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RepoCars Dishonest Car Dealer Auckland, Other

23rd of Mar, 2011 by User901819

I am 73 years old and was in the market for a vehicle and came across a SAAB 9000CD being auctioned on the internet (www.trademe.co.nz) by Repo Cars in Auckland. They seemed to have a reasonable reputation, so putting my faith in the way the vehicle was described I bought it and sent my son up to pick it up. This is when my troubles started, the vehicle had a fire in the dash board spanning from the top speakers down to near the brake pedal (a tangled mess of wires and melted plastic as you can see in the pictures) The fire had caused more than the indicators to fail, in fact, nothing worked at all, the radio, central locking, electric windows, brake lights, reverse lights, rear boot release and the most damaging of all defects was discovered later on 10 minutes into the cars trip home, the electric cooling fan had failed which caused the vehicle to over heat and seize, outstandingly Repo Cars had been told to change the description of the vehicle by other people who had inspected it and noticed the damage (Kind of hard to miss the obvious fire damage when it is in full peripheral vision of anyone sitting in the drivers seat, the strong burnt plastic smell would have been sufficient for most) I was never offered an explanation as to why they didn't describe they vehicle properly, but it has become obvious to me now they appear to be in the Automotive industry for the short haul as their current feedback as of 24/03/2011 shows several similiar incidents of dishonest descriptions and mechanical failures all within this current week, chillingly they operate under the guise of claiming to support non profit organisations. They are definitely an outlet for dodgy cars and I would not recommend them to anyone.

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