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R.W. Motors, LLC has 2 locations, listed below.

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    • R.W. Motors, LLC

      9033 Ocean Hwy Westover, MD 21871-3337

      BBB Accredited Business
    • R.W. Motors, LLC

      10830 Market Ln Princess Anne, MD 21853-2914

      BBB Accredited Business

    Business ProfileforR.W. Motors, LLC

    Used Car Dealers
    Multi Location Business
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    3 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 4/27/2017

    Years in Business: 12

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    Products & Services

    This business provides used car sales.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    R.W. Motors, LLC has 2 locations, listed below.

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      • R.W. Motors, LLC

        9033 Ocean Hwy Westover, MD 21871-3337

        BBB Accredited Business
      • R.W. Motors, LLC

        10830 Market Ln Princess Anne, MD 21853-2914

        BBB Accredited Business
      Location of This Business
      9033 Ocean Hwy, Westover, MD 21871-3337
      BBB File Opened:
      8/6/2012
      Years in Business:
      12
      Business Started:
      8/9/2011
      Business Incorporated:
      8/9/2011
      Accredited Since:
      4/27/2017
      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.
      BBB records show a license number of UD10008015 for this business, issued by Motor Vehicle Administration. The expiration date of this license is 11/18/2024.

      These agencies may include:

      Motor Vehicle Administration

      6601 Ritchie Hwy NE

      Glen Burnie MD 21062

      (410) 768-7000

      https://www.mva.state.md.us

      Type of Entity:
      Limited Liability Company (LLC)
      Hours of Operation

      Primary

      M:
      9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
      T:
      9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      W:
      9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
      Th:
      9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
      F:
      9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
      Sa:
      9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
      Business Management
      • Mr. Les Walston, Owner
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Les Walston, Owner

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Les Walston, Owner
      • Kim Walston, Owner
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (410) 651-2270
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Email Addresses

      Industry Tip

      BBB Tip: Buying a used car

      Customer Complaints

      3 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      11/15/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Customer Service Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      On Monday, October 30, 2023 my truck was repossessed for nonpayment. I contacted the business requesting what needed to be paid to get my truck back and they told me I would receive everything in the mail pertaining to that and they would not tell me anything over the phone on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 my mother ******* **********, contacted the business and during a conference call the office manager said the call was being recorded and for me to state my name my birthday and then I gave her permission to discuss my accounts information with my mother. I gave permission. During that phone call, she stated a balance that needed to be paid and that every day my truck is in their storage lot an additional $120 will be added to the balance. On Wednesday, November 8, 2023. I emailed the business asking if they mailed the information I needed because I had yet to receive it. They replied that they did and they also added that I have 10 days from the date of repossession to pay the balance, or, I would completely lose my vehicle if it wasn’t paid within the 10 days. I responded to the email asking when the 10 days was up and that’s when she responded informing me that the deadline was today November 10, 2023. I found out 48 hours in advance that I only had two days to come up with the balance today November 10, 2023 I emailed the business again asking if they mailed the information to the correct address, I sent them my address to compare and they said yes it was sent to that address. They also stated that I know what it consisted of and I am aware of the deadline and that regardless if I receive the information in the mail or not that I was aware that I had 10 days , I responded saying that I was only informed of the 10 days on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 and they responded saying that they gave my mother of that information when I gave them permission on Monday, October 30, 2023 to discuss my account with her. I responded saying that during that phone call I still listened in as it was a conference call and nothing was ever mentioned of a deadline and that the call was recorded. They responded saying for me to “send them the recording then”. I responded saying that they stated that they were recording the call and that they were in possession of that recording. I also stated that nowhere in my contract, does it say that if my vehicle was repossessed that I had 10 days of the day of repossession to reclaim it. Also, I have made numerous attempts to meet them at the location of my vehicle to obtain some of my personal belongings, and they said that they would not and I could not receive my belongings unless the balance is paid in full, or I relinquished ownership on Tuesday, October 31 when the business discussed my account with my mother, the balance they stated was $2315 roughly that included the payoff balance, the tow fee, and the one day storage fee. On September 6, 2023 I received a text message from the business with my payoff balance and the balance was a little over $1600. I made all of my payments throughout the month of September. The only payments I did not make was during the month of October with that being said the $1600 payoff balance should have gone down to $1364. The tow fee and the one day storage fee did not add up to $1000 to explain why they said on October 31 that I would need to pay $2315 to receive my truck. Also on September 6, 2023 I sent them a text message asking for an explanation of the late fees that I had received since I financed this vehicle in my contract. It states that I have 15 days before they could add a late fee meeting if my payment is due on September 1 that a late fee could not be applied until September 15 and that the late fee was 10% or a minimum of five dollars of my payment, my payments were $85 a week. Meaning my late fee should have only been $8.50 however I was being charged $25. If I was even one day late I went through my bank statements and found that I was charged over $300 in late fees on just one credit card that I should not have been charged , on the other credit card I found that I had over $100 in late fees. I had also made numerous cash payments to this business and after asking many times for a copy of my receipts they have failed to provide those I have text messages and I have left voicemails, and I’ve also spoke to the office staff requesting all of my receipts for every transaction I’ve ever made through them, and they have failed to provide any of them .
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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Miesha J

