My son purchased a 2004 Scion XB on March 24th from this dealer. The dealer told him the car was in perfect mechanical condition. When my son brought the car home, he noticed that instead of the states inspection sticker, which is suppose to be attached to the windshield, there was a failed inspection notice folded and taped to the windshield in leiu of a legal sticker.in New York state it is illegal for a Car Dealer to allow a vehicle off the lot without a valid safety sticker. My son was driving the vehicle illegally and unknowingly. He called the dealer on the 25th of March and the dealer claimed that they had been in business for nearly 40 years and were unaware of this (DMV-101). They were obviously lying which drew the suspicion of my son. Later in the day, many dashboard warning lamps appeared on. My son took the vehicle and had the computer codes read, it had 4 defect codes, however only 2 were able to be read accurately. One was a catalytic converter failure and the other was a ABS failure (part costs $1700). The dealer claimed to have the car safety inspected, however, one taillight was out as well as two of three brake lights. The vehicle was totally unsafe to drive, putting my son and the general population at risk for a accident. The dealer was totally deceptive about the condition of the vehicle, in fact, we believe they unhooked the battery to clear the codes temporarily. My son asked for his money back and we returned to the dealership with the car on March 27 and spoke to the owners son, Rick Izzo and he stated that the dealership does not have a return policy for any reason. No money has been returned as of yet. We filed a report with the DMV and are hoping that they can get this matter resolved. We have also called our local television action call line to see if they can help us. This dealer needs to be stopped, either by the DMV or the public or both. They ripped my son off, had him drive off in a unsafe vehicle and have no intention of returning any money paid for the car.By the way, we paid $8500 for the vehicle. Thank you
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