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Aug 7, 2009, 2:19 PM
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grinding in rear-end
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hi, my 04 jeep liberty has been making grinding sounds in the rear end for nearly a year now, or since i bought it. the dealership told me that the entire rear-end needed to be replaced i.e. - brakes, roaders, emerg brake assemb ect. I refused to pay because i had just bought it a week before. I took it to a different auto shop for a second opinion and they told me that they think the problem is in the rear differential . if it is the rear differential than they have to pay for it, correct??? any help would be nice.. thx
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Aug 7, 2009, 2:37 PM
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Whether they have to pay will totally depend on what guarantee they gave you when you purchased the car. Most used cars come with no guarantee at all unless the state requires it or you negotiated it in the purchase.
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Aug 7, 2009, 2:55 PM
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I'm not sure what you are asking but I think you are saying that you think if it is something other than the rear brks the dealership would pay? That would be a ...... depends
Most used car sales are "As is" sales which mean just as it says...... you take it "as is". Now if there were some sort of warranty that went with the sale, that would be different but from what you said about the rear brks, it sounds like an as is sale with no warranty.
One recourse you may have had but since a year has gone by the odds would be slim is that most states require dealers to make sure the brakes on a car are "safe" before a sale (this doesn't apply to private party sales). You would have to check you state regulations on this BUT the fact a year has pasted since the sale that is not going to help.....
One other fact that isn't going to help, is you do have a responsibility to mitigate your damages. You knew there was a problem going on in the rear and ignored it & kept driving because you were under the belief that the dealer was repsonsible for the repair. It doesn't work that way. What you needed to do was FIX the problem & then sue the dealer for the repair costs & let a court decide liabililty.
sry I don't have better news but from what you've said & the time that has pasted, IMO if you took them to court now, you would lose. As is sales are tough win against, even a week later, you really needed to have the vehicle checked before you bought it.
Your best bet would've been to act right away..... Not to drive the vehicle until it blows (or almost blows) and then act a year later......
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