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SleepersOwn

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I've posted this in the small claims forum but i'm not sure which would be the right forum and would like as many replies as possible. TEXAS RESIDENT CASE !

Hello, i'm new to the site and am here with the hopes of trying to find a way to get my problem resolved. First I currently reside in denton, tx. I moved here the 22nd of feb and within a week purchased a vehicle through a dealership called MSM WHOLESALE in Richardson. The car was $1500 and i asked them what was wrong with it, they said nothing. The car runs great except for the headgasket that was getting fixed while i stood there. The car looked to be in good shape, as i know nothing about cars and don't know any mechanics i had only their word and my gut to go off of. Well, when i took the car for a drive the a/c wasn't blowing cold enough so i asked them about it. They said the compressor was probably bad and would have to be replaced. I guess this is where i should have seen the error of my decision.

I agreed to pay for getting the parts to get the a/c fixed for $250 and brought the car with paying $230 for taxes and title. They hold the car at the shop for a few days until i'm able to get there. Now i take it on another road test to see how it goes with the a/c...still crappy. I allow them to hold it again to fix it. Now the third time i come back the a/c is blowing somewhat cooler and i took it as the car not being fully operating temperature so i took it on the highway. Come to find out ( as i never drove the car on the highway ) once i go over 50mph the car shakes as all hell is about to happen. I immediately slowed down, i was already kind of far from the shop so i just took it home to see what a different mechanic would say. Turns out i have a loose inner tie rod on the drivers wheel that needs to be replaced. As well as i need new tires. Whole thing would cost me $280 for the tie rod replacement and however much new tires would be. I call up MSM and tell the manager about both problems ( my a/c still wasn't fixed properly ). She says just bring it back in and everything will be fixed. Great, i pray before leaving and drive 50mph all the way back to Richardson ( basically if the tie rod was to snap on the drive, the wheel would be locked in whatever position it was when it snapped and i would be screwed ).

Call them up yesterday and talk to the mechanic that worked on it. He said it's ready. I ask are both problems fixed, he says " The a/c is blowing cold and we gave it an alignment ". I ask him if he has driven the car and he says yes. He continues to say how it shakes badly over 50mph. So i say ok then, does it still do that ? He complies, i ask, well what was fixed then ? He says the manager said she wasn't going to spend anymore money on it ( or something to that effect ). I ask to speak to the manager, shes not in. How conveinent. I ask him, does he think it would be right to sell someone that car. He stutters and says he's just a mechanic. I ask again, he replies. No, it's not.

Now that you've read my problem i ask for any advice on what i can do. I don't even want the car anymore because if they say they're going to fix it i really don't trust them working on it. I really just want my money back spent on it and be done with them. The buyer agreement paper i have does not have the sign " As Is " checked off so i think there can be something done in my favor. It's one thing to sell a car that is unreliable and pass it off, but it's another thing to sell a car that is UNSAFE. I could have died driving either way or worse, taken out a family when crashing. I haven't spoken to the manager yet as i've just tried to call yesterday and wanted to get some advice on what i can do before i call her back. Can i just get my money back and be done with it ? I brought the car on the 28th of Feb, it's not even a month old yet and it's been in the shop more than i've sat inside it.

CLIFFS: Brought car. Car is highly unsafe to drive on roadways. Want money back in full for purchase and parts. Do i have a case ? PLEASE HELP ME !!!!
 


msiron

Member
Head gaskets dont get FIXED while you stand there, and you have NO case. What do you expect for 1500? Nothing your stating qualifies as a dangerous product, wrong forum.
 

SleepersOwn

Junior Member
msiron said:
Head gaskets dont get FIXED while you stand there, and you have NO case. What do you expect for 1500? Nothing your stating qualifies as a dangerous product, wrong forum.
Obviously i wasn't standing there THE WHOLE TIME while they put the new headgasket on genius. And it's not the price of the car that's important, it's the fact that a DEALERSHIP isn't supposed to sell a car that can potentially kill you if you drive it home. Imagine your grandmother brought that car, would you feel the car wasn't dangerous ?

Thanks for telling me it wasn't the right forum. I was under the impression a car dealership that sells cars as their product would fit because the car was defective in a way. I was just trying to get opinions on what i have to go on.

Anyway, i've already been contacted by a lawyer that i've pleaded my case to. Legal action can and will be taken if necessary, thanks to anyone that has read my thread.

Edit: lawyer edit.
 
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