The epitome of a used car lot! - Michelle H
The epitome of a used car lot! Bought a 2017 Acadia. Had it checked out by mechanic before purchasing. He found an oil pan leak- brought it to the attention of the salesman who told me the car is "as is". I later found out that the oil pan and gasket are part of an implied warranty and must be repaired within 14 days...by law. Thirteen days later the air conditioning stopped working. I found on the Carfax that Bill Kay recharged the AC in July- just a few weeks before I purchased the vehicle. When I brought it to the dealership's attention they said my mechanic looked at it and didn't find it. Fun fact- you can't see a Freon leak without injecting dye and more Freon...this costs nearly $800. I paid for an outside company to run the diagnostics because the Clean Air Act fines businesses for recharging without diagnosing Freon as it is an EPA violation. It was a $1200 repair that took less than 2 days to find. Went back to the dealership and asked them to do the right thing since they were clearly aware of the issue and willfully hid the leak and costly repair. They offered to repair it for $1600 and cover half of it- that plus the cost of me having to diagnose it saves me zero dollars and zero cents. Ignorance is not a legal defense and as a single mom I was the perfect victim. Be cautious! Salesmen will gaslight you into believing that the dealership is responsible for nothing unless you buy their inflated warranty which doesn't cover the costs of most repairs. The upper management will stall and push the talks to lower level employees. Hoping the Attorney General can help- but Bill Kay is also ignoring their request to answer my complaint within the time frame.
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