Chris,
Thank you for your reply.
Online Auto didnt care to know anything about what the truck needed.
You all dragged your feet, until it was too late to do anything. When I called the day it broke down, no one offered any assistance, that's because we purchased "As Is" like you have pointed out here multiple times. And so Online Auto felt they were in the clear.
So anyone reading this just needs to understand, not to trust what they are purchasing from Online Auto, and they need to get it checked out, learn from my mistake. Make sure you do your homework, and get a third party to look at the truck. I cant emphasize that enough.
Online auto does not care about an 11-year working relationship, that meant nothing to them. Had it, they would have said bring the truck to us, let us have a look as soon as they were notified it broke. Though no one from Online Auto did that, after all it was an "As is" sale.
Chris, to say you were proactive on this, is simply a flat out lie.
Though that does not surprise me. Seeing you took your deceitfulness one step further, when you broke the terms of our agreement, and cashed our check before it was due. How you managed to get the bank to even cash the check is a mystery, seeing it was a dated for a future date.
I have been a customer of online auto since I started my business in 2006, purchasing my first truck from them a, 2004 Ford F250. Since that time we have purchased 8-vehicles from them, everything from ford rangers, to dump trucks so when it was time to purchase another truck, we called on Online Auto. After looking at another Ford, this time a larger F550 diesel dump truck, everything seemed operational the truck started up, and drove ok, though had some visible leakage; that they agreed to fix.
Working from our past history of over 11 years we purchased without getting the vehicle looked at. Our BIGGEST Mistake, and one I will regret, and remember for a very long time.
We had placed about 100 miles on the truck, all seemed to be working ok, and then it happened. It started up in the morning, we drove it to a local supply yard, a few miles away, shut it off and it would not start. It cranked though would not start, it had fuel in it, and it was just running. I called Online Auto told them the truck would not start, and it was sitting in a supply yard, I asked if they had any thoughts as to why it wouldn't start. I guess I was expecting a bit more help, like let me send you a tow, or have the truck brought here so we can look at it. What I got was anything but that.
We had the vehicle towed to a local repair shop, the next day they did some initial testing, and found the batteries were worn down (probably from us cranking to start it) and were not producing enough cranking power, they also found a very dirty air filter, and a cracked serpentine belt, and various leaks. Maintenance items one would like to believe would be changed when making a large purchase such as this. So after replacing the batteries, the truck started. They drove it a few miles, and brought it back to their shop. Went to start it, and the truck wouldn't start, I called online auto again, and let them know that the truck started then wouldn't start, again no offer from them to help or even asking us to transfer the truck to them, nothing.
I explained they were going to have to do further testing, to determine the cause. After I authorized the diagnostic costs, they found the engine had an internal leakage problem. The costs to make these repairs were almost 4k, I called Online Auto again, very upset that we had just purchased this vehicle, and were now looking at another 4-9k to make it operational.
They came back to me and said how come you brought it there, why didn't you bring it to us, I was like excuse me I called you the day it happened, you did not offer to help, and I've kept you up to speed this entire time.
Online sent a manager, or maybe he is the owner DJ to the repair facility, a few days after my last call. DJ called me and said they would cover the parts to fix the truck, but not the labor since I took it to another repair shop, and not to them. I said you never asked me to bring the truck to you, there was no offer from you to even look at the truck. I asked them again to cover the repairs the truck needed to make it operational; after all we just paid 19k for a running truck, and had a working relationship with them for over 11-years.
We then received an email stating that, we purchased an AS IS vehicle (which is true) and we were offered an extended warranty (Which is untrue) though Online would cover the parts, to make the truck run. After several back and forth emails, I said fine the truck is at WOW Automotive If you care to help, connect with them. It would turn out that there offer to replace the worn, and broken parts were for aftermarket and not original Ford Parts. The mechanics at WOW strongly discou read more