Leif Johannson

After the end of my 2021 Jeep Cherokee lease In May 2024 I bought off the vehicle. I financed the buy off, never received appropriated documents, the dealership claimed the title got lost already at the be I bought off the vehicle. I financed the buy off, never received appropriated documents, the dealership claimed the title got lost already at the beginning of the lease, 3 1/2 years ago because it had been send to the wrong bank somewhere in Texas. In July I moved from NY to NJ, therefore had to change my car insurance to my new NJ address and intended to transfer the registration immediately to NJ which I couldn't because the dealership could not provide me with the necessary documents. The NY DMV threatened to suspend my registration and drivers license because I had no valid NY state insurance anymore. After hundreds of attempts to reach a responsible person at the dealership and the financing bank Viviana Trivino (she works in the title department) called me explaining the situation and promising to take care of it to solve the issue. That was in August. Shortly before the deadline of the DMV I drove an hour and a half from NJ to the dealership to turn the car in and cancel the buy off contract, because the dealership failed to fulfill its obligations. On that day I was able to talk to the sales manager Andrew for the first time (I left him multiple voice mails, he never responded), he offered to issue a temporary registration expiring 10/23. Today is 10/22, since 10/15 I reminded Viviana Trivino that an extension of the temporary registration needs to be done if the necessary title documents have not been received by then. She promised on 10/15 that she would FedEx them to me in due time, just today she responded that they would be in transit. She could not provide me with any additional information (tracking number, etc.), I assume that she lied to me and did not take care of the issue at all. Tomorrow I'll drive again to the dealership, this time I'll leave the car, I have prepared a document that needs to be signed by the dealership proving that I turned in the vehicle in and in addition I will call Yonkers police to be present as a witness. I will subsequently cancel future payments with the financing bank and engage a lawyer to get reimbursed for all disadvantages I had during this nightmare. More

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