Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California

Shortly after you saw all the problems you should have returned the car to the dealership. You may still be able to proceed under the "lemon" law for defective cars. Write a letter to the head of the dealership listing all the problems with the car, stating what you were told when you bought it, detailing all the times you went in for the registration , etc. Tell

them that the requirement in any purchase of a car is to get ownership of the vehicle, since they have not provided that they are in full breach of the contractual agreement [purchase], you are going to drop the car off at their lot, you demand return of your purchase price and the take care of the loan on the car, that yo get back the loan payments yo made [to extent do not overlap with purchase price], and you will pay a reasonable rental for a car with so many problems. Inform the finance company they must look to the dealership and cancel the loan [they probably will not]. The dealership will not co-operate so you will need to tell them they can pick the car up at your house when the phone ahead.

You will have to sue them [find out from car tracks how many accidents it has been it and correct odometer reading]. If your losses are $4-5,000, hire an attorney to tell you how to present your small claims court case. If you are willing to do most of the leg work, an attorney might be willing to take the matter to a judge trial in Superior court, but he/she will likely want to earn $3-4,000 for the case. There are some of us who charge less, but you would have to look around.