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gnuburton

Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? WA

I recently purchased a 2008 GMC acadia. It was about 10 months old with 25,000 miles and the existing manu. warrenty. I ran a carfax and the title was clean. It was purchased from a GMC saturn dealer in idaho. During a recent rain storm i noticed that there was water leeking from the passenger door so I brought it into the local GMC dealearship because it was under warrenty. They found that the reason the door was leeking was because the car had been in a serious accident and fixed without reporting the vehicle damage on the title. After doing some research i found out that the previous owner of the car was Hertz rental. Is there anything i can do about this. Can a large company get serious body work done under the table like this. I have been trying to research my options but have hit a dead end. Please help.
 


gnuburton

Junior Member
I did. Mechanically the car is great. Motor and drive train are fine. The issue is with damage that could only be seen if you remove the interior plastics or the exterior pannels. Now there are leeks as saftey questions as the car is no longer as structurally sound on the passenger side as was desighned. Basically i want to know if there is anything i can do because i would have never paid $30,000 for a previously wrecked car.
 

outhouse

Member
does or does not carfax have a guarantee?

as for the dealer you bought it from they may not have known about the damage.

most dealers will repair small dings and fix/paint bumpers. touch up when needed but avoid wrecks because they dont want the conflict/heat coming back at them.

generaly dealers cherry pick rentals, the cleaner they are the faster they sell them.
 

racer72

Senior Member
There is no legal requirement to report any repairs done to a vehicle to anybody unless the vehicle is totalled by an insurance company.
 

Zigner

Senior Member, Non-Attorney
Your car does not appear to fall within the "lemon law" requirements for the state of Washington:

http://www.carlemon.com/lemon/WA_LemonGuide.html]Washington Lemon Law Consumer Guide

(not an endorsement - just a Google result)
 

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