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Dealer sold me truck with engine swapped w/ older one
Jan 21, 12:41 pm show options
Newsgroups: misc.legal From: - Find messages by this author Date: 21 Jan 2005 12:41:52 -0800 Local: Fri, Jan 21 2005 12:41 pm Subject: Dealer sold me truck with older engine installed Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse I bought a 2000 Dodge Dakota truck from an independent used car dealer in California last Friday. Today I find out from the Dodge Dealer that the engine in the truck is not the original. In fact, the engine is not even the same size and is two years older than the car. The VIN states the truck has 4.7L installed and this is a 5.9L gas guzzler. I'm not a mechanic so wouldn't have known. Obviously the odometer reading, though may be true for the chassis, is not true for the engine. The Dodge Dealer also pointed out that the wiring harness may not be proper since the engines are wired differently. I'm finding this to be true as the lights do not work correctly, etc. Wouldn't the dealer's actions of selling me a car with the wrong engine be illegal in California? I'm wondering if the smog check he got done was phoney since the VIN for the truck and the engine size would not match. Also, I bought this truck through eBay but turned out the seller was a car dealer. Should I call the Credit Union and have them cancel the loan for this guy? |
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> wrote in message oups.com... > Jan 21, 12:41 pm show options > > Newsgroups: misc.legal > From: - Find messages by this author > Date: 21 Jan 2005 12:41:52 -0800 > Local: Fri, Jan 21 2005 12:41 pm > Subject: Dealer sold me truck with older engine installed > Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show > original | Report Abuse > > > I bought a 2000 Dodge Dakota truck from an independent used car dealer > in California last Friday. Today I find out from the Dodge Dealer that > the engine in the truck is not the original. In fact, the engine is > not even the same size and is two years older than the car. The VIN > states the truck has 4.7L installed and this is a 5.9L gas guzzler. > I'm not a mechanic so wouldn't have known. Obviously the odometer > reading, though may be true for the chassis, is not true for the > engine. The Dodge Dealer also pointed out that the wiring harness may > not be proper since the engines are wired differently. I'm finding > this to be true as the lights do not work correctly, etc. > > > Wouldn't the dealer's actions of selling me a car with the wrong engine > be illegal in California? I'm wondering if the smog check he got done > was phoney since the VIN for the truck and the engine size would not > match. > > > Also, I bought this truck through eBay but turned out the seller was a > car dealer. Should I call the Credit Union and have them cancel the > loan for this guy? > Dunno about Ca. but in our state, whenever an engine is swapped--regardless of "up" or "down"-- the odometer statement should read "true mileage unknown" or equivalent. HTH, s |
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