      1 star

      10/18/2022

      Listen I would NEVER advise anyone to get a car from these people. The owner and husband took us through pure hell!! My daughter purchased a car from here and one week later it broke down. My husband and daughter took the car back and the owner who is the husband cussed my husband out and told him to get the F off of his property. They took the keys back from my daughter and would not cancel the contract. They acted as if they fixed the car and would not communicate with my daughter or me. The owner (Wife) was rude and hung up on me several times and would not return any phone calls. Two weeks later she called and said the car was ready and my daughter picked it up one hour later and took it to have another diagnostic on it, in which we found out that they switched the coils around instead of replacing them and put the old spark plug on the car, and yes it broke down on the highway, as soon as she left the from getting a diagnostic done and wouldn't start back up. All this is within a month of her purchasing the car. She had the 30-day warranty and they still made her pay for the diagnostic, and the so-called repairs that they never did, and never reimbursed her. They didn't even want to pick the car up after it was only a couple of hours after she picked it up that it broke down again. They kept getting nasty and left the car there for 4 days, and again all this in less than 30 days! Stay away from this place they will take your money and give you a lemon!

      R.W. Motors, LLC Response

      10/26/2022

      I am working on this and will submit our response Friday morning. It is a lengthy response and is taking a bit of time to respond to everything and upload our documents. I wanted to let you know that we will be responding.

