niktionary
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I bought a used car in Michigan in April 2007. I had a limited 30 day warranty. I registered the car in California of January 2009.
Summer of 2008, I took my car to a dealership out here for repairs for the car not starting. They had the car FIVE separate times. Three of those times, they charged me for expensive repairs (cumulative charges were around $1100). It still wasn't starting quite right after the last repair I did in August 2008 but I didn't want to keep paying for repairs and diagnostics when they weren't doing the job. It was working, albeit not great so I just cut my losses.
The car stopped starting again about a month ago. I took it back to the dealership thinking that maybe they would actually fix it. They charged me a diagnostic and told me nothing was wrong. I got it back. Today, it wouldn't start again. I had it towed to them yet again. They waived my diagnostic fee but are not going to do any repairs for free.
Can I take them to small claims court over this? Or is there a lemon law with the Michigan dealership that might apply. ANY advice would be EXTREMELY helpful and I would really appreciate it! Thank you!
Summer of 2008, I took my car to a dealership out here for repairs for the car not starting. They had the car FIVE separate times. Three of those times, they charged me for expensive repairs (cumulative charges were around $1100). It still wasn't starting quite right after the last repair I did in August 2008 but I didn't want to keep paying for repairs and diagnostics when they weren't doing the job. It was working, albeit not great so I just cut my losses.
The car stopped starting again about a month ago. I took it back to the dealership thinking that maybe they would actually fix it. They charged me a diagnostic and told me nothing was wrong. I got it back. Today, it wouldn't start again. I had it towed to them yet again. They waived my diagnostic fee but are not going to do any repairs for free.
Can I take them to small claims court over this? Or is there a lemon law with the Michigan dealership that might apply. ANY advice would be EXTREMELY helpful and I would really appreciate it! Thank you!