So I purchased a vehicle from a used car dealership in 2022 and sold it to me with “95,000”on the odometer. I didn’t know about Carfax at the time and later discover the car actually had 275,000 miles and they altered it. I unfortunately like a idiot purchased this. I tried to sell it a year later and the guy who was buying it did Carfax and was calling me a scammer but I was not aware. Long story I didn’t sell it. Now vehicle doesn’t run due to engine issues….
I can’t sell it because the miles are wrong and I am aware of this now.
I filed a fraud claim with DMV fraud division since they are a dealer and provided the contract of purchase showing miles I received and the Carfax showing the change under their ownership
My questions are
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would they actually investigate this or just brush it off?
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if they investigate and claim it was fraud would I be able to sue in civil court for my money back in exchange for the non working vehicle now ?
I’m kind of out $8,200 bucks now because of their fraud and feel stuck.
I bought a beautiful AWD Mercedes estate a few years back from a dealer in New Jersey with only 40k on the odometer. Brought it home Saturday evening and the first Sunday morning drive to church the tranny gives out. Took it to a mechanic who was an ex Mercedes tech and he had Mercedes run the VIN turns out it had 140k on the odometer. Apparently Mercedes are hard to alter, dealer had to eat a 3 hour flatbed and I got all my money back. Dealer said he got it from auction like that. I was lucky it broke down right away otherwise I would have never known! If the deal is too good to be true it probably is!