A woman has taken to TikTok, saying that she got scammed out of $11,000 while buying a car from a dealership, and has warned others to be careful when doing so. User Curious Chronicles took to TikTok to explain what had happened.
The UK-based TikTok user said she had bought a Volkswagen T-Roc from a dealership in Harrow, ironically named Top Gear. “I’m making this video because I am actually at my wits’ end,” she said in the video, recounting what happened when she went back to the dealership to pick up the car.
However, what troubled her and her mother, who had come with her, was a burning smell that was coming from the car. But the dealership told her that it would go away after a few days and that it was due to the dealer ‘revving the engine a lot’ before selling it.
The TikTok user said that three months later, the problem was still there. The dealership then told her to drive on the motorway to clear it away, but that didn’t happen. And this wasn’t the end of her troubles with the car, as her video explained.
What Else Was Wrong With the Volkswagen?
Curious Chronicles said she was told it was clutch problems, but a month later she noticed electrical issues. The wing mirrors wouldn’t open when she got in the car, and she couldn’t open her driver’s side window either. The air-con wasn’t working, the screen was glitching, and all sorts of gremlins, such as airbag warnings, began to crop up, all just six weeks after the car was bought.
The TikTok user then took the car to a mechanic, and they found all sorts of electrical error codes occurring. In fact, they were so numerous that they didn’t even feel comfortable working on the car. An auto electrician was the next port of call for Curious Chronicles, and they said there had been a bad repair job on the driver’s side when it came to the wiring, and she added an image to her video to show that parts of the wiring had melted.
Somehow, that wasn’t the end of her problems with the Volkswagen. The wiring fault was fixed, and the car was working fine, but just a week or two later, the car refused to start. The TikTok user showed what it would do in the video, and the electronics just glitched out, and it would not start. The burning smell was still present as well.
She Wasn’t Happy With the State of Her Car
“The fact that I am having to deal with this within three months is just mind-blowing to me; I spent over $11k,” she said, clearly unhappy at having to deal with such a problematic car. The dealership seemed unhappy that she was going through the warranty company, which didn’t even cover the bad wiring repair, as it was classed as a bad job. The dealer then decided to start insulting the TikTok user and her family, which was basically the final straw for her.
“Why would I want to have any dealings with a dealership like that?” she asked, having spent $11,000 of her own money on it, and not having gone through finance or paid in installments. “Why would you not have fixed it up to a standard that was ready to be sold to someone in the first place?” she asked in her video. Curious Chronicles urged those who watched her video to be “careful when spending your money at these dealerships” to stop them from encountering these issues. “This is crazy,” she said, and it is a testament to her that she remained so calm through the whole ordeal and didn’t get crazy angry with the dealership.