Carfax Report / Lemon law??
Tags:basic questions, carfax reports, dodge caliber, lemon law, piece of crap,
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I am seeking during a Specific 2007 Dodge Caliber. Everything looks great, usually 42k miles, no physique damage, etc.
It’s from a play in town, substantially a "best" used automobile dealer.
I did a CARFAX poke for a Caliber’s VIN as well as it showed which there have been 3 reports- we DID NOT compensate to see them. we had formerly emailed them this dusk asking a little simple questions as well as for them to call me, as well as we will ask about it then.
But we am failing to know, have been all carfax reports "bad"?
Also, here is my state’s lemon law:
http://www.law.state.ak.us/department/civil/consumer/lemonlaw.html
Am i stable if a a square of crap underneath a hood?
No i didnt demeanour during a link.
Related solution post:
1) Does the car come with a warranty? If not, you are buying it ‘as-is’, which means if it breaks, you fix it with your money. 3 hours after you buy it, the transmission fails, it’s all on you.
2) Lemon Laws don’t apply to used cars, so you are wasting your time, there.
3) Make sure you have this inspected by an independent mechanic, not another dealer, and don’t just trust the dealer that their car is in good shape. This will cost about an hour of shop time and is well worth the expense to make sure you are not buying junk.
4) Make the dealer selling you the car show you the Carfax for free. Any reputable dealer should do this for you. I would shop elsewhere if they refuse.
Good luck.
The lemon law link – did you even look at it?
The first line under benefits of the law: "provides protection to buyers to new motor vehicles"
Is this car new? No. Not applicable. You are not protected if it’s a "piece of crap under the hood". The lemon law does not apply here, you have to just use used car buying sense.
The fact that a "report" exists doesn’t mean anything, what is in that report is what is relevant. If that dealer is any good, they will show you the carfax report free of charge. If they won’t, move on.
The Carfax is irrelevant. If something isn’t reported (and Carfax does love to take their sweet time, too), they claim innocence and wash their hands of everything and their fine print says as much.
If you are not paying for Carfax, at least pay a mechanic to look the car over. Yes, drive it over, let him test it out, look it over, then give you a thumbs up or down. If you can’t get the opportunity to do that, then you saved yourself from buying a Chrysler product.
PMack covered the lemon law bit. Common sense is your savior here.
Lemon laws protect the buyers of new cars from serious, recurring defects. Not every problem with a new car makes it a "lemon". There are specific criteria that must be met in order to obtain relief under lemon laws. Used cars generally are excluded from lemon law protection. If it’s out of factory warranty, you are buying it "as is" and would not have lemon law protection.
1. Pay for the report if you want to see the records, but odds are: Record 1: Vehicle registered; Record 2: Maintenance at dealership; Record 3: Registration renewed.
2. Why would all Carfax reports be bad? That would mean every single car out there is bad. That makes no sense.
3. A used car cannot be a lemon.
4. If you purchase an additional warranty, you’ll be protected according to the terms of the warranty. Otherwise, it’s as-is, no warranty.
5. Drive it and have a mechanic check it out.