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Were you wrongly denied your CARS (i.e., Cash for Clunkers) rebate?

32 messages,  Last post on Mar 22, 2010 at 12:25 PM

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#24 of 32 Rejected! by shaunni78

Sep 08, 2009 (8:17 am)

I know this has been posted already a lot, but I, too got denied on my cash for clunkers application. I went in to the dealership, negotiated my price and everything, drove off with the car and had it for over 2 weeks when they called and said that my application had been denied due to a 1 week period between the time my registration expired and when I got my new sticker. I think cash for clunkers was a good deal, but they really needed to be very clear on all the rules of the program.

#25 of 32 I got clunked by jimcasimir

Sep 08, 2009 (4:01 pm)

We traded in our 1993 Jeep Cherokee for a Toyota Prius. If you look up clunker in the dictionary there is a picture of our Jeep. Two days later Findlay Toyota called to say that although we had owned the car for five years, the car had been insured by Progressive for the full five years there had been an interruption in the registration. Yes, earlier this year our beautiful Jeep could not pass the smog inspection. When we got the necessary repair work done (for $650) the Nevada DMV gave us new registration and charged a penalty for the period it was being repaired of $32.
 
Not continuously registered ... bring in a check for $4,500. I called Department of transportation three days in a row. Each time a contract answering service would talk with me about it and promise that "an agent" for the agency would call. No one called.
 
This is all wrong.

#27 of 32 Re: Deal Not Honored When Car Came In [buffo1] by jb_turner

Sep 08, 2009 (7:05 pm)

Replying to: buffo1 (Sep 08, 2009 4:40 am)
Why would the government allow them to continue selling when they didn't have cars available to sell? When the funds ran out, they stopped the program. What about when cars weren't available? My husband thought he had a deal so he never went elsewhere. Meanwhile, other dealers probably had cars. It all seems unfair to the consumer and poorly controlled by the government.
 
Dealers are independently owned. C for C ended before 9/4.
Your complaint will not get passed on to the Regional Sales Director it will get binned.

#28 of 32 Re: Rejected! [shaunni78] by jb_turner

Sep 08, 2009 (7:08 pm)

Replying to: shaunni78 (Sep 08, 2009 8:17 am)
I think cash for clunkers was a good deal, but they really needed to be very clear on all the rules of the program
 
They were very clear on the rules pertaining to registration.
There was a lapse in registration.. hence no pay.

#29 of 32 Re: I got clunked [jimcasimir] by jb_turner

Sep 08, 2009 (7:09 pm)

Replying to: jimcasimir (Sep 08, 2009 4:01 pm)
Not continuously registered
 
There was a lapse in registration.. hence no pay.

#30 of 32 Re: I got clunked [jimcasimir] by jimcasimir

Sep 10, 2009 (7:04 am)

Replying to: jimcasimir (Sep 08, 2009 4:01 pm)
I know the "continuous registration" requirement was set as one year. I think they were aiming at continuous ownership. The government did not want us to buy a car to use as a clunker trade-in. I have not seen the original legislation but I suspect that DOT installed the one year registration requirement.

#32 of 32 Re: Rejected! [shaunni78] by johhnyb

Mar 22, 2010 (12:25 pm)

Replying to: shaunni78 (Sep 08, 2009 8:17 am)
Did you get you car back and unwind your deal? I ask because I had the same problem. However KarMart in Burlington WA waited to 2 months before they contacted me and now they sent me to collections and want $3500. I asked give me my car back and unwind the deal but they will not! I think they resold my car and made a profit.

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