Dealer tactics in odometer fraud cases

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&nbs= p; = ;=20 TYPICAL DEALER DEFENSES IN ODOMETER = TAMPERING AND=20 FRAUD CASES

Having handled a number of odometer = fraud cases,=20 one sees the same excuses, over and over. The position of automobile dealers in odometer = fraud=20 cases is usually the following:

first, suggest that the odometer was = not=20 really rolled back, and there is simply an error,=20
secondly, if it did occur, explain = that the=20 dealer has been in business for over 20 years, and would = never=20 deliberately alter an odometer, in view of the penalties=20 involved. Instead, the dealer professes, we are as much a = victim=20 as you. =20
thirdly, suggest that the consumer = has=20 received substantial use of the vehicle which should offset any=20 claim.

Dealers = practice the 4=20 D's, delay, deny, distract, and deceive. To respond to these = tactics, it=20 is generally useful to have an attorney experienced in lemon law and=20 automobile fraud. You should obtain the vehicle history from=20 Carfax, http://www.carfax.com/, and=20 a printout from your state motor vehicle agency. We argue that = the=20 dealer's professed lack of knowledge of consumer fraud is = irrelevant. If=20 the vehicle was sold with an altered odometer, the dealer is liable = and if=20 others are responsible, it is his responsibility to locate = them. =20 Rollbacks are usually done by a third party, two or three levels = removed from=20 the dealer, though sometimes the dealer frequently knows something is=20 wrong.

We wrote this a few years ago and we can add a few other = tactics. When=20 selling a car, dealers can manage to write a purchase order, arrange = financing,=20 and prepare motor vehicle documents in a single day. Yet when you = contact=20 them about an odometer claim, things go very slowly. There is only = one=20 person who handles claims and he comes in but once every two = weeks. =20 Months can go buy while dealers purport to plod through their = evaluations. =20

QUALIFICATIONS = AND=20 EXPERIENCE OF THIS LAW OFFICE

Howard A. Gutman has successfully = handled over=20 200 lemon law, automobile breach of warranty, and odometer cases. = He is=20 the author of the leading article on the lemon law published in the New = Jersey=20 Law Journal. He also wrote the Year 2000 Legal Handbook, a book dealing = with=20 computer warranties.

Prior to establishing his practice, Mr. = Gutman=20 was employed by one of the leading law firms in New Jersey and a = prominent=20 international law firm located in the Wall Street area. He has appeared = on Good=20 Day New Jersey been interviewed by NBC Nightly News and Newsday, and his = cases=20 have been profiled in the Star Ledger and New York Times.

HOW DO I CONTACT = YOU

Law Offices of Howard A. Gutman,
230 = Route=20 206, Flanders, New Jersey 07054
(973) 598-1980, E-mail Howian@aol.com

FREE INITIAL=20 CONSULTATION

We offer a free initial telephone = consultation to=20 discuss your lemon law case. Please feel free to call or e-mail our=20 office.

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