San Diego Used Car Lemon Nightmare Caught on YouTube
This morning, a huge billboard adjacent to one of the largest Toyota dealerships in the country, located on a busy street in San Diego, went up with this image: http://www.usedcarnightmare.org/ Views of the YouTube video, embedded in this website, have taken off, and it’s now received over 525,000 views, and the numbers are rapidly rising….
Top Tips for Buying a Used Car to Avoid Fraud
TOP TWELVE TIPS FOR BUYING A USED CAR Save thousands of dollars Get a better, safer car Avoid common auto dealer scams 1. Either save your money and pay cash or Join a local credit union and establish credit with them. It usually costs only about $25 to join. Ask them to help you improve…
Auto dealers to California legislators: Don’t stop us from selling unsafe, recalled used cars
Just when you thought car buying couldn’t get any more fraught with peril — Auto dealers succeeded in stalling popular, common-sense auto safety legislation pending in California that would have prohibited them from renting, selling, leasing, or loaning unsafe, recalled used cars at retail to consumers. They complained that it is impossible for them to…
MINI Cooper Lemons
MINI Cooper. Owners/lessees and certain prior owners/lessees of the 2007-2009 MINI Cooper R56 (“Cooper Hardtop”) and 2008-2009 MINI Cooper R55 (“Cooper Clubman”). A defect with the timing chain tensioner can cause sudden engine failure at even high speeds. The Timing Chain Tensioner is a component that maintains proper tension of the guide rails against the…
Jeep Liberty and Cherokee Lemons
Jeep Liberty or Jeep Cherokee. Owners/lessees and certain prior owners/lessees of 2005-2007 Jeep Liberty or Jeep Cherokee models should be aware of a potential window mechanism defect. There appears to be a defect in the window regulators, lift plates and related mechanisms that causes the windows to bind, stick, tip forward, chatter and fall to…
Ford Ecoboost Lemon Alert
Ford Ecoboost. Owners/lessees and certain prior owners/lessees of 2010-2013 Ford vehicles containing a 3.5L V6 Ecoboost Engine should be aware of a potential engine defect may cause the vehicle to suddenly limp or stall. Ford’s Ecoboost engine utilizes a “Charge Air Cooler” to cool the engine and conserve gas. As moisture collects in the cooler,…
Ford Fusion and C-Max Hybrid Lemon Alert
Ford Fusion and C-Max Hybrids. Owners/lessees of Model Year 2013 Ford Fusion Hybrid and C-Max Hybrid vehicles should be aware that independent testing performed by Consumer Reports indicates that the Vehicles’ EPA-reported gas mileage far overstates the actual mileage achieved by the Vehicles. Ford marketing materials assert that the Vehicles have an EPA-reported gas mileage…
BMW Lemon: Water Leaks
BMW. Owners/lessees and certain prior owners/lessees of certain BMW vehicles should be aware of a potential design defect that allows water to enter the vehicle’s trunk and potentially damage electronics. Because of the design of the vehicles’ drainage system, as well as certain other design issues, water may enter into and collect in your trunk,…
Lemon Alert: 2011-2012 Ford Focus/Fiesta transmission cases
Lemon Alert: 2011-2012 Ford Focus/Fiesta transmission cases are piling up, but Ford is fighting consumers seeking buybacks. The transmissions all seem to exhibit the same problems: a shudder going from 1-2 gear; an grinding/rubbing noise on turns, and just all around poor transmission performance