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CarGurus has a rating of 2.3 stars from 365 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about CarGurus most frequently mention customer service, good deal, and phone number problems. CarGurus ranks 630th among Car Buying sites.

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    74
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    69
  • Shipping
    29
  • Returns
    32
  • Quality
    60
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 33.3%
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Top Positive Review

“Karplus Auto 🚗 Customer Service is amazing 🤩”

kerri c.
4/6/24

I would like 👍 to thank Kobe and Luis and their team of Car sales professionals for going above and beyond to provide a contract to meet our family needs. I will recommend Karplus Auto in San Fernando Valley to anyone interested in purchasing a vehicle 🚗.

Top Critical Review

“Private Sellers Beware”

Jeff T.
2/22/24

I listed with CarGurus as a private seller not once, but twice on the same car. First time I listed the car at my own price, and they gave me a good price rating two days later after my payment had cleared to them. It was dropped to a fair price. So I canceled the ad until I could afford to lower the price a month later I relisted the vehicle at their suggested price which they gave me a good price rating again, but when my payment cleared, the rating was dropped to a fair deal rating again. When I called, they said it had nothing to do with anything but the fair market value. It's awful funny how the fair market value could change after two days not once but twice! Sellers Beware this site is a scam!

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1 review
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August 21st, 2020

I listed my car on Cargurus. I had a buyer lined up who said they wanted to do the deal remotely using CarGurus PAY (their online "Escrow" service - great idea, but it doesn't work). I went through all the steps, submitted all my personal information, DL photo, bank information, only to have their platform FAIL repeatedly to complete the final step of linking to my bank. It's a huge, National Bank, I don't have a lien, either - I tried a second bank - same problem. Support was UTTERLY USELESS. No phone number, just email, and after several emails, the guy says, "it appears we might not be able to help you with your transaction". Well, No Sh*t. He suggested calling the DMV? AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE.

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October 15th, 2022

I looked on CarGurus because I have looked at cars before on the website and it was reliable the first time, I used them. I didn't want to finance a car because I didn't think it was in my budget, but I found a car that had low mileage had no prior accidents and looked like it was a good reliable car. It was called SHMULO LLC, they were a little hard to find but if you call them, they can direct you. My friend drove me there, and I ended up having to finance the car, but it was very easy and honest process. He was considerate of my position and assured me that I could call to refinance if I needed to. Highly recommend this place if you are looking for a friendly dealership that cares about the bottom line paying off your car loan.

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January 19th, 2022
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Mistakenly signed up with this company through a rep named Anal O'Brien, a real see you next tuesday type of gal. Worthless leads unless you like talking to call center/ boiler room morons that do nothing but pump up the fake stats on calls received. They put their own FAKE NUMBER in your ad and try to EXTORT these hidden goldmine numbers to try to upsell another POS product. Another hilarious joke is their opinion of what they think a car is worth. THEY DON'T EVEN SELL CARS. DO NOT use them, ask fellow dealers their opinion... Read the Google review of them. RANKED #204 FOR DEALER WEBSITES... THEY EARNED IT

Tip for consumers:
Ask fellow dealers about their results with this platform (if you can find one, most leave) ...Ranked #204 by Google. Horrible experience, fraudulent claims, fake leads, # disconnected many many times, then they count these as solid leads. Even had the gypsy warranty telemarketers calling.....A zero rating would be deserved....Just hoping to deter 10+ dealers to skip this company over and go somewhere else.

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March 15th, 2021

I listed my vehicle for sale and their instant market value showed *******. Then a week later it shows *******, so you get ripped off pricing too cheap. Scam and not to be trusted.

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AVOID

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May 21st, 2022

Is really bad customer services a sales people all what they worry about it is to take your money and than they will play game with u watch out for this guy

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is really bad experience with this company don't use them

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October 29th, 2019

They have all fake leads they they over charge and if you pay more your car show up as a great deal not recommend to shop or do advertising with Cargurus.

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March 31st, 2023

Overcharged with bad service:

What happens to us? The radius of our car dealer was reduced without notice. When we asked, why this happened. The answer was your plan is not in effect anymore. If you want to back to reach more shoppers, we put you on another plane which is two times more expensive. Later this year, they asked for more money to show our cars before other dealers. Another dealer should buy more to be at the top. And so on. Through the last three years, we found ourselves paying CarGurus more than half of what we earn.

Bad customer service: No one answered. If you find someone responding to your call, he/she answers call your account manager. We leave a message to the account manager several times, no answer.

Circle of evil:
Small Dealers like us buy cars fix them and pay rent, insurance, and salaries, in the end, CarGurus shares the profits. Using the same technique. Rising some dealers over others and back repeat the circle again.
I do not recommend CarGurus to any dealers or buyers.

Tip for consumers:
Do not trust CarGurus

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July 22nd, 2019

NEVER NEVER LOG ONTO CAR GURU. THEY WILL PERMANENTLY RECORD YOUR CELL PHONE OR COMPUTER NAME AND SEND YOU THOUSANDS OF UN SOLICITED E MAILS FOREVER! THEY WILL SCREW UP YOUR DAILY LIFE! THIS IS THE MOST DESPICABLE NASTY COMPANY OUT THERE THAT WILL HARASS YOU FORT HEIR OWN PROFIT... DON'T BE STUPID AND BE ENTICED TO THEIR SLEAZY CRAP. AND THEIR CARS ADVERTISED ARE NOT THE BEST LISTS ANYWAY

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September 25th, 2021

Worthless! Don't waste your money trying to sell your vehicle with them. I paid for the premium listing and they buried it so deep no one could find it.

