Only if you can show they knew and did not disclose. Have a misrepresentation or fraud claim.

Jun 3, 2020
11:55:53am

Turnpike Lane Monday Morning Quarterback

But not a Lemon Law claim.

But the threat could be enough if willing to go through with it. Will cost them a good chunk of change to defend the case..

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Friend bought a car off KSL that the owner did not disclose was a lemon.

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 11:52am

Sadly no.

crimedog

6/3/20 11:53am

That's why you have an independent mechanic look it over first. 🙁

SandYFan

6/3/20 11:54am

They did. He didn't find anything and the engine problems came a day later.

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 11:56am

Yikes, time for a new mechanic.

TheLoneCougar

6/3/20 11:58am

It was Jiffy Lube, so yeah, probably...

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 12:07pm

That's surprising. The few times I have been to Jiffy Lube they have a list of like 20 things my car needs

Clark Addison

6/3/20 12:13pm

Only if you can show they knew and did not disclose. Have a misrepresentation or fraud claim.

Turnpike Lane

6/3/20 11:55am

The OG owner that sold the car to the fraudster said they were willing to back

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 11:57am

IF $11,000 or under, then yes.

Turnpike Lane

6/3/20 12:02pm

It was under that, I think they paid like 6000 for it. I'll recommend that

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 12:05pm

How do they know all this?

BNcoug

6/3/20 11:56am

They contacted the OG owner who sold the car to the fraudsters and he told them

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 11:57am

Did they even re-title the car? Or did they just resell the car?

coug almighty

6/3/20 12:02pm

Not sure. The OG owner told my friend that he had told the fraudsters that the

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 12:07pm

Well, when life gives you lemons...

Troy McClure

6/3/20 11:59am

Lemon laws only apply to new cars. You have a fraud claim. If the original owner

vegasnative

6/3/20 12:02pm

It's Utah. And the original owner did say he'd vouch for them. Not sure if vouch

CougarTailDevourer

6/3/20 12:08pm

But the buyers had their mechanic look at and say it was fine wouldn't that absolve the "fraudster" of any liability?

IceBlueCoug

6/3/20 12:10pm

It depends on what you have a duty to disclose under Utah law. If there is no

vegasnative

6/3/20 12:20pm

Not applicable here, but in some states (eg. AZ) they apply to any car you buy from a dealer. I got a used odyssey from

mvtoro

6/3/20 12:41pm

If they just didn't disclose the problems, your friend probably doesn't have a

byubyu

6/3/20 12:10pm

They messed with the engine light.

coug almighty

6/3/20 12:17pm

Allegedly.

byubyu

6/3/20 12:28pm

It should be pretty straightforward that it was tampered with, the testimony of

coug almighty

6/3/20 12:54pm

“Worth it” depends on how much work it is for you to get $6000 normally.

mvtoro

6/3/20 1:16pm

Yeah, If Original Owner will testify that the light was on when he sold it (and they canceled it) and that he disclosed

mvtoro

6/3/20 1:18pm

did your friend not take the car to a mechanic prior to purchasing?

BlueFrog

6/3/20 12:20pm

Who was the owner that allegedly misrepresented the condition of the car?

j20

6/3/20 12:55pm

I can think of several methods of recourse, but none of them are legal.

Nagurski

6/4/20 11:07am

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