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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
In the US they have a "Lemon law" in every state which allows the buyer to return a seriously flawed vehicle and get a full refund from the dealer or even a private seller, from memory I think it's 60 days from purchase. the trick is to prove the actual vehicle is a lemon and it isn't something you did like running it with no oil..etc.
But owning this for 14 days/500 km's has the ear markings of an easy lawsuit, it doesn't cost much to file a suit yourself and for $4k I bet they will settle within days of being served with the summons. If they offered to pay half it means they know they should pay!
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There are no lemon laws in Alberta. How do you think this is an easy lawsuit? OP bought an off-brand, non-CPO vehicle that is 7 years old and didn't bother to get an inspection done. The dealer is going to pull out their documentation, which will include an AMVIC Mechanical Fitness Assessment, with OP's signature all over it and then say that the good faith offer to split the cost is off the table. OP would need to prove that the problem was pre-existing, the dealer knew about it and concealed it. Good luck with that.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
A large, reputable dealership should have checked out the car, diagnosed the issue and repaired it prior to putting it on their lot for sale. This is more of the stuff I would expect from the small used car dealers that are simply flipping auctioned cars from Ontario and Quebec. There's a big difference between an oil pan that is sweating and one that is hemorrhaging oil.
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This was an off-brand, non-CPO car. It's not going to get the same scrutiny and level of repair that a branded vehicle would get. Most likely they went through the AMVIC checklist and fixed the major stuff if they found it, a compromised seal or one on it's way out isn't always going to be obvious (especially if it takes a fair amount of disassembly to get to). OP would have seen this report and signed it during the sales process. And an oil leak of the size OP is talking about would have been evident on the lot.
Edit: Second the advice about finding an independent MB shop and having them look at it. Upper pan is a nightmare, lower is easy; you want to be fixing the right issue.