Redd
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- Joined
- Oct 10, 2020
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- Location
- Pacific Northwest
- Ram Year
- 2017
- Engine
- 6.7L I6 Cummins
I'll keep this as short as possible, although the story is complicated. I'm in need of help or advice. In short- a dealership sold me a truck in which a husband traded in with a forged signature of his wife, whom has filed for divorce.
Bought a used 2015 Ram 3500 and I'm absolutely in love with the truck. Felt great to drive, clean, and checked all the boxes for my family (plus some I didn't know I needed). My previous ford I bought, a 2014 half ton, was riddled with issues with the twin turbo so it was good to get a nice, dependable truck to tow my trailer.
My license plates didn't show up and my temporary was getting close expiring. I called the license place, don't have it; call the dealer, the licensing people definitely signed off on receiving it. Called the license people back and they put me on hold for 15 minutes. They come back with "I don't know how to tell you this, so I'll just read the email I just received."
She said that there was an irregularity on one of the two signatures so the state cancelled the transaction and placed a hold on the title because of a temporary family law order.
This left me with so many questions. The license worker and I came up with an idea of what might of happened, which would be confirmed on my call back to the dealership.
Called the dealership and they said the husband traded in the truck and forged his wife's signature. Turns out they are separated and soon to be divorced. The dealership had known for a while about the issue and were trying to get "what they need from the husband", which I'm guessing is just her signature. He has apparently given them false promises, more than once. They gave him the deadline of Friday before they repo his new truck. If they were not able to get that "signature stuff" before Friday, they would need my truck back.
Uhhhhhhh- what? Has anyone else run into this trouble before? I don't want to hand over a truck that a bank debt and dealership paperwork say is mine. The dealership said it would make it up for me on a different truck, but not sure what to think of that until I see their offer. Am I liable if I don't hand over the truck? What kind of compensation should I be looking for with handing back my dream truck?? I know this post is on short notice, since tomorrow is the day they will want it back.
Thanks for your help!
Bought a used 2015 Ram 3500 and I'm absolutely in love with the truck. Felt great to drive, clean, and checked all the boxes for my family (plus some I didn't know I needed). My previous ford I bought, a 2014 half ton, was riddled with issues with the twin turbo so it was good to get a nice, dependable truck to tow my trailer.
My license plates didn't show up and my temporary was getting close expiring. I called the license place, don't have it; call the dealer, the licensing people definitely signed off on receiving it. Called the license people back and they put me on hold for 15 minutes. They come back with "I don't know how to tell you this, so I'll just read the email I just received."
She said that there was an irregularity on one of the two signatures so the state cancelled the transaction and placed a hold on the title because of a temporary family law order.
This left me with so many questions. The license worker and I came up with an idea of what might of happened, which would be confirmed on my call back to the dealership.
Called the dealership and they said the husband traded in the truck and forged his wife's signature. Turns out they are separated and soon to be divorced. The dealership had known for a while about the issue and were trying to get "what they need from the husband", which I'm guessing is just her signature. He has apparently given them false promises, more than once. They gave him the deadline of Friday before they repo his new truck. If they were not able to get that "signature stuff" before Friday, they would need my truck back.
Uhhhhhhh- what? Has anyone else run into this trouble before? I don't want to hand over a truck that a bank debt and dealership paperwork say is mine. The dealership said it would make it up for me on a different truck, but not sure what to think of that until I see their offer. Am I liable if I don't hand over the truck? What kind of compensation should I be looking for with handing back my dream truck?? I know this post is on short notice, since tomorrow is the day they will want it back.
Thanks for your help!