Lakeside Auto Brokers

Editing… I will let you know how my experience goes and see if they fix the problems

Do not buy here! I should have left before paying too much for a truck with 107,000 miles. They said they did a tune up and it is a great truck, I could see the oil filter was old and there wasn’t a finger print anywhere in the dusty engine compartment. They had to jump start the truck because the battery was corroded, the first sign I should leave. The change oil light on, second sign I should leave. Nothing clean and the floor mats were just thrown in the bed of the truck, third sign I should leave. I thought we were going to run out of gas on the small test drive. I bought it and left thinking what did I just buy. I was sent home with an empty tank of gas and the rear tail light was out. Stopped and got gas to drive home then half way home the check engine light came on, I had Autozone read the codes and it was an O2 sensor alarm. I had it reset to see if it repeated and sense there are three O2 sensors I wanted to know which one it was. Lucky for me It did not come back on. I only got 1 key and have to unlock the door then rush to put it in the ignition before the alarm goes off. To get keys and key fobs and have the dealer program them is not cheap.

Called Chris to talk about a car he put on craigslist. We were 100% upfront with him about this first time car buy for my girlfriend. It was not an easy deal to get done because she doesn’t make much monthly for the amount of car she was trying to buy, but the people here got it done. She got approved at a great rate and it met all the criteria we were looking for before we made the trip down from Denver. Financing did take a bit longer then expected, but the managers made it right, which is all we wanted. Heck they even dropped the car off at our house and Chris brought the final paperwork up to our house to sign. The dealership itself has a clean feel and seemed like a pretty legit place for being fairly small. For anyone reading this and find it useful, drop my name.

The entire experience from the moment I walked in the door has been a nightmare. Just like every car dealership everyone is nice and friendly up front. Well, it was my first time buying a car and I mentioned that several times up front to avoid hassling.
I had recently moved to Colorado Springs by myself and as a very young woman it was quite intimidating.
They finally found me a car, and after my father put down $ 1800 for me they kept promising me it’d be ready that day. My dealer, Chris told me he was on his way to the bank. He lied. His financial advisor Beau told me they faxed over my paperwork and it wouldn’t be ready until the weekend was over. Monday came, no calls, no nothing. They ignored our calls, put us on hold and hung up, never called us back. Finally three days later I received the vehicle. He assured both me and my father this vehicle was extremely reliable and we could take his word for it.
When I pulled off the lot, the oil change light was on, the gas light and the check engine light. The headlight was out and my breaks needed about $ 300 worth of work done once I took it in to the shop. Also major cupping on all 4 tires.
I called the dealership and asked what they would do to help me and they specifically said «we aren’t going to help you.»
On top of this nightmare I was never given any paperwork on where to make my car payments and they have been screening my calls. They also didn’t tell me that I had to pick my tags and title up at the DMV in Colorado Springs when I told them I was moving, now I have to re register tags I already paid for in another state because the DMV doesn’t forward mail.
Either way in order to register I need a copy of my title which the bank won’t give me until I make payments (which is what the DMV told me) I finally got through to Lakeside Auto Brokers on my finances number and they gave me a name of a bank that doesn’t exist. I don’t know what to do about any of this.
Please do NOT go here. They are all con artists.

Do Not, I repeat, DO NOT purchase from this dealer. I bought a vehicle that supposedly had a safety inspection and was inspected 2 more times prior to my purchase. 3 DAYS after purchase, both drive shafts shear from axle. Very unprofessional dealings with both the north store and the South store. If it were legal for me to physically assault the 2 managers I had dealings with, I would do it in a heartbeat. The entire experience made it so that I will NEVER purchase from them again and I will ensure anyone I know understands the full magnitude of how shady this dealer is.

Do Not go to buy a car here, they are crooks, sold us a lemon, told us the would fix the window locks and windows and the ac, just get it in, with in 2 days vehicle stalled out on interstate, lost breaks, contacted them said bring it in so had it their before 9 Monday morning, so we waited and waited told us everything was fixed on Tuesday afternoon went to pick the vehicle up and nothing had been fixed, so this morning the car lot backed out and wouldn’t give us back r trade in or the cash deposit, plus we had been in contact with the bank, and the bank was telling us that the repairs need to be up to r standards before they finished putting the paper work through, this is sad since we have a family of 5 with 1 on the way I don’t know how they can live with themselves

Garbage. They sell vehicles needing thousands in repairs. Read all the reviews. I don’t know why they put the bad ones in unrecommended. Buyers BEWARE!!!

I purchased a car with the check engine light on. I got it checked with the dealer, he told me it was fine. Cars sit on lots for too long and the light comes on, it goes off after about 50 – 75 miles. On my way to see my family, my engine dies out in the middle of Wyoming. It turns out that there was a cylinder misfire among other codes and a fail in compression. These would have definitely show up prior to this whole ordeal happening. When I contacted the «dealer» about the codes he said the O2 sensor came up among other codes. He blatantly lied to me at the time of the sale. After a mass of money just to get the vehicle back into the area I was offered either a trade in or a reference to a shop who owes them a «favor». I check two vehicles out for possible trade in, which would be considerably lower than I paid for the vehicle. The first vehicle would even turn on. The battery was dead and the engine had no oil due to the missing oil plug. It was still listed online at 6K. The second vehicle, listed at 11K, had a battery that wouldn’t take a charge and cosmetic damage around three separate areas. I was told by two separate employes that they, «Don’t know their vehicles.» The also made sure to let me know that they are not a dealership, they are a brokerage. Last but not least. Can you really trust a business won’t fill up your tank before you leave?

Not happy! Sold me a car that needed 6k in repairs! They even have a mechanic and the didn’t have the decency to sell a car that would be reliable! What has this world come to?