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Fort Pierce, FL
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Bev Smith Kia is a Kia dealership located in Fort Pierce, Florida. It sells new and used Kia vehicles with or without a trade-in. You can estimate your trade-in value and get preapproved for financing online. Sales are available seven days per week, and Bev Smith Kia has a service center on-site for repairs and routine maintenance.
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Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
Scott was very nice to fit me in. I needed an oil change and I was in Ft Pierce. I live in Vero Beach and it's hard to get to Ft Pierce, but Scott always is nice and understands. Not a bad wait and everyone is friendly. Glad I bought my car there.
Reviewed Feb. 22, 2015
I am so happy that I got my 2015 kia soul, I just love the car, it's so cool to drive, my friends love it too. I just love the color, latte brown (M) soul: bk. It handles real good on the road. All around it's a great car, glad I got it. Thank you for working with me to get the car.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2015
Andre was the best salesman we have dealt with in years!!!! Very easy to talk to and very considerate. We really enjoy having him as our salesperson and will deal with him always. Thank you Andre!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015
Angelo is by far the best salesperson I have ever worked with ... From his manners to just making you feel like family... Would recommend and will recommend everyone I know to buy and go to Bev Smith Kia and speak with Angelo....
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2015
Sunroof had defect... I arrived early for my appointment and was taken right away and was finished way before time promised. Car was washed and vacuumed as well. Never been more satisfied with a dealership!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed Feb. 15, 2015
Mr. Nelson ** (salesman) and the staff of Bev Smith Kia were very professional and helpful and provided excellent customer service.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2015
This is the second car we leased at Bev Smith and Angelo far exceeded our expectations. We will be back to lease our third. Thank you Angelo.
George we would like to thank you for being a valued customer.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2015
Service Department is rude! My mother bought two vehicles. She did not want to spend an hour waiting for an oil change and tire rotation so she got upset. I saw this and also got upset. Now, almost a year later they refused to service my car! They intentionally let me sit in the waiting room for 30 minutes before the service manager told me they wouldn't service my car! Jerks!
Reviewed Dec. 24, 2014
This joker keeps sending me all these ads in the mail. I have requested Bev Smith KIA 6 times to remove me from their junk mail list. So called Frank ** hasn't done **!!! I wouldn't buy from these jokers!
Reviewed Nov. 8, 2014
My mom is 79 years old. For the past month, a salesman from Bev Smith Kia in Fort Pierce has been calling her wanting to "make a deal" with her. She leased a 2012 Kia Sportage and was about 18 months into a 3-year lease. She only put 5,000 on the car to date. She told them she wanted to buy them out of her lease because she has this idea that owning the car is better. Well, a snake named Mike sold her the car she had been leasing. The Blue Book value is $15,500 and he sold it to her for $19,000. Mike gave her zero credit for the $5,500 she had already made in lease payments. They gave her a 6 year loan at a 4% APR.
This "deal" was made with my mom on Sunday 02Nov2014. She returned to the dealership the next morning and Mike told her he could not let her out of the deal because he had already sent off the paperwork. (Right!). She pleaded with him and he told her he would let her out of the deal if she had her daughter call him (me). I didn't call because I thought he would be decent enough to let a 79 year-old woman out of this very bad deal.
My mom returned to the dealership again on Wednesday morning and Mike told her the deal was sealed and she would have to live with it "because daughter never called him." My mom left the dealership in tears. I called and could not reach Mike but I left him a voicemail asking him to please void the purchase agreement and let her have her original lease. He never returned my call.
He did call my mother and told her she could buy the car with her own money. So she went over there and he said she could buy the 3-year-old car for $19,500. Keep in mind she has already paid $5,500 in lease payments. My Mom said she could not pay $19,500 for the car and Mike threw the agreement papers at her, went in the hall and called her all kinds of names and everyone could hear it. My Mom left the dealership in tears and she is still, right now, stuck with the 6 year loan at 4% APR and left paying $19,000.
These people at Bev Smith (and even Bev Smith himself if he's going to allow this) are snakes. ALL OF THEM. This is also elder abuse and I am currently looking for an attorney who will help my Mom with this. She can't sleep or eat and is beyond upset about this. She is recently widowed and has very little money and these terrible people at Bev Smith just took her for everything she has and won't let her out of the purchase agreement. NEVER EVER BUY A CAR FROM THESE PEOPLE! EVER!!
