What does Ford do with the lemons they buy back??
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From: Georgia on my mind...
Sometimes it is simply that the previous owner has made up the problem to get out of an expensive loan or a vehicle that they really could not afford. California is really experiencing this problem(so I have been told.) This is due to their version of the lemon law. Buying and expensive car and then not making payments and getting it taken back after about three months so that no payments have to be made and there is no credit effect since it was a lemon.
<rant> IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE EFFIN' CAR, DON'T BUY IT!</rant>
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From: Georgia
My service manager told me that a car carrier will come by and pickup all buy backs. Trucks will go to the Virginia plant, there they will be tested and attempt repairs. After that the trucks will go to the trucks auctions mainly in Maryland. Full disclosure will be made that the truck was a buy back.
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Is there a way to find out if a Ford you purchased used a a Ford dealership has ever been lemoned or bought back?
We bought a used 02 explorer 4x4 and they were upfront and told us they got it at an auction, and there was stains in the rear side tinted glass windows where there was writing at one time. It was a set of numbers like 12,500 if i remember correctly.
They replaced the windows for us.
But now im wondering if it was a buy back and that was the price they paid for it at auction. They charged us like twenty something thousand for the vehicle.
Id realy like to know...
We bought a used 02 explorer 4x4 and they were upfront and told us they got it at an auction, and there was stains in the rear side tinted glass windows where there was writing at one time. It was a set of numbers like 12,500 if i remember correctly.
They replaced the windows for us.
But now im wondering if it was a buy back and that was the price they paid for it at auction. They charged us like twenty something thousand for the vehicle.
Id realy like to know...