Rotten to the Core Charge: Mich. woman's lawsuit says SUV smells like corpse

[onedef92]

Mich. woman's lawsuit says SUV smells like corpse

Posted: 2:16pm on Dec 6, 2011;
Modified: 2:20pm on Dec 6, 2011

2011-12-06T19:20:04Z

NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. — A Detroit-area woman is suing an auto dealership, claiming her new SUV smells bad because it once contained a corpse.

The Detroit News and CBS Detroit reported Monday that Margarita Salais sued Suburban Ford of Sterling Heights in Oakland County Circuit Court. The suit claims the dealership failed to disclose that the car had been stolen three times and once held a body.

The lawsuit says Suburban Ford told Salais that the bad smell in the 2006 Ford Expedition came from a dead animal. A letter in her suit says a hazardous materials company determined it was a human odor.

Dealership general sales manager Jim Elder says the smell wasn't there when Salais bought the car and that the dealership "would love to get to the bottom of it." :ack:

[HeatherO]

:ack::ack::ack:

[onedef92]

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[Bill]

She bought a used car in the Detroit area. What are the chances a car bought like that WOULD NOT have been stolen a few times and have held a dead body? That probably describes most of the vehicles in the Detroit area.

The bondo/cardboard patch jobs where the bullet holes were repaired should have been a clue.

Seriously, though, the lady might have a case. Ever tried to get the cigarette smell out from a vehicle? You can leave the car windows open in the sun for days, and yet, as soon as you close the windows, poof (pun intended), the smell becomes noticable again.

If the dealer had tried to mask the smell by ventilating the car before she bought it, using an ozone machine, or using car wash scents, then they should be held accountble for not being upfront. On the other hand, the dealer could be right....the lady caused the smell with her own dead body, probably disposing of evidence or something.

[Yerf Dog]

Seinfeld - The Car Stinks - YouTube

[NB2K]

And that's why you line the cargo area w/ trash bags.

Use the heavy, contractor type; they won't tear when you lift 'em out, even if it's a fatass.
Get rid of the roll or box you pulled 'em from, the cops can match the perforations. Most CSI guys are Barney Fife wannabes, but they can do the basics.

[Bill]

Rotten to the Core Charge: Mich. woman's lawsuit says SUV smells like corpse




Seems like if this was PR&C there would be an Obama joke in here, somewhere.....just sayin'.

[Rotorhead]

It's Detroit, buy new, skip the shipping fee and dead body smell.

[Bill]

It's Detroit, buy new, skip the shipping fee and dead body smell.

You pay the same destination charge anywhere in the continental US. Detroit dealers charge it too, I'm sure. I don't understand why that is.