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America's CAR-MART has specialized in preowned automotive sales and financing services since 1981. The company operates in 12 states, providing flexible financing options for customers with varying credit profiles, ensuring accessible transportation solutions for its clientele.
- Quick problem resolution
- Affordable vehicle options
- Poor vehicle quality
- High interest rates
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Reviewed Nov. 21, 2025
How can you go get your car checked out and know how long it takes to have it fixed. Once you have your car in the shop with their mechanic it takes up to a week for them to fix it when it should only be three days. They don’t even give you a rental to use when it’s their mechanic and their way. All they do is lie lie lie. They can never give you straight forward answers nor can they tell you what they have to replace on you vehicle. This being said people need big discounts or something on their bill. I mean they need to do better with their customers!

Reviewed Nov. 15, 2025
Do not buy car from here. They take your money and lie to you and please don't think you're getting anything with them. Free oil changes, lipstick in Oxford, they use the same oil filter and never check any other fluids. Big rip off, so you're not getting nothing.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2025
I am done with the harassment. I have been dealing with Carmart for years and here recently they decided it's ok to call you the second you are late on a payment and every single day till they talk to you or get their money. Who else in this entire world does that???? Call me when you are coming for the car, other than that Back Off. I work everyday and I can't be seen on my phone. Not to mention just because your policy changed doesn't make it respectful to your clients.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2025
They do not accept cash deals and will lie about their pre-approval application just to try to get you to finance. The Hixon TN location was not friendly and were more interested in selling financing than they were selling a car. They come across as sketchy.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2025
I've Been Struggling with my Business and Health. I've told CarMart of Camden Arkansas numerous times when I'm not able to pay and make an arrangement and they get tired. They have went off on me and was very hateful. I was told to deal with it and they didn't care. Thanksgiving they took my Car Payment and bought my Family Thanksgiving and Said did anyone help us like that? They used our own money we had and was gonna arrange a later payment but threatened us that they need there money and need it now. Then they took a picture with us and said we are family. This company is Hateful.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2025
Worst place ever especially the manager who needs to be replaced above all else, they are crooks that harass you to death over being 5 min late on a payment but when you need them/manager he’s nowhere to be found! Needs to be shut down and investigated!!!!
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2025
I wish there was a -5 star review!!!! This is the worst place to do business! I’m begging everyone to go somewhere else!!! I wasn’t even two weeks past due and I had been making arrangements, they took my car!!! They were our last resort because it was a weekend and I needed a car asap. I wish I never went there!!! The owner should be ashamed for selling lemons and giving people a hard time about it!!! I wonder if the owner even knows how ridiculous the collection process is, even when we make arrangements… they can still take our car?
I had my payment and was waiting for lunch! And when I came out, my car was gone. That is the stupidest collection process I’ve ever heard of! People have said so many bad things about Car Mart, but like I said, it was my last resort and they still gave me a hard time. They sold me a shitty car and left me stranded a few times. Again, I’m begging everyone not to go here because they suck so bad! They don’t care about arrangements or your situation. They don’t even care if you had arrangements to pay.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2025
I bought a 2014 Ford Explorer from Car-Mart Hopkinsville 3 years ago. Second day I had it the car died. It needed a jump. Car mart refused. It's exchange policy I return it was 36 hours after I bought it.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2025
This is Sonya ** a customer of Carmart. I got a call stating I was $10 dollars behind on my last car note. I thought it was ridiculous. You guys called me over $10 dollars. I could understand if I was a week behind or even a month but I pay faithfully every week. I will NEVER I MEAN NEVER DEAL WITH AMERICA'S CAR MART AGAIN.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2025
Interest rates are super high and there is no such thing as an early payoff; you pay the interest regardless, which is BS! Als,o they will NOT work with you if you call and ask for 2 more days on your payments. I was told they would come get it and I would have to pay the repo fee then. They take advantage of people with less than perfect credit. All payments is at least 350 every 2 weeks which puts you at least a 700 dollar car payment, which you could get a lot better car for that much money a month!