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2014
The dealership made my first appointment for my first service when I bought the car. The appt time was 3 pm on a Saturday. When I arrived I saw many people sitting in the lounge waiting for what I suspected was their car. I asked the service rep as to the time frame to service my car. Her response was it was Saturday and "you know how that goes." I don't give a damn what day it is. If the dealership makes a 3pm appt for an oil change I expect within 15 minutes of my appt for my car to be in the bay getting its oil change. The woman was rude and would not look me in the eye when I asked about the time factor. She just smirked like she didn't give a damn. I will not take my car back to the dealer for an oil change ever. This happened at the Kia dealer in Columbus, GA. My time is valuable and I schedule my day around the appt time THEY made.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014
My husband & I went to look at some Kia's because the commercial said $0 down & $0 due at signing. We are a one income family at this time & we owned our previous vehicle for 9 years & it wasn't safe I felt to bring our 2 children to & from school. Upon arrival we were greeted & offered a drink which was nice, but when we discussed our limit to spend the salesman said he could work with us. We ended up with a 2012 Kia Sportage and I noticed a scratch on the hood as well as a small paint chip on the bumper, so I pointed it out & the salesman said it could be fixed. We don't have the best credit or the worst either, so we agreed we could pay $385 a month (Too high I think) but my husband wanted to go for it.
When we finally got into the official "office" we discussed a "platinum" package to where if ANYTHING went wrong all we would have to pay is $50 no matter what. So my husband wanted to add that on too because supposedly the 10,000 mile warranty only covers the engine and not wiring, etc. Anyway, when it was all said & done our payments are now $411 a month for a 2012!! I feel like for that, we could be in a brand new vehicle & I am really having second thoughts. We drove home with a loaner car - a decked out Kia Sorento (what I wanted to begin with) & it was a 2014, leather, and all the bells & whistles. We left the vehicle we purchased yesterday so it could be fully detailed and the guy who sold us the extra warranty package said we would get gas too. So needless to say, I picked it up this morning and the scratch was still on the hood & the paint chip was still on the bumper & detailing???
Highly doubtful because it seemed as though it was hosed off and the tires were sprayed with shine. I had to take it as my husband had an appointment to go to, but I mentioned those things to the man who handed me the keys & he said I had to call the guy who sold it to us who would be in later (which I sure will!!!). So, is it just me or does it seem like a lot of bs especially a 2012 Sportage @ $411 a month?? I am NOT stupid by any means, but we needed a reliable car with school coming up, but the more I think about it, the more I feel kinda ripped off. I will talk more to my husband when he is done running around. Btw, his score was 6 hundred something so I truly feel they could have done better especially since they gave us $4,000 for our trade-in. Comments anybody?
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014
I went in to Bev Smith Kia to purchase my vehicle... The experience was great quick and easy (quick in the sense of buying car). I moved out of this area and needed service and was refused by the kia where I lived.... When I came down here with the same problem, they took me in and fixed my issue under warranty like the other kia should have!!! I am a very happy customer.
Reviewed July 18, 2014
I received a letter from Frank ** saying that Bev Smith Kia wants to buy back my 2011 Kia Opitima LX for $ 17,500. So my wife and I talked to Chris **, car salesman, and he told us that he would talk to his used pre-owned vehicles manager about selling my car back because my wife can't drive anymore. I bought 2 Kias from Bev Smith, a 2009 Kia Optima LX and a 2013 Kia Soul Exclaim within a 3 years. But Chris ** never called me back. And I received a call from some internet salesman saying that he was offering me $5,000 for my car. I said, "Are you crazy? The car only has 18,300 miles on it and it is in excellent condition." The internet salesman said that he would have to get an answer from the higher ups and he will get back to me and he never did either. I will never buy another car from Bev Smith Kia Ever Again.
Reviewed March 30, 2014
I recently bought a Soul from the Ft. Pierce location. I came very close to walking out 3 or 4 times. Their staff was nice enough, but were very high pressure. I requested 3 times a written sheet with the basic info of price, trade in value, taxes, etc. to get to see exactly what the bottom line would be. I did this once verbally and twice by email. I finally got a sheet that the sales person had scribbled so many numbers on in random spots that there was no way to tell what anything was. On my second visit, I had to bring a pad and go over everything very carefully to see what was actually going to be the bottom line. When it didn't match what I had heard the night before and was walking away, they changed the deal enough to match the prior agreement. Two things of note: 1, the salesman said that sales people get $200.00 if you go through Kia finance; 2, to please rate the sales experience all 10's on the survey when you get it and they would send me a $100.00 Visa card.
