Illinois used car laws?

[turbowannabe]

Well I bought a 2003 subaru WRX sedan from a dealer back in November. The car runs and drives straight, but I recently put it up on a lift and it looks like the car was involved in a pretty bad rear end collision. Quite a few rear suspension parts replaced and a small kink in the body/frame. Does anyone have a idea what kind of legal recourse I have on the dealership that I bought it from?

 

[DCVING 6]

Probably not much of any unless you asked and they lied.

 

[chrisgarrett]

Under the Illinois Cosumer protection laws, the dealer is required to inform the buyer of the car's history. Here's a link describing the laws.
Illinois Consumer Protection Law

 

[turbowannabe]

Well someone did a carfax for me and nothing showed up as far as accidents go. I'm going to call the states attorneys office tomorrow and see what I can do. The car was sold as a certified car so I think I may have a good chance of making them buy the car back. When on a lift it's obvious the car has been in a wreck so the mechanic should not have missed it and it should not have been certified. I'll let you know how it turns out.

-Dan

 

[Grumpy]

you have had the car 4 months.. what would stop "you" from having an accident and trying to go back on them sayin it happened before you got it ??

 

[TurboDave]

Well someone did a carfax for me and nothing showed up as far as accidents go. I'm going to call the states attorneys office tomorrow and see what I can do. The car was sold as a certified car so I think I may have a good chance of making them buy the car back. When on a lift it's obvious the car has been in a wreck so the mechanic should not have missed it and it should not have been certified. I'll let you know how it turns out.

-Dan

Let's hear it for the accuracy of Carfax again!

 

[Tom Tom Turbo]

just for grins, my dealership used CARFAX for a few months....we found it was almost 70% inaccurate! If its made after 1996, I can use GM's internal carfax-like program and find the dirt on any vehicle.

 

[cruzn57]

Carfooey

carfax is nothing more than BS, very inaccurate, very misleading.
and they DO NOT stand behind there waranty.
Bought clean corvette, only to find it was a total loss, and carfax threatened to sue ME???
don't waste your money!