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Michelle J.
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I have previous experience with the Lemon Law on a new rig, however, a week ago Saturday my husband & I purchased a 2001 Chevy Silverado 1500 pick-up -- 1 year old lease return rig, 23,000 miles on it. Did NOT do trade in, put $10,000 down, and financed balance. This WAS from a dealership. The rig did have a little vibration in steering wheel, which we mentioned, but Chevy's are notorious for being sensitive to wheels/tires, and have that as a problem. My husband put custom wheels/tires on it, and the vibration did NOT improve. Put it up on a rack to do alignment & lo & behold... it had been wrecked! Evidently the core support brackets behind the grille had been replaced, the skid pan & support area underneath in front was still packed with mud & debris, and actually had been sprayed over with paint. We had a body man look at it also, and he proceeded to show us the variations in paint down the right side & back of cab area -- CarFax showed no evidence of this, and most likely this was NOT reported (leased vehicle at the time).
Have discussed with dealer -- of course they do NOT want to void sale -- we have confirmed that frame is not bent & would be willing to keep it, but NOT for original price. (If they'd have said it had been wrecked we probably would not have looked at it at all!) They indicate can NOT come down on price, so evidently are now looking for replacement at auction. Told my husband they'd get back to him yesterday -- at 3:00 pm he called & both managers are "not in on Thursdays". My feeling is they need to void sale at this time -- perhaps consider reasonable expense for use of rig (they didn't want to keep it when he took it in Monday) and return balance of downpayment. Manager evidently commented to my husband that "...you know the value of these decreases significantly every 5,000 miles", and I'm figuring they want him to keep it & keep driving until we go past 25,000 -- so they'll use that as leverage to keep $ & force no adjustment?
Any input on options or ?? suggestions would be appreciated -- we live in Washington state if that makes any difference.
Thank you in advance
Michelle J.
Have discussed with dealer -- of course they do NOT want to void sale -- we have confirmed that frame is not bent & would be willing to keep it, but NOT for original price. (If they'd have said it had been wrecked we probably would not have looked at it at all!) They indicate can NOT come down on price, so evidently are now looking for replacement at auction. Told my husband they'd get back to him yesterday -- at 3:00 pm he called & both managers are "not in on Thursdays". My feeling is they need to void sale at this time -- perhaps consider reasonable expense for use of rig (they didn't want to keep it when he took it in Monday) and return balance of downpayment. Manager evidently commented to my husband that "...you know the value of these decreases significantly every 5,000 miles", and I'm figuring they want him to keep it & keep driving until we go past 25,000 -- so they'll use that as leverage to keep $ & force no adjustment?
Any input on options or ?? suggestions would be appreciated -- we live in Washington state if that makes any difference.
Thank you in advance
Michelle J.
