I too had a bad expierance with John and Sons, spring of 2010,I traded my 95 F250 in, my wife's van (looked like crap but ran like a champ), and the $1,400 cash i had because my wife needed a better vehicle. i was also there with my wife and 6 year old special needs son.
We told him we go to Indianapolis every month and we needed reliable transportation. He happily listened to our situation, and what we had to work with and pointed us to an Astro van, that had a plipping transmission, after driving that and declining it i asked about a 98 Ford Windstar. Well it did better on the test drive, and my wife liked it, but it was a little more than I could afford and needed at least a tune up, or so I thought. I told him this and he acted slightly offended retorting, "That is a one-owner trade in, that is a solid and dependable car.", he then said he would take everything I had, and I could make him cash payments on the remaining $800. He then reassured me that this vehicle would get my family back and forth to Inianapolis safely and reliably.
Well our first trip to Indianapolis, 15 days and about 300 miles into owning the vehicle, we broke down in Benton Harbor, not even two hours away. Well after a $300 tow back home, I called Ed on Monday and told him what happened (after my calls not being returned i rode the bus down there, he wasn't there and his son told me "i don't know where he is but you didn't buy a warranty") he finally returned my call around 4:00, listened to the story and said "my hands are tied, you didn't buy the warranty". To which I responded, "you said the vehicle was not available for a warranty" I proposed, he either waived the balance due, or purchase the parts, add them to my bill and I'd do the repairs myself, my family needs a car. His response, "my hands are tied" so after borrowing $700 for parts, spending two days fixing the intake gaskets(upper and lower), replacing the rear controll runner valve, plugs, wires, coil pack, sway bar, and inner tie rod ends, i found out I knew a couple people who Ed went to school with and they where shocked when i told him this. I went and told him about that and called him out on his morals, he ended up waiving the balance, but the van only made it to Indy one time after that then started misfiring after 20minutes of driving. Thinking I did something wrong (i'm a roofer not a mechanic), I took it tothe Ford dealership who complimented the job I did and said he couldn't figure it out, and that I did everything he would have done to fix the problem and i should trade it in somewhere else or scrap it. We got 2,700 miles out of the van, for every penny I had and then some, a truck with about 150,000-200,000 miles left in it, and our old voyager that was shaky and ugly but wouldn't stop running.
BOTTOM LINE NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, BUY A USED CAR FROM JON AND SONS USED CARS. read more