Mike Watchers Used Cars PA 17901

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Sean Boyle

WARNING: Mike Watcher’s Used Cars & EZ Rent-A-Car – Linked Businesses, Dangerous Practices Customers should be aware that Mike Watcher’s Used Cars (376 Main St, Lavelle, PA) and EZ Rent-A-Car (Pottsville/Schuylkill Haven) appear to be directly connected. Based on my experience, they do not operate with transparency or proper concern for customer safety. I leased a 2018 Chevy Impala LT from EZ Rent-A-Car and immediately experienced serious mechanical issues, including malfunctioning remote start feature, slow, weak crank, a non-functioning passenger-side high beam, and emissions problems that resulted in medically confirmed carbon monoxide exposure. I used an OBD2 scanner and provided the business with a full list of diagnostic trouble codes (including emissions and air flow issues) directly connected to the symptoms I was experiencing — including nausea, shortness of breath, tingling tongue, and eventually collapse during my job as an Amazon delivery associate. The Impala was kept at their garage for 6 days, and I was assured there were “no codes” and “no exhaust issues, also the car does not have remote start” But when I picked up the vehicle after hours, I was provided no paperwork, no intake sheet, no diagnostic reports — just the key. Upon scanning the vehicle myself, several of the same OBD2 codes were still present, along with new ones, proving nothing had been properly resolved. I requested repair documentation in person at the garage and again through the leasing office. To this day, I have received no response. When I returned the vehicle due to the verified health risk, I was coerced into signing vague paperwork listing the wrong vehicle (Malibu instead of Impala) just to receive a refund — and then the check was canceled via stop payment five days later. No warning, no communication, no resolution. The car was actually listed the very next day still featuring the remote start in the online vehicle description. Gina Watcher, who handled the refund and paperwork, appears to be connected to Mike Watcher and this dealership. The coordination between these two businesses makes it clear they operate in tandem. I trusted EZ Rent-A-Car and Mike Watcher’s Used Cars for years, even after multiple defective vehicles — but this final experience put my health and financial safety at risk, and the cover-up afterward has been appalling. If you’re considering doing business with either location: get everything in writing, scan every vehicle yourself, and document every conversation. Better yet, take your business elsewhere.

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Robert Langley

Bought this truck from them 3 years ago with 94k on it. It now has 176k. Great service. Great trucks. I looked at 40 trucks before I found these guys and they hooked me up with my forever truck.

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Lizz Warren (LWarren95)

what a joke him and EZ are. EZ rent to own lies and he does a hack job at "fixing" vehicles. Still waiting for a resolution on this vehicle.