Legal Question in Product Liability in Illinois

Not enough facts:

1. There is normally a 3-day right to rescind and that's way past, so she may have blown her chance to take the car back.

2. No indication if there was any warranty -- even used car dealers give a 30 day warranty, but she may have bought it AS IS. There may be some factory warranty left -- MAY BE -- (3/36 means from the day the car first was put in service -- Not from 1/1/2007, but very possibly from sometime in the fall of 2006 if the car was first purchased then), which means the warranty ended BEFORE she bought it. If the warranty was longer, or if it has a powertrain warranty (say 10/10K) part or all of it may be covered.

3. No indication who financed the car: if it was just a car loan from some place you generally can't deduct repair costs. In fact doing so could allow the lender to call the loan completely, repossess the car and sue your daughter (and anyone else who signed on the loan) for any deficiency between the amount due on the loan (PLUS costs of collection, etc.) LESS the proceeds of sale/junking the car (PLUS costs of repossession, etc.).

4. Why bring a Saturn to Toyota or Autozone?

5. How old is your daughter? If she's a minor she may be able to get out of the deal not matter what, but unlikely.

6. Take the car back, try every approach possible, nice at first, imply possibly complaining to the Illinois Attorney General Consumer Fraud Division, see it they'll trade for another car of equal cost, be as reasonable as possible, and if they refuse any kind of deal find an attorney immediately.