Do the Research on Used Cars

After a couple of months of looking around, my son bought a used car, a Pontiac Grand Am to be exact. My husband went with him to check out the vehicle. While they were there, I received a phone call from husband asking me to go to Car Fax and look up the history on the car. It turned out it has had several owners, even though it was only 5 years old and it had been in a accident that totaled the car back in 2004. I immediately told my gang, don't buy it but they ignored me. The previous owner had the car refurbished but I don't know if he used Advocate Auto Claims. If you have been in a car accident,they will give free Diminished Value Estimates on your car and will handle claims from beginning to end whether it was your fault or not. They can help you receive Diminished Value on your car up to 4 years after the accident.

Anyway, I have to admit that the car does look nice, but after my son bought the car, my husband told me that the previous owner had replaced the radiator because of overheating. My husband decided to look that problem up on the internet and found out that there was a class action suit against GM because of deterioration to the gaskets caused by using Dex Coolant. This resulted in coolant going into the oil tank causing overheating in the engine. Quite a few models were involved dating back several years and of course, my son's car was one of them.

We got rid of my son's last car after replacing the transmission because of potential reoccurring problems in the future, only to replace it with another walking time bomb. I just can't believe it!