Bizzarro’s Championship Auto Row, Erie PA

Stay away from this family. They do nothing for the Erie community except rip people off through their car dealership or private sales. 10/10 would never recommend doing any business with this family.

I am extremely disappointed and dissatisfied with my purchase. I have purchased two cars from Bizzaro’s and purchasing my second one here was a mistake. My first car was an okay car. It was old and could get me from point a to point b. It had some problems but I was not going to put more money into it than what I bought for it.

I purchased a 2008 Jeep Patriot somewhere near the end of July this year. I was really happy because the car looked really nice and it was a really big upgrade from my 2006 Toyota Matrix. I made the mistake of coming here alone with somebody else who knew something about cars because I am naive and didn’t expect to be taken advantage of in a situation where I’m making a big purchase. I paid $5,200 dollars out of pocket for this Jeep. The day after I bought it my check engine light came on. I called Bizzaros and told them and they told me that it was probably just a sensor and to ignore it. I’m obviously not going to ignore it when I just bought the car not even 24 hours ago. I take it to Bizzaro’s to get fixed and I am still charged 70 something dollars even though I had a 3 month warranty that came with the car when I purchased it. Everything was fine after that.

About a month ago I was driving home from work and my car sounded really bad. The next morning I tried to drive to work and my Jeep completely stopped working in the middle of the road. I couldn’t get it to turn back on. When it did turn back on, it sounded like my car was literally ready to explode and I couldn’t go any faster than 15mph. I drove it to my mechanics that night after work and let him look at it. Turns out, my transmission blew after not even 3 months of having it. He and I both agreed that it would not be worth my time to try and fix the transmission because the transmission would cost more than what my car cost. I messaged the person who I bought the car from and told them and all they told me was that my warranty expired and to call their mechanic. I call their mechanic and they tell me that in order for them to just look at my car, I would need to buy a new $300 warranty, to who knows if it would even cover replacing a transmission because it didn’t even cover fixing a sensor.

I am so incredibly mad that I wasted over $5,000 dollars on a car that was junk from the start. My mechanic says he doesn’t know how it even was able to pass inspection so the cars must get inspected on the lot. I have never been so disappointed in how I have been treated by a salesperson in my life. I am only 21 years old, work full time, and go to college full time. I couldn’t afford for my car to be junk after just buying it. I wish I could take back the good review that I left when I bought my car because it apparently all a lie. Now I have a shiny $5,000 lawn ornament.