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2025
⭐☆☆☆☆ Never Again — Beware. We bought a car from Car-Mart of Harrisonville two months ago, and it has been nothing but a nightmare. They sold us a vehicle with the WRONG size spare tire — making it useless. On our family trip, my husband, our 3 kids, and I ended up stranded on the side of I-80, one of the busiest interstates in the country, with no proper spare.
We were also sold “Good Sam 24/7 roadside assistance” with the car, which should have covered a tow or tire repair. Instead, we sat for five hours with no help. The only tow company open in Rawlins, WY on a Saturday charged us $350 just to pull a tiny staple out of the tire. The tire was left with a dangerous bulge (not their fault — it was the wrong spare’s fault). Because no tire shops were open until Monday, we had to pay for a $170 hotel for two nights. On Monday, we got a ride 1.5 hours to Laramie to buy a $116 new tire.
Total out-of-pocket cost: $636 — all because Car-Mart sold us a car missing essential, operable equipment. While we were stranded, the manager told my husband to keep all receipts and they’d “make it right.” After driving 13 hours home and showing up with receipts, they suddenly refused to reimburse anything and told us to call Good Sam (who we never actually got help from). I was planning to buy another car in a few months, but after this? Never again. If you value honesty, safety, or basic decency, stay far away from Car-Mart of Harrisonville. I will be warning everyone I know.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2025
DO NOT BUY A CAR FROM CAR MART. WHEN I first got my car a 2014 Chevy Cruise the fuel pump didn’t work so they let me trade cars. Now I have a 2015 Chrysler 200. My cords on my battery stripped the 8th day of the return date and they said they couldn’t DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. Then I call them everyday to fix my car and I get the run around. Car been leaking from the roof and everything since I got it. Had my car for three months to fix everything that was supposed to been fixed and NOTHING WAS FIXED AND I MISSED A WHOLE LOT WHILE NOT HAVING MY CAR. Then I tried to get them to fix it again and it a whole new crew in car mart and everyone else had quit. So now I’m dealing with the pain and suffering of car mart! DO NOT BUY A CAR FROM THEM!
Reviewed July 22, 2025
NEVER BUY A CAR FROM CAR MART. IT'S THE WORST EXPERIENCE!!!! Hello, my car was put in the shop almost 3 weeks ago and every time I call the car lot, they give me the run-around. I need something done asap. I pay way too much money for a vehicle and then when I call the car lot, they are so help and rude. I’ve talked to Car Mart already and if something isn’t done immediately, you guys can just have the car back. I’m always on time for my payment and I get this kind of treatment. I’ve talked to corporate once already. I am mother of 4. I work a job and I have to find transportation to get to work and do the things I have to do whenever I should have a car and not get avoided!!!
Reviewed July 21, 2025
New. This have to be one of the worse experiences I have had. The rep was good but dealing with trying to pay your car note is insane. They turned my car off for $1 literally then my payments was not set up as asked on my pay days so every month I have to call set up arrangements. On top of that they can never give you the date you ask for when it's not even my fault. Then was told to set payment for right date the amount will go up and I already pay $782 on a 2020. SMH.
Reviewed July 2, 2025
I bought my first car, a 2014 Chevy Cruze, from America’s Car Mart on Feb 4. It had problems from the start—burning smell, weak A/C, slow acceleration, and oil issues. The turbo failed twice, the car runs hot, and the check engine light (P2096) came on. I later learned it failed emissions on Jan 28, passed on Jan 29, and they sold it to me days later. I tried to return it within 7 days, but they refused. I even had to bring my dad just to get them to push through any repairs. They take forever to fix anything, making me miss work and spend extra on rides. Now I just want the car gone and out of my name.
Reviewed June 12, 2025
Love to leave people stranded with no way home over 100 miles away from your home even when you have kids. They need to be shut down. Also they do not like to work with you at all. All they want is money and that's all it about. They need shut down and sued.
