What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Washington State
In June 2015 we purchased a used 2005 Jag as is. Almost immediately, it had a suspension fault light come on, but it would occur sporadically, so my husband lived with it. Also noted, was an issue with the gas tank, where, when filled up, would smell of gas so badly, that it would enter into our house via the attached garage. We figured it was an as is sale, so we were stuck. Last week, due to the air suspension fault warning coming on daily now, my husband took it to the mechanic that the previous owner had taken it to - the Carfax report showed where the previous owner took it. The repair estimate is about $10,000 including the suspension issues and gas tank fix and the mechanic told my husband that he had told the previous owner about all the suspension/shocks/struts work it needed. So, this was an obvious existing issue. I feel like the dealership didn't even look this vehicle over. In fact, our salesman used to sell Jag's and went on about what great shape this car was in. Which I realize is the usual puffing and in hindsight, we should've had the car checked by an independent mechanic. I made the assumption that, being a huge, local Honda dealership with repair facilities on site, that they would've had to bring the vehicle to a certain condition of driveability. Obviously we're not investing that level of funds into the car and in 8 months, we've lost $10,000 on a bad deal. We actually purchased 2 cars at once and the other had issues also, as well as a crack in the bumper, which was concealed at the time of viewing the car. Is there anything at all that we can do? This dealership is very unresponsive and has several negative reviews for the same sort of seemingly shady practices. Thank you.
In June 2015 we purchased a used 2005 Jag as is. Almost immediately, it had a suspension fault light come on, but it would occur sporadically, so my husband lived with it. Also noted, was an issue with the gas tank, where, when filled up, would smell of gas so badly, that it would enter into our house via the attached garage. We figured it was an as is sale, so we were stuck. Last week, due to the air suspension fault warning coming on daily now, my husband took it to the mechanic that the previous owner had taken it to - the Carfax report showed where the previous owner took it. The repair estimate is about $10,000 including the suspension issues and gas tank fix and the mechanic told my husband that he had told the previous owner about all the suspension/shocks/struts work it needed. So, this was an obvious existing issue. I feel like the dealership didn't even look this vehicle over. In fact, our salesman used to sell Jag's and went on about what great shape this car was in. Which I realize is the usual puffing and in hindsight, we should've had the car checked by an independent mechanic. I made the assumption that, being a huge, local Honda dealership with repair facilities on site, that they would've had to bring the vehicle to a certain condition of driveability. Obviously we're not investing that level of funds into the car and in 8 months, we've lost $10,000 on a bad deal. We actually purchased 2 cars at once and the other had issues also, as well as a crack in the bumper, which was concealed at the time of viewing the car. Is there anything at all that we can do? This dealership is very unresponsive and has several negative reviews for the same sort of seemingly shady practices. Thank you.