Voting Question: undisclosed frame damage?
I live in NY and a few months ago I bought a car from a used car dealership for $15k. At signing, I was shown an Autocheck report that said I was purchasing a clean car. There were things on the car that were supposed to be fixed prior to me picking up the car. I got the car home and realized the brakes were locked up in the back, the emergency brake did not work and the front two tires were completely bare. The car should not have passed a NYS inspection but there was a new sticker put on. I brought it back and had those things fixed. A week later I had my own mechanic check out noises I noticed in the car so i could let the dealership know what needed to be fixed. They insisted two seperate times after me bringing it to them that my mechanic was wrong and there were no problems with my car. At the signing I was also told the window tints were perfectly legal and I would have no problems. Two weeks after getting the car I was pulled over and ended up with $100 fine. I was finally sick of dealing with them so I tried to trade the car in and got a carfax report and found out that the car had been in a serious accident a few days after the first owner bought it and it had structural/frame damage and I couldnt trade it because it was worth about 1/4 of my loan amount. The dealership where I bought the car said it was probably a mix up so I called DMV and they ran a report to find carfax is right and there is frame damage to my car. Is it worth the time to get a lawyer and try to fight this or will I be wasting my time? I dont think this will be covered under the lemon law so what other rights do I have in this situation?
I have already discussed the situation with the salesperson and the owner of the dealership. I told them my lawyer was working on the case and I would be writing letters to the attorney general and the better business bureau but it did not help at all.
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