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Category detail · Jerry Seiner Buick GMC South Jordan

Communication

Unreturned calls and the silence that follows a sale, follow-up work that was promised and never mentioned again.

21 of 97 records mention communication gaps — nearly one in four of the store's records. Only 3 carry published ratings, all one-star. Recent accounts cluster heavily, with 13 of the 21 in the past two years and 8 of those in 2025, suggesting the pattern is current.

The dominant thread is the unanswered callback or message after a sale. Six records specifically mention that phone calls went unreturned. Reviewers describe calling repeatedly about items that were promised, items that were billed but not done, or accessories that were supposed to be installed. One 2025 account describes being texted the day after purchase asking if everything was going well, responding with a question about an error, and then getting no response. Another describes waiting two weeks with no callback about promised work.

Service department callbacks form a related cluster within the larger communication issue. The earliest records mention service advisors who went weeks or months without returning a message. One named individual recurs across multiple years and multiple platforms for exactly this — not returning calls or providing updates. Because multiple independent reviewers name the same person across different years, it reflects a customer pattern in the data.

Several accounts describe the experience of follow-up after the transaction closing: accessories left uninstalled that the buyer then had to chase, extended warranty coverage that was sold but never filed, and questions about how items were billed — all of which required repeated efforts to get a simple answer.

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What this summary is drawn from

21 matching reviews of 97 in Jerry Seiner Buick GMC South Jordan
21.6% of this view mentions this theme
5 source platforms represented
2011-04-01 – 2026-07-22 date range of matching reviews
3 of them carry a published star rating
13 posted in the 24 months before this dataset was built (61.9%)
5 drew a public reply from the dealer (23.8%)
Yelp largest single source, with 6 of 21
2025 busiest year for this theme, with 8
4 / 2 labelled service / sales by the source; 15 carry no department label

This summary was written about Jerry Seiner Buick GMC South Jordan specifically, from the reviews counted above — not adapted from the group-wide text. Switch to All dealerships for the group view.

How reviews were matched to this theme

A review counts toward this theme when the source platform labels it nothing in particular and its title or body contains any of the terms below. Matching is a plain substring rule applied to every review identically — it is not manual classification, and it does not judge whether the complaint was justified. A review can match several themes, so the per-theme counts overlap and will not add up to 97.

call back callback called back never called no response voicemail return my call returned my call unanswered communicat follow up follow-up email ignored hung up left a message no update updates

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