Used Truck With Front Frame Rail Damage

me from finding out who did the repairs.

The dealer is not being up front with you.

Run now. The dealer will call soon. Keep running.

Bob AZ

The dealer might be very close to serious legal issues I would think. If they knew about the accident and claimed in writing that it did not happen, that begins to smell like fraud, if not incompetence.

I wouldn't want to do business with these people.

I would also doubt (based on US experiences) that privacy laws prevent you from finding out who did the work. Whose privacy is at stake?

You could always take the truck to a qualified frame shop and have them look it over. Modern frame shops can effect high quality repairs that will never come back to bite you, BUT not all frame repairs are carried out with this degree of expertise. Nor do you know how hard a lick the truck actually got.

There's probably nothing wrong with the vehicle from the accident. But, you have just established that the dealer is a lying crook.

I would run away from that dealer if I were you, because you don't know what ELSE he might be hiding. And I'd tell him why you're running away too.

--scott

Hey Pokee, I strongly second HLS's response. He is being fair to a possibly unknowing dealer. I think consumers like to deal with dealers who are both honest and competent--one without the other leaves too much in doubt. He is also fair and accurate in his portrayal of high quality and accuracy of body/frame work that CAN be done, as well as the fact that ALL shops do not perform the same degree of quality repairs. Last, if you know a shop which is both competent AND honest, you can get a fair appraisal of the quality of work that has been done, to some degree the amount of work/damage performed, and thus a pretty good indicator of future problems that may arise as a result of the vehicle's history. Some of the best vehicles I've had experience with, both thru personal use and watching customers' service obtained, have been from properly-repaired vehicles. And I have had somewhat widespread exposure thru direct experience via spending a number of years in the used automobile profession. Good luck & here's hopes you can continue learning and profiting from excellent advice that is often given here. sdlomi2

I would be leaving and not looking back. The repair may be fine and the truck mat be OK but the dealer is a LIAR. If you have it in writing then you also have a fraud issue with the dealer since they broke the law. I also doubt that a privacy law prevents you from finding out who did the repairs. If it was done in an actual shop they are responsible for those repairs.