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February 7, 2013 USA Today “Confident Consumer” reporter Jayne O’Donnell published an article on Yo-Yo car financing entitled “Don’t Take Car Until Loan is Final” (pdf copy of article). The article highlights many of the problems surrounding spot-delivery of cars to consumers (i.e. cars are delivered “on the spot” with a promise from the dealer [...]

On February 5, 2013 – County Court Judge Sharon Zeller entered an order denying Wow Auto Deals, LLC Motion to Compel Arbitration in a case where a Pembroke Pines, Florida car buyer complained that Wow Auto Deals fraudulently sold them a car with defective or missing airbags. In response to the complaint filed in Broward County by Dana L. Manner, [...]

The Used Car Rule, formally known as the Used Motor Vehicle Trade Regulation Rule, has been in effect since 1985 and requires car dealers to display a window sticker, known as a Buyers Guide, on the used cars they offer for sale. The Buyers Guide discloses whether the dealer offers a warranty and, if so, [...]

Take a look at this 2010 GMC TERRAIN SL 3.0L 6 VIN: 2CTFLGEY6A6349475 being auctioned off on eBay by Clearwater Florida used car dealer (eBay User ID: “flautomall” a/k/a Florida Cars http://flautopark.com/) who has been the subject of prior stories posted on the MannerLaw Blog. The pictures on the internet look good, and the dealer has a link [...]

Portions of this post were originally published in the Florida Bar Journal November, 2012 Volume 86, No. 9, “Lender Liability for Merchant Misconduct in Consumer Transactions” and are excerpted here with the permission and generosity of the author Ian Forsythe of Hilyard, Bogan & Palmer, P.A. Example: Car buyer purchases a vehicle from a motor vehicle dealer, and finances the [...]

I have been following Earl Stewart’s blog for a couple of years now, because I am a consumer advocate attorney that deals in auto dealer fraud. I found Earl’s candor about unfair and deceptive dealer practices refreshing, and to be honest initially I was somewhat skeptical. Recently, I contacted Earl by email, and later by [...]

Chesapeake, VA – Car buyer Danny Sawyer was arrested when Priority Chevrolet reported that the buyer had stolen a 2012 Chevrolet Traverse, because the dealership mistakenly undercharged the customer, and the customer refused to sign a costlier contract, according to a report in The Virginian-Pilot Sawyer test-drove a blue Chevrolet Traverse on May 7 but ultimately [...]

A Canadian TV broadcast (CBC’s “Marketplace” Canada’s Investigative Consumer Show) exposes holes “big enough to drive a truck through” in Carfax vehicle history reports. This video segment shows how many cars that appear to have clean vehicle histories can actually have hidden damage and prior repairs. Used car dealers can exploit these gaps in reporting, [...]

About six months ago, it came to my attention that a used car dealer in Clearwater, Florida was selling cars on eBay that have “clean” titles and vehicle history reports (e.g. AutoCheck or Carfax) that appear to be good, but car buyers need to read the fine print in this dealer’s eBay advertisements very carefully. [...]

After a year-long investigation into auto fraud by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 9 suspects (including a Miami Beach police officer) were arrested last month on September 7, 2012   related to a scheme to defraud Miami-area car dealers, for nearly a half-million dollars. George Robert Navarro, 26, a Miami Beach police officer, was charged [...]