What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MI
We are from Florida. Few weeks ago we purchased a 2014 used vehicle with a Salvage Flood title on Ebay. The seller is a used car dealer from Michigan.
The car description in the listing as the following:
"This vehicle was in a parking lot flood that got the carpet slightly wet and was vaccumed immediately after. I replaced the carpet with brand new carpet that I purchased from the Ford dealer. Everything works 100% perfect, you will have no problems with this 2014 Ford Focus Titanium!"
"This car runs and drives excellent! It rolls smooth and straight down the road with no shimmies or shakes nor rattles or clunks. It starts and drives perfect, it does not miss a beat! "
"90 Day-Warranty!"
It took us about 2 weeks to ship and receive the car. The first time we inspected the car we found rust in places that clearly indicated that the water wasn't only on the carpet. We also felt the car was shaking when put in reverse but since we are out of state and didn't know what to do we hoped for the best.
We purchased this vehicle with a 90 day warranty. We had the car for only 6 weeks and we drove it less than 100 miles.
Last Friday while driving the car it was acting strange and transmission failure error code appeared on the screen. It was not possible to shift gears or continue driving the car. We had to stop the car and call for a tow truck. We towed the car to the nearest Ford dealership and on Monday received a $1300 repair estimate for replacing the transmission clutch. The dealer/seller was notified immediately on Friday when the car failed. He was also notified by Ford dealership service and received a copy of the repair estimate.
We contacted the dealer/seller who was arguing it is a design flaw of the manufacturer and should be a recall. He offered to cover only 50% of the repair cost.
Needless to say that we are very frustrated and need to rent a car in order to commute every day.
Currently, the car is waiting to be fixed at the dealership What can we do? What are our options?
We are from Florida. Few weeks ago we purchased a 2014 used vehicle with a Salvage Flood title on Ebay. The seller is a used car dealer from Michigan.
The car description in the listing as the following:
"This vehicle was in a parking lot flood that got the carpet slightly wet and was vaccumed immediately after. I replaced the carpet with brand new carpet that I purchased from the Ford dealer. Everything works 100% perfect, you will have no problems with this 2014 Ford Focus Titanium!"
"This car runs and drives excellent! It rolls smooth and straight down the road with no shimmies or shakes nor rattles or clunks. It starts and drives perfect, it does not miss a beat! "
"90 Day-Warranty!"
It took us about 2 weeks to ship and receive the car. The first time we inspected the car we found rust in places that clearly indicated that the water wasn't only on the carpet. We also felt the car was shaking when put in reverse but since we are out of state and didn't know what to do we hoped for the best.
We purchased this vehicle with a 90 day warranty. We had the car for only 6 weeks and we drove it less than 100 miles.
Last Friday while driving the car it was acting strange and transmission failure error code appeared on the screen. It was not possible to shift gears or continue driving the car. We had to stop the car and call for a tow truck. We towed the car to the nearest Ford dealership and on Monday received a $1300 repair estimate for replacing the transmission clutch. The dealer/seller was notified immediately on Friday when the car failed. He was also notified by Ford dealership service and received a copy of the repair estimate.
We contacted the dealer/seller who was arguing it is a design flaw of the manufacturer and should be a recall. He offered to cover only 50% of the repair cost.
Needless to say that we are very frustrated and need to rent a car in order to commute every day.
Currently, the car is waiting to be fixed at the dealership What can we do? What are our options?