Consumer advocates call it “lemon laundering.” It is the resale without proper disclosure of cars with a history of chronic problems which required the manufacturer to buy it back under the lemon law. This occurs all too frequently in Georgia. We have had success in pursuing Georgia automobile dealers for this conduct. We have handled […]
We are seeing more and more dealers fail yo deliver the tag and title paperwork they have agreed to deliver as part of the sale. Often the dealer has charged a fee for this service. The reasons dealers fail to deliver are several) they do not have the title because of some paperwork snafu at […]
Time and time again, used car dealers across the state of Georgia do detrimental things to consumers. Can a dealership sell a car without a title? I had a client come in who had just bought a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pick up truck. My client began to make payments on this vehicle, and when […]
One of the easiest ways for used car dealers to make profit is to purchase cheap used vehicles that have not and can not pass emissions and sell them to people as normal “clean” cars without a valid passing emissions certificate. Recently, one of our clients bought a 2000 Nissan Maxima from Sheba Independent Auto […]
Recently, I had a client come in about Land Rover he had recently purchased online from Class Auto Company, LLC. My client testified that the responded to an advertisement for the sale of this car by defendant which represented the car as having “a clean carfax, navigation, rear DVD player, towing package, brush bar ladder, […]
We often see clients come in who we wonder how they qualified for the loan to buy the car. We have learned that it is because the dealer finance personnel provide false data to the finance company. Dealer Falsified Auto Loan Application I had a retired truck driver come in last month. His income consisted […]
In a recent case T. Michael Flinn represented a consumer in a claim against the dealership owned by chairman of the Georgia Independent Automobile Dealer’s Association. The consumer visited the lot and located a car and contracted to buy same. While she waited for what they told her was their obtaining another key on her […]
Georgia Office of Consumer Protection Administrator John Sours sent this article listing the most complained of consumer complaints. The article was based upon surveys conducted by the Consumer Federation and surveyed general-purpose consumer protection agencies at the city, county and state level about the top, worst, and fastest-growing complaints in 2013. The survey also asked […]
Don’t let them fool you. This is basically just a way for the dealer to get a bad car off his hands and try to make a quick buck hoping nobody will notice. I have recently filed four lawsuits against the same car dealer, Loving Care Cars of Atlanta, Georgia for selling cars without a […]
A recent posting by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection helps provide the answer. Georgia law requires that certain documents be provided to you in completed form before you sign them. These include the Bill of Sale, The Retail Installment Sales Contract and the Odometer Statement. If you live in the metropolitan Atlanta area […]