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Posted: Tue Oct 21st, 2008 06:59 pm |
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This post is in response to the dealership and the repairing of my sister's vehicle.
Mr. Milrot did repair the vehicle at no cost to my sister, paid for the rental vehicle for the past 2 weeks and presented her with 2 free oil changes in the future.
I am pleased that the dealership stepped up to the plate and did the right thing in this situation, considering that the vehicle has been in the shop for the same problem at least 7 times now.
I can only hope that it stays "fixed" and that there are no more no problems with the vehicle.
To Mr. Milrot: I in no way slandered or lied about the problems that my sister had with her vehicle. My life does not work that way. When I make a statement, I make sure that I know the facts before I say it.
Believe only half of what you see and none of what you hear has been my motto for many years.
I apologize for any problems I may have caused you and your dealership and was only making this public in the hopes that you would do the right thing.
We appreciate all that you have done and hope that your business continues to flourish.
Respectfully
Last edited on Tue Oct 21st, 2008 07:00 pm by 1GR8L8Y
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 07:59 pm |
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On the other hand I (my family) have never had a negative comment to say about Milrot-Accardi. We have dealt with them not only buying a vehicle, make that 3 vehicles but on the personal side. Mr Milrot has not only sponsored teams for other than his children and wife but has bought endless animals at the OYLS for people that do not even drive a Dodge product. Actually that is where we first met Mr Milrot, because he bought our child's project and actually for the next 3 years he contacted us to see if our children were showing/selling so that he could purchase them. We were not driving Dodge's at that time either!!
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1GR8L8Y
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 07:02 pm |
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jgdt7477 wrote: First of all there is no lemon law on a used vehicle. But there is the buy them off aspect to keep you quiet. Trust me The Accardi / Milrot orginazation are not good people But they cannot afford bad press either so they paid for the repairs. I have seen it time and time again they claim that they are not going to fix a problem with a vehicle. Just to see if the customer will just go away. Just keep in mind if you complain to them or threaten to contact the press or the BBB they will fix your car. If your car is new and they try to not honor your warantee just call the Chrysler headquarters in Orlando and ask to speak to Wanda she is the Chrysler rep to Accardi/ Milrot.
As far as Milrot being a good guy think again I have personally heard him say that he has no friends he just has links to making more money. You see they have a saying up at the dealership of O.I.O. Only In Okeechobee you see they think that they are inferrior to Okeechobee People. Trust me on this one too anyone one that has a good business contact with Milrot is being used for something sit back and think what are you doing Ill bet your referring alot of people to deal with him think about it. sure they sponcer the school sports. cmon (HIS WIFE IS A TEACHER) they only do that to be in good graces with the school board. Try to get him to sponcer a team not associated with the school or one that dosnt have his kid on and see what you are told.
Who says I am referring people to this dealership? NEVER!!!! I did not buy my vehicle from them and never have nor will I ever refer anyone to them. If you will read the post very carefully, I never said none of them were "good guys." Nor did I ever say whether I cared or not who or what they do in this community. I said "Buyer Beware." And I will continue to say that. I did refer to someone as being a "liar." I could care less what his motive is in this deal or any other deal for that matter. I just want my sis's car fixed and right. If you will read the full lemon law, it does state that there are certain things that people can do. Nor did I ever say that there was a lemon law for used cars. But, as citizens of these United States, we do have options that are connected to the lemon laws, whether your car is new or used. My point was that she DID NOT purchase the vehicle AS IS. It was purchased with an existing manufacturer's warranty and she purhased an extended warranty called the GOLD PLAN which is a bumper to bumper warranty. She does have the right to file against them under certain conditions under the lemon law. CHECK IT OUT!!!!
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 04:51 pm |
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First of all there is no lemon law on a used vehicle. But there is the buy them off aspect to keep you quiet. Trust me The Accardi / Milrot orginazation are not good people But they cannot afford bad press either so they paid for the repairs. I have seen it time and time again they claim that they are not going to fix a problem with a vehicle. Just to see if the customer will just go away. Just keep in mind if you complain to them or threaten to contact the press or the BBB they will fix your car. If your car is new and they try to not honor your warantee just call the Chrysler headquarters in Orlando and ask to speak to Wanda she is the Chrysler rep to Accardi/ Milrot.