The survey was broken up into sections, the sale and sales person, the facility and cleanliness, waiting time, finance experience, etc. Not everything got a 10 obviously. About a week later, I got a call from the sales person saying that I hadn't rated it all 10's so I wouldn't be getting the Visa Card, and he wouldn't be getting his Kia money (not sure what that means exactly). So my real experience must have gotten through to Kia? Maybe it's just me, but I find that if they are bribing the customer with a $100.00 Visa Card to give them favorable reviews, that invalidates the whole survey review process. All this experience at Ft Pierce put me off enough that I have since been to the Stuart Kia, which I found was also owned by Bev Smith, for a few accessories and information about my car. So far I have found them to be a friendlier facility. Maybe I should have gone to the Stuart location first.
Reviewed Dec. 19, 2013
The sales people and sales management Joe & Noela and the maintenance people persuaded me to buy the 2006 Dodge Grand Caravan and I was told after taking it back 3 times and being kicked out and off the property, I supposed to had a 60-day warranty. But now I'm stuck with a car and it's unsafe for me and my 7 kids. JOE TOLD ME my car wasn't safe but it was better than the other one they sold me. I traded in my other one and I just want to be taken seriously. Noela held me there by supposed to charging up my phone. But she gave me my phone back dead as when she snatched it away. Someone please help me. Money is too hard to get for these leeches to take from a single mother of 7 children.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2013
Recently, my wife called the local Bev Smith Kia in Stuart about an apparent bubble that has formed on the sidewall of one of their "free" replacement tires. We have less than 7,000 miles on the tires, and I have been very good with keeping accurate tire pressure. We have taken the car there before to have the tires rotated, oil changed etc., so we thought that they would be able to check the bubbled tire. The service wench stated that they don't take care of cars that were purchased in Fort Pierce, therefore they don't take care of tires that were put on at the Fort Pierce store. Really? We've already had our tires rotated at the Stuart store & oil changes! We've already had enough problems with the Fort Pierce store, with one of them owing us $300 so I think that if you want good service, go to your local neighborhood service center. By the way, are they still driving people to Bev Smith Toyota to process all the new car purchasing paperwork? Apparently, they think that by using smoke and mirrors gives you a better experience, but once the car is purchased, they forget about you. Great cars, but the ultimate crap dealership. And I worked for a premium dealership for many years too!
Reviewed June 10, 2013
I took in a mail flyer that offered a base Kia Soul for $11,990. At first, the salesman refused to honor the ad because a marketing department drew up the ad and they had nothing to do with it. When I pointed out that the law made them responsible for the ad, they changed their tune. Now to get that price, I had to be a Coca-Cola employee, who attended the Houston Auto Show, served in the military and recently graduated college. If you get a sales flyer from them, throw it straight in the garbage, because it is meaningless.
Reviewed April 8, 2013
To make it short and sweet, I came in pre-approved for the loan. They told me they can give me a better rate. It took them six days and me calling over and over again to finally find out that my rate was seven points higher than what my pre-approved loan was. I told him from the beginning that if they could not give me a better rate, I wanted to use the original loan. He brushed me off the office and told me don't worry, I can refinance later.
They pulled my credit so many times that my points went down 30 points. They forgot to transfer my tag from my old car. They also gave me a car with major mechanical issues. I had a 30 day or two thousand mile warranty. It had not reached the 2,000 miles or 30 days; however, they had no appointments to see me and my car for over a week, in which I was over 2,000 miles. They refuse to fix it and the general manager never contacted me back. I will never do business with them again, and I will tell everyone I see how horrible they were to me.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2012
I went to Ft. Pierce just to get a price on some new cars. I ended up stopping at Bev Smith KIA, which was a nightmare! A salesman approached us and we started looking at some newer KIAs. After that, he told us to come inside and he would get me some more information. So we do the paperwork and all, and he told me the car will be X amount of money. So I told him that I just can't afford to buy it till I get more income. But he just kept on and on, trying to lower the price so I would just buy it. But he just didn't get that I wasn't even trying to buy anything at the time and that we were just looking. Then he has some higher-up come to the table to haggle me some more. It was just uncalled for. They were just wanting me to spend more money than I even make. All they care about is the money, and not you. And to top it all off, they never gave me my driver's license back. So I had to drive an hour to go back to to get it. Gas is not cheap, people! I would never recommend this place to anyone at all.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2012
I stopped by on Saturday after work to buy a car at the Bev Smith Kia in Fort Pierce. My wife had recommended to a salesman named Novis. He was busy so I dealt with two other salesmen that were great. We reached a deal that if everything stayed the same when we get to the back, it's a deal. But when I got in the back to sign the deal, some finance guy named Ricky sitting in his chair laid back with this dumb look that I've seen plenty of times. He told me we could not get the 6.9% finance. So I told him, "You wasted my time, thank you."
