Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:54:01 -0500 From: Bob <uctraingNOSPAMnopsamanet.com> Subject: Re: taking SAAB-USA to small claims!
On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:53:56 +0100, "Simon Putz" <simon.putznopsamline.de> wrote: >Hello, > >if i remember correctly, he has a NG900 with the 2.5 V6 engine. He bought it >from someone else, who had the car serviced at the dealer and they didnt >change the timing belts (apparently). As he trusted the service history and >didnt check/change the belts himself, sometime the belt snapped and he had a >big engine damage. Now, the big problem was that the previous dealer is not >a saab dealer anymore. So the previous owner keeps telling him he had done >all the official services, and the previous dealer says that he cant do >anything because he is not saab dealer. and as we know now, saab itself >doesnt want to act either. pretty bad situation id say. >correct me if i am wrong somewhere. If that's the same guy, then he needs to see a lawyer first. I posted an off the cuff dissertation on the legal issues as to who he can sue. I'd suspect that in most states he can only sue the previous owner for mis-representing the state of the car, not Saab. But, that's what he needs a lawyer to sort out. Bob >bye > >simon putz >