Reviewed June 3, 2025
It's terrible when you can't tell in 7 days whether you'd like your vehicle or not especially when you've only put 160 mi on it and 60 of it was getting it home but yet you can't trade it back in for something that you really like because the 7 days are up when it's in the same condition as when I left there with it actually better condition because I put side steps on it so yeah I'm very unhappy.
Reviewed May 20, 2025
2013 white Nissan Sentra. They told me if I get this car and make a few payments, I could get into something else. JD and NICK Lies!!!! Needed a transmission After five or six months. They replaced it with a bad transmission.
Reviewed April 26, 2025
DO NOT BUY HERE! You will end up paying over $23,000 for a vehicle that is worth MAYBE $5000. I signed on a tiny tablet and could not read anything. They said "Don't worry, we'll email it right over to you." A week later and nothing. Went in and asked for it. "Printer is down". Decided to make my first payment early while I was there. $20 more than I was quoted and they still will not show me the deal! I said I didn't like the car or the way I was being treated "Well you signed a legally binding contract." SHOW ME THE CONTRACT! Can we change the deal or the car? "Over 7 days, our hands are tied". THEY INTENTIONALLY WITHHELD THE PAPERWORK FOR OVER 7 DAYS SO THAT I WOULD HAVE NO RECOURSE! "Would you like to just leave the car??" After giving you over $1300 already? I bet you would love that! These are soulless, heartless, putrid people that prey on the weak. I am disgusted that I ever went here.
Reviewed March 27, 2025
Three weeks ago NYS DMV sent a request to send my information over with lean information. After the request was sent I called America CarMart in Cotton Dale Alabama. They confirmed that they received the request. After not hearing anything for two weeks I called America CarMart and was told by the office manager that nothing was sent by NYS DMV. NYS DMV sent another request and CarMart stated that they received the second request and keeps telling me that they emailed the paperwork. NYS DMV still hasn't received anything and now when I call the manager is busy. Maybe I need to be late in a car payment just so I can talk to the manager.
Reviewed March 27, 2025
No STARS would be the appropriate choice. They are crooks!!! Would not recommend to anyone especially if they are having a hard time because a car from them will drag the hardships until you're out of contract with this company.. I work in customer service and best believe I've made it a point to tell people to avoid this place.
Reviewed March 20, 2025
The most recent car I am financing from Car Mart is horrible. I have had it less than 3 or 4 months but in that time frame I have put in roughly 8k dollars into it personally to keep it running. One thing after another. Will be my last vehicle from them.
Reviewed March 14, 2025
I want to warn anyone and everyone that I've experienced 3 engine replacements in the past 7 months and this most recent time (second engine) which the mechanic kept my car for over 2 months and I racked up 300 a week on car rentals. Just for CAR-MART to give me my car back and have the same issue as before! I hope as you read this you know that this company is horrible!! They have no compassion and with 3 engine replacements (rigging my car) the Gm "Travis" refuses to put me in another vehicle just to repeat this engine scenario again as of today! So as I write this just know if you would like to work your ** off and throw your money away for a car that doesn't work part of the year than this is the place for you!!
Had my car for maybe 3 days and tried to tell service manager that nobody fixed anything and same issue with car! So here we go on 3rd engine replacement and it's when it's convenient for them. Keep in mind 500 deposit for rental car plus 300 a week on top of my car payment which is 250 every 2 weeks. Yes I'm still required to make payments while car is on 3rd engine replacement!! If anybody is reading this please stay away from this place. Literally a nightmare this GM has no sense at all!!
Reviewed March 10, 2025
I purchased my current vehicle from Carmart of Meridian in late June or early July of 2023. I initially went to Carmart to purchase a vehicle and had my eyes set on a white 2015 Chrysler 200S. During the test drive, I noticed the vehicle was vibrating while idling. When I brought this issue up, the saleswoman was dismissive and visibly irritated. Instead of addressing my concerns, she got the general manager involved.
