Chris, Will, Tina, & Mike, who just constantly tell people they'll help them in just a minute, and then ask someone else to deal with it, I guess it's time for me to find another company completely for all of our future needs.