Legal Question in Consumer Law in Illinois

Hi,

I live in Chicago IL. I bought a 2000 VW from a dealer August 15th( little over 2 weeks. When I was looking at the car, the car had a shaking, I said it was misfiring and the dealer said they will fix that. We made a paper saying they will fix it and signed it, but I did not get a copy of that, I thought I did. Well, I went to get it fixed and it turns out that the car needs a new engine. Now they want me to pay for the cost. Talking to the mechanic, he said they knew it had a bad engine. The vehicle is being financed and I put $1,300 cash down payment. Is there a way to go back on the deal? Anything I can do? I totally got taken advantage off and I do not know what to do.


Asked on 9/04/12, 12:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Messutta

The good news is you seem to have a case; the bad news is that as a consumer transaction you are well beyond the rescission period and you have no proof other than the potential oral testimoney of the salesman and mechanic. Now, theoretically if you sued them and asked for a copy of the signed agreement, they should still have it and should produce it. I would talk to an attorney to strategize how you might still get a copy of the needed document, or how to get out of the deal now, because the financing is usually totally unrelated to whether the vehicle is ok and both the vehicle itself as well as the financing needs to be dealt with.

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Answered on 9/04/12, 12:29 pm


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