As I walked out, a couple looked at me. All I said was, "they tell one thing here, then something different back there." This salesman, Novis, chased after me with the other salesmen behind and cursed me out, told me to "get the ** off the lot, we don't need your ** business." This is the same guy my wife bought a car from. As I talked back to him, he screamed out, "Your wife don't even like you, bro." At that point, I told him, "hold up, **." I went to my car for a "reason" but I told myself to just stay calm and ask for the main boss' number and go after them the legal way.
This caused a lot of stress and sleep so far, also put more strain on my relationship with my wife because I asked her to go take the car back and tell them how can they treat me that way. I'm thinking about getting a lawyer.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2012
I bought my Kia new at Bev Smith Kia. They said you get free tires and battery for free for the life of the car. They never tell you what you have to do to get this until you need them. The new tires on the first time was okay, then my battery went they said I need a front-end alignment. What does the battery have to do with that and now I need new tries and they said no. I am going to go to the news paper. Bev Smith is liar and dishonest. Thank you.
Reviewed Jan. 3, 2012
My elderly parents bought a brand new Kia 6 months ago from another dealership. While in Fort Pierce, their driver's side seat belt jammed and could not be used, so they stopped into Bev Smith. First thing they asked, "Did you buy it here?" and my 76 year old father said no, but they were in the area when the seat belt broke so they went to the nearest Kia dealership. They told him they would have to order the part and to make an appointment for the following week and let my parents drive off in their car with a major safety issue.
First of all, even if they had a minor accident without the seat belt to hold him back, the airbags could have killed my father. It should be criminal that they would send anyone out on the road without safety equipment working, especially on a new car. To make a long story short, we went up to the dealership about 30 miles away where he bought the car, and they wouldn't let him drive back off the lot without the repairs being done. If the repairs couldn't be made on the spot, they were going to put them in a rental. Kudos to Vero Beach Kia for taking care of my parents. Shame on Bev Smith for their irresponsibility and putting someone in harms way. Vero Beach took care of my parents with their safety issue, where Bev Smith blew them off because they didn't buy their car there.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2011
On Friday 8-12-11, I had some battery problems. It just died on me and I had to call for road service three times that day. The first two were AAA and the third time I called was KIA. I went to Bev Smith for routine maintenance and told the greeter at the kiosk that I had a battery problem, if I stopped the engine it would not start again. He brought someone out from the garage and this guy took the VIN# and came back out to inform me that my 28-month warranty on the battery expired 6 months ago. The car was purchased new from the dealership less than 24 months ago. I tried to tell him but it was the old story about company policy and I can't do anything for you.
Please see attached invoice for battery purchased from Walmart. Please send me a check for $88.94 + tax.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2010
I own a Kia Rio 2007. I bought it brand new, and I am here to complain yet again. I have already complained about the fuse block, the part for the brakes, and several others. I am complaining today yet again, due to the car leaking water in it. We recently had rain in Florida, and I went to get in my car, the day after it rained, and it was wet on the floor, in the back, on the passenger side. I could not figure out how it could have gotten wet back there, if the windows were shut, and the door was shut.
I took it to KIA, and they of course said it was due to a crack in my tail light, which has been there since I got the car in 2007, and I don't even know how that happened either. I really don't see what a cracked tail light has to do with water getting into my car especially since it has been cracked for 3 years. You would think it would have leaked a long time ago.
I took it in to have them change the oil, and to see what the problem was with the leak, and the guy told me that they did not wash my car, or even vacuum it, due to the leak, yet they charged me $35.00, which includes this service. I also found that there is a burn mark in my trunk, on the right side under the mat. Nice. I could blow up in this stupid car, and never even know why. They of course never said anything about that. Kia cars are complete junk, and the service is just as crappy. I have never been treated so poorly.
