Gold Rush Auto Wholesale - Sanger, California

Mariah T.

absolutely horrible , have the messages. Drove all the way from hanford to come get a car. I told them it was hard to make my way down here with my 2 babies but we were on the way. Messaged the whole time and asked if still available and they confirmed and gave a thumbs up i said 30 minutes out and right when we pulled up someone had the car i was only super upset because the time we waisted and the communication was just them lying and at least gave an update letting us know someone was here looking. No one even cared when we got there it was not their problem. HORRIBLE PEOPLE

John C.

15 months later. Where is the title Dean. Car can't be driven without tags. Do not pay cash for your car here. They pocket and run. Do not do business here

All F.

Can't give 0 stars otherwise I would. I'm definitely not a Karen, and I understand I got myself into this. But the way they handle their business is violating CA business policies.

Sold me a complete lemon. They knew it was a lemon, the methhead that answers the phone tells me, well you shouldn't have bought a used BMW.
Really? You shouldn't sell a car that isn't up to CA guidelines.
The vehicle has a bad transfer case, valve stem seal were glued with what looks like Elmer's glue,

I bought the vehicle for almost 7k. A d I've put 11 thousand dollars in the past two years into this car. It still doesn't pass smog. I've had issues with this vehicle since 2 weeks after I bought it. It's been sitting for months because I've literally worked and spent all my money fixing stuff on it.

Now it won't pass smog, it smokes through the exhaust, and state of CA will give me 500 for it, and carvanna will only offer 500. Everytime I've called to ask any info, I've been treated like scum.

Janeth B.

They’re so unprofessional Kathy and Dean both do not know how to communicate with customers. They have horrible customer service. We had boughten a car from them never received tags for the car, they never told us that the car had not passed smog and they had sold the car to us knowing that information. When we took the car back they said they would work on it so that it would pass smog and let us know when it was fixed. Months went by, we would call and one person would say that the car was fixed, and we should up in person. Dean told us that he was still working on the car and that they would write up a contract so they would sell the car and give us the money back. That never happened. When we would call they would hang up on us. I told her that I had tried calling almost every week and she said that that’s a lie. They said that they tried to get a hold of me and my boyfriend by calls and letters that we never received. When confronted about this Kathy said “you’re calling me a liar” and hung up the phone on me.

Jason T.

DON'T BUY HERE!!!!! CROOKS!!!
On November 16, 2023 at approximately 4:30 p.m., I purchased a 2014 Dodge challenger from Gold Rush auto wholesale. The sales person name is Dean Perry and because of the mileage on the car (144,000) I was unsure I wanted to buy the car. He assured me that the car had a clean carfax report and that they thoroughly check all their vehicles and they even warrantee the vehicles engine and transmission for life. This fact alone sold me the car which out the door cost me $9600.00.
On November 18th I went to run errands and right away the overheating light and oil lights came on. I went right away to an auto parts store and bought oil and coolant to put on the car. It did no good and so I drove straight back home. By the time I got home the check engine light was on as was another warning light. I immediately sent Dean an email telling him I was returning the car but got no response. The next day (11-19-23) at 12pm I returned the car. It died as I was turning into his business parking lot and hasn't run since.
On the phone that day Dean told me he would rectify this but tried to blame me for the cars failure. On 11-21-23 I got the estimate for the car to be fixed and signed the work order so they could start work on car.
On 11-24-23 I called to see about progress and they informed me I needed to pay $500.00 for the tear down before they start work. I told them that I would come get my car and take it to a reputable place to fix it. California law protects used car buyers by requiring the dealer to back their cars with a 30 day or 1000 mile warrantee.
8 months later I still don't have my pinkslip, the car isn't registered in my name, and when the DMV tells them to pay up the just say NO!

Amber R.

Sold us a lemon car over a year ago. A week later after taking it home Check engine light came on for the vehicle. We asked for a warranty. Guy never even submitted paperwork for it. 02 sensor was the error code that came up. Had it worked on at hyundai. Check engine light came back. We just had it read again at a mechanic. Both catalytic converters are bad and he told us the mileage was manually converted to lower it. This guy that sold us the car reminds me of Harry wormwood from Matilda. Cheap and a liar. Do not go to this lot by any means. Will sell you a useless car to make money. This really screwed us. We can't even trade the car in for anything and still owe money in it. This guy should be put out of business. Whatever you do don't buy anything from this jerk.

Iam I.

Do not purchase a vehicle from these demon's they are doing illegal and fraudulent transactions on the vehicle's they don't have titles to. I purchased from them in March. It's July and no title or anything. Kathy, lies give you the run around to buy time & to waste your time. I plan to get the news involved and file complaints with the DMV fraud department and contact the BBB. Also, don't be fooled they also go by Perrydean Aeroauto. Stay away from these monsters!!!!!

Michelle B.

I bought a Chevy Sonic outright in November and we're in March and I still don't have my title and registration. I have been hung up on several times by Dean and Kathy and now my number is blocked. It doesn't take this long to submit paperwork. Please don't buy a car from these people, they are doing something shady with not giving people their title and registration. Also my they are selling lemon cars, my check engine light went off the day after I bought the vehicle. When I did have Kathy the accountant she stalled and said she didn't even know where the title was. Now I have a vehicle that I can't use as it's illegal to drive my vehicle without the registration and title!