Used Car... Ripped Off By Dealer

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

I can feel the love right now.

 

[Injected54 10+ year member]

that sucks

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

Well, I purchased a 1995 Mazda 626 from Die Hard Motors in Thomaston Georgia, and the dealer said there was no engine problems, the only problem was the sunroof didn't go back and the radio didn't turn on. He said that he drove it to work and back home for 2 weeks. Not even 3 hours after I purchased the vehicle, the engine light came on. I figured it was nothing bad. I drove it for a couple more hours, and my overdrive off light started flashing and then the car revved up to 5000 rpm's and came to a halt, almost throwing my girlfriend and I out the front window. It would still drive, but only about 15 miles per hour. When I got home, I looked at the engine and noticed that the negative battery terminal was very loose -- to the point where I could remove it from the battery post with my hand easily. I let the computer reset itself by leaving the termnal off the battery for about 15 minutes and the problem was gone... until the engine light came back on, and it did the exact same thing again the next day. I went up to the dealer that day and asked him about it and he said there was nothing he could do, that the car was mine and out of his responsibility. So, I'm pretty pissed off. It didn't come with a warranty and was sold as is... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Guess I'm screwed and out of $2,650.

Thus why I don't understand why NO ONE LISTENS TO ME WHEN I TELL THEM TO GET ANY USED CAR INSPECTED BY A 3RD PARTY BEFORE PURCHASE.
I've said it on here at least 60 times over the course of the last 6 years here ...

He's right, though ... After the trade has transpired, it's no longer his responsibility unless your state/province happens to have a no-lemon law that covers used cars.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Not to sound like a broken record, but should have taken it to a local mechanic and run some tests on it. My dad owns his own Midas shop and they have people always coming in to run tests on them. I believe he charges 40 bucks for it or something like that.

Most if not all dealerships let you do this. Hell I have been able to keep the car for a couple days from some Ma and Pa shops to test the car out and take it to the shop.

Hope you get it fixed and it runs good after that. I remember you posting a pic of it and it looked in pretty good shape.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

awwww...with your 880, seas, and other shit we forgot to give two shits about your sorry *** lifestyle. you are a complete idiot and deserve all you get.

Once a bish, always a bish!

 

[iDesignBoxes 10+ year member]

Not to sound like a broken record, but should have taken it to a local mechanic and run some tests on it. My dad owns his own Midas shop and they have people always coming in to run tests on them. I believe he charges 40 bucks for it or something like that.
Most if not all dealerships let you do this. Hell I have been able to keep the car for a couple days from some Ma and Pa shops to test the car out and take it to the shop.

Hope you get it fixed and it runs good after that. I remember you posting a pic of it and it looked in pretty good shape.

The car looks to be in great condition... I did bring it to my mechanic and they ran a diagnostic on it. This was, however, before the engine light came on. Before the engine light came on, nothing showed up as faulty on the diagnostic.

awwww...with your 880, seas, and other shit we forgot to give two shits about your sorry *** lifestyle. you are a complete idiot and deserve all you get.

I'm an idiot because I bought a used car from a dealer and it died on me? Go choke on a **** or something.

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

The car looks to be in great condition... I did bring it to my mechanic and they ran a diagnostic on it. This was, however, before the engine light came on. Before the engine light came on, nothing showed up as faulty on the diagnostic.


I'm an idiot because I bought a used car from a dealer and it died on me? Go choke on a **** or something.

Humm, well that sucks then. I don't know what to tell you.

Somehow take it back and see if it is throwing any codes. It still runs right? IIRC it will go to 15mph or something like that? Could be something simple as a sensor or maybe bad gas? Shit, it could be a lot of things. It's just pinpointing it.

Also don't let Quest get you in a rile. He is one if not the biggest ******* on this site.

 

[1991Brougham 10+ year member]

OBD and OBD II are systems for turning on the "CHECK ENGINE" type lights but where they really do their work is in putting a code into a vehicle's computer memory. If a problem goes away in say 50 start cycles, the code clears. If the problem is something that is sticking around, then a code remains as well.

Getting a shop that checks for these codes to do your inspection is critical and if you need to see a "smoking gun" for problems, the diagnostic code readout will provide it.

My mechanic uses an unit that is around the size of a mousepad. It may be a good idea to buy one for one's own use since it will be used to buy the vehicle you want as well as find problem areas out in the time of your owning the vehicle. If you find the problem is a simple one like replacing the O2 sensor, then the labor savings will be able to pay off the device's cost in time.

After buying a vehicle I would also recommend buying the shop manual for the vehicle. It's the same manual that the dealerships use. They are thick, heavy and loaded with tons of good info. I've bought them on eBay for prices ranging from $30 to $60, which is less than one hour's cost of shop time these days. Even though I do not do my own work any more, my mechs and techs appreciate having the manual to show them the tricks of my car, which saves them time and me money. If you do work on your own vehicle, the shop manual will pay for itself many times over.

Transmissions are easy to figure out if they are going bad. Pull out the dipstick, then see and smell the fluid. It should be red and have little smell when the ****** is good. Brown and a burnt smell show the ****** is on it's last legs. Even when you get a good ******, you protect it by adding an outboard ****** cooler. Back in the Good Old Days of big engines, big radiators and big transmissions, the failure rate was not that high but today with hotter engines and everything being made smaller, the design parameters are squeezed right to the edge, so the ****** becomes rather vulmerable in today's vehicles other than the big trucks like F-250's/350's, which are set up for Big Boy hauling jobs.

I could write a small book on how to buy a vehicle but it would bore the hell out of the "don't like long posts" crowd...LOL! The short and sweet of it is that most problems are amazingly obvious to spot if you know where to look and what to look for. The other thing I'll add in is that no matter how good you are at buying vehicles, 10% of all vehicles go bad in the end based on my life experience. Must be a Murphy's Law corollary!

Rick

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

Once a bish, always a bish!

once a dick sucker, always a dick sucker

I'm an idiot because I bought a used car from a dealer and it died on me? Go choke on a **** or something.

X2

 

[MitchZ 10+ year member]

Well that happen to one of my friends family members, he pretty much told everyone he could. And every time he and my other friends drive by that place, they throw huge rocks through the windows of cars and giant rocks at the side panels and eggs sometimes too. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

once a dick sucker, always a dick sucker

X2

Yes, I agree you are a dick sucker. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

sneak on the lot at night and turn up the gains on all the amplifiers to clip the speakers to death

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

op got clipped //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif