Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Washington

Dealership Disclosure

We purchased a used vehicle from a dealership almost two years ago. We went to trade the car for another one and were informed by the dealer that are car had a Junk Title on it and was a rebuild. When we purchased the car from the dealership that was NOT disclosed to us. By law do they have to tell us if the car is a rebuild or had a Junk Title at some point? Our car is now worth a lot less then we thought and we would not have bought it if we had know it had had a Junk Title on it. Is there any legal action we can take against them?


Asked on 5/04/07, 1:40 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Elizabeth Powell ELizabeth Powell PS Inc

Re: Dealership Disclosure

I received a very similar question this morning - related to damages arising out of trading in a vehicle with a junk title.

If you purchased the car two years ago and have not complained about it to the dealer in all that time, a court would find that you had gotten a benefit from the bargain and that their failure to disclose was not a material breach of the contract.

You may well want to take this up with the Attorney General.

But I don't believe you would prevail in an action for damages based upon their failure to disclose two years after the fact.

Hope this helps. Elizabeth Powell

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Answered on 5/04/07, 2:22 pm


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