The vehicle was delivered to me with a botched Bluelink because the dealer said it crashed during setup. Hyundai Bluelink support tried to repair it and said it crashed on them also creating a situation where they have to escalate it to their ingenious department who are the only ones that can correct the information and finish setup of the account to activate my service. They said normal response time is 3 to 5 business days but expect it may actually take up to 14 days right now. I said I drop $46K on a brand new top of the line Limited and Hyundai can't get me activated on Bluelink till next year, is that the most ridiculous response you've ever heard and the response was sir its not a mechanical failure its just your Bluelink service a minor inconvenience. At that moment I lost all respect for Hyundai.
After 4 hours of being on the phone with Hyundai, bouncing from agent to agent to department to department trying to get escalation to have it resolved today, 3 days after delivery, the theme was the same.. we don't care about you we'll get to you when we get to you. Finally I got bounced to their consumer affairs department and escalated to a supervisor who forced me into a choice.. either wait the 5 to 14 days for a tech to call me or escalate to National Consumer Affairs to discuss a full buy back or other options (compensation). I went with the later since no matter what route I went, there is no Bluelink for me before mid-January 2022 and that is just horrible customer support.
I was so happy this morning expecting resolution, and instead found more drama. I debadged the vehicle this morning and was preparing to prep it for a hybrid ceramic coating before the drama began. I'll probably move forward with clay barring it tomorrow as I doubt Hyundai will buy back the vehicle and the dealer to my knowledge doesn't offer refunds and I don't really want to give it up anyway. Right now the offer is an additional 3 months of Bluelink service after I rejected their original offer of 1 month and they rejected my request for 12 months. I'm curious how this will play out now that I asked for a full buy back plus compensation for loss of use.
After 4 hours of being on the phone with Hyundai, bouncing from agent to agent to department to department trying to get escalation to have it resolved today, 3 days after delivery, the theme was the same.. we don't care about you we'll get to you when we get to you. Finally I got bounced to their consumer affairs department and escalated to a supervisor who forced me into a choice.. either wait the 5 to 14 days for a tech to call me or escalate to National Consumer Affairs to discuss a full buy back or other options (compensation). I went with the later since no matter what route I went, there is no Bluelink for me before mid-January 2022 and that is just horrible customer support.
I was so happy this morning expecting resolution, and instead found more drama. I debadged the vehicle this morning and was preparing to prep it for a hybrid ceramic coating before the drama began. I'll probably move forward with clay barring it tomorrow as I doubt Hyundai will buy back the vehicle and the dealer to my knowledge doesn't offer refunds and I don't really want to give it up anyway. Right now the offer is an additional 3 months of Bluelink service after I rejected their original offer of 1 month and they rejected my request for 12 months. I'm curious how this will play out now that I asked for a full buy back plus compensation for loss of use.