Legal Question in Consumer Law in California

Automobile sales contract
Recently bought a new car & traded-in a car with a lease balance of $3500. On the contract the dealership put the lease balance into the sales price, and put on the contract an equal trade-in amount & amount still owed. I assumed the dealership would know how to fill out the contract, but after looking up the CA civil code, felt the dealership owed me money. Went to the dealership to have them correctly fill out the contract- they had charged sales tax on the lease balance, & violated the Auto Sales Finance Act. They also added more profit than what they showed on a print-out from the dealer. The salesman said the lease balance was built into the sales price & that the lease balance was $2000 higher than agreed upon. Three & 1/2 weeks after buying the car I put in writing what the contract should be/how much I was owed, & got back a very short letter from the GM saying they ''weren't in the practice of re-doing the contract''. I don't want to give the car back- just want my money back! It�s my word against theirs about the trade-in since it wasn't disclosed on the contract, but I have a signed sheet showing the lease balance. Do I have any legal recourse to get my money back since I have already signed the contract?

Asked on 10/08/02, 11:43 pm

Alvin Tenner Law Office of Alvin G. Tenner

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Re: Automobile sales contract

Your best bet would be to sue in small claims court. It sounds like you have a case.

Answered on 10/10/02, 11:42 am

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