What are my options regarding a used car dealership that sold me a bad car?
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What are my options regarding a used car dealership that sold me a bad car?
About 5 months ago, I bought a 3 year old luxury car. Over the past several weeks it kept breaking
down, so I brought my car into a dealership. They told me that the car was sold to me with a poor battery a battery meant more for a motorcycle, and not for this car, and that this low battery voltage caused a variety of other problems throughout the car. I am looking at $2,200 of repairs to start, and maybe another 4k, if another part needs to be replaced. The dealer denies that the battery can cause these kinds of problems. How can I proceed? What are my options? What are the laws in PA regarding used car dealerships that sell bad cars to people?
Asked on October 11, 2017 under Business Law, Connecticut
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You recourse would be if the dealership knew (or logically MUST have known--i.e. any reasonable dealership in their position would have known) about the battery. If they knew about such a material, or important, issue but did not disclose it, you could sue them for fraud and/or the related cause of action of consumer fraud (deceiving customers) to recover all the costs or damage it caused. It is likely they must have known (and, of course, may have admitted to you when you confronted them), because a dealer would examine a car it took in to buy, so you have a reasonably good chance of recovering money if you were to sue. Suing in small claims court, as your own attorney or "pro se," to save money is a good option.
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