Bill Heard Chevrolet Plant City Closes it doors.

"Yea very surprised, I never thought it would close down it's a pretty big dealership," Ortiz says.

In fact, it was the biggest Chevy dealer Tampa Bay. But, the Bill Heard company announced on Wednesday it was shutting down all 13 of their stores, including the one in Plant City because they could no longer compete in the current economy.

Today they're turning away customers. But what happens to the people who already bought cars here? "Anyone who had their car in service, we're not going to stop until we fix it and anybody who had their cars in the body shop we're going to fix them all," says general manager Bob Baker.

Baker says that all of his customers will be taken care of including those with outstanding loans. "I got my finance director here. He's calling them and getting them done through the banks and getting all the deals bought."

As for people with warranties, they will be honored somewhere else. That's why the phone has been ringing off the hook at Michael Holley Chevrolet in Lakeland. "There's not a long wait, you can get in and get your car serviced, your warranty is good" says dealership owner Michael Holley.

Starting the first weekend of October, Michael Holley in Chevrolet will be open seven days a week to accommodate the people who might now have to drive further.

"Yes we'll honor Chevrolets warranty we'll honor any extended warranty. If there's an insurance job, a body shop job, we'll honor any estimate written by an insurance company and we'll try to get them in expeditiously," Holley says.

If you have an outstanding loan, you should contact the bank you are financing with. The same goes for leases.

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Courtesy of The E.W. Scripps C for the ABC ACTION NEWS team