Extremely poor service and very dissatisfied customer

NEVER, NEVER, EVER buy a used car from this dealership and NEVER get your car serviced there either. It is a pity that I have to give them 1 star as I would give them MINUS FIVE stars if I could.

I bought a used 2013 Opel Meriva from them in December 2025 based on an advert which I saw in Autotrader. They gave CMH Opel East Rand a solid sellers rating which turned out to be anything but true.

Eight months later, with the car having broken down on four occasions and having been on the road around only half that time, I sold the car for s****. I had spent over R60k with a further estimated R80k being required to get the car back into drivable condition.

The repairs took weeks rather than days but were never completed properly with the car having to be returned on several occasions. The repairs were expensive - some of the work was outsourced to other "engineers" who charge an arm and a leg and did not do a competent job in diagnosing the problem and repairing the car.

I had to continually phone them to find out what was happening with the car and there was no admission of issues on their side which caused all of these problems.

I am also still waiting for the multi-page purchase agreement which I regrettably signed in December when I purchased the car.

I therefore repeat - NEVER, NEVER, EVER buy a car from CMH Opel (or CMH Foton - they are connected) East Rand or get your vehicle serviced there unless you want to wait forever and pay a fortune for shoddy workmanship.