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Carvana Reviews Summary

Carvana is an online car buying platform that allows customers to browse and purchase used cars from the comfort of their own homes. The company provides financing options for all credit types and offers a convenient at-home delivery service.

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Ohio
1 review
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Carvana are ripoff
September 2, 2022

I buy a car n they make me put insurances n then down payment was 2200 n at the end they jack it up to 2700 down payment so I lost money in insurances so I got another car for 800 down with my trade car n at the end they jack it up to 3600 n I lost another insurances. I going to take them to court because they are ripoff. I print l
All 3 contract for my lawyer. Please don't waste your time with carvana they are ripoff... I will fix this problem in court because no one care to help me on the phone so the judge will decide. Fu&&& carvana rippiff

Date of experience: September 1, 2022
Georgia
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Buyer Beware
September 1, 2022

Worst experience of my life. I had to return the first vehicle. Body and mechanical damage. I thought... ok. A fluke. Second vehicle looked good and ran well until the bumper started falling off. Significant rear end damage. Complained and Nicholas from the executive resolution team said that it was on the 150-point checklist (was not) and so was the front-end damage. Huh? Took it for an estimate. A lot of damage to the front-end. This car had been totaled and they pawned it off on me as if it had a few scratches, all the while knowing this information. The car had been auctioned. So I am stuck paying for a vehicle at the price of a good used car when in reality it was totaled. Oh and I have spent about $1000 on mechanical issues. Just beware. Not worth dealing with these people.

Date of experience: September 1, 2022
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Carvana sucks
September 1, 2022

One of the worst experiences of my life bought a $******* car they refused to fix the broken windshield they delivered it absolutely filthy do not do business with this establishment

Date of experience: September 1, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have a personalized tag that I wanted transferred. Easy process in Tennessee. Tag Transfer was discussed every step of the process, including upload of documents, registration, picture of actual tag, multiple phone calls and emails where it was discussed and instead new tag was assigned. Tokk over two hours at DMV to get resolved and they would do nothing about it!

Date of experience: August 31, 2022
Georgia
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Do not buy from CARVANA
August 30, 2022

I tried to buy a vehicle from CARVANA, and it took several days to get delivered. Here is the thing though, the day they were supposed to deliver the truck, their truck driver hit my vehicle and the deliver was never made because I refused to get that. Now this is where it gets me, they still charged me the shipping fee. The only reason I refused the truck was because their driver hit it with a truck and it was not the vehicle advertised anymore. Dont make the the mistake and buy from them

Date of experience: August 30, 2022
Connecticut
1 review
4 helpful votes
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No stars.
August 26, 2022

Write my experience no stars I was lied to I got a That needed service. They refuse to print my Billis sale in Carfax On the day of my purchase they won't bring it I got hung up on I got lied to and told that my car is all wheel drive! People are really rude in the customer service department they lie to you when you chat with them they try to say that they can't pull up your account but the thing is they take forever to get back to you while you're chatting with them and they're just trying to buy time. I was on the phone with them for hours and hours it's not easy to get a car with them

Date of experience: August 26, 2022
Wisconsin
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Delayed order before I canceled
August 24, 2022

I ordered a car that looked like a good deal. On the day before the car was to be delivered to my house, I received a notification that the delay was going to be delayed by 7 days. One of the reasons I ordered this car was that it would be delivered before we had family coming to town who would need a car.

I asked what they would do about compensating me for this delay since now I would have to rent a car. The representative said that they were unable to offer any type of compensation "the first delay".

I still wanted the car, so I accepted the new delivery date and spent 300 bucks on a rental car.

This morning (the day the car was to be delivered) at about 2AM, I received another notification that the car was delayed, this time for about 3 weeks! So, remembering that there would be no compensation for the "first delay" I figured they might offer to provide a loaner car or compensate me for rental fees.

But, no; the answer I received was, "At this moment, we will only be able to do our best to deliver the vehicle on the mentioned day. Once again, we are truly sorry for the trouble."

Since now I no longer trust this company, I canceled the order. Carvana does not seem interested in keeping customers once they order something; based on my experience they over promise and under deliver and don't worry about the cost or inconvenience that places on their customers.

I DO NOT recommend ever dealing with this company.

