What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
I have been approved for buyback of my car. It was a certified car, with 1200K miles, discounted almost $20K off original purchase price. However, I am afraid I will not be compensated enough to buy an equivalently equipped car because of the following reasons:
1. they will seek mileage compensation
2. I paid for routine maintenance and purchased a new tire (cost was $800) -- person at Stericycle said this was not covered by lemon law
3. I paid for a third party warranty.
If I decide to keep the car (it is now running), can I keep to the end of the existing manufacturer warranty and THEN ask for a buyback? Or does my decision to keep the car invalidate the qualification for the buyback? In other words, I want to take a chance that my car might actually be fixed, but I am afraid if something goes wrong again I am scr*wed!
Here is what went wrong with my car: all safety features disabled, navigation disabled, parking brake and turn signals disabled by computer glitch. It required 45 straight days in shop for problem to be fixed. I had a loaner all that time. It was purchased at 1.2K miles, brought in at 1.8K miles for initially check engine light coming on, followed by multiple intermittent problems (safety features, rear view camera, tire pressure warning, oil pressure warning, brake light warning intermittently on/off) until there was massive failure of all systems at around $14K.
I have been approved for buyback of my car. It was a certified car, with 1200K miles, discounted almost $20K off original purchase price. However, I am afraid I will not be compensated enough to buy an equivalently equipped car because of the following reasons:
1. they will seek mileage compensation
2. I paid for routine maintenance and purchased a new tire (cost was $800) -- person at Stericycle said this was not covered by lemon law
3. I paid for a third party warranty.
If I decide to keep the car (it is now running), can I keep to the end of the existing manufacturer warranty and THEN ask for a buyback? Or does my decision to keep the car invalidate the qualification for the buyback? In other words, I want to take a chance that my car might actually be fixed, but I am afraid if something goes wrong again I am scr*wed!
Here is what went wrong with my car: all safety features disabled, navigation disabled, parking brake and turn signals disabled by computer glitch. It required 45 straight days in shop for problem to be fixed. I had a loaner all that time. It was purchased at 1.2K miles, brought in at 1.8K miles for initially check engine light coming on, followed by multiple intermittent problems (safety features, rear view camera, tire pressure warning, oil pressure warning, brake light warning intermittently on/off) until there was massive failure of all systems at around $14K.