Getting the dealer to owe up

dougrainer wrote:

rockhillmanor wrote:

The SR still hasn't answered any calls/emails
The service center has been charging a storage fee of $85.00 per day after 10 days from delivery of estimate .
Currently the storage fees need to be paid before the coach can be taken.We would of picked it right up, but due to a

severe fuel leak the service center advised not to run the coach due to potential risk of an engine fire.

the cost of repairs exceeds $4,000.00 which at this time we don't have (we had traded in our gasser A and gave a large sum of $$ for down payment and haven't recoup from that yet)

WHY if they were supposed to fix a serious fuel leak are YOU being charged by the day while it is in THEIR shop? :?

Regarding the fuel leak. A dealership can NOT legally even sell a vehicle with this type of problem. There are VERY severe new laws about this and other vehicle safety issues on the books now that dealerships MUST abide by when selling a used vehicle.

I would go in and look on the wall for the info regarding this dealerships license. Copy down all the info and start calling the names of who issued this dealerships licenses.

Also what ever brand dealership license they are working under.
You need to call their corp office immediately, they will give you the fastest help with this. It does not matter if the used MH you bought is that brand or not, they are licensed by the manufacture of the main ticket to sell used vehicles and must adhere to their standards.

Also drive down to the city and county buildings this dealership is in and speak to the department that provides him with the license to sell in their town and county. Be sure to show them the fuel line issue.

I have gone this route and you don't need to pay an attorney and trust me by the time you get back into your car after speaking to these people phone lines are burning. Go for their heart and that is their license.

They will yank his license in a heartbeat. Trust me they do not want to loose their license's to operate and you WILL get your MH fixed N/C.

"Also what ever brand dealership license they are working under.
You need to call their corp office immediately, they will give you the fastest help with this. It does not matter if the used MH you bought is that brand or not, they are licensed by the manufacture of the main ticket to sell used vehicles and must adhere to their standards".


EXPLAIN this further. Maybe NY has weird laws, but I fail to see how a Chevy dealer could be gigged for selling a used Ford that had problems. WHAT does his Franchise agreement with Chevy have anything to do with selling used makes of other brand vehicles?????
I am using Chevy and Ford as generic names. ...

The dealership has a 'ticket'. I.E. Ford, Chevy. They PAY to sell cars under that ticket. They are supplied cars from that manuf. I.E. Chevy or Ford. The ticket is umbrella'd with also taking in used cars and selling used cars of all makes to make a sale under that dealership brand name.

If a dealership is caught not abiding by the laws regarding the used vehicles of any make taken in....the Manufacturer CAN PULL their dealership ticket. It is NOT a DMV issue. Worked for dealerships and seen it happen. The new laws regarding selling used vehicles is now VERY stringent. Something used car buyers have fought for for a very long time to protect them. That is why you rarely see really old vehicles for sale at dealerships anymore, too much of a risk and the list of all what they HAVE to repair to costly. These older trade ins are usually sent to the shoots the very next day.

A call to the customer service manufacturer corp number will have a manuf representative sent out the very next day to go over each and every detail regarding the sale, new or used their brand or not. I have used them numerous times with 100% results.