If you recently buy a car from a dealership and they said that the car hasn't been in a wreck and they even have a carfax saying that its good. Then when you take it to a bodyshop and pointed out some things that it has been in a wreck. Is there a way that you can return the car? or is it pretty much that your screwed?

 

Screwed. If it doesnt show on car fax, it was never recorded in the history of the car. What kind of damage does the body shop predict? If its just a bumper or fender resprayed its not a big deal.

 

Pretty sure Carfax has some sort of garentee. I would be talking to the dealership though. Try and get your money back.

 

Bodyshop was saying it looks like it was a front collision. The impact looks like it was more towards the right side of the car. There was no vin numbers on the fenders, hood, and front bumper. I looked under the car myself and some of the parts had some yellow over spray. Also theres some rust where the welds are on that thick brace where the stock intake sits on.


Modified by 89JDMcrx at 8:18 PM 1/3/2006

 

Hope this helps, almost the same situation as yours. Found it trolling around the S2ki forums. Good luck.

http://www.s2ki.com/forums/ind...48292

 

i take it the car doesnt have a salvage title. if it has been in a big enough wreck then it should have a salvage title. you said no numbers on the fenders, hood, and front bumper. sounds like maybe they had to put a new core support on it in the process. you never said if it was a brand new car though. if you can get solid proof that the car should have a salvage title (bodyman says its been wrecked bad) then you might have a case. i've seen dealerships pull stunts like this in the past. one in particular i can think of that happened a few years ago......a lady dropped off her new trans-am for its first service and left it for the weekend. one of the techs got ahold of the car and decided to go hot-rod the hell out of it after hours. turns out he lost control of the car and fu<ked it all up in a ditch. the dealership then tried to hide the damage by fixing the car over the weekend (body repair and respray on one whole side) without consulting the owner of the problem, and gave the car back to her. the owner swore up and down that the car was never the same after she got it back. with new distrust towards the dealership, she took it to a mechanic for a second opinion, and he found out the car had been wrecked because they failed to remove large chunks of sod from the undercarraige, and didnt even repair the damage to the underside for that matter. you definitely have to watch it when you buy from a dealership. new....used....lease....it doesnt matter, most car salesmen are snakes and they'll say anything they have to just to make the sale. i've had car salesmen try to sell me bogus crap before. i was very close to buying a car from a dealership once, but something about the car seemed fishy.....could it be the white smoke coming out of the tail pipe??? or the fact that the engine oil was over a quart low even though the salesman claimed it was just serviced a week ago. when i talked to the previous owner (happened to be an aqquaintance of mine), i found that the reason he got rid of the car was it had a cracked head gasket, and it also had a nasty tendency to burn lots of oil. did the salesman bother to disclose that to me during his sales pitch???? NO WAY! he said "this car runs perfectly, our techs inspected the motor thoroughly and found nothing wrong at all." they'll make sure you hear whatever it is you want to hear, so long as their pockets are lined at the end of the week.

 

car fax has that guarentee, but im not sure how to go about using it...

if its not on the carfax, then theirs no proof...trust me i know this first hand...