Lehigh Valley Auto Auction

Bought a car over 5 gran on the green light lane was ride and go well I can’t wven ride it because can’t get it inspected timing chain bad it has a bad oil leak brakes needed and the list continues guess I get it tow back home from the garage and hopefully I will get justice in court they yell at you when you try to see if they would help to top it off wanted another $700.00 because they didn’t figure all the fees in I ask to

Return it and they said no I don’t pay I will not get title what a bunch of crooked snakes hopefully justice will be served once I hire a attorney it’s been a big nightmare since I bought the vehicle never in my life did I have such problems buying a vehicle so upset wah

this auction we had a very bad experience with it they run good on the Line but the when driven home weather bits trams or motor out the cars THEY SELL FROM BAD AND GOOD DEALERS SO YOU DON,T KNOW WHO TO TRUST AND PUBLIC THIS AUCTION PEOPLE HAS BAD EXPERIENCE HOPEFULLY THEY TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT AND MAKE CUSTOMERS HAPPY THE OWNERS TRYS TO BE PLEASANT BUT HE IS THE ONE THAT MAKES THE MONEY I WISH THERE WAS MORE HONEST PEOPLE AROUND HOPEFULLY THERE was my first time there l bought a car and then the motor was not good then l had to fix it and then l sold it with a good engine

I'm a car dealer who purchased eight cars and sold five cars at Lehigh Valley Auto Auction. They do not use companies such as Car - Fax or Auto Check .

Many unscrupulous dealers use that loophole as a way of getting rid of their most undesirable cars. One of the vehicles had a repo title . They said they would charge $ 51.00 to flip it to a regular title. I had no problem with that except they didn't do it and explained that because I was an out of state dealer they couldn't .

I contacted the loan company , directly and for $ 85.00 they got me a correct title. Additionally , this vehicle had undisclosed frame damage and was considered a total loss on Car fax . The second car I bought from a dealer I knew . I asked if the car was okay and he said it was.

What he didn't mention was that it had been red flagged in every other auction in Auto Check as structural damage. I'll never buy another car from Keith M Motors . The third car I bought was a late model Mini van from a new car dealer. That car was purchased on an if - bid .

That means the dealer wanted more than my highest bid. I noticed the vehicle was running with a miss-fire . When I was contacted after the sale , they asked me for three hundred more. I told the representative that the engine wasn't running right and the deal was contingent on the engine being good.

He asked if i wanted a Post Sale inspection , and asked if he could do it as a courtesy as I had been pushed on the price on every vehicle I bid on. As luck would have it , it was diagnosed as having a bad coil pack in the # 1 cylinder. I shipped it to the most respected repair shop in Manheim Pa. I received a call that the coil was brand new and the car had an internal engine problem .

I contacted Lehigh Valley Auto Auction and they said they would recheck the van. I had a driver bring the van back that day where it stayed for several weeks only to confirm that it was an internal problem . After studying the Car - fax it became apparent that this vehicle was traded for the very problem I was experiencing . The auction contacted me and said they'd fix it for $800 .00 .

I agreed to the repair and the vehicle was done four weeks later. I received a call that I owed $850.00 . I went on a sale night where everyone was busy. Although I felt the bill was unjust I had every intention of paying it .

I contacted the auction and asked to speak to Jerry , the owner. He never responded but had his workers contact me instead. I finally reached Jerry and explained some of the mishaps I experienced with the auction especially pertaining to the car with the bad engine , including the fact that it was sold as mechanically sound and indeed had a major problem. He got short with me as I was merely explaining I had additional transportation costs and diagnostic expenses to see if he'd work with me at all.

Then he started yelling at me and suggested that I sabotaged the car and messed up the engine. The dealer who dumped the car there with the bad engine should take some of the responsibility along with the auction that misdiagnosed it. The auction made four hundred dollars just in the buy and sell fee . The final result was that he threatened to take me to the magistrate for not paying for the repair and I told him to do to himself what he had done to me with his cars .

The fourth car I bought there needed a lot of work and I broke even with it. Before he hung up on me , he said he really doesn't have to talk to me , that's what his workers are for. I have every receipt and car fax and auto check to verify everything that I stated.

Avoid this auction at all means. They're nice when they're taking your money , but they're double talking and argumentative when you're asking for any type of help.

I had great experience with this auction,I bought a 2004 pontiac Grand prix 200k miles,bit car was mint,one owner,trade in..sold it for 2300.bought it for $1500.00 A,2001 cadillac sl $2000 sold it for 2700.00 had 90k miles on it,,and a 2006 cadillac Cts for 3300.00. 110k miles ,all vehicles were in super good condition,Interior.

