hollywood_35
08-18-2010, 05:58 PM
Hey ya'll, it's been a few years since I've been here. But I need a quesiton answered relatively fast and I know you guys are good for it. Here it goes.
In late 2008 I bought a truck from a GM dealership here in town, and I got it during the indoor truck sale, and it seemed like a good deal. It was a 2005 GMC Sierra, and on the second day of having it, I drove it down the highway to work and one of the plastic OEM caps from the bed rails blew off. It was dark out, so I never noticed. Upon seeing the exposed bed rail, it was obvious that the entire side of the bed was replaced and the bedrail was probably put on with busted clips and that's why it took flight. I also later noticed that the rear passenger door never closed properly, and the front passenger door had quite a bit of wind noise on the highway. I took a closer look and realized that the passenger side of the truck had been replaced, both passenger doors, C pillar, and bed side. To boot, it was done very poorly. I was never bothered by it, figured it was my fault for not looking too closely. I am looking at trading the truck in for a newer one at the same place. This truck is very low km and quite pricey, on top of that I have to put 4 grand on top of my current truck to pay out the loan.
Here's my question, I have been going over this idea with co-workers and they mentioned that the dealership could not have sold me a truck with a major accident like that without declaring it to me first. Is this true? If that's the case, instead of legal action, I want to offer them to give me what I owe on my current truck as trade in value, therefor I would just give them my old lemon and buy the new truck, start from scratch. Can anyone back me up here? Do I have a leg to stand on legally? I can throw that in their face when we're dealing on the truck, and see if they're willing to keep my business or just disregard me as a young person. Thanks.
In late 2008 I bought a truck from a GM dealership here in town, and I got it during the indoor truck sale, and it seemed like a good deal. It was a 2005 GMC Sierra, and on the second day of having it, I drove it down the highway to work and one of the plastic OEM caps from the bed rails blew off. It was dark out, so I never noticed. Upon seeing the exposed bed rail, it was obvious that the entire side of the bed was replaced and the bedrail was probably put on with busted clips and that's why it took flight. I also later noticed that the rear passenger door never closed properly, and the front passenger door had quite a bit of wind noise on the highway. I took a closer look and realized that the passenger side of the truck had been replaced, both passenger doors, C pillar, and bed side. To boot, it was done very poorly. I was never bothered by it, figured it was my fault for not looking too closely. I am looking at trading the truck in for a newer one at the same place. This truck is very low km and quite pricey, on top of that I have to put 4 grand on top of my current truck to pay out the loan.
Here's my question, I have been going over this idea with co-workers and they mentioned that the dealership could not have sold me a truck with a major accident like that without declaring it to me first. Is this true? If that's the case, instead of legal action, I want to offer them to give me what I owe on my current truck as trade in value, therefor I would just give them my old lemon and buy the new truck, start from scratch. Can anyone back me up here? Do I have a leg to stand on legally? I can throw that in their face when we're dealing on the truck, and see if they're willing to keep my business or just disregard me as a young person. Thanks.