Online Car Dealers Fail to Provide State-Required Title Documentation for Registration
Carvana provided only the customer copy of the bill of sale, which Wyoming county clerks cannot accept for registration. The state requires the original dealer title reassignment document, which Carvana refuses to provide. Buyers of vehicles from online dealers are left with legally unregisterable cars and no recourse if the dealer will not supply correct documentation.
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Customers who select plate transfer and receive explicit written confirmation from Carvana discover the company processed a new registration instead, incurring duplicate fees and requiring an in-person DMV visit to resolve. Carvana acknowledges the processing error but refuses to issue a refund or correct the records remotely. The root cause is a gap between customer-facing promises in chat and back-office fulfillment execution.
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Carvana Title Correction Process Unresponsive for Weeks
After a vehicle title was sent to Carvana for correction, the company failed to respond for over three weeks. The buyer is stuck without proper title documentation. Reflects systemic post-sale communication failures in auto marketplace transactions.
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