If you buy a car with no warranty and the engine blows what are your options?

Question

? Are there still lemon laws?

It is a newer car, 2001 is the year.

Answer 1

1st theres no lemon law on used cars, you have a grace period on every contract you enter, you probably financed the car, check with finance company, even with no warranty you have a certain amount of time to cancel the contract by law. Some are just 24 hours and some are 6 months, check with the finance company and retain a copy of papers you signed, then get an attorney to explain them to you, if your within your grace period finance company will back you.

Answer 2

If the vehicle was purchased from a private party then the law reads that all sells are considered an "AS-IS" sell.

If you purchased from a dealer most of the time you will have some type of warranty from 5 days or 500 miles to 30 days or 3000 miles and most of these warranties cover only the drive-train which in your case you are covered.

You can also check with the manufacturer and see if there are any type of recalls or bulletins for your vehicle and the reason I say to check with the manufacture is because that will have all current information.

Lastly you could take them to court but lets say that this was an "AS-IS" sell you would loose.

I would recommend that if all fails contact your local news and tell them the story after you have spoken to the dealer, sometimes this starts a fire under the dealers butt and they may assist you.

Answer 3

You have no options. You made the purchase with no warranty. Now in some cases the dealer, if you bought it from one, will sometimes extend a "helping hand" if you just got it. But usually where there is no warranty, you are on your own. Lemon laws apply only to new vehicles, not used vehicles.

Answer 4

If you just purchased the vehicle from a dealership you may have some rights with the Lemon Law. You should go on-line and find the Lemon Law firm Krohn and Moss Lemon Law professionals there the best with a very high success rate. Good Luck and GOD Bless

Answer 5

I agree with David--except you do, in Texas, have the ability to lemon law a used car as long as it is under the manufacturer's limited new vehicle warranty when the problem occurs. However, his state may be different.

Answer 6

If I knew where you were i could better tell you. Most all states require a car dealer to give some warranty to people even if its a older car. Call your loacl dmv office and ask them to direct you to their dealer unit. That is if you bought it from a dealer. If you bought it from a private party you may still have rights. Many people who sell cars from their homes are really dealers who don't want to put a bad car through their books so they don't have to warranty it. I have seen some courts go after people who knowley sell a car with a major issue and don't disclose it. fraud is fraud. The bottom line the dmv office can direct you to someone who car discuss your rights under your local laws and it will not cost you a cent.

Answer 7

You can look at lemon laws but you have to have all the documentatoion of trying to have it serviced before it blew. Other than that, WHYD YOU BUY A CAR WITH NO WARRANTY?

Answer 8

lets see 1. dont ever buy a car with out a warenty unless u have a trusted mechanic look at it firts. 2. have the engine rebuilt. 3. buy a new engine or rebuilt engine. 4. buy a new car. 4 file suit for a bad car and try to get the saler to pay for it. alot of this will also depens on where u bought it how long ago u bought it and how old the car is and if it is your fault or some one elses fault. good luck i have had 2 engines blow on me because of bad mechanics and had to pay for new engines.

Answer 9

if u buy a car wit out a warranty u r going to pay 4 it your self

Answer 10

There are still lemon laws. Depends on where you live. Some laws have stipulations on time since purchase and on miles driven since purchase.