Disappointed with GM
Legend
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
That's what happend with my Cobra... a week after I bought it I had to get a new clutch... 2 weeks after that the motor went boom... had the tow truck drop the car right in front of the office door and showed up the next day with a lawyer... that's were I got my truck from.. most places will do what you want when you mention lawyer... just like when my old man bought his 03 Hemi brand new and at the 3000 mile service the technician wrapped it around a pole screwing around in the lot.. dealer said they would fix it on their dime and my dad said no ill get a lawyer to come handle this cause I don't want that truck back.. the next day there was a brand new 04 Sittin on the lot with 61 miles on it and they handed him the keys and said here's your new truck and then fired the guy who wrecked it right in front of us...
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From: Austin, TX
When I worked for a Buick-Pontiac-GMC dealer in Flagstaff, we had a curb warranty plicy. If customer drove it past the curb, it was theri problem. If and when (which was seldom) they did repair something after delivery, such a fuel pump in a used GMC truck, the gross ssales percentage came out of salesman's pocket. I hated paying $150 for a new pump for a customer. My net take on the deal - $350 after the pump!
Last edited by gdstock; Jun 18, 2012 at 10:53 PM.
Haha these are pretty funny stories. Here in CT, there's a lemon law on problems like this, unfortunately, this car is too old. 10 Years 
go figure
It's ridiculous that this happened but a lawyer, I guess if one really wants to get into it
go figureIt's ridiculous that this happened but a lawyer, I guess if one really wants to get into it
That's why you don't buy a car like that from a dealer... Think about it. Why would one trade it in? Because they knew they could get quick cash for their un-maintained pile that they didn't have a chance of selling private party. If it really were a good car, they would sell it their self and get more money for it. If someone is too lazy to sell a car, do you think they have the motivation to maintain it? I don't. If we were talking about a 50K mile 2009 Chrysler, that's a different story, but an 10 year old fwd automatic transmission gas saver is a car that is cheap enough that someone can buy it, not maintain it, and the second something goes wrong, dump it off for the next victim. When buying used, do your homework, buy something that either 1) has been well taken care of and has low miles 2) is so cheap that you don't mind replacing half the vehicle (most of us with our 2nd gen's), or 3) is the type of vehicle that no matter how hard it is abused, will never stop working (70's/80's dodge trucks for instance).