Love my Z but bought a crashed one from a dealer with full factory warranty

Cyber370

Ah man I feel for you. The best advice I can give at this point, you may not like. I would definitely force the dealer to take it back for undeclared accident damage. I would not keep the car. There are plenty of '16 Z Base coupes out there. You do not need to settle for a damaged one. I don't know how much you paid for it but I'm willing to bet you didn't save much since the accident damage was not declared.
Where I live in Quebec, this stuff goes on all the time. Our consumber protection laws are almost non-existent when it comes to shady dealers selling cars with undisclosed accident damage. They are not required to take the car back, believe it or not. But in the US, I believe you guys have very good laws against this sort of thing. Use them. Drive your car back to the dealer you bought it from and ask for a complete refund including out-of-pocket expenses. If the dealer refuses, sue them. It's an open and shut case based on your description of the situation.
I would not, under any circumstances, keep an accident damaged '16 Z that I paid full price for. Even at a discounted price, I would not keep it. Good luck!

Chuck33079

This. If you get nowhere with the GM of the dealer, lawyer up. Make them take it back. Get a sport model for a replacement.

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OldGuyFla

That is really sad that a dealership would function like that. If you have the physical proof (window stickers) that say a clear car fax, get a lawyer. I would say that's why they didn't produce the car fax. That is fraud.
Best of luck!

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BlackCherry Z

I did get the car for a really good price of $24,000 They wanted $26,100.
It would be hard to unwind the car since I traded in a 2014 Scion FRS lease car that turned to be $8000 upside down. My trade in quote from Toyota a few months back was not upside down but I didn't understand about how leases work & my quote was based upon an upgrade from the same dealer that originally leased. The buy out amount from any other dealer would be way more as I found out when negotiating the Z trade. I ending up adding that on into the financing minus the $5 grand I put down on the Z. The bottom line is I owe more on the car than I paid the Dealer for it so A buy back would not be possible unless the dealer did pay all extra costs involved.

I did get a chance to unwind after I discovered the accident information but choose not to based upon how the car performed & looked as well. I really didn't want that FRS back at all. I guess I took a chance on this but later on was assured no further accident damage was present from Nissan when the front end part was replaced. That most likely will not help if the wheel bearing on the same area (left front wheel) is now starting to fail possibly due to the impact from the collision. The actual assembly bearing/hub Assy. is not a real expensive part. It's listed at $169.00. I figure this would be about 1 to 1 1/2 hours of labor to install. Hopefully next week I will get this looked at & if all goes well, the dealer where I bought the car will replace this under warranty. If not, I will have to lay out the cash & get it done. Then as it has been stated, I will use my Legal Shield team to attempt to recover my cash for both repairs from the selling dealership. I am going to keep it as it does run so well other wise. The car fax report only indicates very minor cosmetic damage reported on the front of the car. Not totally true but no impact to the car value based upon the report. This Z is Not a salvaged car at all. It has a completely clean title. I still do agree though, who wants to buy a damaged car when there are so many out there that are not. This was not my intention at all. But this is kind of complicated due to my circumstances.

Thanks for your opinion along with the other members who have responded as well. I do value it. It does appear to be an open & shut case almost.... But I did refuse an Un-Wind option at one point but I was already funded & insurance was also changed over. Plus The car was running just fine without any obvious front end issue from the previous collision for the first couple of weeks of ownership. I will post after I get to the dealer with hopefully good news. I really don't want to "lawyer up" if at all possible. Believe it or not, I bought this car to help me un-stress over a family Trust issue after my parents both passed away. Sometimes it is hard to win with so many curves thrown at us all the time.