Dealership sells a used vehicle with an undisclosed missing key
A used-car buyer discovers only after a multi-hour purchase process that the vehicle came with just one key instead of two, despite the trade-in having two, and faces a $350 replacement cost with no meaningful resolution from the dealer's customer relations team.
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