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Virginia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Sold me a piece of Garbage!
June 20, 2023

Obviously their "inspection" processes are bunk. 3 visits to different repair facilities. All issues continuously caused by bad suspension, badly in need of a tune up, out of alignment, horrible vibrations and shimmy's. Their guard dog Silver Rock doesn't listen at all. I'll never do it again.

Date of experience: June 20, 2023
Georgia
1 review
5 helpful votes
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In the year and a half since purchasing my Audi, I've had to put $7400 of repairs into it and it is currently at the dealership once again, for about $7,000 worth of more repairs. Bad motor mounts, torn bushings, oil and coolant leaks, clogged fuel injectors, the list goes on. The "84 whatever point inspection check" that they advertise must be a joke. Within 30 days of purchasing the vehicle, almost everything that isn't covered under warranty needed replaced (battery, brakes, tires, etc). I do not recommend Carvana to anyone. I'm fairly certain they buy auction vehicles and immediately resell them regardless of condition.

Date of experience: December 12, 2022
Oklahoma
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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LAUNDRY LIST, INACCURATE LISTING
March 4, 2023

By far the worst experience. Had multiple issues starting on the 1st day. When we tried to purchase, 2nd sales rep on the phone tried to raise our price from previous sales rep. Then, pick up the Yukon XL was disgusting interior and we called immediately- also damage. Needed oil change immediately. After a couple days, check engine lights, window plastic panels falling off, and now the 1st day we needed the AC, it doesn't work. They send 100 dollar checks to shut you up and it doesn't even cover the costs of anything. I am currently waiting on a response. Now a safety issue...I will be pursuing a refund if doesn't go the way it should. Picture of the hole is provided but how it was received and not pictured or described...just an example. Not happy!

Date of experience: March 4, 2023
Florida
6 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Bait and switch
December 5, 2022

I landed on a vehicle on carvana. Put in the 25% down payment my credit rating which is above 800 and length of term. The result didn't come anything near what they were showing! So I called the 800 number. The lady said we don't negotiate interest rates! Even though they were 4% more then my previous three pre-qualifications! They don't care one bit! Guess that's why they're 6 billion dollars in the hole! They reported a 1.5 billion dollar decline last year! I guess all the new car sales are supposed to make up that money with finance charges! Even the dealerships don't charge the interest rates that they want!

Date of experience: December 5, 2022
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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RUDE EMPLOYEE
November 14, 2022

We went to pick up our car that was purchased with a non-carvana financing. The location is downtown Atlanta right there off 85. The employee that did our check out was Lorenzo Moore. He was extremely rude. He was short-answered each time you asked him a question at the table and very impatient and clearly showed on his facial expressions he was not interested in being decently kind. Frankly, it was the saddest experience of my life! This man does not belong in customer service. He is killing the Carvana reputation ‼‼‼ Look for better employees, Carvana!

Date of experience: November 14, 2022
Nevada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Purchased a truck from Carvana. Truck is awesome, Carvana not so much. Customer service is worse than poor and emails are not accurate. Over 5 phone calls later I request a supervisor and was refused to talk to one. Had to pay late fee to DMV because registration process was a total fail on Carvana's part. Samantha (customer service advocate) doesn't even know what the difference is between sales tax and DMV taxes. So rude every time I called. Still no title to truck. Last email said registration complete and plates will be mailed in 5-7 days. I already did registration myself and have had plates for weeks.

Date of experience: May 31, 2023
Arizona
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Awful
February 24, 2022

What can I say, after reading the other awful reviews I agree. Horrible customer service. Now waiting 3 months for my new vehicle and nothing but stupid excuses from Carvana. Stay away and go to a dealer. Carvana has ruined online car buying for yet another customer.

Date of experience: February 24, 2022
Massachusetts
1 review
32 helpful votes
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Stay away
November 20, 2021

I tried Carvana in June. I ordered car signed documents. Delivery was cancelled 8 times. Spent endless hours on the phone calling them. Promised manager would call several times, no call. Someone at Carvana told me they are not allowed to make outgoing calls. Not once did they call me. They gave me run around about title. After reading these horror stories best thing I did was cancel the whole deal and go to local dealership. I truly feel bad for people stuck in the Carvana nightmare. Government needs to look into this.

Date of experience: November 20, 2021
Saudi Arabia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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JOKE
October 1, 2021

This company is a JOKE. They valued my 2013 Mustang for $300, yes three hundred lol. I called just to make sure there was no problem with the system, but they actually confirmed that saying that's the value we had for you. Needless to say that I sold it 2 weeks later for 8k.

Date of experience: October 1, 2021
New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Terrible
August 21, 2023

We recently purchased a vehicle from Carvana on Aug 3,2023 for our daughter. It has turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes we have ever made in purchasing a vehicle. The vehicle needed new brakes, new rotors, new calipers. Also, 4 new tires were required as well as the 4 that were on the car were dry rotted. I spoke with customer service so many times and they have just given us the run around. All issues with the car have to be submitted to a third party called silver fox. It's all just a big headache. So disappointed and I really hope people think twice about purchasing from carvana. I know I will never do it again. The pictures below are of the tires on day 9. They went flat and silver fox would not replace them due to the 7 day return period was over, but the mechanic recommended they replace our tires on day 6 but they refused!

