Used car laws in Texas?
04-14-2014, 09:53 AM
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Used car laws in Texas? My brother recently purchased a 2006 Pathfinder from a dealer in Lubbock, Texas. He purchased it as a family vehicle because he is expecting his first child in October. Anyway he has had it like 11-12 days and put maybe 300 miles on it. This brings us to the problem he had 2 days ago. I think the transmission is done. He was driving back home and all of a sudden rpm's were going up and mph were going down. He can let it cool down for like 30 minutes and it will move a few feet but then stop after maybe 5 feet. He called the dealer but they said it is an as is and no return or warranty available. Is the salesman full of it or telling the truth? Is there any kind of grace period in Texas to return vehicles or to add warranty? I know in New Mexico there is a 14 day period to return a vehicle if not satisfied. Just trying to help him out as that transmission is not cheap.
04-14-2014, 09:58 AM
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If he signed anything that stated that it was as is and there was no warranty information in a contract, he may be screwed. I would see what others here say, but as far as I know, it is all in the paperwork. There are allot of shady businesses out there that only want to make the sale and could care less.
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04-17-2014, 12:38 PM
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Used car dealer here,
1. check the tranny fluid
2. Try to return the car, some of the better dealers will be honorable about it and take the car back in, although they are legally not required to do anything, especially if an AS-IS statement was signed.
3. If the dealer has any amount of integrity whatsoever they will at least try to have the car repaired for a discounted rate. Might even to willing to add the cost of the repairs to the term of the note, saving any out of pocket expenses.
1. check the tranny fluid
2. Try to return the car, some of the better dealers will be honorable about it and take the car back in, although they are legally not required to do anything, especially if an AS-IS statement was signed.
3. If the dealer has any amount of integrity whatsoever they will at least try to have the car repaired for a discounted rate. Might even to willing to add the cost of the repairs to the term of the note, saving any out of pocket expenses.
04-17-2014, 02:39 PM
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Used car dealer here,
1. check the tranny fluid
2. Try to return the car, some of the better dealers will be honorable about it and take the car back in, although they are legally not required to do anything, especially if an AS-IS statement was signed.
3. If the dealer has any amount of integrity whatsoever they will at least try to have the car repaired for a discounted rate. Might even to willing to add the cost of the repairs to the term of the note, saving any out of pocket expenses.
1. check the tranny fluid
2. Try to return the car, some of the better dealers will be honorable about it and take the car back in, although they are legally not required to do anything, especially if an AS-IS statement was signed.
3. If the dealer has any amount of integrity whatsoever they will at least try to have the car repaired for a discounted rate. Might even to willing to add the cost of the repairs to the term of the note, saving any out of pocket expenses.
04-17-2014, 07:45 PM
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I own a used car lot. There is no cooling off period in Texas. If it was bought as is and the as is paper was signed, then there is nothing he can do.
Being perfectly honest, if a customer had my car for nearly two weeks and came back complaining of problems, I wouldn't do anything either. Before I get demonized, here is why I say that. I check my cars over before selling them, I put at least 100 miles on them. Too many people take their cars to their "family mechanic", or worse, a lube shop that doesn't have a clue, he screws it up and they try to blame me.
Being perfectly honest, if a customer had my car for nearly two weeks and came back complaining of problems, I wouldn't do anything either. Before I get demonized, here is why I say that. I check my cars over before selling them, I put at least 100 miles on them. Too many people take their cars to their "family mechanic", or worse, a lube shop that doesn't have a clue, he screws it up and they try to blame me.
04-18-2014, 01:29 PM
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Does it really save any out of pocket expenses, or just delay them? There are three ways to buy cars at auction for dealers. As is, with a drive, and with a three day. Get to know your dealer a little and if they buy as is it's because they buy the cheapest crap at the auction. Move on to a different dealer. If the trans repair is more than the down payment you lost, drive it back up there and forget to put it in park in front of the office.
To elaborate on what the other dealer said, A customer can do a lot of damage to a vehicle in 11 days, not saying that is the case, but I think we have all had scenarios where a customer intentionally damaged a car in hopes of returning it.
As far as buying at the auction, As-Is is usually determined by price and mileage. Anything with over 150k or less than $2500 is as is, anything that is outside of those conditions AS-IS or "redlight" we know that something is wrong, and will either avoid bc of an unknown problem, or try to buy and repair if we are familiar with the problem and are able to purchase the vehicle factoring the expense of the repair.