      R.W. Motors, LLC Response

      11/02/2022

      This complaint is regarding a vehicle purchased by ******** ******, the complainant's daughter. She initially reached out to us to purchase a car on July 11th, 2022. We had her approved but she never showed up to complete her purchase and stopped communicating with us. She than applied again August 17th, 2022 specifically referencing the 2011 Volkswagen CC with Vin number on her application. This time she came in the next day once we told her she was approved. She purchased a 2011 Volkswagen CC from us on August 18, 2022. She is a also a repeat customer having purchased from us in 2019 as well. She came with her father to purchase this specific car, she was not interested in anything else. She test drove it as did her father and once approved moved forwarding with the purchase. The car is financed only in her name and she declined additional coverages such as GAP and extended service contracts based on her father's advice that she didn't need either. The mileage at time of sale was 98510.
      Her purchase came with a 50/50 30 day/1000 miles warranty. The day she purchased the car she and her father complained of a noise from the front. We set the appointment for the following day at 11am to replace the hub bearing as we needed to order the part. She no showed for that appointment but then reached out to us on August 19th asking about it. We informed her she had missed her appointment and she stated she was unaware of the appointment. We then rescheduled her for Monday August 22nd. She messaged she was on her way and then messaged over an hour later she could not come. We than scheduled her again for the 23rd. We replaced the hub bearing and a hood strut at no cost to her. She than messaged after picking her car up that a parking light was not working. We immediately responded and she answered us the following day. At that point we could not get her in until Friday. She no showed Friday. On August 27th she messaged her check engine light was on. Again we quickly responded and she stated she had had it scanned already at **** **** and would be in on Monday. She sent a picture of that scan and the mileage noted was 99258. She again was a no show on Monday.
      She than came to the lot on September 1st with her father. He was driving the car and when he arrived sat in it for some time before getting out. He then walked into the garage to state he wanted to return the car and get her money back. They told him he needed to speak to us in the office. At that point he became loud, yelling and cussing and demanding we take the car back. Than they told him to get out of the garage. He then came into the office and was yelling and cussing at me. At this time I had no idea what had already happened in the garage. I told him to leave my office as I was not going to be spoken to or yelled at like that. His daughter came in and I also advised her we would not be spoken to like that and going forward would have no more interaction with her father. Due to his behavior and demanding the car be taken back and her money returned, we chose to have another mechanic look at the car regarding the complaints. We did not drive or diagnose the car at all. We had the car towed to this mechanic as well instead of driving it there. The mileage at this time was 99363 so an additional 105 miles had been driven since the **** **** scan. Per that mechanics diagnostic/repairs the car had a missing fuse that would cause all the issues the customer was complaining about. This fuse was in place when the car was purchased as it would not have run properly at all if it had been missing and this would have absolutely been noticed when it was test driven prior to purchase. It also could not have been driven for 748 miles which is based on the scan she had done without noticing serious problems. This fuse cannot fall out, it would have been intentionally removed. Therefore it was obvious that the car had been tampered with. The garage replaced the fuse and did a tune up. The total for the bill was 433.18 of which the customer paid $216.59 and we paid $216.59. She had contacted her lienholder
      regarding this issue and they contacted us as well. We told them what the mechanic found and the repairs done and sent them a copy of the bill. We advised them this was an intentional abuse of the car by removing the fuse. This means the fuse was removed while in they were in possession of the car. She picked the car up the next day and that afternoon messaged her check engine light came on. She also called about taking it to **** **** to get a diagnostic done so we advised her to do that and send us the copy of the report. We have never received that report even though we asked for it several times. She stated that shortly after that she had taken it to ******* dealership to have it diagnosed. We asked for that report before picking up the car and it was not sent. After leaving ******* she stated she broke down minutes from after leaving there. On Sept 6th we had the car towed back to the shop that did the repair. That mechanic spoke with ******* to find out what the diagnosis was as we still did not have the report. The reason she broke down after leaving ******* was due to the coil packs being checked and not put back properly. The repair done at this time was direct ignition coil replaced, spark plugs replaced, timing solenoid replaced and both wiper blades. All these repairs and towing were done at no cost to her. To verify repairs the car was driven for over 100 miles and had no issues. We advised her the car was ready to be picked up on Sept 14th. She paid nothing for the additional repairs bearing in mind from the beginning she had a 50/50 warranty only. The next day she had another issue with the car. She texted us that she had returned to ******* and they advised her that she had too much oil and it was causing it to leak. For them to look any further she would have to pay another diagnostic fee. I don't see why a dealership that did not sell her the car would look at it for free and diagnose the oil issue to begin with. We than advised her she would have a diagnostic fee with us as well. She did not respond. She than texted on the 16th that part of her breather box was missing. We advised her to check with ******* as we had never touched the breather box and had no parts to it. She was also given the direct number to our service garage. On September 20th she texted again about diagnostic fees and did we know the engine had been replaced and the engine in the car was not what belonged in a Volkswagen CC and that perhaps that's why she was having all these issues. She than asked if we switched out her engine when it was in for repairs. She was advised again to contact service. However, after the initial intentional abuse to the car by removing the fuse and accusing of us removing an engine we felt we had done enough in repairs at no cost to her. Bear in mind that we had a reputable outside garage do the repairs so it would be unbiased.
      In the midst of this back and forth with her she authorized her mother to speak with us which we did do after the garage incident with her father. Those conversations did not go well and we advised her we would only speak with Ms. ****** going forward as she is the sole owner of the car.
      In closing, we feel we have done more than we were required to in regard to our warranty terms. The customer paid one bill of $216.59 and we paid all the other bills for the stated repairs above. We also waived a $300 remaining down payment she owed us to offset the $216.59. So she has actually paid nothing out of pocket to us for this car's repairs. I am attaching copies of the bills and her application where she chose this specific car. I have whited out her personal information on the application for privacy reasons. The only reason we are sending it is to show that she chose the car herself specifically.

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