Date of experience: August 21, 2023
Florida
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This company is the WORST ever! Avoid at all cost
January 22, 2023

Because I do not like buying cars I thought I would buy into the Caravan hype of simplicity - getting lured into their sales pitch of simple, online hassle free car buying. This, however, is the opposite of reality. Found a car online, went through the process to purchase and the web pages froze up multiple times, but finally made it through after several chat sessions. Chose my pick up date and arranged to buy using cash. I promptly received a phone call saying I had to upload insurance ASAP, which I did. The agent said I was good to go to pick up car the next day. 5 min. Late a new email - this time saying I was "past the deadline for documents" and it would have to be re-scheduled. Over an hour later and numerous agents and I was finally told it would be ready in 3 weeks "due to unknown factors". The clearly inexperienced agent could have cared less - she said "well looks like a glitch" and good luck. Cancelled my order and will NEVER even think about buying a car from them again.

Date of experience: January 22, 2023
New York
1 review
18 helpful votes
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Awful experience! Ordered car and completed all paperwork 2 weeks before delivery. 3 days before weekend pick up they change the date and time to a completely inconvenient appointment during the week and then offered no options to reschedule because 'they're all booked up' for the next week. Would rather I cancel my order than help fix their mess up after wasting 30 minutes pretending to want to help but offering no viable solutions except to pay the ridiculous delivery charge.

Date of experience: August 3, 2022
Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Time Wasters
May 28, 2023

Bad selling experience. Paid for them to "pick up my vehicle" and scheduled during one of their 3 hour windows about a week ahead of time. The guy showed up an hour late, had me sign 5 documents and said someone else would show up within about an hour to take the vehicle.

Nobody showed up, so I talked to chat support and they told me nobody was available after 5:00 pm to help me. Then I called on the phone and the CS rep said they can't "escalate" anything until it has been 24 hours. I called after 24 hours and they said some local team was unavailable so they will get back to me.

I live in a big city where parking is expensive, I'm not Carvana's free parking ticket and I'm not hanging around all day hoping one of you probably calls when you're 5 minutes away to get a vehicle parked in an underground garage that is valet only. Why exactly did I pay you money for this "vehicle pick-up" and schedule a time.

Date of experience: May 28, 2023
Georgia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I will never do it again! I'm stuck with a car that has been in the shop longer than I have driven it. Warranty is a joke! Sent it to a Silver Rock Auto Shop and the shop put the shocks on backwards car still making the same noise since my purchase and I'm being passed around via telephone like an offering plate on the first Sunday. So Beware and always get extra coverage on any vehicle purchased by them.

Date of experience: November 9, 2022
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The car they sold me has a bad engine and transmission. They then are making me wait a month to refund my money! The car is back in the website for sale!

Date of experience: July 23, 2024
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never buy from this company. They have charged me twice for a vehicle and refuse to rectify the situation. Have spent 10 times the amount of time than a dealership trying to fix all of their screw ups. I'm still in Carvana hell.

Date of experience: March 21, 2022
Maryland
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Not worth it
February 14, 2022

Buying a car and trading in my old one with Carvana went smoothly enough, but after that it was all downhill. My car was delivered almost two hours late with wipers that were installed incorrectly, and a key remote that didn't work. It was weeks before the key situation was resolved; I took care of the wipers myself. I am now receiving messages that my registration is paused because they need a document that I don't have. I tried getting help from the site's live chat and was met with someone who clearly didn't speak English who was just cutting and pasting responses and adding "please" at the end. I called the customer service number twice and both times spoke with Nick who said "let me just check some things" and then hung up on me. When I called right back, I couldn't get through at all. I WILL NOT be a repeat customer here. Totally unprofessional.

Date of experience: February 14, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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First Time Customer
April 13, 2022

Carvana was very helpful finding an affordable car for me. I wanted a van. The representative I spoke with was kind and informative. They worked hard to keep me in the loop. They quickly found the car I needed. We get down to discussing price and the rep says "just let us know your down payment, for example, you can put $500 down and drive away!" I told her that sounds great and all but I don't want to be tied to this for years. I'm willing to put down at least $3000 today and then pay the car off as quickly as possible...

Haven't heard a word from them since. I guess they only want customers they can string along and milk for years ‍. Thier loss.

Date of experience: April 13, 2022
Missouri
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Nightmare
July 10, 2019

We tried to buy a car. We canceled the order. Carvana withdrew $8800 the next day "by accident" and won't give it back for 7-10 days. Since I'm not buying a car I cannot get anyone to even talk to me. I cannot wrap my head around how much this will cost because of all the fees I will be charged by my bank because they cleaned out my account.

Date of experience: July 10, 2019
New York
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Another stolen sell buy Carvana
February 9, 2024
Updated review

ETAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) —

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has confiscated a 2018 Camaro ZL1 that was sold by Carvana 17 months ago.

Records show the car was reported stolen in Texas six months before it was sold in Florida.

You know that they don't do any 150-point inspection. Repair shop find it and you don't. Stop making excuses. I hope carvana goes bankruptcy.

Date of experience: February 9, 2024

You know they don't do any of their so-called 150-point inspection. If they did, they would not sell you a stolen car. Do yourself a favor and run your own diagnostic check within the 1st 7 days. They don't your best interest. DON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM. I hope they get shut down. This is my engine looks like when the Cadillac dealership took the pictures and said the Cadillac was never ever maintain before it got to me. They are bunch of crooks. I will be sharing this on my wall and telling all my friends top posted on all social media. People are telling thanks for the share.

Date of experience: December 8, 2023

Overview

Carvana has a rating of 1.2 stars from 530 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Carvana most frequently mention customer service, delivery date and point inspection. Carvana ranks 570th among Car Buying sites.

service
330
value
318
shipping
286
returns
207
quality
277
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