Question

You go to a local car lot and buy a used car as is. After you have driven only a few miles, the check-engine light flashes urgently. You pull in to your mechanic's shop. The mechanic notices that, among other problems, the car has the brake pads of one that has been driven for 50,000 miles. The odometer, however, reads 10,000 miles. You immediately go back to the dealer to return the car and get your money back. The dealer refuses. What should you do? Choose four correct answers. flag the dealer's account ask the mechanic to document their findings get a vehicle-history report online to look for evidence of odometer tampering write a letter or email to the dealer, with copies of relevant documents stand outside the dealership with a poster that says, "This dealer is a liar!" report the incident to the Better Business Bureau and your state attorney general

Answer 1

Answer:

ask the mechanic to document their findings

get a vehicle-history report online to look for evidence of odometer tampering

write a letter or email to the dealer, with copies of relevant documents

report the incident to the Better Business Bureau and your state attorney general

Explanation:

First of all, tampering the odometer is a federal crime. The first thing you need to do is gather evidence and go to the police. You can do this by asking your mechanic to document any alteration and looking for other evidence online also helps. E.g. if you buy a car that is 10 years old and the odometer records only 10,000 miles, you should be suspicious (plain common sense).

I doubt that writing an email works, but you could be lucky and get a favorable response from the dealer. Or more importantly, it can be used as evidence that the dealer was aware of the fraud and didn't do anything to correct it.

Reporting this incident to the Better Business Bureau can help prevent that other people are tricked by the dealer, but as soon as you have evidence of what happened you should report the crime.