Two dealerships in hot water after dozens of buyers never received vehicle titles and had big dashboard issue

After dozens of customers failed to get their vehicle titles and a host of other problems, two auto dealerships found themselves in hot water.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s office has filed legal complaints against StarfleetCars and Way 2 Go Auto Sales, both of which are based in Ohio.

Each of them is charged with falsifying odometer readings, neglecting to provide titles to dozens of consumers who bought cars, and a number of other consumer protection offenses.

Each dealership is accused of breaking the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act, the Certificate of Motor Vehicles Act, and the Odometer Rollback and Disclosure Act in the lawsuits, which were filed in Franklin County and Delaware County.

Jonathan Paul Kirkham of Delaware City’s Kirkham’s Starfleet Cars has been charged with improperly transferring titles to customers who purchased cars from the shop.

According to a report by 10TV, Starfleet is the subject of 32 complaints pertaining to the title.

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Consequently, the Attorney General’s Office plans to take legal action against Kirkham and compensate qualified clients with $138,135 from the state’s Title Defect Recission Fund.

Meanwhile, a case filed in Franklin County Common PleasCourt accuses Kofi Bimpeh of Way 2 Go Auto Sales, situated in Columbus, of misrepresenting repaired salvage automobiles, falsifying odometer readings, and neglecting to give vehicle titles.

Twenty complaints involving title problems, misrepresentations about salvage vehicles, return policy problems, and vehicle odometer anomalies have been forwarded to the Attorney General’s office.

Although Starfleet Cars is marked as “permanently closed” online, neither dealership could be reached for comment.

Ohio Attorney General Yost stated in a statement that Ohioans deserve to receive what they pay for because they put in a lot of effort.

My office is going to fight dealership scams, whether they include intentional title delays or plain fraud.

This comes as Ohio drivers who fail to change lanes or slow down when passing a car with its warning lights on risk fines of hundreds of dollars.

To assist prevent fatal collisions involving first responders including police officers, firefighters, and ambulances as well as tow trucks that had pulled over on the shoulder, lawmakers are working to extend the state’s current Move OverLaw program.

There is currently a legislation on the road that mandates drivers to slow down or change lanes when passing police and ambulances or other vehicles with flashing lights.

Additionally, a terrible mix-up that cost at least two drivers thousands of dollars has put a Circle K gas station in Avon, Ohio, in serious difficulties.

Since then, Circle K has verified the case’s specifics, asserting what is referred to as a cross drop.

In this case, it seems that unleaded was placed in the diesel storage tanks and diesel was placed in the unleaded storage tanks.

Scott Bauchmoyer, who lives in Avon, claimed that the morning after he had filled up with gas, he became aware of a problem with his 2022 Jeep Wagoneer.

According to Bauchmoyer, the automobile began sputtering as soon as I got in to start it up. Lights began to flash, and a huge cloud of white smoke appeared.

After having his Jeep towed to the dealership, Bauchmoyer was shocked to learn that his gas tank and gasoline lines contained diesel.

Bauchmoyer continued: “There was no way at first.”

Throughout my 26 years of driving, I have filled up my tank thousands of times. I couldn’t be so forgetful.

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Bauchmoyer had to pay $1,100 for repairs as a result of the mistake, in addition to the additional expenses of the tow and car rental.

At this point, Circle K shockingly acknowledged that diesel gasoline had been accidentally supplied and pumped into the tanks used to store unleaded fuel, and vice versa.