After speaking with the general manager, she assured me the issue would be taken care of and gave me a voucher to have the brakes checked, which was only valid for a week or two. However, I informed her that the problem was not with the brakes but with the heavy idling. She continued to insist that it would be resolved. I then had an issue with the cost of the vehicle, and after some haggling, the general manager told me they would lower the price by a couple of thousand dollars. Believing that the vehicle would be fixed, I signed the paperwork, provided my down payment, and drove off in my new car.
Ongoing Issues and Unresolved Repairs. A week after purchasing the vehicle, the check engine light came on. I called Carmart, and they directed me to their maintenance department. However, every time I called, I was either left on hold indefinitely or, when someone finally picked up, they immediately hung up without speaking. After numerous failed attempts to reach them, I decided to drive to the dealership in person to report the issue.
Their maintenance technician checked the code, cleared it, and assured me the check engine light would not come back on. However, the very next day, the light turned back on. I went through the same frustrating process of calling repeatedly, eventually driving to the dealership again. Once more, the technician simply cleared the code instead of addressing the root problem.
This pattern repeated for weeks. Each time, they would clear the check engine code, and within days, it would return. On one visit, the technician told me the vehicle needed a new O2 sensor but still did nothing to resolve the issue. Whenever I tried to escalate the matter to the service advisor, I was met with no response or indifference.
After weeks of persistence, I was finally told, “We are looking into it; we will contact you when we find a resolution.” This was just weeks after I had purchased the car. I waited for their response, but it never came. When I called back, I was given the same runaround—left on hold, hung up on, or met with a rude attitude.
Recall Excuse and Continued Delays. Eventually, the service advisor told me that the car had an active recall that was likely causing the transmission problems and that completing the recall repair would resolve everything. She assured me that she would schedule the recall appointment and call me with the details. I waited for months with no response. Tired of waiting, I decided to call the repair shop myself, only to find out that Carmart had never contacted them about my vehicle.
I scheduled the recall on my own, but because the repair shop was already backlogged, it took additional months to get the car in for service—something that could have been avoided if Carmart had scheduled it when they initially claimed they would. When the recall was finally completed, the check engine light remained on, and the same problems persisted. Once again, I went through the endless cycle of trying to get a hold of someone at Carmart, only to be met with indifference.
Warranty Denial and Out-of-Pocket Expenses. Recently, my car started overheating, an issue covered under my warranty. I immediately contacted Carmart, but as always, I was met with delays and rude customer service. After three days of continuous calls, I finally spoke with the service advisor, who asked if I had the car diagnosed. When I told her I thought Carmart would handle the tow and diagnosis, she responded, “No, we don’t do that.” When I asked which repair shop to take it to, she told me to choose any shop and then abruptly hung up. Confused, I called back, and the receptionist—who was extremely rude—told me that Carmart did cover towing and provided me with a tow company’s contact information.
I had the car towed to a reputable repair shop, where they diagnosed the issue: broken heater hose connectors, which had been previously repaired incorrectly. The repair shop informed me that this was something that should have been covered under my warranty. However, when I contacted Carmart, they told me that because I had the repair done at a shop outside their network, they would not cover the cost—even though I was explicitly told I could take the car anywhere. As a result, I was forced to pay out of pocket and missed three days of work.
Corporate Involvement and Payment Disputes. Frustrated, I contacted Carmart’s corporate office and explained the situation. They opened a case and told me the GM of Carmart of Meridian would contact me. The next day, the GM called, apologized for the issues, and promised to get my car fixed. She even offered to take the car back and put me in a different vehicle, but I declined because I had already paid nearly two years on this one and did not want to start over on a new loan. The day after my car was repaired, I called Carmart to request a one-week payment deferment since I had missed work and paid for repairs out of pocket. I was told that it was not possible, even though it had been done for me before.
Then, I was blindsided by an additional charge—a “seasonal payment” that I had never been informed about. When I asked what it was for, I was given conflicting answers: first, they claimed it was to help with my down payment (despite me already paying $2,000 upfront), and then they changed the explanation to, “It helps people pay off their vehicles faster.”
