What to do if I bought a used car as is and 3 days later a faulty alarm switch locked the car in theft mode and the alarm was continuously going off?
Question Details: I bought the car from a used car dealer. I could not turn the ignition switch and the battery had to be disconnected to turn of the alarm that was going off every 10 minutes. The car had to be towed to a local dealer for them to make the car drivable they did not fix the alarm because I wanted to take it back to the dealer.
If the seller did not provide a warranty or guaranty, the seller would normally be liable on an "as is" used car sale only if the condition or problem existed prior to the sale; the seller knew (or should/must have known) of the problem; and knowing of the problem, did not disclose it. (This could give rise to a fraud claim.) But if the seller did not know of the problem, or if it did not manifest until after the sale, there would be no liablity.
