Advice on Lemon buyback

[originalgiraffe87]

You don’t even know that the new engine solved whatever issues were there. Possible it didn’t and the owner finally had enough and dumped it to be someone else’s problem.

In my mind, no. I've found other cars, similar builds, mileage, with the same warranty, for the same price that were not buybacks.

I feel I'm assuming a greater amount of risk and a long-term devaluation, purchasing a buyback. Under what circumstances the failure occurred. By who and how well the repairs were accomplished. If all the problems were captured and repaired. Long-term, people re-purchasing the car from me would feel same: it's a buyback and now they're selling. Why? What's wrong?

Those mechanical and valuation risks that concern me, I'd look forward to some form of compensation. An extended warranty, plus a discount.

Best Wishes in whatever you decide.

Ok. Thank you all for the advice and help. Will post if I get some juicy news on it. lol.

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[xXANCHORMONXx]

Wanted to give you my .02 after coming across this thread.

Ford just bought back my Lightning after 3 months of attempting repairs and GMC just replaced my Sierra after 2 months of repairs. (I bought the GMC to replace my lightning)

With everything I’ve gone through in the past 12 months of hell, I would not take those two vehicles back for anything.

However small the issue is, the ongoing repairs are draining, literally (Sierra Tcase blew at 600 miles lol)

 

[Paddles]

That is a slick car and the price is decent for a highly optioned 2022. I see why you're interested but it's just not an amazing deal. An engine replacement is a lot of work and a lot of little stuff could go wrong for you to find later.
+1 for walking away
She's beautiful but you have to resist
For this much money the car you select should check ALL of your boxes, not just most of them.
Hold out for the one in the color and configuration you want most and ensure it has a clean record.
You're dropping $40k after all

Winter is coming, sports car prices will fall

 

[originalgiraffe87]

That is a slick car and the price is decent for a highly optioned 2022. I see why you're interested but it's just not an amazing deal. An engine replacement is a lot of work and a lot of little stuff could go wrong for you to find later.
+1 for walking away
She's beautiful but you have to resist
For this much money the car you select should check ALL of your boxes, not just most of them.
Hold out for the one in the color and configuration you want most and ensure it has a clean record.
You're dropping $40k after all

Winter is coming, sports car prices will fall

Thanks. Yeah it’s tough. Waiting for the exact one I want. 40k is a lot of money though. If this specific car was 30k, definitely more to consider.

 

[SnowFox]

Doing a buy back comes down to a few things.

Is it under warranty? And how much do you care about resale value?

If the work is done and properly fixed and resale value isn't an issue for you then you can score a great deal sometimes.

If it's a vehicle model with a glaring issue that effects most from the factory (like the Focus shuttering transmission i.e. a design flaw without a fix) then I would advise against. Since they could never seem to resolve the issue for the majority of owners.

The issue from the car your looking at, obviously had a flaw but a fixable one at some point.

Sometimes the rules that make a car a lemon, don't nessiarily mean the car is completey screwed either. In my state a car can be "lemoned" if it can't be fixed withen 3 months..Well, supply chain issues have caused many cars with minor issues to fall under buy back conditions.

 

[originalgiraffe87]

To anybody still checking this thread - I somehow achieved the original service records of when it got serviced for the chief problems, as well as confirm that the oil pump went bad. The replacement was a full long block. Not sure what to take away from it yet.

 

[originalgiraffe87]

To anybody still checking this thread - I somehow achieved the original service records of when it got serviced for the chief problems, as well as confirm that the oil pump went bad. The replacement was a full long block. Not sure what to take away from it yet.

If anyone would be able to interpret the pages of invoice I got, shoot me a message. I don’t think I should post them here. Thanks

 

[Cobra Jet]

A Lemon’d vehicle can be a bargain for those wanting to get into a nice vehicle but not paying current market price for that vehicle.

The issue becomes this:
If YOU are questioning a Lemon purchase, then every person after you will question the same when it comes to to either trade it in at a Dealer OR sell privately. Doesn’t matter if the vehicle’s prior problems were fixed or not.

Sure there are many instances of a fixed Lemon never having issues again after the initial fault is fixed for good. There are also instances of a Lemon having continual problems.

The Lemon history is tied to the VIN. It cant be “title washed” away, it doesn’t matter where or how many States in it was titled, does not matter who insures it etc. That VIN will always show Lemon flag and history through DMV’s, Ford Dealerships, and Insurance Companies, period.

If you’re questioning a $40k Lemon through 3-pages - and there’s similar $40k non-Lemons as others have mentioned, why put yourself through all of this back and forth over a Lemon? It’s an emotional thing - walk away and buy the same vehicle that doesn’t have Lemon history.

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