Marty's Auto Sales

CAUTION - LOOK SOMEWHERE ELSE! Be VERY, VERY CAREFUL when looking at a car at Marty's. Bought a vehicle from Marty's. Oil leaking on the driveway. replaced the oil plug on oil pan Be VERY, VERY CAREFUL when looking at a car at Marty's. Bought a vehicle from Marty's. Oil leaking on the driveway. replaced the oil plug on oil pan (where you change the oil) as oil appeared to be coming from there. Took a lot of torque to get it off and it definitely needed to be replaced. I wondered why they did not do this since they changed the oil as required. Unfortunately, this was not the full problem. The big problem was that the rear seal on the back of the engine needed to be replaced. My gas station did not do this work because the transmission needed to be taken out in order to get to the seal. they recommended a shop in Burnsville where the estimate was $800-$1000. Mechanic at gas station also said that it lookd like there had been a lot of work done and that the engine may have been replaced. Had the seal replaced for $800 by a mechanic that I trust and he confirmed that the engine had been replaced with a junkyard engine (had an orange X on the cover of the rear seal which designates a junkyard engine). The work that was done was not done well as it appeared that a bolt had come loose and bounced around and damaged the rear plate. None of thsi was disclod=sed to me by Marty's. Also, did not notice that the spare tire was missing. When I called them to see if maybe they had taken it off for safe keeping. I was told that "they do not have spare tire floating around". when I said that did not expect them to have spare tires floating around, but did they happen to have the spare tire for this vehicle, I was told they did not. i read the reviews of others who had problems with vehicles after purchase and did not give them the consideration I should have. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM Marty's. More