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$6,000 is a lot of money, and common decency says you are owed some information. YOUR OWN mechanic will tell you that a properly maintained car will not have sludge build up capable of ruining an otherwise sound motor at 37,000 mi. Perhaps your own mechanic would tell you if such a condition would be evident for a professional dealer to know upon inspection before it was sold to you. You need facts to do basic advocacy with Saab, with the dealer or with whomever you believe abused the car before you bought it. Bought from whom? Dealer? Saab dealer? Who or what is the entity which is not giving you information re prior owner(s)? The seller in any event is a prior owner. Was this a lease car? Bought at auction? Did they tell you that? What representations were made in the sale, oral or otherwise? What express warranty was given at sale? Have you read the Saab new car warranty to see if it was transferrable? 50,000 miles or four years for my 2001. Have you tried Carfax? In your state, the attorney general may have a consumer advocate you can seek help from. If you do not get satisfaction from Saab, you should be ready to talk to your own attorney, first to get advice, and maybe second to advise on suing, either with his or her help or to help you do small claims court action, maybe even just a letter to shake things up. An attorney who does not look dazed when words like, say, Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act, unfair and deceptive business practices, federal Odometer Law, lemon law, fraud in the inception, or fitness for a particular use and purpose are uttered. Your state may or may not have its own particular statutes dealing with sales of good or motor vehicles in particular. Many states have a mini-FTC business practices act that parallels or improves on the federal law enforced by the FTC. All of the information you do not have now can be easily forced in a lawsuit. Sorry, but it is work, and it is difficult for anyone to be effective even in one's own written or telephonic requests to Saab without better information to be able to pin them down. The National Consumer Law Center is a really great resource for attorneys, but they also have a few publications for consumers. You might consider this link.
http://www.consumerlaw.org/publications/guides/return_to_sender.shtml or
for the lawyer in you
http://www.consumerlaw.org/publications/manuals/auto_fraud.shtml
posted by 24.95.130...
http://www.consumerlaw.org/publications/guides/return_to_sender.shtml
, Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:28:55
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