Buyer Says Jeep Dealer Sold Him a "New" SUV With 6,000 Miles and Added Thousands in Fees
Shady Dealings
Buying a car is a very complicated process, a filled experience; it isn't as straightforward as walking into a dealership, choosing, and buying the car of your choice. In reality, it requires a lot of back-and-forth between the dealership and the customer to obtain all necessary approvals and documents.
Sometimes, without anyone's knowledge or consent, some of the people who work for the dealership engage in dubious sales practices to trick buyers into overspending or to cheat them out of what they actually paid for.
Buyers Beware
Automotive News reports that a lawsuit has been filed by a customer named Louis Huertas, who recently had a bad sales experience at a Jeep dealership. Huertas' complaint details that the Riverdale Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram dealership in the Bronx, New York, offered to buy his old Cherokee at 20% above market value and also offered him a 2025 Grand Cherokee L with just 13 miles.
After accepting the offer for the 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee L, Huertas says he signed the documents with a wet signature but wasn't given a copy. Things took a turn when the financial services contacted him, saying his "new" Grand Cherokee L had falsified mileage; the 13 miles were actually 6,216 miles, as confirmed by the odometer. After discovering the discrepancy, he immediately alerted the lender about the dealer's misrepresentation.
Furthermore, it seems that not only was the mileage false, but he also ended up paying more for the car itself. The agreed-upon sale price was $49,000, but after Huertas reviewed the sales contract, he saw that the final listed sale price was bumped up by $2,400 to $51,400. Other added costs he didn't sign up for were included in the contract, such as the $3,882 service contract and the $1,000 tire-and-rim contract.
Falsified
Huertas' lawsuit claims he discovered these additional charges in the sales contract, which he alleges contained a forged version of his signature. Huertas says he documents that he signed the credit application with a digital signature; everything else was signed by hand. The complaint alleges that the dealership routinely hides the true cost of borrowing from customers by failing to disclose price increases and by including unwanted, undisclosed products.
The lawsuit is seeking compensatory and punitive damages in relation to fraud and violations of the Truth in Lending Act, Odometer Act, New York's motor vehicle and deceptive practices laws.
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This story was originally published April 20, 2026 at 5:15 AM.