CLean no rips,leather on both cadillacs,fully loaded.I dont know what these other people are talking about,but if you look to spend a few hundred dollars,what do you expect?.Spend some money,and youll get a quality vehicle,alot of them are trade in cars from dealer lots!!... Preechtv

No There not always right but they have a great arbaration its if you don t like the way the car is you bought than leave never mind it a Peice of *** or total junk it you bought no matter if trans are bad frame rot to no end cars without floor boards the more thats wrong the more they stick to you bought it first thing to not pay cash 2nd use a form of payment that you can stop let them start leaning how things are done Well hopefully someday they might become better at this place has for now the safest thing to do is not to buy there be safe stay away

Brought a 99 mazda 626 which broke down a couple of week of buying it transmission has acrack in it that was held together with jb weld a waste of a $1000

This place should be proud of themselves pushing broken down vehicles as functional cars sold a female friend a car from sales lot not auction line that they hid the fact transmission was slipping took a 400 deposit on vehicle when she came home I did a car fax on vehicle called last dealership who owned vehicle to get info they informed me tranny was going she tried to cancel dealership next morning was told buy car or lose her entire deposit she cancelled less than 24 hours after putting deposit down and they had no chance of selling vehicle this place is a fraud contacting bbb and attorney General

I heard the best one the other day about how they fired a family member over telling the truth how this auction is selling its own cars that he is saying are junk people becarful your dealing with the lowest of the low at this auction i had my own problems with the place i was told to leave becuse they sold me a pos car that was all rusted out frame had holes bigger than my fist in it tyhe owner and most ot the family is very crooed whact what you buy becuse 1 hour green light is not eought to see if the car is any good and by the time thet run you thropw the place the hour will be up and there are in lifts to chech the cars out right if anyone needs to talk to me about this you can email me at gr4123@***.com

I'm not a mechanic and I'm not a dealer (I have been told that they all in bed together at these auctions). If you are Joe Public, be VERY careful because by the time you are finished adding up fees, taxes, tags and the money you will definitely spend to make the vehicle road-worthy, you will have incurred retail top dollar...but with NO warranty.

That is the best case scenario. The other scenario is that you just plain and simply lose your shirt.

I LIKE TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPEN ON 6/20/12 THAT NIGHT I BOUGHT A KIA SPORTAGE VIN #KND1A723825****31 IN LANE C LOT 39 that was rep by a guy named PETE WHO REP FOR LYNNES NISSAN WEST OF 59 ROUTE 206 STANHOPE NJ 07874 ON THE NEXTS DAY I TOOK IT FOR PA INSPECTION COULD NOT PASS THE FRAME WAS SO ROTTED OUT AND FULL OF HOLE AND A FEW OTHER THINGS WORNG WITH IT SO I CALLED THE AUCTION ABOUT IT AND TOOK IT BACK FOR THEM TO SEE THE ONE OWNER AFTER A FEW HOURS TALKED TO ME AND TOLD ME I HAVE TO KEEP THIS KIA OR NEVER GO BACK TO THERE AUCTION LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT THIS CAR WAS UNSAFE AND NOT ROAD WORTHY SO I STAYED AWAY UNTILL 9/1/12 WHEN I WENT THERE TO MEET SOMEONE INSTEAD PETE THE REP OF THE UNSAFE CAR CAME UP TO ME AND ASKED WHAT I WAS DOING THERE AND WHY DID I CALL LYNNES NISSAN ON 6/21/12 THAT JUST ABOUT COST HIM TO LOOSE THER ACCOUNT AND THAT I NEVER BUY A CAR FROM THIS AUCTION AGIAN THATS ABOUT THE ONLY THING HE HAD RIGHT NOT IF THERE THIS UNSAFE SO I LET HIM KNOW THIS CAR WAS AT BEST TO BE IN A JUNKYARD AND HE THOUGHT I WAS BEING A WISE GUY SO HE TOLD ME TO LEAVE AND I ASKED IF HE OWNED THE AUCTION SO HE TOLD ME TO WAIT THATS WHEN HE CAME BACK WITH ONE OF THE OWNERS NAMED JERRY AND I WAS TOLD TO LEAVE OR THAT THE POLICE WOULD BE CALLEDE AND I BE HANDCUFFED OUT SO I TOLD THEN I WAS GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE D A OFFICE AND THET JUST LAUGH IT OFF LIKE ITS OK TO SELL THESE KINDA OF CARS AS LONG AS YOUR AN AUCTION WLL HOPEFULLY THE STATE PLOCE CHECK INTO THIS MATTER TO SEE IF THIS CAR WAS EVER INSPECTED AND STILL ON OUR PA ROADS BEING THIS UNSAFE