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Nightmare: You’re Driving Franken-Car!

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:00:10 +0000

Imagine this Halloween Nightmare: You discover that your car is really two cars that were “clipped” together by a body shop at the request of an insurance company in order to save money over paying salvage value.

Whether it was your car that was involved (heaven-forbid) in the serious accident and a “clip-job” was ordered, or you purchased the car used and later discovered the clip, you and your occupants’ safety is especially at risk in the event of a second accident.

“Clipping” is a penalty in football, and it should be in the car market. One of the reasons I’m a consumer advocate attorney is to stand up for people when corporate greed puts health and safety at risk.

Read about Clipping in an article written by Christopher Jensen in the October 5, 2008, Chicago Tribune.

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How Banks Sucker People

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:27:24 +0000

CNN posted an interesting story about how finance companies sucker people. This included aggressive selling tactics to push customers into cash advances, sometimes getting them to max out their credit
cards.

Read the article here.

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Class Claims Mercedes Violates Lemon Laws

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:34:24 +0000

From Courthousenews.com

By KARINA BROWN

LOS ANGELES (CN) – In violation of state lemon laws, Mercedes-Benz leased used cars without telling customers the original owners had returned them for warranty-related problems, a class action claims in Superior Court.
California’s Automotive Consumer Notification Act requires car manufacturers to retitle with a “Lemon Law Buyback” inscription the cars they repurchase from consumers, affix a lemon law buyback decal to the vehicle, and get a written acknowledgement from the new buyer, showing the buyer is aware of the car’s history.
Lead plaintiff Henry Unger says he knew that the luxury car he leased was used, but had no idea that it had defects. In fact, Unger says, Mercedes claimed that the car would run “properly, reliably, and safely.”
Instead, Unger says, his car regularly malfunctioned. The keyless start system repeatedly failed to fire, the tire pressure warning came on for no reason, and the navigation system acted up. Unger says he asked a Mercedes mechanic if the car qualified as a lemon, but the mechanic denied it, saying the problems were not safety-related.
Unger says he found out about his car’s history when he traded it in for a new Mercedes. He says that’s when he found records showing that Mercedes had spent 30 days trying to repair the old car before buying it back from its original owner.
He demands damages, interest, statutory penalties and punitive damages. He is represented by Jennifer Connor with Westrup Klick.

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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan Sued for Fraud at His Florida Car Dealerships.

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:40:29 +0000

The St. Petersburg Times reported in its Friday, August 22, 2008 edition:

U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan is one of the richest men in Congress thanks in part to his car dealerships.

But those businesses have also made the Sarasota Republican the
target of lawsuits in his own county. Ex-employees allege that his
dealerships fabricated tax returns, falsified incomes to get loan
applications approved and “powerbooked” — faked options to pump up the
sales price.

The congressman’s dealership bilked customers,
employees and even Ford Motor Co. in a relentless drive to sell cars,
according to the suit filed Aug. 13 in Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court.

Click here to read the entire article.

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