Requesting your non-legal, non-attorney opinion.

[3Hotdogs]

Daughter's '12 Honda fried its transmission. local opinion recommends the guy who is slow but does good work.... and he is inexpensive.

So she drops the car off, December 30th.

Guess what? It still isn't fixed. She is worried that if she pulls the car from his shop, she owes him for work that he did. Andshe will have to pay the Honda dealer to fix it.

He ordered a junk yard transmission and installed it. He started it up and drove it out of the driveway. Now something else is wrong with it.

Your thoughts? Does she have a legal remedy? Small claims court?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

1. You Asked For A Non-Legal, Non-Attorney Opinion

I am an attorney with a legal opinion, so I don't know if you want it or not.

There are things she can do to regain possession of the car, but she will ultimately owe the mechanic money for work he has actually done. Not the FULL amount, but the reasonable value of his work plus any parts he bought. He can also put a mechanic's lien on it and hold onto it until you pay. After a period of time, he can even sell the car without your consent. So it would be worth your while to contact an attorney in your State to check on that. 6 months is a long time to have possession of a car for repairs, so you may be running up against some of these deadlines. You might want to move fast on this.

Just a legal opinion from an attorney. Feel free to disregard. But I would definitely check that out.

[3Hotdogs]

2. Thanks for your response.

I am going to ask her to contact the N.J. Department of Consumer Affairs.