$12k in damages to my car b/c of The Car Stereo Co.
I took my recently purchased BMW M3 to The Car Stereo Company in Los Altos, CA to have a stereo, speaker set, and GPS system installed. When I got my car back, I noticed that there was a problem with the climate control and upon further investigation and meetings with BMW professionals and car audio professionals, it was revealed that several parts of the climate control system and other parts in the interior of the car were damaged or cut. Some of these damages have contributed to the malfunction of my climate control system, and the rest of them have simply depreciated the value of my car. The final repair bill came to $12,410.02, according to Stevens Creek BMW in Santa Clara, CA. The Car Stereo Company did not inform me of any difficulties or problems they encountered during the process of performing the installation. They also told me beforehand that they had previously performed this specific installation on another BMW similar to mine and assured me of their experience working with BMW cars.
I took my car back to them subsequent times to allow them the opportunity to fix the problem, but it appeared that they just didn't have the skill and wouldn't admit it. The salesman was getting annoyed with my frequent visits. They had spent a few hours trying to repair my car unsuccessfully, and I felt that they were acting as if they were now doing me favors by accommodating my requests to fix what they broke. In fact, a couple times when I brought the car to them to mend a problem that they caused, I got the car back with another item broken. For example, one time they tried to fix the hot air problem in the car and when I got the car back, the LCD on the climate control module was broken. When I brought this to the installer's attention, he had the audacity to accuse me of damaging it myself. I finally gave up on the whole idea of working with them and aske
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