I bought this car from an ad I posted online asking for help buying a car, these people responded saying that they would help me out by allowing us to buy their car from them for only 500. We really needed a car! So we did it.
The next day after buying it, it started to shake back and forth or jerk. We definitely thought it was the transmission. It got worse daily. Once I tried to accelerate past 45 mph and it just wouldn't go any faster...petal to the metal and it stayed at 45 for about half a mile and then it kicked back in.
This car only lasted us a week before it died on me at a red light. When the light turned green I tried to go, but didn't realize it had died.
We had a friends friend look at it and he thought it was the fuel pump, so I bought a new one, but that didn't do it. This guy who worked on it (who we didn't even really know) said that the engine wasn't getting gas. He also checked the fuel filter to see if it was clogged and it wasn't.
I will add that it had electrical problems in the dash, the horn and radio didn't work. I think the sellers were trying to make the check engine light go away.
I know we got burned and that these "do good/chairitable" people who sold it to us totally screwed us. We were taken advantage of. I just want to know if anyone knows what might be wrong with this, because we can't survive w/o a car. We would take the bus, but there is no bus near us, and we have a baby
I'll also add that we know we made a mistake in buying this car.
The next day after buying it, it started to shake back and forth or jerk. We definitely thought it was the transmission. It got worse daily. Once I tried to accelerate past 45 mph and it just wouldn't go any faster...petal to the metal and it stayed at 45 for about half a mile and then it kicked back in.
This car only lasted us a week before it died on me at a red light. When the light turned green I tried to go, but didn't realize it had died.
We had a friends friend look at it and he thought it was the fuel pump, so I bought a new one, but that didn't do it. This guy who worked on it (who we didn't even really know) said that the engine wasn't getting gas. He also checked the fuel filter to see if it was clogged and it wasn't.
I will add that it had electrical problems in the dash, the horn and radio didn't work. I think the sellers were trying to make the check engine light go away.
I know we got burned and that these "do good/chairitable" people who sold it to us totally screwed us. We were taken advantage of. I just want to know if anyone knows what might be wrong with this, because we can't survive w/o a car. We would take the bus, but there is no bus near us, and we have a baby
I'll also add that we know we made a mistake in buying this car.