Certified Used Car Buyers Face Recurring Engine Failures With Unresponsive Corporate Escalation
A buyer newly purchased certified vehicle developed a check-engine fault within a week, caused by the dealer own service overfill, followed by a second failure with nine warning codes just after 30 days. Repeated corporate escalation attempts went unreturned, with the earliest inspection slot offered 17 days out.
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