Legal Question in Consumer Law in Florida
i recently got a car from a buy here pay here it has no warranty however in less than 24 hours it started to break down i tried to return the car the next day the car lot was open and they told me i would get no money back so i kept the car and the next day the car wouldnt even start so again i contacted the car lot and they said oh well there is nothing they could do i asked for them to trade me a different car on the lot they sasid "NO IF WE DID THAT WE WOULD NEVER MAKE ANY MONEY" so again im stuck with something that doesnt even work the computer brain in the car is completely gone and its going to cost me about 1/3 of the total price of the car just to fix it is there any thing i can do about at leat getting the money i put down on the car back? is this something covered under the florida lemon law? someone please let me know what is able to be done if anything or am i just out of luck in this situation?
1 Answer from Attorneys
You are in a difficult situation, but with a little work, maybe you can do something. First, read the fine print on the agreement to see if there is any type of warranty. Second, have a friend look at the car to make sure there is no starter interruption device on the car. This is put on many times to prevent the car from starting so that a purchaser defaults on payment so that the car and be picked up and then you are sued for the debt of the car and exorbitant repo fees.
Next, do a title search on the car to see what the odometer reading was when the dealer got it, how times it was sold, and what the reading was on the odometer when you got it. There is a 50/50 chance there was fraud here. Also, ask the dealer for the title of the car when they bought it.
If there is something shady here, call me and or use the fraud to negotiate a new deal.
see www.ConsumerLawyerHelp.com
Good luck!
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