Can a dealership sell you a car with a bad engine?
The short answer is ‘YES’. You can sell a car with a blown engine. From a legal standpoint, your car has to be in the condition you describe it in. If your engine is blown and won’t start, it’s pretty clear to a buyer: they’re going to need to do some engine work.
Is it bad to buy a car with a rebuilt engine?
“A rebuilt engine can be as good as the OEM one,” Snyder said. “Sometimes a rebuilt engine can maintain the original engine warranty.” A salvage title could have many underlying problems like flood damage or a serious accident history, while a car with a rebuilt engine has just one concern: the motor.
What happens if a dealership sells you a lemon?
By definition, a used car dealer that sells a lemon is required to buy back the car. Consumer laws are very clear about dealer and manufacturer liability for lemons: once a car is declared a lemon it must be refunded and the contract must be canceled.
Can a dealership sell you a lemon?
In California, used car dealerships are allowed to sell cars that have been labeled as “lemons,” as long as they disclose the vehicle’s history to the consumer. These kinds of vehicles are called “Lemon Law Buybacks.”
Why do car dealers rip you off?
Most of the time, a car has been sold to the dealership for a price that’s eye-wateringly cheap, and sometimes even at a loss. The parts going into them are made all day long, and those making them don’t make 10 or 20 different parts in a run, so they can just get them out at really cost effective prices.
How long does it take to get a refund from a dealership?
Most companies issue a warranty refund within four to six weeks from the request.
How many days is the lemon law?
If the defect is not a serious safety defect, it must remain unfixed after three or four repair attempts, though the number varies by state. If the vehicle is in the shop a certain number of days—usually 30 days in a one-year period—to fix one or more substantial warranty defects, it may fit the definition of a lemon.
Why was my car brought back to the same dealer?
The car had my plates on it, not repair or dealer plates. A few days after taking the car from the mechanic, the heater core went, so it was brought back to the same dealer, because I can’t afford to bring it anywhere else. It has been there for one month.
Why do cars have to be bought back after repair?
It is a result of Lemon Law. All 50 states have some form of Lemon Law which mandates that manufacturers must buy back or replace fatally flawed cars. That is, the cars that cannot be repaired after a certain number of repair attempts or days in the shop.
Do you have to have your car repaired by the dealer?
Buy from dealerships with good service departments. Have your car serviced consistently at the same dealer, if you can, and buy from them if they excel. That said, You do not have to have your car repaired by the dealer you bought it from.
Why are car dealers independent of the manufacturer?
Everyone knows the cars are built by car companies and sold by car dealers. Those dealers are independent of the manufacturer (although Tesla, is trying to upend this). So when the dealer sells the consumer a car, they tell the consumer that the car can be brought to the dealer for warranty repairs and service. But repeated warranty repairs?