Woman wants justice after being sold ‘bad’ vehicle
According to the woman, the 2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara she purchased started giving her trouble just days after clearing it from the port some weeks ago.
For fear of getting into trouble with her employers, the woman only agreed for her first name to be used.
Petrina said that on December 18, 2015 she sent some money through the bank to the person she linked up with to get the vehicle.
“He told me that the vehicle passed inspection and that everything was ready to go. When it reach down here I drove it from the port to the Road Town Police Station and that is when one of my colleagues told me that the vehicle has a problem because the scent of coolant was very strong,” she said.
She said that she has had to put coolant in the vehicle every other day.
Cracked engine block
The woman said that she went to attend a cricket match at Greenland on the main island of Tortola and midway up the hill at Belle Vue the “check engine” light came on.
“Being a woman I was very frightened so I asked the mechanic to check it for me thinking that it was just a hose or some minor problem but when he went in and opened my biggest fear came true. The engine block was completely cracked and since then it has been down and I have had to walk,” she said.
“I called the person who was responsible for getting me the vehicle and I told him about it. He sent me some liquid which he said would stop the leak if I throw it in. I did not do that and I asked him to help me with half of the payment for the mechanic which is $400. He told me that I am trying to take blood out of stone and he does not have any money so therefore I am holding the sh-tty end of the stick,” she said in frustration.
“It seems like all of the expenses are on me and I am just here watching my Betsy and I can’t do nothing with her," said Petrina.
She noted that she last spoke to the person about a week and a half ago and according to her, he said that it is over ten years that he has been doing that business and in that time there were only two times he encountered such a complaint about vehicles he shipped.
“He said that because mine is overseas there is nothing that he could do. He was telling me that Suzuki will take care of me,” she said, noting that this is the last time that she spoke to the man.
According to the woman, a local mechanic told her that the engine block had a crack on it and that a new engine block was needed. She said that the mechanic is charging her $800 to put in the new engine block.
Buyers beware
The woman is upset that on top of the over $8,000 spent to get the vehicle to Tortola she now has to spend an additional $1,500 or so to get the vehicle working again.
While she is not sure what her next step will be after fixing the vehicle, Petrina wants people to beware of persons in the US who proffer to sell vehicles and warned that they deal only with certified used car dealers with a good reputation.
Our efforts to contact the person she bought the vehicle from for a comment proved futile up to post time.
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39 Responses to “Woman wants justice after being sold ‘bad’ vehicle”
2. if you had to go to the bank, i think you could of gotten a better vehicle
3. the only thing you can do is sue him for lying and being that it is a across waters situation idk how that would work.
4. next time go and see it in person with a mechanic that you trust.
5. even if you was buying from someone here in the territory you should still take a trusted mechanic to see the vehicle.
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