Nissan Australia has bad attitude to current customers
Submitted: Monday, Jul 29, 2013 at 16:50
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I recently purchased a 2013 Nissan Patrol ST Wagon (my third over 13 years) and found my old Nokia mobile would not connect to the blue tooth. Spent a fair bit of time working through the manual to make it connect but no luck. (fair enough) Two weeks later I signed up for a Samsung Galaxy S4 because I thought a new, very popular brand phone would connect WRONG. It will pair, dial in & out but no audio.
After much time with the dealership and no success I phoned Nissan Australia to find that they knew this phone and the Galaxy S3 would not work but had not included that information in their manual. Basically they said sorry (bad luck). I have contacted them 3 times and twice have been told sorry (3rd time I faxed a letter asking to talk to the general manager). Nissan Australia will not allow a customer to talk to anyone except their customer complaints department whom have no power to make sensible decisioins.
I find it unbelievable that Nissan will spend millions of dollars with marketing and surveys and not show any consideration to common sense business principles of trying to satisfy an existing. It will cost more in wages for the complaints department than to resolve my issue. I want a new phone or bluetooth system for the Patrol (from Nissan) as I had the opportunity to purchase a compatible phone had the information been made available.
Reply By: cookie1 - Monday, Jul 29, 2013 at 19:40
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 at 19:40
I have to agree, Nissan is really really poor when it comes to customer service or satisfaction.
I've had 5 Patrols and will not consider another one given the response I had from them and their dealers with the blame redirected to me.
Yes it is amazing that they spend so much on marketing and advertising yet when they have a client base they don't care about keeping them.
Are you able to go back to the phone company as they may just want to keep you as a customer?
cheers
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Reply By: Member - Captain (WA) - Monday, Jul 29, 2013 at 22:44
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 at 22:44
Unfortunately I am not suprised with Nissan Australia's response. I bought a GU patrol brand new and after the attitude of Nissan Australia to some waranty issues, a Nissan will never darken my driveway again.
The vehicle itself isn't the big issue (all things mechanical can have issues), but the way Nissan Australia treats its customers,
well... I voted with my $$$ and bought a 200. And when I bought a new car for my wife, a Nissan was never considered.
Note to Nissan: Its not just the original customer you have lost, but also anyone that customer talks to!
Cheers
Captain
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Reply By: Robtbob NSW - Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 at 19:15
Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 at 19:15
I also agree that Nissan head office could not care less for their customers.
I bought a Pathfinder with a GPS, reversing camera, radio, which broke a few months after I bought it, and they could not repair it for 10 months.
They send surveys out, but when you have a problem, they don't want to know.
Nissan should be made to have parts for new vehicles available, or not be allowed to sell them here.
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