Deceptive Misleading

Misrepresentation Omission and Deceptive Sales Practices

Misrepresentations or Omissions about your car

Dealerships may provide you with false or misleading information about the vehicle you're considering. They may omit something important. Omission is not telling you something they know about the car that would affect your purchase decision. and it's also misrepresentation.

“Lemon Laundering” is selling a car that was found to be a lemon in its previous lives. It’s a problem because the dealership of course does not tell you that someone else already bought this car and was so dissatisfied they went to the trouble of making it lemon. Dealerships will sometimes acquire and resale "flood", salvaged, or damaged vehicles.

Spot Delivery, Bushing, or Yo-Yo Sales

Yo-Yo, Bushing, or Spot Delivery sales involve a car dealership delivering a vehicle to you under the impression that the financing is final. They sign a legally binding contract with you. They may even include a bailment agreement of some sort which contradicts your agreement. After some time, the dealership contacts you again to say that the financing fell through. They tell you to return to the dealership to sign new, less favorable, financing terms.

They mislead you into believing the deal is final when it is not. You get unexpected and less favorable changes--after you spent all day negotiating. They hold the deal open when you had no idea. It's a one way transaction. You suffer financial strain because they coerced you into higher interest rates or additional payments.

Odometer Fraud

Odometer fraud, also known as “busting miles” or “clocking,” is the illegal practice of altering a vehicle’s odometer to show a lower mileage than the vehicle has actually traveled. This deceptive practice is used to inflate the vehicle’s value, leading you to pay more than you should for a car with greater wear and tear than you knew when you agreed to buy it.

Inflated, Hidden, Unhorsed Trade-Ins

A dealership may offer you an inflated trade-in value to make a deal seem more attractive. Then they reduce it during final negotiations.

“Unhorsing” is not returning your potential trade-in when you decide to pass on the deal. You drive to the dealership and walk home. It happens.

Dealers sometimes hide the negative equity in the car to get you to go through with the sale. The dealer conceals this fact hoping that you will not notice that they rolled in the difference into the amount financed on your new-to-you car.

Don’t let them off the hook!

If you believe you have been a victim of emissions tampering or undisclosed alterations, our law firm is here to help you seek redress and protect your rights. We can help you hold the dealership accountable for their actions.