i purchased a 2002 volvo c70 about a month ago. i am now experiencing problems with it, and i come to find out that the car had been recalled because of a throttle problem which is the same thing that had broken on my car. what are my options in this situation, is the dealer responsible?i live in new york but i bought the car in new jersey from the ramsay auto group(which includes a volvo dealer), i bought it from the pontiac branch they told me it was there because that is the dealer that does the internet sales.

Get a FULL refund or go to court!

No. You just turn it into the maintenance department and they will handle all the paperwork for the recall. They should provide you a loaner car in the meantime.

If there is evidence of the dealer's knowledge than yes.

The dealer was likely irresponsible, not fraudulent. If it can be fixed they should do it at any Volvo place. Otherwise you're going to have to bring it up with the lot you bought it from and go from there.

The dealer just sells cars. You normally get recall information from the manufacturer. The dealer isn't responsible in this case.

If the dealer knew about this, which would be hard to prove, then he is very fully responsible. He owes you a new car of a different kind. He could go to jail. Take it to court. Give them the papers and everything you found about the recall. You can also turn it in to the Volvo website I suppose.

it depends on what state you are in so me have different lawssome you can get a full refound becuase the dealer sold you a lemon others will just say to get it fixedI would call the dealer and tell him you just learned that you car has been recalled and ask him what you should do to get it repaired they should do the work for free!!!

No, it is not fraud. Lots of cars have recalls for some reason or another. However, if the recalled part has not been replaced, any Volvo dealer will fix it for free. If the recalled parts have already been replaced, then they are not responsible for fixing anything for free.BTW, this is NOT protected by most lemon laws unless the entire car was recalled, which pretty much never happens. The only way they would have to give you a refund is if the recalled parts could not be fixed.

no its not. it would be fraud if he sold you a car that was stolen. it is un ethical to sell you a car that was recalled. see the diffrence?this is probably what they would tell you at the dealers. they would have said , well you should have reashearched the car before you bought it. car fax history reports, which the dealer is supposed to provide upon request, should have been looked at, but hindsight is 20/20. I would call the dealer manager, tell him what happened. maybe hes not a big fan of bad faith sales. he might be ale to get it taken care of free of charge, but, everyone knows how SOME car dealers can be. it is a very tricky and sneaky business. sorry for your troubles. double check to see if they gave you a warranty, and check the recall roster to see if they are repairing for free. thats all i can think of. oh wait. see if they will give you an even trade on something else, but next time. do your research!BTW in order for a car to be claimed a lemon, it has to have documented repair on the same issue, 7 times. with no fix. then after 7 times of the thing not getting fixed, you cann legally call it a lemon. but, most people dont spend the money to have something repaired 7 times, they just replace it with new.