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When this much goes wrong with a vehicle in South Dakota, isnt there something I can do?

• I live in Sioux Falls, SD, last week saturday (3/6) i bought a used van from the budget mart at autoland becuz my transmission went out in mine the week before. i bought it for $2500, its a 1996 Chrysler Town n Country, 196,000 miles on it. that night around 10 pm my whole dash gages stopped reading. no spedometer, odometer, RPM's, fuel or temp gage. so sunday i stopped by autozone and had a diagnostic run on it and it came back that the sensor went out in it along with the 6th cylinder was misfiring. well i knew it was a sensor cuz thats what happened in mine n just had to replace it. i called the sales guy Greg and told him what was going on along with the fact that there was an electrical short cuz the the windshield wipers werent working properly and the radio/cd player only works when the car is warm. so he said he'd talk to his boss and would get back to me & see if it was something major then he'd work on getting me into another vehicle...and i said or give me my money back.... on tuesday i finally talked to him again n he was at north cliff auto so i talked with one of the mechanics, Kent, and he agreed that it probably was a sensor but would need to look at it to make sure and that it would cost about $30 for him to do that. i said well i'm not paying for it cuz i feel i shouldnt have to. so i got on the phone again with greg and stated the same thing n of course greg said well i'll have to talk to my boss. he called me tuesday night and said that they would cover getting it looked at and to call the shop to see when they could get it in. wednesay morning comes. kayla is getting out of the sliding door and the top of the door comes off the track! i manage to get it closed and then my ex jimmie came by after work and put it back on and noticed that theres no stopper for the door. then along with that the van starts to stall on me. im able to restart it and continue on my way. thursday comes i talk to the shop and they can get it in monday morning. ok fine ill just have to be careful driving. friday comes. i leave work and i get to Russell n Minn corner, during 5 o'clock traffic and of course it stalls. I restart it and this time when i shift it into drive it stalls again. i continue this routine about 3 more times. nothing. it wont shift. i call greg and told him that i was stranded cuz the damn van wont move. he stutters thru and says well i'm with some customers let me take your number and ill give you a call back in a half hour. in the meantime gte ahold of north cliff auto and see if they can help you. so i did and they sent a tow truck. finally about 5:45 they show up and take me n the van back to the shop. i dont have any other mode of transportation so they let me use the shops van for the weekend. SO... Monday (yesterday) comes n i call the shop to find out if anyone has looked at it and can tell me whats going on with it. the guy says well Jack (the manager) will be calling me to discuss it. ok fine, so i get the number to where hes at the tried about 4 times and the phone is busy so i call greg to see if he knew what was going on. he tells me that the torque converter went out in it (which is in the transmission) and that autoland wasnt going to cover it but that jack was looking around for a cheap part! i told him i feel i shouldnt have to pay for it cuz its only been a week since ive had this thing and all this has been going wrong from the start! well since that conversation i havent heard from anyone. So not i have to figure out what the hell i'm gonna do. I emailed Gary Conklin (an attorney) and he emailed me back and said that the lemon law usually only deals with new vehicles not used. And i did a little research and according to what i read the "As Is" clause basically states that once its driven off the lot they are not liable for any repairs...but theres gotta be a hole somewhere! i mean not even 24 hrs after having this thing i get all this?

• Answer:

  That last sentence just answered your question. As-Is. It sounds more like you needed somewhere to vent your frustration that to actually have a question answered. How did you test drive that and not notice any of the problems you mentioned?