I called corporate again, and they told me that seasonal payments were meant for people who receive tax refunds. Since I owe taxes instead of receiving a refund, they advised me to tell the dealership so they could waive the fee. However, when I relayed this to Carmart, they refused, with my account rep stating, “Corporate doesn’t run this place—our GM said everyone has to pay, so everyone has to pay.”
Final Thoughts. Carmart of Meridian has provided nothing but poor service, broken promises, and misleading information. I have paid $6,528 so far ($251 every two weeks) and still owe $12,092.63, bringing the total cost of the vehicle to $18,787 at 16.5% APR—for a car that is worth only around $5,000. This is my second vehicle from Carmart, and I was on time with nearly every payment on both. Yet, when real issues arose, I was met with nothing but delays, rudeness, and dishonesty. It wasn’t until I contacted corporate that Carmart of Meridian even pretended to care.
They are now hounding me about a seasonal payment that I was not informed of until this situation started. Stating that I owe them several hundred dollars and that they are going to tow my car. i have only been one week late and that is because of this situation yes they threaten to tow my vehicle. Their handling of my situation has been completely unprofessional, and I would not recommend them to anyone.
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2025
I got a 2014 Ford Focus titanium hatchback from the America's car-mart in Montgomery Alabama and I have only made two payments on it and the transmission went out on it. The company called me and they told me that it was going to be replaced. My car has been sitting outside the mechanic shop for almost two weeks now and they still have not worked on it. Also the company says that it is their policy not to give loaner cars. I have given them 1700 dollars so far in payments.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2025
They'll get you on the road but you will pay 4-5 times more than anything you get from them. I gave them an extra star out of the goodness of my heart. Best bet take your tax money and buy something outright.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2025
Carmart is hands down the worst place to purchase a car if you are looking for a reliable one, what they do have, is great customer service and quality workers but fail to explain the car's value and what it needs before selling, car vendors in Durant has given me information about the cars I looked into in great detail while Carmart fails to mention smallest flaws in the cars they sell. As I know car salesmen do what they do and not every one is truthful about what they give and take but they are worst at working with people when it is a place of getting a car with bad credit. I highly suggest buying a car from a stranger one on one than going to this place as that stranger is probably more truthful and honest about what they are selling and same goes for cavenders in Durant! Good luck with the experience you have and I hope anyone that goes there has a better experience than I have!
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2025
Car Mart in Corinth was the worst experience! I financed a car! Not even 2 days later it just wouldn’t crank. Not to mention I never even got at tag for it. So after almost 2 weeks without a vehicle, and calling to check on the progress of fixing it, almost 2 weeks later the final answer was they couldn’t fix it. I was reimbursed and put in a different vehicle that wasn’t any better. I didn’t even have it long enough to pay a note. It had a power steering problem and transmission was overheating, But wanted me to pay the remaining balance of the second bad vehicle I was put in. I will never go back.
Reviewed Dec. 21, 2024
I am 59 years old and I have bought a lot of cars over the years and I can say without a doubt this is the worst experience I have ever had buying a car. The seven day 100% satisfaction is a joke. They were not willing to help me in any way with things that were wrong with the car, just wanted those seven days to end so that I had to make payments. Called the regional office, they never got back with me either. If you look at how many 1 star reviews they have compared to anything else it should tell you all you need to know. This place is a flat out joke. My store is in Lexington Ky. Go anywhere else. It can't be this bad!!!!
Reviewed Dec. 17, 2024
Do not buy from the Elizabethtown store. I was behind on my payment and I pay what I could and they still reposted my car. The manager Chris ** ordered my repo. His account people Crystal another lady would call me after I made a partial payment what I could afford. They made up missed payments. Switched it. What we didn't agree was rude. Hung up on me numerous times. Don't tell you or inform you of repossession your car. They try to bully you into paying a lot and the car I bought it was a 2010 Ford Explorer worth like 5500 Thousand dollars and I paid nearly 4,500 over time and they still reposted the truck. They priced it 15 thousand over value of vehicle.
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