Legal Question in Consumer Law in Texas

new car fraud?

I bought a ''new'' car in Oct. 2003. It was a 2003 model, and I was told it was new, so naturally, I assumed it was new. I bought from a large dealership. It did have a few thousand miles on it, but I was told that was b/c it was a ''demo''. It's been in and out of the service shop over the past two years with the ''service engine soon'' light coming on a bunch, and now there are all sorts of pricey problems. while getting it appraised for trade-in value yesterday - at the same dealership - they said it's value was lower than blue book because the front end had been ''smacked'' and it has had body work done! I was shocked. I had NEVER had body work done on the car. So, it evidently had been in an accident before the sales guy sold it to me as new. Does that violate the Lemon Law? Is there a statute of limitations on this? Do I have a claim?


Asked on 1/25/06, 10:18 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Peter Bradie Bradie, Bradie & Bradie

Re: new car fraud?

It's really not a violation of the "Lemon Law", but it sure is a violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Get hold of an attorney in your area ASAP.

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Answered on 1/25/06, 12:22 pm


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