I really need some help, and judging by the posts I've seen I've come to the right place. I bought an 04 LS V8 Sport Automatic with Tiptronic Shifting today, but I didn't make it home from the dealer. The car is in immaculate shape, and has only 47000 miles on it with no accident history. I test drove it and had no issues. The drivers seat belt wasn't retracting well and wouldn't adjust up or down so I had the dealer fix this before I left with the vehicle.
I did leave with it a bit later, but only made it 32 miles. While driving at 70 with the cruise control on the car shifted from 5th to 4th and back again, slightly bucking as it did this. I took it off CC, slowed to 55, then tried accelerating. Again the car bucked, then the rpms shot up by the car wasnt accelerating. I let off and tried again, same result but this time the parking brake, ABS, and traction control lights came on for 2 seconds, then off again.
I pulled over and called the dealer, they asked if I could make it back so I told them I would try. I turned the car on again and tried to merge back into traffic on the highway. This time the rpms shot to 4500, I was going 10mph, shifted and shot back over 4500rpm going a whooping 30 mph. No lights this time though. I pulled over called the dealer and had a tow truck come for the car.
Luckily I had a friend in the car ahead of me to get me home, but the dealer did offer a loaner. The dealer said they are going to look at it and fix if they find anything wrong.....typical dealer response.
Does anybody have experience with the above scenario or saw a post by someone who has? I'd really really like to know whats going on and be educated on the issue. I don't want to be jerked around by the dealer either. Luckily enough New York State requires a 60 day/3000 mile warranty on used cars under 80,000 miles sold by dealers, and Lemon Law Enforcement in which a dealer has 3 tries to fix before Lemon Law arbitration.
Thank you all for your knowledge and help.
I did leave with it a bit later, but only made it 32 miles. While driving at 70 with the cruise control on the car shifted from 5th to 4th and back again, slightly bucking as it did this. I took it off CC, slowed to 55, then tried accelerating. Again the car bucked, then the rpms shot up by the car wasnt accelerating. I let off and tried again, same result but this time the parking brake, ABS, and traction control lights came on for 2 seconds, then off again.
I pulled over and called the dealer, they asked if I could make it back so I told them I would try. I turned the car on again and tried to merge back into traffic on the highway. This time the rpms shot to 4500, I was going 10mph, shifted and shot back over 4500rpm going a whooping 30 mph. No lights this time though. I pulled over called the dealer and had a tow truck come for the car.
Luckily I had a friend in the car ahead of me to get me home, but the dealer did offer a loaner. The dealer said they are going to look at it and fix if they find anything wrong.....typical dealer response.
Does anybody have experience with the above scenario or saw a post by someone who has? I'd really really like to know whats going on and be educated on the issue. I don't want to be jerked around by the dealer either. Luckily enough New York State requires a 60 day/3000 mile warranty on used cars under 80,000 miles sold by dealers, and Lemon Law Enforcement in which a dealer has 3 tries to fix before Lemon Law arbitration.
Thank you all for your knowledge and help.