One in every 10 people on the hunt for a used car get a lemon, a new study has found, amid calls for a comprehensive database for all second-hand vehicles.
More than 1,000 people were asked about their cheap ghd straightners experiences buying a used car, with 13 per cent admitting they or a family member had been dudded, the Veda Auto study revealed.
The average loss, because of depreciating value or unexpected repairs, equalled about $3,200.
Common complaints included unrepaired vehicles that had been involved in undisclosed major accidents, cars that had been written off but repaired anyway, or those that were just poorly ghd purple maintained.
It comes less than a week after a Darwin man forked out $8,000 for a mate’s second-hand car, only to have ghd flat irons it burst into flames hours later because of an electrical fault.
Auto Veda head David Scognamiglio warned it was a buyers beware market.
“Buying a used car should not be a gamble, regardless of whether its bought from a car yard, private sale or online,” he said, adding critical information about a car’s history was already held by government.
Mr ghd hair straightener Scognamiglio called for a national system to provide consumers with information ghd iv mk4 such as odometer readings, the previous uses of vehicles and its number of owners.
He said the study also revealed scams involving fictitious online auctions or cars that have been re-birthed using a fake identification number.
Australians buy about two million used cars every year.