should I?

My wife is up my ass now that the transmission has gone out of my car. I have already fixed the ringland failure and she was really good about that but her patience are gone now.

07 wrx bought in November from Moorehead, MN Muscatell Subaru 31,xxx miles with no extended warranty. Not sure I was offered one either.

The total cost of the rebuilds will be close to 8 thousand.

My question is, do you think contacting the dealership would be worth the increase in my blood pressure? Has anyone had a good outcome from a dealership in this type of situation? I think it is something that I should chaulk up to a learning experience (expensive one). I have been very lucky with my recent cars, no issues except oil, tires and etc. I figure I had this one coming......

 

is the car stock, was it stock when you bought it? if no to either, don't bother.

 

No, I don't think many/any dealerships will just say sure, We'll help you cover half the cost.

Sure it's not under the Subaru warranty(5 years/60k)?

If it's not under warranty anymore, you can try contacting SOA and see if they will help you pay for part of it.

If thats a dead end, I guess it'll be you who'll be paying it.

It'll be just like you said " a learning experience".

Guess the previous owner didn't like that car and beat the _ _ _ _ out of it.

 

I bought a stock 07 wrx as far as the dealership is concerned. Not sure if that makes sense to you but, there was no disclosure of information about the upgrades that were done to the turbo, ic nor about the cobb tuning that was done.

No the car is not stock and was bought from the dealership that way. I am under the suspicion that since I bought it from a mechanic at the dealership that they knew exactly what was wrong with it. It appears the transmission was also cracked prior to my issues with it.

I agree, to give any $ would admit that they knew or had some suspicion the car had issues.

As far as asking if I bought a stock car, yes what I bought was listed as a stock car and was sold as a stock car. If that makes sense, then you now know why I am asking these questions. To me it doesnt matter who bought it, me or an 80yo grandmother. The deception was there from the dealership about the condition of the vehicle and the so called "stock" form.

 

if YOU didn't do the mods, and the dealership advertised it and sold it as stock, and you have proof that you didn't mod it and it resulted in the issues...bring it up with them or SOA.

 

That is correct sir.

 

Itll be a he said she said thing at the end.

 

That is what I am assuming will happen as well. The more responses I get the more I can show my wife it isn't worth the headache!!

 

Deception is what you will have to go on. That they sold you a car that was "stock" or did not disclose any information about it being modified, and the key part, lead you to believe it was stock.

http://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/the-authorized-car-dealership-sold-me-a-car-that-t-614665.html

 

My opinion would be, it wouldnt hurt anything to write a letter to both the dealership and SOA. Dont be rude and blow up at them in the letters, just say what your problems have been. You never what will happen or what they will say until you try.

 

for 8K, i'd find an attorney and take the dealer to court. 8K is worth a lot of headache.

 

Could try the insurance route. I was able to make a claim when I blew my 5 spd up.running over road debris

 

SOA was (and they told me) nothing but a middle man. That was a waste of time. They have no control over the dealership. I am going to contact the attorney general's office and see what happens from there. Just have to get everything in order.

 

if this was bought from a dealer would it not fall under the lemon law if you are forking out that much more cash? I'm not really sure what the law all states as far as time frame and % of repairs vs what you paid originally, but might be worth looking into.

 

From a dealer but used.