My husband and I bought a car over the summer. It was a used car, as is, with no warranty. We had it financed. We wanted to take it out to a mechanic to have him look at it but he assured us that his mechanics at the dealership had looked at it and everything was fine. Once we got into the car we realized the driver seatbelt didnt work. Dont ask me why, but i have no idea why we didnt say anything - I was running late for work. We get back on the highway and the car starts cutting out on us. We pull off at the side of the road and call back and he just tell us that it just needs to be driven around. Now, 3 months later, we have more problems and find out that the frame is completely rusted out and is given a life span of about 3 or 4 more months. We still owe $2 - 3,000, or about 12 more months of payments. Any suggestions as to what we should do??
2007-10-05 10:11:19 · 10 answers · asked by .Jules. 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Definitely file against him, get a good lawyer and have that lemon returned!
2007-10-05 10:14:28 · answer #1 · answered by telin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing in writting when are you all going to ever learn. Get it in writting especially when buying a used car.
You might be able to have legal resource due to the frame indicating that the car has been in a flood. You will need to see a lawyer about it.
Also get on line and find out the history of the car. Your insurance company can help you with that.
If the car as either been in a flood or has been in a major accident and was reconstructed you have to be told.
As far as mechanical problems cropping up the dealership will most likely say that is normal wore on that age and make vehicle.
Darn I just stopped the other day and helped a young lady broke down on the way to Dallas. She had just bought the car and was going to see her parents and show it to them.
There are two classes of people you do not believe unless you have it in writing.
1.
Marine recruiters
Navy recruiters
Air force recruiters
Army recruiters
2.
Used car salesmen
Used car salesladies
2007-10-05 10:27:27 · answer #2 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lemon law applies to new cars and used cars of certain years. If you take the same car back to the same dealer for the same problem within a 30 day period, they have to replace the car or give your cash back to you. I would contact the Attorney General for your area as well as the BBB and the Automotibile Association, Chamber of commerce and businessmen of america, group. You can also do what I did to Ford dealer. Drove around the dealership with a sign stating they do not honor their warranty. Make sure to stay on the public road so they cant get you for tresspassing.
2007-10-06 16:02:03 · answer #3 · answered by Bill P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lemon law applies to cars with warranty's, not those bought as is. If the problem cannot be fixed after 3 times to the dealership it is considered a lemon. Sorry but your car was sold as is, and as such no protection is provided. Do not deal with that dealer again, and warn others
2007-10-05 10:19:40 · answer #4 · answered by Pengy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What your rights are is determined by state law. If you add comment saying what state you are in, you might get a more specific answer.
In general, when you by a car "as-is", you don't have any legal recourse against the dealer.
Here is what I would do:
-Find out what rights you have in your state
-Go to CarFax.com and enter the cars VIN number in their free "Lemon Checker". If the car was ever totaled or otherwise found to have a lemon problem, you might have more to stand on legally. Check your state's DMV web site to see if they have their own VIN checker.
-If you want, you could pay CarFAX $30 for 30 days of unlimited VIN checks. This will give you a detailed title history on cars. In particular, if you are going to buy another car, I think it is prudent to run VIN numbers before buying.
-If you haven't already, you might see if the dealer would give you a deal on trading in this car for another. (Particularly if you found a title problem he didn't disclose to you). Best to go in with an attitude of "We know you wouldn't do this on purpose." If you give people a chance to save face, sometimes they will go for it. You can always get more in their face later; it's tough to do that if you start out "in their face".
-At this point you should determine if you want to spend money on a lawyer. It's probably not worth it unless there is some undisclosed problem with the car's title history; for example if the car was totaled due to flood or accident damage and the dealer didn't tell you.
Other than that, JUAN FRAN$$$'s answer looks good to me.
2007-10-05 11:40:06 · answer #5 · answered by Stephen P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to sell it and pay off the loan, any car that you buy as is should be checked out by your own mechanic, if you go with what the dealer says then you are assured of not getting good service, he will say anything to get a sale.
2007-10-05 10:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately i went thru something similar last year. I believe each state's laws may differ a bit but what i found was that the lemon law basically only applies to new vehicles bought not used, unless the used vehicle was a leon when it was new and was supposedly fixed. I live in Pa. i know that's the law here.
2007-10-05 10:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by nickiinack 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-09 05:30:37 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get a hold of the Better Business Bureau in your community, they will know what actions you could take against those shysters.
2007-10-05 10:17:19 · answer #9 · answered by betterthanyouall 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe most "lemon laws" apply to new or warrantied cars each state has different laws check with your local DMV they may have some answers or you can go on-line for help
http://www.LemonLaw.BBB.org or try
http://DMV.org/Lemon-Law
good luck
2007-10-05 10:27:53 · answer #10 · answered by michr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