frame damage on used car

[Calculated steps]

If a vehicle has frame damage can a used car lot legally sell it?

 

[Seanpcola]

I was reading up on FL Lemon laws a while back. Best I can tell it's legal if disclosed to the buyer. Best to look up Florida Lemon Law Uses Cars to get the true 411 though.

 

[Calculated steps]

It was disclosed to me in a lie.

 

[Overtime]

It can be sold legally. No law against selling a damaged car, especially if it has a clean title.

 

[MAXman]

Please share the seller.
I don't know how screwed you are but I suspect best case scenario it'll cost you time and money.

And also, I wouldn't mind hearing the aspect on how it was disclosed.

 

[StorMay05]

FL law if i can remember correctly is if a vehicle's cost of repair after an accident is 70% or more of the value the car, then it;s considered totaled and can't be retitled in FL same goes for a stolen vehicle. That means a car could have frame damage and still be sold.

 

[Calculated steps]

I will after everything is said an done. Good or bad. I'm hoping for the best. I don't want to bad mouth them if they are trying to do right

 

[Overtime]

FL law if i can remember correctly is if a vehicle's cost of repair after an accident is 70% or more of the value the car, then it;s considered totaled and can't be retitled in FL same goes for a stolen vehicle. That means a car could have frame damage and still be sold.

It actually depends on the insurance company. Some insurance companies will actually fix to 100% - salvage value. And some will just do a "contract repair" where they just give you a certain amount, and you are responsible for any supplemental damage. I did 15k worth of damage to my 9k camaro and still had the option to get the car with a clean title. FL law has nothing to do with it until a vehicle is actually branded a total.

 

[Seanpcola]

I would check those lemon laws too. I'm focusing on the time frame. You may well have a limited window of recourse.

 

[Calculated steps]

We will see where it goes. There's repairs being done. But if it looks like my kids fixed it. There will have to be something done legally.

 

[Alientaz]

7 years as a used car manager in FL so this is my 2 cents. There is no used car lemon law, it only pertains to new cars. If a car is totaled in Fl it would get a salvage title and anything like this would be listed on a Carfax or Autochex. If in Florida and buying a used car you should have to sign an As Is sheet, do you remember if you signed it? You Maybe able to get some help through the FL consumer agency but that maybe a long shoot. If they sold you a car that was unsafe for the road then that is a whole different story. Please PM me and I will be glad to see if there is anything I can help with. If you bought it in Pensacola I may really be able to help.

 

[XD45]

Short story
Friend bought a used car it fell in with the lemon law what he found out was lemon law was about useless even with a lawyer help
That's about all I know he did not want to toss more good money to get nithing

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