I had a Chevy Astro van for years, and only traded it in to get this piece of **, because of the gas prices. I wish I could get that van back, because we never had a problem with it the 10 years we had it. My advice to you all is to never buy Kia. I would sell it, but who wants it? It stinks inside now because of the leak. It's funny how every time you take the car there, they come up with some ridiculous reason as to why it's not working like it's supposed to. Kia did call me after my last complaint, and said they would call me back in a week, but have yet to call me, and it has been a month. I guess I will have to seek an attorney to see what they want to do, because enough is enough.
First, all the issues with the fuse block, then more fuse block, then replace this piece, and that piece, and have a guy t-bone me in a parking lot, and the airbags don't go off, yet the door hits me in the leg ,and both doors on the driver side have to be replaced, then more car parts replaced, then piece behind the brake had to be replaced, then there is a burn mark in the trunk, and leaking water, what is next? I am only buying Chevy cars from now on. At least they last for years, rather than months. My car stinks, the burn mark has not even been discussed by Kia, my herniated disks in my neck and my back, now there is mold growing in the car, because of the leak, not to mention the emotional trauma, due to the car breaking down, and not having another car to drive to work. I am missing work for it to get looked at, and leaving work early to get it to Kia before everyone leaves for the day.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2009
The other car I had was a Kia and I was very happy with it. No problems at all. It just got old and I had it for a long time. So when my husband wanted to buy me a new car, I wanted another Kia so he bought me a Kia Sorento. I'm not happy with Kia anymore and I tell everyone I talk to or ask me about my Kia not to buy one and not to go to Bev Smith Kia. I drive 45 miles every day one way to work. I started taking it for the services at the dealership but they were charging me $70 something. So I asked if I took it to another place that was cheaper for the maintenance if that would do anything to my warranty and they said no. I had trouble with my front tires wearing on the inside so I took it to them and was told that I voided my warranty because I didn't get a front end alignment at 1500 miles on a new car and I didn't get it serviced there all the time.
I am still having problems with the front tires wearing on the inside after having two front-end alignments out of pocket. Then the windshield washer stopped working. The battery was bad and inside light won't work. I had it in twice on that still broken. Oxygen sensor was bad so they replaced that but it still doing the same thing. My door handles on P side are broken. I can keep going. Every time I called to tell them that something was wrong, I was told that my warranty was no good.
I have 83,000 miles on the car now and every day it's something else. I won't even call them anymore. I can't wait until I can afford to get a new car and it won't be another Kia. I would love nothing more than to be able to take this car to the lot and walk away but no, I still have to pay for the junk. I'm not looking for apologies. I've enough of those. I just wanted to voice my problems for the last time and hope that other people will see this and never go to Bev Smith and will think twice about buying a Kia.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2008
I have a 2004 Kia Sedona. I'm the original owner and have had it about 48 months. It has 50,000 miles. The warranty says it's good for 60 months/ 60,000 miles. It began making noise last week so I took it to a nearby reputable mechanic to see what was wrong with it. He said it was the axles. He said it would be covered under the powertrain warranty. The items covered include transmission case, transfer case, torque converter, internal parts, seals, gaskets and transmission mounts. Also, axle shafts and C-V joints, seals, hub and wheel bearings.
I took it to Kia half an hour away. They said I need a new transmission and it isn't covered unless I show proof of having my transmisssion serviced at 30,000 miles. They said it'll be over $2000 to fix. I went back to the first mechanic. They looked again and said it was definately not my transmission, just the axels. It would cost about $350 to fix.
They said it should be covered no matter what. They said I should call Kia back and tell them to fix it, since it's in the warranty. I called again and talked to the service manager, Burt. He said he's going with what his mechanic said and even if it was the axels, they wouldn't cover that either without previous service. In the warranty is states: Kia cannot deny warranty solely for the lack of receipts or for your failure to ensure the performance of all scheduled maintenance.
I took the van in Tuesday, Sept. 2nd. Now I'm waiting to see if they'll fix it. I don't have $350, let alone $2000. That's one reason I bought a Kia with a great (supposedly) warranty.
Bev Smith Kia Company Information
- Company Name:
- Bev Smith Kia Stuart
- Company Type:
- Private
- Year Founded:
- 2006
- Address:
- 5655 US Highway 1
- City:
- Fort Pierce
- State/Province:
- FL
- Postal Code:
- 34982
- Country:
- United States
- Fax:
- 772-293-0681
- Website:
- www.bevsmithkia.net
