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Two months ago we purchased a vehicle (used suburban) to finally fit our whole family plus a niece we are custodians of.
We’re a one income family and live paycheck to paycheck so this was a massive purchase for us and we did have to take out a personal loan.
This was a used vehicle sold by a local dealership so we did our due diligence, checked the car history, looked at maintainance records, it was clean and had only one owner so we thought it was our best bet at a reliable car we could afford payments on.
Two months later we took it in for some insane sounds suddenly coming from the engine and were told the engine is shot and irreparable. The mechanic told us someone had run it dry of oil and gave it a temporary fix to keep it running a few more months.
There is no way to prove the dealership knew about this issue when selling it to us, so we have absolutely no legal options to get help. We are 30k in debt, and are looking at a minimum of 11k to get the engine replaced (that’s with a remanufactured engine).
We have 4 precious mouths to feed, not counting our own— my husband is working 60 hours a week to just make minimum payments and I’m taking every side job and online gig I can to try to get ahead while being the full time caretaker for our children and niece. If there is any way to even just pay for the repairs so we’re not 12k further in debt with barely the means to pay our minimums and cover rent and living basics as well it would mean the absolute world!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting this far and considering us.