Ericson Auto

Category:	Car Dealer
Address:	314 SW Pleasant St, Ankeny, IA 50023, USA
Phone:	+1 515-964-3200
Site:	ericsonauto.com
Rating:	3
Working:	12–7PM 12–7PM 12–7PM 12–7PM 12–7PM 12–5PM Closed

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Reviews 8

De E

All my Real customers know that I go above and beyond to try and make them happy & take care of them better than anyone else. As you can see all the negative responses here are from people that expect something for nothing & just want to complain if they cant get a perfect Used car for half the price. I do my best to inform everything I know about the Cars I sell. I typicality drive them my self for several weeks to find any issues. I am open to you having your mechanic do an inspection prior to a purchase. I grew up in my Fathers shop (Ericson Automotive) in Cedar Falls. Ive been working on Cars & Motorcycles since I was 12. Im a 2X High school Wrestling Champion. 4 yrs Wrestler @ UNI. I was an Army Mechanic & then Officer from 98-06. Ive been selling cars full time since 2010. Ive sold over 500 cars & counting. Ive sold multiple cars to the same family. What you dont see one here is the hundreds of satisfied Customers I have w/ car and tire sales. I’m a Christian, a Conservative and a Republican. In That Order. Also a high school Wrestling coach for 8 yrs. Husband & soon to be Father in April 2017. Before you make a decision based on someone you dont even know, give a call & come check things out yourself, Cooper well probably greet you. Thanks

Farhan Islam

I bought a Nissan Maxima from him and got completely screwed. The car stopped working the second day. A/C was working fine during the test drive did not work after the second day. The dealer is a complete cheater. He did not support me with any of the problem and started talking bad with me. Very rude person and very hard to deal with. Some tips for the buyer (if you are still planning to make a visit to this dealer despite my heads-up): 1. Know that this dealer buys problematic cars and sells them at high price. Therefore, you should be careful. 2. Generally, in Iowa, the demand for a good car is very high. In my experience, any good car in Iowa gets sold within 2 or 3 days, sometimes even in 5-6 hours. If the dealer has the advertisement of the car on his website for more than 5 days, it is a strong indicator that the car has a lot of problems. This particular dealer usually has his car lying there for months. 3. Always perform thorough mechanical test, even if it costs more than usual. You will be at lesser risk. 4. Try to pull out the carfax report too, as you can see on the comments that this dealer does not like talking about previous accidents on the car. I hope you dont get screwed over by this dealer.

Regina Lassabe

Didnt even buy the car from this man, just called to inquire about a vehicle my husband asked what accident the car had been in because the website that we searched on through cars guru stated that there was one accident reported, so my husband asked and The dealer stated well its "2500 bucks what do you expect" but then wanted to know where we got our information and how we knew that it was in an accident so my husband explain to him that it was on the website that there had been an accident reported. My husband expressed that he was very rude and he came back saying "well youre kind of accusing of the worst" again my husband said no I was just trying to find out what kind of accident that it had been in since it had been reported that there was one. And he still did not tell us what kind of accident the vehicle was in. Very rude was willing to pay cash on anything under $3000 yes this was a cheap vehicle for 2500 we expect that there may be an accident so we were just inquiring about what kind of accident. We would never ever do business with this individual and I highly recommend no one else does.

Cody Brown

Took my girlfriend out to get her a new car as her old one was turning into more projects than we wanted to handle. Didnt have a huge budget to work with and everything we were looking at was either too high in price, too high in miles, or not in good shape. Saw Ericson auto online and took a look at their inventory and they had an excellent selection of cars for a good price. Stopped by and took a look at some that we saw and he got us hooked up with an excellent condition Toyota Solara with low miles and worked with us to get it to our price range. He even rotated the tires and balanced them to get the car into the best shape for us. Very easy to talk to and not a pushy salesmen by any means like you can run into at bigger dealerships. Would highly recommend checking out his shop and taking a look at his inventory for anything from 1st cars for teens or if your looking to upgrade!

Tony Atkinson

Have used him for a couple of years now for basic maintanence and bought an air compressor of him. Im an army veteran and he is as well. I describe him as honest and trustworthy. Hell give it to you straight without BSing you. He at times told me info I didnt want to hear about my vehicles but was right, honest, and reasonable with the prices. Definitely cheaper than most other places. Plus, Im a loyal veteran and respect other vets. Especially those who dont sugar coat news r try and BS me. Ive grown to respect him and dont even haggle with him anymore because hes worked with me and has gained my trust. Bottom line is with him your money is helping a trustworthy American vet who is a positive part of the community.

Alex Johnson

Lied about the amount of time he owned the vehicle. Lied about contacting carmax after he lost a POA form i needed to register the van... Refused to help in any way. Had to take everything upon myself. Took 3 months to get this van registered because he screwed up and lost a form. Never told me about the fault water pump in the van, was a simple swap that i did myself. If he were a mechanic he could have done this before he even tried to sell the van. He owned it for over a year and never drove it like he said in his review posted here. The battery in it wouldnt start the van. Hard to work with and a bad businessman. Id rather have spent more to get something elsewhere.

Meghan Zaragoza

Dayton Ericson, the owner, helped my daughter and I find an inexpensive car for her to have at college. He showed us around the lot, only showed me cars in our price range. He was very honest and upfront, told me what was good or lacking about each car. He let us put down a small down payment while we waited for a loan to come in. In the mean time he put in a stereo, fixed a handle and had the car ready to go for us. He was easy to get a hold of and very flexible. I would definitely recommend going to his dealership and will buy again from him if we need another older car.

Randi Losh

We had a great experience with Ericson Auto! I had been having car trouble for the past few days and my Toyota Camry recently started dying at stop lights. I needed my car repaired in a timely manner due to working in Ames on an evening shift and I was worried of stalling on the interstate late at night. Dayton had my car fixed within hours of calling and was so easy to work with. He explained what he was fixing and the reason for it in a way that was easy for me to understand. He went above and beyond and made my car run like new! Great customer service and reasonable prices!