Found damage on a used car after buying it from a dealership
Dealerships sometimes mask hidden vehicle flaws like welded alloy wheels using tire shine or other cosmetic tricks so buyers cannot spot them during a purchase. Discovering this structural damage later leaves buyers stuck with unsafe parts and breaks the trust expected when buying from an official dealer.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Having the rest of the car inspected to check for hidden damage.
- 2Replacing the tires immediately with new or used tires
- 3Driving cautiously only to the tire shop
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“When we bought the car they put tire shine on all of them so we didn’t notice this until now.”source ↗
“I recently bought this car from a dealership and have discovered that it has a welded alloy.”source ↗
“We bought the car with these tires 🙈 you would expect more from a official suzuki dealer .”source ↗
Where this came up
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