I recently bought a salvaged car from a small dealership and it has been giving me transmission problems. I’ve already taken it to them twice to repair it and it still gives me the same problem. I want to know if I qualify for the lemon law. Please help. Thanks
i just bought a c240 05 mercedes w/62k miles for $13300… negociated from 14500. yesterday and when my car goes from about 60 to 0 sometimes the engine shakes …….sometimes it doesnt. noticed it several times but not all the times that i break. one time i got off the highway then breaked (0 mph) i had my foot on the brakes then it rev 1k rpm while shaking then stopped shaking completely. car didnt stall or engine light didnt come up either. im pissed off my mechanic and i didnt see this sooner before handing over the check. i even went back telling my mechanic of the issue and he then offered to run a MB diagnoses for 100. anyways i was wondering what can this problem be? mechanical, electronical? tune up issue? miss firing? fuel system? its possible that the car had sat for a lil time but its still an 05 with 62k…. any ideas anyone…. btw i dropped car off at dealer and told him to make repairs or else i will return it under the lemon law
cant be simple mount issue because engine revd 1k while stopped
please note the 1k rev at stop while on drive
no engine light
the trouble codes were being a cylinder one misfire, and it said the full system was lean I had the engine checked. (Actron-II was used.)
So back in September 09′ I rear-ended someone. I was cited for it. The insurance company paid $12,107.22 on my $18,215 car (value from KBB). I requested. in writing, that the vehicle be considered a total loss. The insurance company was replacing my engine with a used engine. I have had a car with a replaced engine once before, and it was nothing but problems. The insurance company pushed for repair, so I had it repaired. Since then it has been in 4 times for a mysterious check engine light (3rd and 4th cylinder misfire) and twice for power steering issues. The check engine light no longer comes on (it barely comes on when you start the car now) and the power steering pump was replaced. My car currently has power steering issues again (it going in and out sporadically through turns), I am getting a terrible front-end road vibration when travelling over 50 MPH, the engine is making a “rumbling” sound when slowing down to a stop, and it vibrates heavily when sitting at an idle. What can I do? Is there any kind of buy-back or “lemon-law” for repaired vahicles? I have sent letters to the CEO and President of the company asking for a total loss back in September, but they put some hot headed manager of adjusters in charge of the repairs. Where do I go from here? I am unsure of any laws in Ohio that will help me with this. At this point I am sure they have spent well over the car’s value in repairs and rentals.
Thanks to our friends at Anapol Schwartz for providing this timely information.
With the recent spate of auto product recalls due to defective vehicle parts, many consumers are exploring the potential benefits of filing lemon law claims in order to receive a full refund or vehicle replacement. Although these claims are indeed helpful, they unfortunately cannot […]
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I know, its sort of a rant. But hey, I’m allowed that once in a while.
How can people be so casual about a major financial decision like this? For most Americans, an automobile is the second largest purchase any of us will make, with a home being the largest. Yet people go into this like they are buying a pair of tube socks at Wal Mart.
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i just bought a c240 05 mercedes w/62k miles for $13300… negociated from 14500. yesterday and when my car goes from about 60 to 0 sometimes the engine shakes …….sometimes it doesnt. noticed it several times but not all the times that i break. one time i got off the highway then breaked (0 mph) i had my foot on the brakes then it rev 1k rpm while shaking then stopped shaking completely. car didnt stall or engine light didnt come up either. im pissed off my mechanic and i didnt see this sooner before handing over the check. i even went back telling my mechanic of the issue and he then offered to run a MB diagnoses for 100. anyways i was wondering what can this problem be? mechanical, electronical? tune up issue? miss firing? fuel system? its possible that the car had sat for a lil time but its still an 05 with 62k…. any ideas anyone…. btw i dropped car off at dealer and told him to make repairs or else i will return it under the lemon law
cant be simple mount issue because engine revd 1k while stopped
please note the 1k rev at stop while on drive
no engine light
is their such a thing called the lemon law in virginia when buying a car private party
i just bought a c240 05 mercedes w/62k miles for $13300… negociated from 14500. yesterday and when my car goes from about 60 to 0 sometimes the engine shakes …….sometimes it doesnt. noticed it several times but not all the times that i break.