Inspection, 1 mile later tire falls off?

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Thu May 25, 2006 7:51 am

Ok, here is the start to a long rant.

So my cousin buys a 97 blazer from this used car dealership. The dealer didnt get it inspected & my cousin didnt know the dealer was surpose too. So he takes it and gets it inspected himself at the shop he usually uses and it fails due to needing both lower ball joints. The guy who did the inspection told him that the dealer should of had it inspected and call the dept of revenue and see if the dealer has to pay for the repairs.

He calls them and they said by law the dealer should of had the vehicle inspected and that he had 3 days to return the vehicle and get his money back if he chooses not to keep it.

Josh = my cousin.

So he and I drove back up to the dealer (40 miles away) and told him that it failed inspection and that he needs to pay for the repairs. The dealer told him that he wouldnt and he isnt going to give him his money back either. Josh told him that it was against the law to sell him the truck without it being inspected first, the dealer told him fine, I know a guy who will inspect it the way it is. Josh said good, and then I will make sure you and the inspector are both shut down. The guy started saying how he didnt answer to no one and that he could get around all the laws. Finally after about 20 mins of yelling back and forth the guy agrees the pay for the repairs in full...

Its over now, right? > Wrong!

We go back and pay the shop for the ball joints. He leaves the shop and drives about .75 to his house. We change the air filter and fuel filter, then take it for a quick test drive. We get about .5 miles from his house and something goes *bammm* and the truck starts shaking horribly, abs light comes on and the brake pedal goes to the floor... After about 300 yards we got it stopped. I get out of the car and walk over to the drivers side and the freakin tire is about to fall off... We get it off the road the best we can and start walking back to his house... As soon as we got to his house we jump in his other truck and ran down to the place who just did the work and inspected it less then 2 miles ago but they were already close... Josh is pretty pissed by now so he has it towed, but to another shop...

This morning I met him at his house and we drove to the shop. They jacked it up in the parking lot and it appears to be the wheel bearing. We drive back the first shop and told him what happen, he says I'll have it towed over he and we'll get it fixed...

We drive back over to shop 2 and wait for the tow truck, help load the truck, then drive back to shop 1... The guy comes out and says yeap, its more than likely something we did... Either way my cousin is going to try to make him pay for the damage because he didnt do a good job with the inspecting which almost got us killed.

Thankful nobody was hurt and it didnt do any damage to the body. But yeah, its probably going to end up costing somebody alot of money.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:28 am

next time take a tape recorder with you. and if he says something stupid go to your local news with it.

solacedagony · Post by **solacedagony** » Thu May 25, 2006 8:45 am

You should have probably made him take it and fix it before you even took it home.
In any case, good luck with that. Real crappy situation to be in.

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:25 am

look into the Lemon Law....very useful for you.. its basically saying that you will get the law on them for selling piece of crap vehicles intentionally..

Syris · Post by **Syris** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:50 am

i wouldnt even go there considering at the very least it sounds like none of the mechanics even check their own work such as taking a test drive.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Thu May 25, 2006 10:22 pm

My cousin called me earlier today and said that the shop is fixing everything for free, they are also paying the tow bills... Apperently they stripped the cv axle bolt and it worked its way compeletly off... Yeah, not good.... Luckly we were only going about 35 mph when this happened, we were heading for the highway... He loves the truck and decided to keep it... I told him before he bought it he should look else where.... Oh well!

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:56 am

they probaly forgot to tighten the lug nuts. did it look like the wheel was coming loose from the hub or still fastened to it?

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Fri May 26, 2006 8:20 am

sinister audio wrote:they probaly forgot to tighten the lug nuts. did it look like the wheel was coming loose from the hub or still fastened to it?

No, the lug nuts where tight. It was the cv nut.

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Fri May 26, 2006 10:31 am

if they cant put that on right i wouldnt trust them to do anything else to it.

MobileAudio219 · Post by **MobileAudio219** » Fri May 26, 2006 12:08 pm

sinister audio wrote:if they cant put that on right i wouldnt trust them to do anything else to it.

Yeah, they suck... When they get it done we are taking it to my uncles shop and are going to check it all out...

He paid 3100 for a 97 with 140,000 on it... I probably would went 2,000.