Date of experience: August 24, 2022
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible Experience
August 22, 2022

My son is in the military and 20 years old. He is stationed in SC so we helped him buy a car and did it through carvana so that we could get it dropped to him. We even planned a trip so that I could sign for it as the primary on the loan. Everything up to that point was amazing. They dropped the car off we gave the driver the check and showed the insurance information. Then it all went to garbage. Carvana reaches out a few weeks later saying that either the driver lost the check or we did not provide one. Which, would they have actually given us the car if we didn't provide the check? Is that really a possibility? My son is the co-applicant on the loan so I told them we can get the check reissued through our credit union but I can sign it however he is in SC. The rep comes back and says Navy Fed has lightened there restrictions for co-applicant loans your signature will suffice. Send the check in, get an email a week later we are sending you the check as it's missing a signature. Go back and forth with them. End up having to get the check signed by my son as well. Then they reached out and his insurance policy is no good on the car It has to be in my name in order to register the vehicle. None of this by itself is terrible but everything that could go wrong went wrong and they communicated none of it until the last minute. His temp registration is about to run out and there is no time to get it all done. His car can't be on base unregistered so its a complete disaster. I would never recommend carvana to anyone. They have no idea what they are doing. Their people are all very nice though even through my frustration they keep their calm and are very polite but its just not worth the hassle

Date of experience: August 22, 2022
Georgia
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Carvana has been the WORST car buying experience we ever had. First they tried to sell us a car that was damaged in transport (for no discount). Then new car was missing things. Then sent wrong VIN and car info to state and couldn't register. Now over 2 months later, My tag expired and Carvana won't help.

Date of experience: August 20, 2022
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Carvana did not start my car registration until AFTER the first car payment was scheduled a few weeks later. THEN there was only a week until the temporary tag expired! Our state does not allow additional temporary tags so now they want me to drive on expired tags!

Date of experience: August 19, 2022
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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To whom it may concern,
I am in the process of purchasing a 2021 Dodge Charger from Carvana. The pickup date was scheduled for August
19th, at noon. Today, August 18th, I removed the Carvana Protection Plan from my purchase order, due to personal
Reasons. To my shock and dismay, I was immediately penalized and my pickup time was delayed until August 27th, 9
More days without transportation. I was hopeful that the advertised ease of purchasing a Carvana vehicle was
Accurate and true.
However, after spending 2 hours on the phone with Carvana representatives, I was told that because I changed my
Order to exclude the Carvana protection plan, my delivery process completely starts over.
Carvana representatives also said that I can request to have a supervisor call me back, but if the supervisor does not
Have time to get back to me by noon tomorrow, my order will be placed on hold, and the pickup date will continue to be
Moved further out. At this point, I am strongly considering NOT purchasing a vehicle from Carvana, because I will be
Fired from my job if I do not have transportation by this Saturday.
The frustrating part of all this is that there are no direct communication lines with persons of authority to assist
Customers when it really matters. Carvana's promises displayed on the website, at this very moment, are shown
Below. Print means absolutely nothing if paying customers are forced to wait 9 days to obtain an automobile!
Misleading current and future customers who are potentially spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to support
Carvana business is not the recipe for success. Word of mouth can be just as damaging as "good reviews". My hope
Is that this reaches Carvana leadership, because I am certain that I am not the first or last person to be treated as if my
Business JUST DOESN'T MATTER.
Stressed beyond belief,
Tracy Ortiz, Aldine ISD
Special Ed. Pediatrics
With Carvana, you decide how and when you'll receive your ride. Have it delivered right to your driveway or
Pick it up from one of our Car Vending Machines. Your choice.

Date of experience: August 19, 2022
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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One STAR sadly! We purchased a 2015 Nissan Altima from carvana a month ago we have literally only made 1 payment. However today the brakes on the car is bad. We took it over to Caliber collision they informed us that we need to get it done or approved by SliverRock, they denied the repairs (Indicated it was normal wear and tear). Contacted carvana the agent said there is nothing they can do because Carvana requires the minimum brakes to pass inspection, she went on to say that they didn't fix the brakes because that would increase the cost of the car. She said they don't do repairs before selling their vehicles as this affects the pricing. How can they say they can't cover replacement brakes on a car purchased 1 month ago. Buyers BEWARE! I month after purchasing I am forced to put in $1000 in brakes and pads etc. To make this worst had to stay home from work until I can actually afford the brakes, losing income, with the expectation that a note should be paid.

Date of experience: August 18, 2022
Washington
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Worst experience ever
August 16, 2022

I made the mistake of buying a car from Carvana. I took the car to the mechanic one day after delivery and he found a huge rat nest on the motor plus the cabin filter was so clogged with hair and peanut shells that the A/C wouldn't cool. They said they do a 150 point inspection but obviously that was not done as they did not even open the hood. "Advocate" there told me that could have happened after I got the car - I had it for one day! Now the tires have broken belts, are dry-rotted and the struts and shocks and brakes have to be replaced too. Unfortunately I trusted them and did not realize the car had so many problems until after the 100 days they allow for any repairs. Now they will do nothing. Avoid Carvana or get a lemon like I did!

Date of experience: August 16, 2022
Wisconsin
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scammers
August 16, 2022

They do everything in their power to not payout a claim. My first claim was covered by Carvana 100-day coverage. I likewise had the carvanacare premier plan. I purchased the vehicle a month ago.

They denied my claim for a tire rotation and wheel balance. The repair shop wanted to do a wheel balance to see if it would fix the vibrations at high speeds. SilverRock claimed that was maintenance and would not pay the claim although I just purchased the car and it was not routine maintenance.