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February 14th, 2020

So after spending the money to list on the site, I've concluded this is likely a total scam run by dealers. Here's my story and I will quickly amend my rating and response if someone proves me wrong. As a private party selling, you list your car with details. You provide a VIN to verify. The listing looks good and there is this "contact form" for an interested buyer to reach you. Here's the catch. They enter their phone and email into the form - but that contact information does not get to you. You can only chat electronically on the site and if you enter a phone number or email they block the message. So there is no way to have a conversation with a buyer. Dealers however can list numbers. Several buyers were interested in my car - a very nice car. I finally snapped a photo of my phone number for them so they could see it and we were able to get connected. But within the hour CarGurus deleted the photo. They say this is to protect the parties, but it pertains only to private buyers. Again, I am open to amend my opinion if someone can show me otherwise. The buyers were as frustrated or more so than me. I even had friends run test inquiries and send their contact information but nothing came.
It's a dealers site. It's not a private party site. Don't waste your money listing with them.

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August 4th, 2020

I saw scar one price and when I got ready to go purchase the car Nissan in Buffurd Georgia had lied about the price and I went back on Guru and they had upped the price in one day. Sad and told me to show them a picture!

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May 11th, 2018

I have sold several cars through this site generally works very well, BUT?
AFTER PICKING YOUR DESIRED CAR, FEATURES, MILEAGE AND PRICE to buy a car You try to use the search by distance button, it will not change beyond your first pick. You go to change it with your perfect options selected and NOPE that drop down menu is not usable! CAN"T SEARCH BEYOND CERTAIN DISTANCE! REALLY?

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February 20th, 2020

Excellent customer service, very helpful, good communication and a very smooth transaction! Would recommend to anyone looking to by new or used vehicles

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May 17th, 2022

This company run my credit report without my authorization just for getting on their site looking at different vehicles I did not apply for any vehicle.

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Be very leery on putting any of your information on this site, they give it to other companies. And they run your credit report without even asking. Absolutely not professional.

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May 14th, 2021

Car Gurus makes it difficult to leave bad reviews for dealers that are running scam. Most dealers are just fishing for personal financial information and not really serious about selling a car

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January 27th, 2018

0% CUSTOMER SERVICE $2500-3500 YEARLY PRICE INCREASE START U OFF CHEAP THEN SUCKER PUNCH U AT EVERY TURN AND RAISE $ WHEN U START TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY ARE A HORRIBLE COMPANY TO DEAL WITH AND A VERY DISHONEST EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE NO CONCERN FOR U OR BUSINESS

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February 18th, 2020

This advertising company will rate vehicles on price and when you see the car that they list as a "great deal" it's junk! As they say you get what you pay for.

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June 9th, 2023

Phil has the worse customer service I ever dealt with. He hung up on my face because he want to over charge me and make me pay more for no reason because he knows we use them. He refused to deal with me. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY THEY WILL TRY TO SCAM YOU.

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January 31st, 2019

This guy was honest upfront and willing to work around our busy schedule.
We bought an awesome truck for truly a fair even a steal from him, we would definitely buy another vehicle from this dealer.

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September 28th, 2019

I'm looking for a wheelchair accessible vehicle Cargurus brag about being the biggest car site but no search words or option to look for customized vehicle like autotrader or cars.com

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September 9th, 2019

This is our 2nd Mustang purchase and We could not be happier with the service we have received from Sergio Fabian from Bill Currie Ford. We got an excellent deal and walked away for the 2nd time with a gorgeous Mustang. We certainly recommend Sergio Fabian from Bill Currie Ford and will definitely be back for a 3rd vehicle. Also, would like to thank Jason from Finance, very pleasant as well. We have made Bill Currie Ford our go to home for our Mustangs!

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October 3rd, 2022

Car dealers never get in touch when you send email via car guru complete waste of time and effort I tried and sent over 6 emails through car guru not one reply from garages wanting to do business
DO NOT USE THEM

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November 5th, 2019

Totally useless site given that they allow dealerships to advertise vehicles without a price... what good is the Price Filter and last thing I want is dealerships calling me trying to haggle a sale out of me for something that was overpriced to begin with... DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH CarGurus

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November 27th, 2019

Great site easy, transparent, great tools for sellers and buyers. But way too complicated once the sales transaction begins. Slow buying process for customers.

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July 15th, 2021

Cargurus is a parasite site that feeds off other paid sites so stream (RSS) then try to extort money from the dealers by bombarding them with fake leads. Dealers don't even know their ads are being stolen and abused. No "buyer" from cargurus EVER responds which is how you know for sure that they're fake because anyone interested enough to reach out, always replies with at least a "thank you". They have bots that generate auto names and usually the reply is "please send carfax" because of course they sell carfax reports. The fake names are ridiculous like Joseph Abdallah (see attached) and Mary Mohammed (Christian and Muslim together) or Tom Barahanakulanakruga.? In any case, they send a few leads then start calling for your $1000 a month because they claim to be worth it due to the great leads you're getting LOL. For buyers, find out where the car is being sold and contact them directly because Cargurus will never allow you contact with the dealer without them getting a cut. Parasites. Shop on Kijiji or in person. Even Facebook is creating fake profiles now to send fake leads to dealers. Dealers are getting ripped off by most advertisers. We don't mind paying for honest business. Whoever runs this site are complete dirtbags.

Tip for consumers:
Don't let the parasitic nature of the site owners tarnish your view of the hard working car dealers that they steal the ads and money from. Most don't know their ads are even being stolen.

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