I Should NOT Have Bought a Lemon Car! Lemon Law Attorney SCHOOLS ME!

1. I agree with some comments. Much time has transpired since the purchase. Give us an update.

2. I like Sam but there is a reason why he is called CRAC/K, because he is probably on it and thinking he can bang some porn chick. This guy makes a living flipping cars, so he convinces himself he can fix. All his cars are crap, there is a reason why they are cheap because they are broken, and they are not like new. But again we are talking a guy who does it for a living so he is continuing his way, I find it mildly interesting.

3. My Honda Civic Si with 900 miles shut down 3 times and went to dealer. The third time they flew in a Honda engineer… I didn't know but they were about to fail the 3rd repair attempt. It got fixed but I told them what to fix after reading forums.

4. Never, least of all if it is a GM, Chrysler or a Ford.

5. You have to remember what a carmaker pays to fix the car. $100 an hour warranty. And I've worked in dealers for almost 10 years, most times the vehicle has been to the same tech. Many times the zone rep and FSE never got involved. I've seen parts thrown at cars like a dart board and no electrical diag done. Currently shopping buybacks now. Save 5 to 10k over the same used car. It helps to get a Limited for the cost of a lower trim

6. I would buy it in a minute great deal sam

7. In the end what happened to this car was it finally fixed or not?

8. I work as a tech at Lincoln of Troy this was very informative

9. So how's the car running now?

10. Never buy a Lemon Car. Been there, done that. Two lemon law buy backs. Defective replacement OEM parts, Defective paint, carpet, rust, etc. Don't do it.

11. Lemon lol most yank cars are lemons.

12. From what I’ve been told California lemon law is very forgiving that’s where our lemon Volt came from. Literally had almost 60000 trouble free miles where it was only brought in for occasional service and was bought back because of a check engine light and somehow only being looked at once.

13. You looked like Adam Sandler in the intro

14. Time for an update

15. Carfax sucks. Got a car a month and a half ago, a 2016 Chevy Malibu LS with 28,603 miles. Carfax shows oil changes religiously but a radiator replacement at 15K. I get the car and long story short they had to put a whole new head on it, after a new injector and lifters. I JUST NOW put 500 miles on it and it sesms fine. BUT, not one of the times the dealer worked it was reported to Carfax yet they reported the inspection. I reported all three myself

16. Yah, sure I'd buy one. While not trivial, going over a wiring diagram and figuring out possible points of failure isn't rocket surgery.
    I once had a 1986 CRX SI that had an issue like what you're dealing with.
    Dealer couldn't figure it out, a mechanic friend couldn't figure it out so I got it for next to nothing.
    I fixed it. I sat down with the wiring diagram and chased it down to the main relay.
    Turns out the solder Honda used to make the relay was not correct and it had little cracks in the joints that were causing intermittent failures.
    I solder wicked the old stuff out and replaced it with a higher temp meltpoint solder and that was it. Never had another issue.
    Looking at the purple wire you pointed out I can see that that particular wire has either been really hot or it's broken internally. I'm guessing it was broken internally. Wire heats up connection lost until it cools and connection is restored when the wire contracts.
    Maybe they checked this theory, maybe not, but until checked, I stand by it.

17. I agree with Sam. It's a mechanical or electrical issue. The dealership may not have the time to spend figuring it out. And it has a warranty. I cant see a downside.

18. No lemons for me, thanks.

19. You mean a Horrible lemon Suv LIKE ALL SUV. What a stupid fashion. Dont buy SUVS

20. Team Sam , I like you have fixed " junk" and it was best cheap car purchase when all was said and done!!!

21. Sam – Was your Title Flagged as a Lemon? and did you go thru the process to obtain a Clean Title in your State? Thanks in advance

22. So, back in 2008 or 2009, my dad bought a brand new, GMC Envoy XL with the Denali package. All the bells and whistles, including the 4-wheel drivetrain. The issue? This was the first time that the drivetrain was put in anything but the Yukon. 2/3rds of the time (sometimes as much as 100% of the time) you would come to a stop from driving the car, there would be a physical THUD as it dropped into first gear.
    My dad took it to the dealership 14 times. You read that right: Fourteen. Every time, the dealer would claim that there was a different issue, or the thumping was caused by another system, just to avoid the lemon law. My dad hired a lawyer like Steve, and had the dealership buy back within a month.
    As tempting as it would be, I could never buy a lemon.

23. Why dont the dealership properly validate the lemon fault correction prior to sale, eg drive 300 miles over month or two. You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure this out. This is called validation in automotive engineering. The customer should not be validating the fix. Saying they fixed the problem is half the story, validation is the other half.

24. The sad reality is.
    Today's "mechanics" at the dealer do not know anything beyond what their diagnostics tools can provide. Many issues can only be fixed with common-sense, and computers have none of it. Technicians know more about how to operate their diagnostics tools than the cars alone.
    Intermittent issues are the hardest problems to fix, that can't be caught by the diagnostics tools and that's when common-sense is required. Wire snake is one of the main causes that dealership$ do not want to deal with. It's all about money!!!
    Most of the troubles come from the dealers, and their dishonest ways of doing and handling business.

25. I find this so interesting. I had an Isuzu KB300 Auto 2013 model. It had all sorts of issues. The fuel tank could only take 50l max although it stated that it had a 78l tank and was confirmed by the dealership. Then the diff locked up randomly driving on the highway. The presets on the radio reset every single day when I started the car. Then the fuel sensor didn't show that the car was full. And it was unnecessarily heavy on fuel. I mean I would drive like a grandad and it still drank like a V8. Over 8 months I took the car to the dealership 12 times and ended up selling it as is as I could not handle the run around anymore. I was very disappointed because I previously owned another Isuzu and it was a workhorse that didnt let me down once. I would really consider all this when I want a new pickup. But for now I am healed of the desire to want a pickup at all.

26. Your 100% rite , fix the $20,000 dollar harness lol presto…new car ..

27. A true "lemon" is a car that is possessed. It doesn't matter what you do to fix it. It might even have multiple issues that defy repair. Do you really want a car that might stall in a busy intersection with your family in the car?

28. He was saying Jaguar at 7:55. And they are one of the worst cars so it only makes sense

29. Its a machine, like you said anything mechanical can be fixed. My question is it worth fixing? I'd say yes if you can do the work yourself.

30. My dealership has plenty of buybacks under 1k smh

31. 09:50 if it could be fixed, why didn't they fix it before the buy back? I watched all of the commercials, you're going to need the money.

32. My 2019 Duramax Silverado threw a rod 4500 miles on it after three months. It was in the shop for two months, I’m now waiting for GM to buy it back.

33. This is better than buying a salvage car !

34. Every case is different due diligence required.

35. Sam thanks for the video.
    I am not good with car engine.

    I definitely will go with Steve the Lemon Law car lawyer.

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