As far as Milrot being a good guy think again I have personally heard him say that he has no friends he just has links to making more money. You see they have a saying up at the dealership of O.I.O. Only In Okeechobee you see they think that they are inferrior to Okeechobee People. Trust me on this one too anyone one that has a good business contact with Milrot is being used for something sit back and think what are you doing Ill bet your referring alot of people to deal with him think about it. sure they sponcer the school sports. cmon (HIS WIFE IS A TEACHER) they only do that to be in good graces with the school board. Try to get him to sponcer a team not associated with the school or one that dosnt have his kid on and see what you are told.
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 03:06 pm |
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| This is what is going on with this dealership: The attorney simply faxed them a letter and the General Manager started tripping all over himself and could not wait until yesterday morning to call my sister to get a meeting with her ASAP. The last time my sister went to the dealership, the sales manager, refused to perform any more work on the vehicle, and instructed her to take the vehicle to the Nissan Dealership in Ft. Pierce for any more problems. That was last October. The sales manager stated to the general manager that he had no clue as to what was going on and in effect lied and then claimed that she had had the vehicle too long and had purchased it "AS IS." Which was also a lie. Upon meeting with the general manager yesterday and the service manager, she was told that the vehicle would be repaired and was given a lease vehicle at no charge for as long as it takes to repair the vehicle. She was also promised 2 free oil changes in the future. If the vehicle cannot be repaired, she was told that she would be able to receive another vehicle. I guess the jist of it all, is that it pays to fight for what is right and in fact to have an attorney on your side. WHOOO-HOOO!!!
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 11:58 am |
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| I am curious what has happened. I have only known this business to be honest and a good part of our community. Did you ever meet with the owner?
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Posted: Tue Oct 7th, 2008 11:52 am |
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| My sister would like to get all of the citizens who have purchased defective vehicles from this dealership to picket on the sidewalk due to their bad practices. Their slogan is "Our Customers Are Number 1." Their slogan should be "Number 1 Until You Sign." If anyone is interested in this effort, please contact me at cbirgholtz@yahoo.com
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1GR8L8Y
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 02:38 pm |
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Ciphered wrote: The post seems to say that it was a used car - a Nissan bought at a Dodge dealership, with original warranty. Sounds like a used car. And if they did not read the sticker or the contract closely, they probably bought it "As Is." There is no Lemon Law in Florida for used cars, only new cars, according to this website.
http://www.floridadrivers.com/traffic_court/florida_lemon_law.php/#used
So it looks like the manufacturer would be obligated under the original warranty, if this is a covered item, or the extended service plan would apply.
Although, the state does not have a used car lemon law per say, there are certain laws that still are in effect concerning the warranties, the dealership, and the manufacturerer. In this case, there was a manufacturer's warranty on the vehicle and an extended warranty was purchased to the tune of 2000.00 In this case, she does have the right to file under the lemon law due to the fact that the air conditioner was covered and that it has not been 24 months since she purchased the vehicle. The dealer has refused to comply with the warranty and with the extended warranty. There is no clause on the original sales that the vehicle was purchased as is. This is just a head's up to those who think they have no recourse in filing with the Florida Lemon Law because they purchased a used vehicle. In this instance the vehicle was sold with an air conditioner, which increases the "value" of the car as stated in the Lemon Law. The air does not work and has been in the shop 6 times or more for the same problem. Because of the air not working, it decreases the value of the vehicle.
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Posted: Mon Oct 6th, 2008 01:00 am |
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Ciphered wrote: The post seems to say that it was a used car - a Nissan bought at a Dodge dealership, with original warranty. Sounds like a used car. And if they did not read the sticker or the contract closely, they probably bought it "As Is." There is no Lemon Law in Florida for used cars, only new cars, according to this website.
http://www.floridadrivers.com/traffic_court/florida_lemon_law.php/#used
So it looks like the manufacturer would be obligated under the original warranty, if this is a covered item, or the extended service plan would apply.