When I explained that all my maintenance was supposed to be covered for the first year or first 15,000 miles, they told me it doesn't cover that type of maintenance. The problem was caused when Carvana put new tires on before I purchased the vehicle. The tires we're installed improperly but they stuck me with the bill, although they claim you have a 100-day warranty.

Furthermore, Carvana advertised their carvancare premier coverage as a bumper to bumper warranty. They fix dings, dents, and tires but the rotations that are needed due to the tires being out of alignment are not covered.

Lastly, there is car paint misted all over the windshield and over the front headlights. It's clear there was some sort of repair done because upon careful inspection small blotches of paint are on different parts around the car. It's, obvious a new window had been installed as well because of the paint chipping around the windshield. This is suspicious because the car was suppose to have had no accidents reported.

Unfortunately, I did not notice until after the 7 days. I believed them when they said I had 100 days to report and issue and they would fix it. I think I will just cancel SilverRock, I mean why bother to file the claim as they fought so vehemently not to pay the first one.

Both companies are ridiculous and I warn would-be customers to just go the traditional route to buying a new vehicle. In my opinion, Carvana and SilveRock are terrible companies preying on consumers. I would not recommend either of them.

This has been a very expensive learning experience. Please don't make the same mistake.

Date of experience: August 16, 2022
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I recently purchased a 2016 Acura LX from Carvana. I had the car inspected by my mechanic that I have gone to for 10 years and he told me that the car had horrible body work done and had obviously been in at least one accident. The car also had a tremendous amount of rust and would likely cost me a signifigant amount of money in the future so the mechanic recomended I return it. Carvana gave me no trouble as they have a pretty straightforward 7 day return policy. I picked out another 2016 LX with ******* less miles on it then the first one I got, and had that one inspected as well. The report on this car was even worse then the first one. It had been in several accidents, had awful body work and paint job, was giving them error codes, and also had a probelm with the transmission. Carvana says none of their cars have been in accidents and they all go through a 175 point inspection. I would really like to see those points because I truly think they are a scam company who attempts to sell lemons to people. In addition to the $400 I spent to have both cars inspected, the situation has also caused me a great deal of stress. I am returning the second car and will not be trying out a third "accident free 175 inspection point" piece of $#*! from Carvana. I would highly recomend everyone stay away from this company.

Date of experience: August 12, 2022
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The car was rescheduled for delivery four days after the original delivery date but there was backup in the mail in general. I was sitting there thinking the guy was going to be very late but it arrived seven minutes after the mentioned time so it was fine, perfect actually. It was very simple. He came in, unloaded the car, asked if I wanted a test drive, and then signed the paperwork. Asked me if I had any questions and told me the estimate for when the metal plates arrive and that Carvana would take care of the registration and everything else. I hardly noticed the small damages that were mentioned on the car I bought. It was cuter than the pictures. A 2014 Hyundai Elantra Hatchback, silver and it drives great. I could not be happier.

Date of experience: August 11, 2022
Texas
1 review
1 helpful vote
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DON'T DO IT
August 11, 2022

PLEASE do not buy a car from Carvana! I got a car delivered yesterday, that said ZERO damage on the listing. The only "imperfection" they listed was minor staining to the center console. This car arrived with over THIRTY damaged areas, and Silver Rock has only approved FIVE for repair. When asked how long it would take to make a decision on the rest I was told 24-48 business hours. Convenient, because we leave for vacation Sunday, and by the time we return the 7 day return period will have lapsed. When asked if I could just get my car back I was told I would have to call the hub to see if it was still there, and if not they would have to put in a ticket to request the vehicle back. Again, with no timeframe in sight, and most likely not until after the 7 day return period. Plus, why am I making these calls? You lied on your listing... I paid over $6500 in cash (loan for the rest) for a vehicle that was supposed to have no damage. Do you think they offered to compensate me for any of this hassle or deception? NO. To make matters worse, even if I keep this vehicle and all repairs are approved, I was told they only pay for 8 hours of a rental. So if it's going to be in the shop for more than one day that expense falls on me. This is not fair or ethical. After making 2 other purchases through Carvana that weren't great, but weren't this bad either, my outlook on Carvana has completely changed. Save yourself the time, energy, and hassle. Go to a dealership

Date of experience: August 11, 2022
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bought a car online bought insurance and they never delivered the car said they had issues with it bs

Date of experience: August 6, 2022
Tennessee
1 review
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No registration still
August 6, 2022

Everything seemed fine until the 30 days was up and I still have no tag! Trina told me she guarantees that I won't get a ticket and that no one has ever had issues but hello you have me driving illegally and that to me is an issue! The description of the vehicle I bought is not the vehicle I received I would stay far away

Date of experience: August 5, 2022
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So I paid my 60k cash,
My car has been delayed 3 times,
Nothing but lies and excuses from Carvana!
Worst car buying experience ever, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME, DONT BUY FROM CARVANA!

Date of experience: August 5, 2022