Baja Auto Sales

As a first time buyer, I had an incredible experience purchasing from Baja Auto. After a couple of weeks of online research trying to find a safe, reasonably appealing car under $ 9000, I was extremely excited to find that Baja had the perfect car for me. Franco and Ricky were incredibly kind, helpful, honest, and reasonable. They’re amazing people and I am extremely grateful that I purchased from this dealer. I can’t help but be skeptical because my car seems too be in such good condition externally, I have no idea what the possible damages are internally. However, I did get a full report similar to Carfax but issued from the DMV. I haven’t had any problems or complaints so far and it’s been 2 days! With that being said, thank yiu Baja Auto and all the representatives that helped me!

First off I just would like to thank the guys at Baja auto sales for helping me get the car that I have been looking for for 3 months
Tony and Gilbert made it very easy then the other dealerships that were just giving me the runaround trying to tell me my credit wasn’t good enough and that the car was too expensive for me they suggested that I look for something under 9000
I love my charger everyone complimented me on it and my hat goes off to these gentlemen for really giving me a chance. It was literally a walk in the park I was in and out in less than an hour.
I am Telling all of my friends an family to go see these guys they know what they are doing trust me.
Thanks Baja Auto Sales!

DO NOT do business with these people!!! I purchased a used VW Beetle from them* on 11÷26÷11. I was told by the man, Joe, who allowed me to test drive the car that the car was in good shape. I asked specifically about the transmission, and he stated it was good. Outwardly, the car did appear fine. I told him I commute and need something safe and reliable; a car that I didn’t have to put anything else into for awhile, and I was told the car «needed nothing». He assured me this car was in great shape and that I was getting a «steal». Additionally, he tried to sell me $ 1,200 warranty. I said no because I was already over budget paying CASH and was told the car was in great shape. He said, «well, drive the car a few days, then let me know. I’ll backdate it because I’m only supposed to sell you this the day of purchase.» Hmmmmmm… this begs two very important questions: 1) why, if the car needed nothing, would I return after driving it a few days and pay another grand? What would make a person return and spend more if the car ran fine? 2) why would he be willing to commit fraud for me, a stranger? Obvious answer: Because he KNEW the car was a lemon and KNEW I’d need the transmission fixed.
I bought the car on a Saturday night, and it was dark by the time all the paperwork was filled out in Canoga Park. Then Joe drove me to his house in Glendale to actually get the car. From there, I drove it a mere 5 miles home, and that was it for the weekend– I didn’t drive it again until Monday morning, so after having only driven it once a mere 5 miles, I now get on the freeway for my 25 mile commute to work. On the 101 about 9 mins into my commute, the car bucked when I accelerated, then it slowed down (no power) and I was almost rear-​ended by the person behind me. Needless to say, the second I made it to work (the last of the 3 legal days I have by law to RETURN the car) I called Joe panicked and told him what happened, and that I wanted to return the car because it seemed there was something wrong with the transmission. He refused a return, ASSURING me that the car was fine and that the computer just needed to be «reset». He told me he had the machine at his house to do this, and to stop by after work, which I did. He hooked up it, punched a few buttons, and sent a very skeptical me on my way. Again, since his home is but a few (non-​freeway) miles from my home, it seemed fine. But when I got back on the freeway again the next morning, yet again the car did not know what gear it was in as was acting up. I called Joe again when I made it to work, and told him I was furious, that this car had a bad transmission and he knew, etc. He tried to tell me that the car’s transmission must have gone bad on the 5 mile drive home from his place to my house! WHAT? Does he really think I am so stupid as to believe the car had ZERO issues or zero signs of a bad tranny, but the VERY DAY I happened to buy it, all hell broke loose? That after 88K miles, the 5 miles I put on it were what did it in? C’mon!
Long story short, they sold me a car with a bad transmission, and they HAD to know about it. The drive from the dealership to his house is almost identical to my work commute. Every single trip I made to and from work, the transmission went haywire– the digital read-​out showed ALL gears bracketed. So, having made the SAME trip to get the car to Glendale, I KNOW they knew. The car did it every single time it went on the freeway. LESS THAN A WEEK after purchasing this car, I could no longer drive it at all. For 1.5 months I had to find a ride from Los Feliz to Chatsworth. It cost me $ 6100 to replace the transmission. I’ve also sunk another $ 1000 on top of that for a boost solenoid, valves, etc, because even with the new tranny, the car was still losing power! Now I’ve spent about 16K on a car with 90,000 miles on it! «AS IS» should not mean one can lie. IF, and I’m saying IF, Joe honestly did not know the car’s condition, he had no right telling me the transmission, etc, was fine. Had he said he didn’t know the condition for sure, I would have returned with a mechanic. He very deliberately led me to believe the car had been checked out and was in great condition. He’s since basically told me to f**k myself, and the same thing of Baja Auto as well (apparently he doesn’t work FOR them but WITH them) and I’m taking him and them to small claims.
I was contacted yesterday by another young woman who bought another of his bugs the same week, who is also dealing with similar issues.
These people are crooks and make their money selling junk cars to hardworking people! Buy from them and kiss your savings goodbye! I was also told by a mechanic that they cannot believe this car ever passed emissions, though the Carfax says it did. I say he’s got a crook buddy (who happens to live right near him) testing his car’s emissions. I also believe he is in cahoots with the warranty guys. STAY AWAY FROM BAJA AUTO!