From past experience I found that the extended warranty has a clause in it that excludes certain parts of the car like the A/C and other items, normally they only cover, the engine, tranny unless you bought a bumper to bumper which should have cost you about 1,000 to 1500 more, as for the manufacturer they are only required to cover the original owner, I went thru this with a saturn I bought off the saturn lot in stuart, it still had the warranty , but being sold as a used car they do not have to cover anything, and if you get them to it will be very little, they will come back with your lack of maintance is what caused the issue so they will tell you they cant help you,,, good luck on your venture
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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 08:50 pm |
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The post seems to say that it was a used car - a Nissan bought at a Dodge dealership, with original warranty. Sounds like a used car. And if they did not read the sticker or the contract closely, they probably bought it "As Is." There is no Lemon Law in Florida for used cars, only new cars, according to this website.
http://www.floridadrivers.com/traffic_court/florida_lemon_law.php/#used
So it looks like the manufacturer would be obligated under the original warranty, if this is a covered item, or the extended service plan would apply.
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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 06:44 pm |
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fran12872 wrote: a friend of mine just had this happen to her not to long ago with the same dealership, and i warned her about it the day she brought it home. sorry to hear what happened!!! if enough people complain maybe they will go out of buisness.
The person that wrote the original post didn't say if it was a new or used car, but , you can call the factory, insist on a rep come out and they will meet you at the dealership to look it over, also find out if there has been any recalls on the vehicle.
this happened to me many years ago with a ford, long story short, they couldn't fix the problem, I turned it in and had them sign a statement that I was turning it in due to new car problems. An attorney is who told me to get that letter, so I did. Eventually, there was a recall on the car for the exact problem I was having, and they tried to sue me for the loan on the car, they couldn't do it because they wrote "Voluntary repossession due to new car problems" which is what the attorney had me get from them.
I was rid of the car, rid of the loan and didn't get sued for the loan. Ask the attorney about this. she may be able to turn it in the same way and not have to pay for it.
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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 04:53 pm |
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| a friend of mine just had this happen to her not to long ago with the same dealership, and i warned her about it the day she brought it home. sorry to hear what happened!!! if enough people complain maybe they will go out of buisness.
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Posted: Sun Oct 5th, 2008 03:48 pm |
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A few months ago, my sister bought a vehicle from Eddie Accardi who is now Milrot/Accardi. She started having problems with the vihicle from the second day she bought it. She has had the vehicle back to the dealership and to the Nissan dealership in Ft. Pierce a total of 6 times for the same problem. They have replaced everything on the air conditioning unit except the condenser and the high pressure lines. The air conditioner went out again and she again took the vehicle back to the Nissan dealership and they sent a specialist to look at the problem. Mind you, the vehicle was bought with the original manufactures warranty and she bought an extended warranty to protect herself. At this time the dealer she bought from and the Nissan dealership are refusing to do any more repairs to the vehicle claiming that it was bought "as is." Not True. It was still under warranty. And she bought the extended warranty. Now we get to the lemon law: The law states that if the vehicle has been brought back for repairs 3 times and it is still not repaired, you have a lemon. It also states that if the problem affects the "value" of the vehicle then that is also included in the lemon law clause.
My thought in all of this is "Buyer Beware." Steve Milrot is now saying that "she bought it, she owns it." Needless to say, an attorney has been hired and Milrot/Accardi along with the Nissan Dealership in Ft. Pierce are under scrutiny. A letter has been sent to the Florida State Dealership in the Lemom Law booklet and to the BBB. I venture to say that when this is all said and done that she will either receive a new vehicle or will be getting all or her monies returned to her due to the lack of following the laws in this state.
What is it with people that they think they are immune from the laws of the state of Florida or any state for that matter? People think because their name is so and so or that they own so and so that they are exempt from following the laws or that they can just buy their way out of trouble.
If you are planning to buy a vehicle, whether it is new or used, it can still fall under the lemon law clause. Make sure you know what you are buying and throughly check out the dealership before you buy. Also, request that the dealership provides you with a Car-Max report. Secondly, Check out the car. Is it in running order? How are the tires and brakes? Does everything work in the vehicle that it was manufactured with? Is the front end out of alignment? Check the oil. Is it murky or gray? Is the engine clean? Are there any oil leaks? Did you hear any strange noises as you were test driving the vehicle? Does all of the elecrical work? ie: windows, seats, etc. Remember, that anything that affects the VALUE of the vehicle is included in the lemon law.
Good luck to all of you who are contemplating buying a new or used car.
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