I am posting this to warn everyone to NEVER trust a dealership or a clean vehicle history report. Do your own deep research.

My elderly parents went to a franchise dealership, looking at this exact vehicle because they wanted a low mileage LAST car to last them the rest of their lives. They were sold this car with only 1,058 miles on the odometer. The dealer marketed it heavily as a "basically new" retail unit. Trusting the low mileage and the dealer's word, my parents paid full retail market value added the extended warranty and the Maint. package so they didn't need to worry about ANYTHING and financed it through the dealership finance dept. credit union. All good right?

Well Once they got the vehicle home, we noticed visible structural damage and discovered the headlights do not even work right. My dad went round and round with the dealership when they wanted to "align the doors" The doors are damaged and are not even close to right. This dragging of the feet made me do sone deep digging into the VIN history and uncovered a massive, multi-state paper trail of vehicle history laundering that the dealer entirely hid from my family:

1. **The Crash:** The vehicle was originally a daily rental owned by Avis Rental Cars. It was heavily crashed and transferred to Avis Insurance.
2. **Salvage Auction:** Avis Insurance dumped the wrecked unit at an Insurance Auto Auction (IAA) in Ohio, It was sold April 29, 2026 with 937 Miles.
3. **The Cosmetic Fix:** A wholesale dealer in Wisconsin bought the wreck, threw on cheap cosmetic patches, and bypassed safety regulations.
4. **The Flip:** It was run through a dealer-only Manheim Auction in Illinois where the dealer I bought it from bought it in June of 2026 with 957 Miles.
5. **The Trap:** The dealership I bought it from brought it to their lot, and sold it to my senior parents for top dollar without disclosing a single piece of this history. 1058 Miles July 1, 2026.

The repairs are VERY Obvious to the doors, They oil can and sound like the foam is missing from the inside when you close them. The headlights are completely inoperable because of a cheap, faulty aftermarket assembly slapped on during the flip. The vehicle has auto headlights plus auto brights the aftermarket headlight is missing functions. The vehicle is currently structurally compromised, worth less than half of what they financed, and is unsafe and illegal to drive at night.

When I confronted dealership owner with this exact paper trail, he literally told me "you bought a USED car" and claimed "they didn't know." This excuse is legally impossible. Vehicles sold through Manheim auctions require mandatory condition reports and electronic title announcements. They knowingly or with gross negligence exploited my parents' trust to secure a high-dollar loan on fraudulent, misrepresented collateral. The kicker is I can not get rid of this car now because I know it was in a major accident I have to disclose it or I risk a lawsuit I could never win... GREAT RIGHT? We are now STUCK With this POS car I would of told them to walk from if I was there.

**Please view the attached pictures** of the visible "retail money" damage and the aftermarket headlight. Think about how you would feel if a dealership did this to your family.

PLEASE Do your Research before buying a used car no matter the miles! DEEP Dive not just quick search.