Legal Question in Consumer Law in Ohio

In Ohio, much will depend upon the course of your dealings with the car dealership. So long as you purchased the car for your use (rather than as a company car) then it would qualify for the protections offered under the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. This is a rather complicated Act and many a car dealer does not get the process and the paperwork correct during the sale giving rise to causes of action that the buyer may have against the dealer, even if those causes of action have nothing to do with the transmission problems.

Further, if the dealer made any specific representations about the transmission then these might be actionable misstatements under the law. A lawyer well-versed in the CSPA would need to review the documents of the sale though before any meaningful conclusion about your rights could be made.

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