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rust on my vibe
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:04 am
by russ257
ok i got my vibe last monday when it showed up they said it has 800 miles on it but your warrenty starts today i looked and it seems my car was made in november and spent a winter in NY driven around and the bottum seems rusted my mufffler looks like crap and there is some corrosion on the bolts and various undercarrage parts. I am going to go to the dealership tomorrow and show this to them. My question is what is a resonable resolution. I think a new exhaust should be in there but how what else seems fair
Re: rust on my vibe (russ257)
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:22 pm
by ragingfish
Unfortunately, my legal understanding is when you accept delivery of the car, you essentially wave your right to complain about previous issues, in this case, a discolored or stained exhaust system. Mine has discoloring on the inside -- looks like a river of rust-colored metal, but I believe it is natural discoloration. If it works right, is not a true defect, and there is no safety issues at hand, your chances of getting resolution for cosmetic things are next to non-existent.
Re: rust on my vibe (russ257)
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:30 pm
by Vibe Rater
Any vehicle sitting around for that long will show some rust. My question would be how it has 800 miles on it. It is for all intensive purposes a used car. Did they sell it to you as a new car or was it a demo? Often a car from the factory will have at most a hundred or so miles on it. It should have a sticker on the pasenger rear window explaining why it has such high mileage on it, including quality control or emmision testing. If it is not a demo or wasn't driven at the factory, you were sold a used car. I would give the dealer a chance to make it right, then contact your local BBB or consumer agency.
Re: rust on my vibe (ragingfish)
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:57 pm
by ragingfish
I wasn't under the impression he get it new. I assumed he got it used?
Re: rust on my vibe (ragingfish)
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 9:56 pm
by russ257
it was new what i think happened was the car was delivered to dealer A dealer A wanted a car from dealer B so they worked out a trade and drove it over there my dealer worked out a trade with dealer B and there were prolly test drives in there somewhere my 32000 mile warrenty started at the milage when i recieved the car.