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Aloha reopens service bays


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POSTED: Thursday, May 13, 2010

Aloha Auto Group Ltd. will reopen the service department at its Waipahu Kia dealership June 1 “;so it will be full service for sales, service and parts,”; said Bill van den Hurk, president.

The dealership and its ancillary departments closed about a year ago due to the recession, but “;the business has come back since January,”; van den Hurk said, leading the company to reopen the dealership at 94-223 Farrington Highway 3 1/2 months ago.

The business has been consolidated at its airport-area dealership at Nimitz Highway and Lagoon Drive, where service hours were expanded on weekdays and Saturdays to accommodate customers. Service department hours are likely to revert to 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday once the Waipahu facility gets back into full swing.

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