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Activity 9: Car sold to local woman was rigged to hide dangerous problem
by: Todd Ulrich, Gerry Mendiburt Updated: Mar 20, two thousand seventeen – 8:31 PM
An Orlando woman said she paid $Legal,000 for a used vehicle, then could not believe what Activity nine uncovered inwards her dashboard. Someone rigged the warning lights to hide serious mechanical problems.
Auto repair experienced Jay Zembower liquidated the instrument panel from a Jeep Rubicon. Inwards Activity nine found a black, tarry substance someone used to cover up the warning lights.
«This vehicle was deliberately rigged?» asked consumer reporter Todd Ulrich. «Absolutely. No question about it,» said Zembower.
«To disguise a real problem?» asked Ulrich.
«Absolutely,» replied Zembower.
Ulrich asked, «That could be costly and risky?»
«And fraudulent,» Zembower continued.
Jenny Schroer paid $Legal,000 for the used Jeep at Jeep Emporium in Merritt Island.
The very first week, at night, she witnessed a very dim brake warning light. She drove to a fresh car dealer and was told, «That somebody’s tampered with it. That something’s wrong, and I didn’t know about it,» said Schroer.
She couldn’t prove who rigged it, but dreamed Jeep Emporium to do something about it.
«I asked him to take the vehicle back, and he said it’s not gonna happen,» said Schroer.
So Schroer called Act 9, and that’s when our accomplished confirmed someone covered up failed anti-lock brakes that cost at least $1,500 to fix.
«It’s truly an expensive repair,» said Zembower.
At the Jeep Emporium lot, Ulrich found holder Robert Johnson.
«That vehicle’s been rigged to hide warning lights and real trouble,» said Ulrich.
«I know about it,» said Johnson.
«How did it happen?» asked Ulrich.
«Done before we bought it,» replied Johnson. He said he complained to the company that sold him the Jeep.
«So you say you didn’t do it, what can you do for Jenny now,» asked Ulrich.
«We can’t do anything for Jenny. We attempted to work with her,» said Johnson.
Even however it was sold “as is,” Johnson said he wants to help and will pay another shop to fix Schroer’s brakes, since she was a victim, too.
«I never thought someone could do something like that,» said Jenny Schroer.
She is reviewing the dealer’s suggest, but she’s also considering legal activity.
In some cases, if you can prove hidden defects lowered the vehicles value, there’s a chance to revoke the contract.